Maureen orth on michael jackson

          MAUREEN ORTH untangles the whole painful story to provide the definitive account of Jackson's fall, and in it finds a lateth-century parable of.!

          C.S.I. Neverland

          Michel Jackson has finally wound up in a courtroom facing charges of pedophilia, a disaster people had warned him for years was coming.

          After 12 years of covering Jackson's downward spiral and the recurring allegations of pedophilia, Maureen Orth explores the absurd and painful spectacle of this.

        1. After 12 years of covering Jackson's downward spiral and the recurring allegations of pedophilia, Maureen Orth explores the absurd and painful spectacle of this.
        2. From Michael Jackson's increasingly freakish appearance to his voodoo death spells, to the disturbing revelations in a $ million civil suit against him.
        3. MAUREEN ORTH untangles the whole painful story to provide the definitive account of Jackson's fall, and in it finds a lateth-century parable of.
        4. Her work on Jackson documented deeply horrifying witness testimony, but the King of Pop maintained a robust, devoted fan base until his death.
        5. KLEIN: That's Maureen Orth, who is covering the Michael Jackson trial for Vanity Fair magazine.

          6. In 1993, police in California investigated claims that he had molested a 13-year-old boy, whose silence Jackson bought for $25 million. Another boy, the son of one of his former maids, has now testified that Jackson started groping him when he was seven.

          The boy's mother received $2.4 million for their silence. As if those had not been sufficient warning signs, Jackson in February 2003 told interviewer Martin Bashir in a TV documentary that there was nothing wrong with sleeping with young boys.

          "The most loving thing to do is share your bed with someone, you know?" This time, however, a second 13-year-old boy, a former cancer patient who appeared in that documentary holding hands and cuddling with Jackson, did not remain silent.

          His charges that Jackson gave him alcohol, showed him pornography, and masturbated him have resulted in