Lawyers Say Michael Jackson Paid Out $200 million In Hush Money

Michael Jackson With His Back-up Dancers

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Lawyers say the King of Pop shelled out nearly $200 million to as many as 20 victims.
Safechuck first met Jacko in 1987, when James was 8 years old. Safechuck will testify that Jacko repeatedly molested him a year later during a tour and that Jacko wrote a check for more than $1 million to Safechuck’s father, a sanitation worker.
Safechuck claims in court filings that Jacko held a secret wedding ceremony, with the young boy as his bride. He said the singer gave him a marriage certificate and a wedding band as keepsakes and confirmation of their “undying love.”
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“Jackson was successful in his efforts to the point that my client endured repeated acts of sexual abuse of a heinous nature and was brainwashed . . . into believing they were acts of love and ­instigated by James himself,” Safechuck’s attorneys says in ­filings.
Jacko regularly dressed Safe­chuck in clothes identical to his and would tell reporters Safechuck was his cousin, a former Jacko employee said.
Safechuck’s attorney alleges that Jacko molested Safechuck more than 100 times.
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Each have sworn that the singer’s modus operandi was to seduce them and their families with glamour, gifts and vacations to Europe, Asia and the Caribbean.
Robson’s claims will be bolstered by former Jacko maid Blanca Francia, who has sworn under oath and is expected to testify in the civil case that she walked in on Jacko showering with and groping the then-9-year-old Robson. She also said she walked in on Jacko and Robson while they were seminude in bed together.
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Sources contend there were at least 20 young victims, who reaped — with their parents and attorneys — upward of $200 million cumulatively in hush money.
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In the criminal case against Jacko, a detective for the Santa Barbara district attorney told The Post that the judge, behind closed doors, refused to allow prosecutors to reveal the cash Jacko was paying out.

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Lawyers say Jacko paid $200M in hush money to ‘victims’
By Stacy Brown
New York Post
April 5, 2015 | 6:00am