The chairman of” Leaving Neverland” and its future movie, both about the people who accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as kids, claims he has received dozens of death threats from King of Pop fans.
British director Dan Reed claimed in an interview with The Guardian that he had “kept business with very harsh people for a very long time,” which had to be done at a location that had been kept secret.
” I’ve had killers try to find me,” I said. People who are armed have threatened to shoot me. I’ve been threatened numerous, several times, Reed said.
Although threats have come in a variety of forms, the chairman claims that he only gives cred to those that have been “delivered face to face” or have been made by people trying to find his residence address.
” People in China are emailing me,” I don’t take it so seriously. They will need to board a plane, according to Reed, who has also co-hosted films on the upcoming elections, the outcome of the Hamas attack on Israel, the trial of Sandy Hook conspiracy theory Alex Jones, and President Donald Trump’s try to reverse the effects of the 2020 election.
However, following the 2019 film” Leaving Neverland,” which earned Reed an Emmy Award, Jackson followers have only really threatened his life, The Guardian makes apparent.
The two-part HBO film centers on the sexual victimization accusations made by James Safechuck and Wade Robson when they claimed Jackson abused them and used their celebrity power to woo them.
Jackson, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 50, was second accused of physical abuse by then-13-year-old Jordan Chandler in 1993. According to reports, Jackson settled the case for more than$ 20 million the following year, but prosecutors chose not to press charges in a subsequent criminal investigation.
Jackson was charged with child rape in a separate event in 2003, only to be found innocent in 2005. The later” Thriller” singer’s property continues to refute all claims.
Reed told the Daily News in 2019 that Jackson “got away with it for so much because he normalized the presence of little kids in his living.”
The controversy surrounding the release of” Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson” follows the years since its controversial predecessor, which Jackson’s estate sued HBO for$ 100 million, and the intense public scrutiny Safechuck and Robson have encountered as they have pursued their case.
Safechuck and Robson are also getting ready for the 2026 prosecution against Jackson’s companies in the following episode, which premieres on March 18 on YouTube’s Real Reports. Reed is also planning a fourth installment to cover the test itself.
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