Michael Jackson’s Companies Owed A ‘Duty Of Care’ To Protect Boys Who Allege Abuse, Appeals Court Rules
deadline.comA California appeals court ruled Friday that two men who accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as children can resume lawsuits against companies owned by the estate of the late singer.
Wade Robson, 40, and James Safechuck, 45, claim employees of the two companies — MJJ Productions Inc. and MJJ Ventures Inc. — were complicit in Jackson’s alleged sexual abuse of them.
The employees allegedly acted as his “co-conspirators, collaborators, facilitators and alter egos” for the abuse. The suits claimed employees owed a “duty of care” to the boys, breaching that by failing to prevent their abuse.
The Robson and Safechuck stories were detailed in the 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland. The program alleged that Jackson molested them and co-opted their families to allow his access to them.
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