After Antoine Fuqua’s biopic on Michael Jackson skipped the late star’s controversial life, there have been wide speculations. It was reported that the sequel will take it up, but it seems Netflix is about to address it with its new docu-series.
The series will showcase the contentious trial that was skipped by Fuqua’s movie. This also points to the larger part of the problem: the sugarcoated portrayal of the late star’s life.
Netflix Docuseries To Explore Michael Jackson’s Allegations
As reported by Collider, Netflix will feature this trial in a three-part docu-series. The series, titled ‘Michael Jackson: The Verdict,’ will focus on the lawsuits and allegations laid against the late pop star.
It was in 1993 that Jackson was accused of disorderly conduct and SA toward a 13-year-old Jordan Chandler. This was followed by a media trial where MJ was scrutinized publicly, and it was reduced to a public event.
In 2005, Jackson was found not guilty on 10 criminal counts and was acquitted by a California jury.
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Jordan Chandler, to this date, remains discreet from the public eye, and it was later revealed that he made false allegations on account of his father, Evan Chandler, who unalived himself in November 2009.
This was 5 months after Jackson’s death due to homicide. It was done to extort financial gains by maligning the singer’s image, as it was later revealed.
Not only that, but the Cascio family, as well as Jackson’s defenders Wade Robson and James Safechuck, also accused the late artist of grooming children.
None of this was brought up in Michael’s biopic, which was ultimately rendered a mispainted and highly glossed-over portrayal of the pop singer’s life.
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Right from the get-go, Michael was deemed a dubious portrayal of the singer. There was discontent and apprehension from the Jackson family members, including Janet and Paris, as some media sources reported.
Jackson’s daughter, Paris Jackson, pointed to the “full-blown lies” and blatantly called out the biopic for its misrepresentation. The movie did exceptionally well at the box office, but a large part of the criticism was directed at its approach to the late star’s life.
Fans weren’t all too happy about how the biopic largely missed the trial, but that’s simply not the case.
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The movie left a large chunk of the controversy surrounding his scandalous affair with Diana Ross. It was later revealed by Kat Graham herself that those scenes were chucked out due to legal reasons.
Michael, instead, ends in the year 1988, where the star is performing at Wembley Stadium in London. The producers did shoot the 1993 allegation scenes, which eventually did not make it to the final cut.
This was also because of a settlement the attorneys of the Jackson estate made with the Chandler family. It called for the use of an NDA, which meant Fuqua couldn’t use any footage or name the accuser in any case.
As for the Netflix docu-series, it is unknown whether this footage will be included, but it does include jurors, eyewitnesses, and defenders involved in the trial.
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