A new documentary features previously unheard audio of Michael Jackson discussing children, offering insight into his mindset ahead of his 2005 trial
LONDON: A new Michael Jackson documentary airing in the UK features previously unheard audio of the singer sharing his thoughts on children.
The four-part “Michael Jackson: The Trial” examines the pop star’s 2005 criminal trial where he was acquitted of sexually abusing a minor.
In a trailer, Jackson can be heard saying, “Children want to just touch me, hug me”.
He also states, “Kids end up just falling in love with my personality. Sometimes it gets me into trouble.”
The documentary uses interviews and unseen footage to step beyond the media circus of the trial.
It aims to ask profound questions about fame, race, and the American justice system.
The audio comes from interviews with a rabbi Jackson turned to for spiritual guidance.
Channel 4 said the tapes deliver an unprecedented insight into Jackson’s mindset and troubled childhood.
The broadcaster added they also show his fixation with Gavin Arvizo, the boy at the centre of the 2005 case.
Jackson died in 2009 after being given an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol.
He faced multiple allegations of child sex abuse during his lifetime.
In 1994, he paid a $15 million court settlement over allegations involving another child.
The documentary airing follows the recent trailer for the Hollywood biopic “Michael”.
That film, starring his nephew Jaafar Jackson, is due in cinemas on April 24.
Jackson’s family previously denounced allegations made in other documentaries.
They stated Michael was not here to defend himself against such claims.
