When Jordan Chandler, a 13-year-old boy, accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing him in 1993, it cost the King of Pop more than $20 million (then £13 million) to avoid the claims being tested at trial.
On June 6, 1992, Triumph International filed patent number US5255452A (also available here and here) under the names Michael J. Jackson, Michael L. Bush and Dennis Tompkins. Titled "Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion," the patent abstract read:
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A biopic about the late musical superstar Michael Jackson has been postponed for a minimum of six months and is to require reshoots of crucial scenes due to legal issues over the portrayed of child sexual abuse claims.
A key agreement in a massive settlement was reportedly overlooked while vetting the script, leaving producers scrambling to do rewrites and reshoots.
The film Michael reportedly shapes itself around Jordan Chandler's 1993 molestation accusations against Jackson, which his team legally agreed to never dramatize in film
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The upcoming biopic about Michael Jackson reportedly needs to be reshot after a past legal agreement from an accuser was recently discovered. According to a report from Puck on Thursday, January 23, the film initially included the lawsuit against the late musician — who died in 2009 at age 50 — filed by Evan Chandler.
But Keough recently admitted that she had no idea about the shocking claims made against her stepfather while growing up. The 35-year-old called her childhood 'chaotic' with having Presley as her mother, and has been thinking a lot about the late artist following the release of her posthumous memoir, titled From Here to the Great Unknown.
A long-forgotten contract with one of the children who accused of the singer of sexual abuse is forcing filmmakers to revise the biopic's final act, per a report.
As it turns out, the Michael Jackson estate made an agreement with the Chandler family to never “dramatize” those events. The Lionsgate film slated for release on October 3rd apparently does just that, and in the following manner that’s cited in the report: