A california court of appeals, USAruled in favor of the claim of two men who accuse michael jackson if there were sexually abused of them when they were children, so they will be able to sue the companies that manage the inheritance of the “King of Pop”.
It is the case of wade robson and James Safechuckwho gained notoriety in 2019 with the release of the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” in which they detailed their allegations against Jackson. According to the report from the specialized site Variety, both men have been separated for a decade so far unsuccessful legal battles so that their right to take your complaints to court.
With the unanimous ruling by a California court of appeals which ensures that your claim shouldn’t have been rejected in lower courts, Robson and Safechuck may join their cases in a lawsuit against MJJ Productions and MJJ Venturesthe two companies that belonged to the musical star who died in 2009 and which they hold responsible for the alleged abuses suffered.
“The plaintiffs had every right to expect that the defendants would protect from danger entirely predictable of being left alone with Jackson”, assured the magistrates in their ruling.
“A corporation that facilitates the child sexual abuse by one of the employers cannot be excused from an affirmative duty to protect those minors for the sheer fact that this is property of the abuser”, added the three judges, and completed: “It would be perverse if there were no obligation when the defendant corporation has only one shareholder”.
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Robson and Safechuck first filed their claims in 2013 and 2014but they were dismissed because the law in force at that time in California stipulated that the charges for sexual assault minors had to appear before the plaintiff turned 26 yearsage that both had exceeded.
When in January 2020 the law was modifiedboth men saw a new chance to pursue their case, but they got trial jury rejections in 2021. The argument on that occasion was that in the face of the death of Jackson the alleged victims could not hold their companies responsible for what happened.
With Friday’s verdict, their stories can be heard once and for all in a courtroom.
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As recounted in the documentary, Robsonwhich today has 40 yearsbegan to suffer abuse when he was 7 years on his first visit to the ranch neverland of the singer, in 1990. safechuck (now 45 years old) claims to have suffered years of abuse since I was 10in 1988.
Jacksonwho died in 2009 to the 50 years by a drug overdoseHe was charged on several occasions for child abuse.
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