About 20 minutes into the premiere of documentary Leaving Neverland part one, the Michael Jackson estate uploaded an entire concert movie to YouTube.
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The HBO two-part documentary directed by Dan Reed, focuses on the testimonials of two men who allege Jackson molested them when they were young boys. James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who were befriended by Jackson when they were aged ten and seven respectively, often spent time with the pop superstar at his Neverland Ranch.
Jackson’s Twitter – managed by the estate, tweeted the link to the concert movie.
According to Variety, Live in Bucharest (The Dangerous Tour) runs for two hours and two minutes, about the same length as Leaving Neverland part one.
“Live in Bucharest and Live at Wembley Stadium available for a limited time on Michael Jackson’s @youtube.”
Don’t miss the magic from the King of Pop himself! Immerse yourself in Michael Jackson. Live in Bucharest and Live at Wembley Stadium available for a limited time on Michael Jackson’s @youtube!
Watch Now – https://t.co/fnD2IonLsP pic.twitter.com/z9heNX3AGP
— Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) March 4, 2019
Live at Wembley Stadium will drop on the same night as Leaving Neverland part two.
Don’t miss the magic from the King of Pop himself! Immerse yourself in Michael Jackson. Live in Bucharest and Live at Wembley Stadium available for a limited time on Michael Jackson’s @youtube! pic.twitter.com/kdc6yZjKMA
— Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) March 2, 2019
The documentary’s premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival reportedly received a standing ovation from the theatre. Online, however, Leaving Neverland has proved to be incredibly divisive. Not to mention, the Jackson estate sued HBO for $140 million over the doco, claiming it breaches a non-disparagement clause in a contract from 1992.
“Ten years after his passing, there are still those out to profit from his enormous worldwide success and take advantage of his eccentricities,” the lawsuit read. “Michael is an easy target because he is not here to defend himself, and the law does not protect the deceased from defamation, no matter how extreme the lies are.”
#LeavingNeverland is already trending on Twitter with a number of top tweets highly critical of the doco.
Who knew that if you created a one-sided doc based on shock value and recycled false claims people would believe you. The main reason this doc exists is because defamation laws do not apply to the dead. This is a slap in the face to real victims of sexual abuse. #leavingneverland
— Kennedy (@Goinpiaces) March 4, 2019
HBO should be ashamed to air such a one sided and totally biased portrait. Too much of the story don’t add up and after some quick research about the families this is laughable… Jackson estate better sue HBO if possible #LeavingNeverland
— Flex (@Rodriguez1__) March 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/BlairImani/status/1102400340803178496
In Australia, Leaving Neverland will air on 10 and WIN over two nights – Friday, March 8 at 9pm and Saturday, March 9 at 9:30pm.