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From the 2019 archive:
Marlon Brando’s son Miko has denied reports that his father Michael Jackson burst into tears when the actor confronted him about his alleged relationships with young children over dinner in the ’90s. Miko said that his words had been “twisted.” To suggest that sexual abuse had occurred.
A transcript released over the weekend details a conversation between “Apocalypse Now” star Marlon Brando and Michael Jackson, featured in a new podcast post by “Telephone Stories: The Trials of Michael Jackson” was published, allegedly contained the following Brando sayings. “I said, ‘Well, who are your friends?’ He replied: ‘I don’t know anyone my age. doesn’t like anyone my age.’ I said, ‘Why not?’ Then he said: ‘I don’t know, I don’t know.’ He was crying so hard that I had to calm him down. I tried to help him. As best as I could.”
Marlon Brando later shared that he thought his friend Michael Jackson was gay. “But it’s reasonable to assume that he had something with children. My impression was that he didn’t want to answer. Because he was afraid to answer me.”
Just a bad joke at Michael Jackson’s expense?
In response to the now unearthed transcript, Brando’s son wrote a letter to the Los Angeles Times. And said: “I was friends with Michael Jackson for over 27 years. And my father loved him. I don’t like my father’s words being twisted. To imply that Michael hurt someone.”
He added: “This is just a terribly cheap publicity stunt. To promote a podcast. My father would never have been friends with Michael if he thought he was capable of harming children. And he would never say anything negative about Michael.”
After the investigative documentary “Leaving Neverland”, against which the King Of Pop’s heirs are taking legal action, apparent evidence and witness statements, some of which were made in the past and have now been brought out again, have been coming to light for months. Rumors about Michael Jackson’s sexual orientation have been around since the musician dominated the charts. Police investigated him twice for child abuse. He was not charged in 1994. Also because he paid an alleged victim a sum of millions. Jackson went on trial in 2005. But was acquitted on all counts.
