Pop music icon Diana Ross defended the late Michael Jackson on March 23 after new allegations of child sex abuse emerged.
The Supremes sensation, who performed with Jackson in the 1980s, used a line from the band’s sixties chart-toppers to plea for all to stop attacking the King of Pop.
The remarks came following the recent airing of HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, which tells the story of Wade Robson, 36, and James Safechuck, 40, who accuse Jackson of molesting and grooming them for many years while they lived at his ranch at Los Olivos, California—128 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Robson and Safechuck said they were 7 and 10 respectively, when the alleged abuse started.
Jackson’s family has denied the allegations and condemned the documentary, calling it a “public lynching.”
“We are furious that the media, who without a shred of proof or single piece of physical evidence, chose to believe the word of two admitted liars over the word of hundreds of families and friends around the world who spent time with Michael, many at Neverland, and experienced his legendary kindness and global generosity ... Michael is not here to defend himself, otherwise these allegations would not have been made.”
