Wade Robson Claims in New Complaint that the legendary performer operated the “most sophisticated public child
sexual abuse procurement and facilitation organization the world has
known” in new documents. the celebrity choreographer Wade Robson made the shocking claims in an
amended complaint to his 2013 lawsuit against MJJ Productions, the late
musician’s entertainment company, and MJJ Ventures. “MJJ PRODUCTIONS
and MJJ VENTURES were held out to the public to be businesses dedicated
to creating and distributing multimedia entertainment by MICHAEL
JACKSON, however, in fact, they actually served dual purposes,” attorney
Vince Finaldi said in a complaint filed Friday. “The thinly-veiled,
covert second purpose of these businesses was to operate as a child
sexual abuse operation, specifically designed to locate, attract, lure
and seduce child sexual abuse victims.” Robson, 33, says he first met
Jackson when he was 5 years old after winning a competition run by MJJ
Productions in his native Australia. Two years later, his family was
invited to stay at the King of Pop’s Neverland Ranch home in California,
where he slept in Jackson’s bed and was first sexually abused by him,
according to THR.
MJJ Productions did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment. In 2013, Jackson estate attorney Howard Weitzman dismissed Robson’s original complaint as “outrageous and pathetic” in an interview with TMZ. A judge threw the case out of court in May 2015.
The choreographer claims the
abuse continued for seven years and ended only when he “began showing
signs of puberty” and Jackson was “no longer as interested in him
sexually.”
Robson didn’t come forward with his abuse
claims until after Jackson’s death because he did not believe he was
molested until he entered psychotherapy following a nervous breakdown in
2012. He had previously appeared as a witness for Jackson’s defense
during a separate sexual abuse trial in 2005. MJJ Productions did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment. In 2013, Jackson estate attorney Howard Weitzman dismissed Robson’s original complaint as “outrageous and pathetic” in an interview with TMZ. A judge threw the case out of court in May 2015.
Although the singer was acquitted of child molestation charges during a 2005 trial, more abuse claims against
Jackson have emerged since his death. In 2014, James Safechuck, then
36, claimed he was sexually abused by the singer when he was 10 years
old after appearing in a Pepsi commercial with him.
Robson’s trial is scheduled for March 13.
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