Thread by @ayoadene

Did Michael Jackson ever sue anyone?

Now & then,
someone takes Michael Jackson to court,
& the media whips it up: anything for the money.
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But here’s a sugar-popcorn worthy thread of every time the reverse was, literally, the case 👉🏾

In 1995, Victor Gutierrez, a proud self acclaimed pedophile, wrote a fiction book titled Michael Jackson was my Lover.
He interviewed parents of some children who had met Jackson.
Even claimed he had a sextape.

Michael sued,
but the writer fled the US to escape penalties.

In 1984, Michael Jackson was nearly killed while filming a Pepsi ad.

Hospitalized with 2nd degree burns, Michael Jackson survived & donated his $1.5 million Pepsi compensation to establish a burn center in Brotman Memorial Hospital,
to save children who have severe burns.

In 2004, Michael Jackson threatened to sue Eminem, for his ridiculous caricature of Jackson’s legal & health issues in the video ‘Just Lose it’.

Instead, Eminem lost his own company to Jackson, in a masterstroke worth $370 million.
That was cold.
In fact, that was gangster.

Finally, Michael Jackson once counter-sued his maid & security team.

They had told lies on him in court and sold fake interviews to the tabloid press: anything for money.
Instead, the maid was ordered to pay Jackson $2.6 million for slander.

And that’s a wrap. 👨🏽‍⚖️ ⚖️

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