The 3 beLIEvers were, for many viewers, more impressionable than Wade. Although their most emotional moments came not from speaking of the alleged abuse, but of their abandoned father/husband.
Do they have any heightened reason to buy into Wade's newfound abuse narrative?
Do they have any heightened reason to buy into Wade's newfound abuse narrative?
According to Reed's own fumbling defense as to why he didn't reach out to anyone on MJ's side, nobody else was in the room (or 🚂;) so they'd be irrelevant. Yet he dedicates huge portions of LN to the words of personally-vested family members who were likewise "not in the room."
Joy - Has forever held manager-like roles in what she hoped would be lucrative ventures w/ Wade & Chantal. Part of Wajero / Robson Project & other now-failed initiatives through this decade, always trying to be the successful businesswoman of the Robson household, even as adults.
Joy is also riddled with credit card debt and long-term mortgage payments. She has drifted in-and-out of homes & loans thru this millennium, as her "Joe Jackson" level empire of dreams diminished. This fall, she faces debt collectors over repeatedly missing credit card payments.
In 2003, Joy and Wade collaboratively borrowed a $440,000 30-year mortgage at 5% adjustable interest to purchase a home together. Joy secured a second mortgage against the property in 2004 for $145,000.
Wade eventually moved on and was removed as co-borrower, leaving Joy alone.
Wade eventually moved on and was removed as co-borrower, leaving Joy alone.
In '07, Joy took out a $595k 30 yr. loan to consolidate prior loans & moved again in 2009 (to apartments).
In the same vein, Wade wound up selling his home in 2013 and downsizing with Amanda back to Hawaii, after years of repeated financial failures and self-imposed job refusal.
In the same vein, Wade wound up selling his home in 2013 and downsizing with Amanda back to Hawaii, after years of repeated financial failures and self-imposed job refusal.
This year, Joy was pursued by bill collectors after repeatedly failing to pay minimum balances on credit card debt. This culminated in a lawsuit in August, with American Express seeking more than $4,250 in unpaid dues.
Note that Joy still uses Wade's business as her own on card.
Note that Joy still uses Wade's business as her own on card.
Chantal - Not to exclude Wade's sister, Chantal (along with her husband) have a federal tax lien against them as of 2019 from the IRS, after failing to pay their past due balances annually over the past four years. The total owed on this lien exceeds $13,800.
Chantal & husband have dabbled in a similar career path as Wade/Amanda, attempting to write and choreograph films but never having much success. Her husband wrote a single script that made it to a direct-to-DVD movie in 2012 that only grossed 1/24th the total it cost to produce.
The only notable project Chantal & husband had this decade was an attempted web series (Chantal-choreographer, husband-writer/director). A $30k Kickstarter failed w/ only $2,621 raised, the project flopped.
(Chantal's husband also had a $37k tax lien of his own back in 2012.)
(Chantal's husband also had a $37k tax lien of his own back in 2012.)
Shane deviates from the rest in that he's stayed clear of any attempted show business efforts (at least until his featured role in Leaving Neverland).
Shane and his wife have taken out numerous mortgages since the 2000s, including $656k in 2017 that they'll be paying until 2047.
Shane and his wife have taken out numerous mortgages since the 2000s, including $656k in 2017 that they'll be paying until 2047.
The question becomes - how much of the family's beLIEfs in these abuse claims are built on sincerity, vs. the premise of Wade "winning the lottery" against estate (and/or 'MeToo' funding)?
A multi-million settlement would wipe clean the entire mountain of Robson family debt.
A multi-million settlement would wipe clean the entire mountain of Robson family debt.
Shane & the wives of James+Wade had no direct association w/ them thru the timeline of alleged abuse. Their opinions are, therefore, even less relevant for inclusion in LN than by anyone who had actually been around the families & MJ at all during this time—people Reed ignored.
While one may argue Shane+wives believe claims due to ignorance of events, Chantal & Joy KNOW Wade's claims are impossible. They have testified how rare it was for them to visit when MJ was around (count on one hand) & as such Wade couldn't had been molested "100s of times."
