{"id":648941,"date":"2019-07-02T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\"><div id=\"attachment_962175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/07\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-FANS-ARGENTINA.jpg\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-962175 lazyload\" \/><noscript><img src=\"http"},"modified":"2019-07-02T19:40:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T19:40:17","slug":"in-france-michael-jackson-fans-sue-over-hbo-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/02\/in-france-michael-jackson-fans-sue-over-hbo-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"In France, Michael Jackson Fans Sue Over HBO Documentary |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_962175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-FANS-ARGENTINA.jpg\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-962175 lazyload\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/MICHAEL-JACKSON-FANS-ARGENTINA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-962175 lazyload\"  \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans of Michael Jackson gather at the Buenos Aires Obelisk during a demonstration in support of the singer after the release of the documentary \u201cLeaving Neverland\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina March 23, 2019. REUTERS\/Agustin Marcarian<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Jackson fan clubs are set to sue two alleged child abuse victims of Michael Jackson in a French court this week over their claims in the recent HBO documentary \u201cLeaving Neverland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s hearing will take place at a court in the northern city of Orleans where the Michael Jackson Community, the MJ Street and On The Line groups will begin proceedings against the men they accuse of sullying the image of the late singer. <\/p>\n<p>The four-hour documentary broadcast on US channel HBO focuses on testimony by James Safechuck, 41, and Wade Robson, 36, who recount separate but consistent accounts of how their idol molested them as boys at his Neverland Ranch in California.<\/p>\n<p>The two-part film, which was released in March, broke streaming records and prompted the Jackson family to sue for $100 million (88 million euros). <\/p>\n<p>The French lawyer acting for the fan groups, Emmanuel Ludot, called the allegations \u201cextremely serious\u201d and likened them to \u201ca genuine lynching\u201d of Jackson, who died in 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Under French law, sullying the image of a dead person is a criminal offence, unlike in Britain or America where libel and defamation laws do not offer this protection.<\/p>\n<p>The fan clubs are seeking symbolic damages of one euro each.<\/p>\n<p>Ludot had previously successfully sued Jackson\u2019s doctor Conrad Murray for causing distress to his fans by giving the US pop legend the drugs that killed him.<\/p>\n<p>Five Jackson fans won symbolic damages of one euro each in 2014 after the court in Orleans agreed they had suffered \u201cemotional damage\u201d from the pop star\u2019s death, but the ruling was seen as legally dubious by experts.<\/p>\n<p>A number of radio stations,  from Australia to Canada have stopped playing Jackson\u2019s music after the HBO documentary was aired, and the creators of \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d also shelved one of the animated series\u2019 classic episodes because it featured Jackson\u2019s voice. <\/p>\n<p>Jackson died in 2009 aged 50 from an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol while under Murray\u2019s care, as the \u201cKing of Pop\u201d rehearsed in Los Angeles for a series of comeback concerts in London.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '247107802609931');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Michael Jackson gather at the Buenos Aires Obelisk during a demonstration in support of the singer after the release of the documentary \u201cLeaving Neverland\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina March 23, 2019. 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