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The same Dateline that ran a highly suspect special on MJ's nose surgeries (it used pictures to show the nose's changes over the years--but in some cases, it used pictures from the same era taken from different camera angles as "evidence").

While some shows known to distort data (such as Dateline) have reported the amount MJ forked over to settle, nobody other than privileged parties know of the exact amount.

Lastly, why settle for over twenty million if you did nothing wrong, Jacko?

I know why. Because going to trial would be undoubtedly embarrassing. If I was a huge, mega rich star being falsely accused of molestation, and I had the unusual and suspicious chance to settle, I certainly would, since it would mean not having to endure a long trial during which photos of private parts would surely be shown. Plus, he was in the middle of a busy part of his career and the trial would only take up valuable time.

Of course, that he settled does not mean conclusively that nothing happened. But if the parents honestly believed this man molested their son, settling seems unconscionable.

Also, there is good reason to suspect that the father may have put the boy up to suing MJ, that he saw a goldmine and this was his way of striking it rich.

Ill informed American? There is no excuse for these things so I don't have to be informed on exactly what kids he is sleeping with!

What kids he sleeps in the same bed as does not matter; the ill informed part refers to poor grasp many have on MJ's psychology. THAT is an excuse for "these things". Why can't people understand that these kids are MJ's peers? They are not sexual prospects.

And, even if nothing sexual is going on, then I look at it like this. If sex is going on then he needs to be sent to jail, if not (and he just likes sleeping with them) he needs to be hospitalized!

Now if by hospitalized you mean given psychological treatment, I may agree. I am not saying that it is normal to consider children your peers and to sleep in the same bed as them; I am saying that one can't just level such accusations without understanding MJ's abnormality, and when one DOES understand it, the accusations no longer seem valid. Unfortunately, MJ's particular psychology--unlike my OCD, for examples--leads him into situations that are misunderstood and sources of speculation.

He sleeps with ten year olds! He's a pedophile who should be thrown into a psychiatric hospital! It could be called comforting if it happened once or twice with a family friends child while your babysitting, but when it happens constantly with children you barely know and who are going through diseases like cancer, it's f*ckin' gross.

Actually he is not because a pedophile must be a sexual predator who is adult physically AND emotionally. And I'm sure those cancer kids are very appreciative of a friend who relates to them on an emotional level and does not judge them.

And then there are ALL of the kids who praise MJ and call him a friend.

So who do YOU believe? The couple of kids who allege molestation--kids whose parents are suspect (e.g. in the latest allegations, the parents have sued multiple times before--including one time alleging a JC Penney guard molested that same boy--I just find it extremely difficult to believe that if these allegations were true they would let their son sleepover with MJ!!! Or that the boy himself would sleeover with MJ if he was really sexually assaulted. And if those allegations are false, as I suspect they are, then what does that do to the credibility of the current suit?). Or do you believe the countless children (who far outnumber the accusing children) who love and support MJ and call him their friend?