That is a really good question. I think that if any member of FM was accused of such a thing, I wouldn't be able to immediately jump to their defence or immediately be ready to convict. The whole MJ thing has been bubbling under for years and years, and there is much evidence that had many people wondering long before the charges were laid. I guess I would want to hear the evidence. But I certainly wouldn't offer my blind support before I knew what the investigators found out. If one of them was ever convicted of a major crime (sexual abuse, murder, etc.), it would truly shatter my respect and admiration for them. I don't think I'd be able to separate the art from the crime. It would forever tarnish their music and everything I'd ever felt about it for me. Shudder at the thought.
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