LONDON, Feb 5 \u2014 A new Michael Jackson documentary airing in the UK yesterday features previously unheard audio of him sharing his thoughts on children, including that he believed they wanted to touch him.<\/p>\n
The four-part Michael Jackson: The Trial, produced by London-based Wonderhood Studios, looks at the pop star\u2019s 2005 criminal trial where he was charged with and later acquitted of sexual abuse of a minor, Gavin Arvizo, at his Neverland Ranch in California.<\/p>\n
In a trailer of the film on Wonderhood\u2019s website, Jackson can be heard saying: \u201cChildren want to just touch me, hug me\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cKids end up just falling in love with my personality,\u201d he is also heard saying. \u201cSometimes it gets me into trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n
The documentary, which airs on the UK\u2019s Channel 4, uses interviews, previously unseen footage, as well the unheard audio of the singer, to step \u201cbeyond the media circus\u201d of Jackson\u2019s infamous 2005 trial to ask \u201cprofound questions about fame, race, and the American justice system\u201d, Wonderhood said on its website.<\/p>\n
The audio comes from interviews with a rabbi who Jackson turned to for \u201cspiritual guidance\u201d, Channel 4 said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn hours of recorded interviews, Jackson confesses intimate secrets,\u201d the British broadcaster said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tapes, most of which have never been broadcast before, deliver an unprecedented insight into Michael\u2019s mindset and his troubled childhood,\u201d adding they also show his \u201cfixation\u201d with Arvizo.<\/p>\n
The man dubbed the King of Pop who died in 2009 has been the subject of numerous films focusing on allegations that he abused young boys, including Leaving Neverland\u00a0(2019), also broadcast on Channel 4, which prompted an angry response from his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cMichael is not here to defend himself, otherwise these allegations would not have been made,\u201d the family said at the time.<\/p>\n
The airing of the new documentary comes just days after the release of the trailer for the Hollywood biopic Michael, which stars Jackson\u2019s nephew, Jaafar, as Michael, due to open in cinemas on April 24.<\/p>\n
Jackson, who died on June 25, 2009 after being given an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol, faced multiple allegations of child sex abuse during his lifetime.<\/p>\n
In addition to his 2005 acquittal the performer paid a US$15 million (RM60 million) court settlement in 1994 over allegations involving another child. \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n
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