Why we should reconsider Michael Jackson.

When the stories were first coming out about Michael Jackson, most communities took up for Michael Jackson and we all WANTED to believe him so badly that we made some big mistakes and ignored some even bigger evidence.

When just overlooking the Evan Chandler incident, the blatant inappropriate behavior is apparent constantly, and it's nothing other than sad we never stood up for the boys.

Evan Chandler (born Evan Robert Charmatz; January 25, 1944 – November 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter and dentist. In 1993, he accused pop singer Michael Jackson of child sexual abuse against his son Jordan according to Wikipedia. While Evan Chandler looks horrible when collecting his 15 million which there were court documents released in 2002 that revealed the settlement was $15 million and stated, "The Parties recognize that the Settlement Payment are in settlement of claims by [Jordan Chandler], [Evan Chandler] and [June Chandler] for alleged compensatory damages for alleged personal injuries arising out of claims of negligence and not for claims of intentional or wrongful acts of sexual molestation". Further injury to Evan Chanler's name is done when during the 1993 investigation, Jackson's hired private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who released a recorded telephone conversation between Chandler and Dave Schwartz, the new husband of his ex-wife, June, and stepfather to Jordan. Jackson's defense cited this tape as proof that Chandler's allegations were nothing but an attempt to extort money from the star and regain custody of Jordan, especially considering Chandler was more than $60,000 behind child support payments and had already approached Jackson several times asking for money.

According to child sexual abuse consultant Bill Dworin, one of the lead detectives on the case, Jordan's description comported with the photos taken of Jackson's genitalia. Dr. Richard Strick, who conducted the examination of Jackson's genitals, said "I was told later that the photos and description absolutely matched".

Taraborrelli claims that Jordan correctly noted patchy colored skin on his buttocks, short pubic hair, and testicles marked pink and brown; however, initially investigators claimed Chandler said Jackson had splotches on his genitals a color "similar to the color of his face" rather than pink and brown.
When Michael Jackson proudly admitted sharing his bed with children, saying he sees nothing wrong with a 44-year-old man having such relationships. And insisting there is 'nothing sexual' going on, he declared: 'I give them hot milk, you know, we have cookies. It's very charming, it's very sweet, it's what the whole world should do.

In the winter of 1993, Jackson's sister La Toya Jackson, who had been estranged from the family and not seen him for several years, claimed that Jackson was a pedophile. La Toya stated: "I cannot and will not be a silent collaborator in his crimes against young children ... Forget about the superstar, forget about the icon. If he was any other 35-year-old man who was sleeping with little boys, you wouldn't like this guy."

Read more stories at MakeGayFriends.com

Years later she insisted she had been forced to make the allegations by her then-husband Jack Gordon for financial gain. So we dismissed her.
What we should have focused more on is the part "Forget about the superstar, forget about the icon. If he was any other 35-year-old man who was sleeping with little boys, you wouldn't like this guy."