Michael Jackson's alleged abuse victims filed their lawsuits separately, but they have since expressed their desire to join forces and go to trial together.
Wade Robson and James Safechuck detailed the alleged sexual abuse they experienced when they were with Michael Jackson decades ago. They met the King of Pop in 1987 when they were 5 and 9 years old, respectively.
After allegedly going through sexual assaults with Jackson as the perpetrator, they filed a lawsuit against the late musician's estate and companies before deciding to launch a new big move.
Michael Jackson's Alleged Victims File New Court Documents
In the court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Robson and Safechuck expressed their desire to join forces in the court battle and combine their cases.
"This motion is made on the grounds that all actions arise out of the same type of harmful, abusive, course of conduct, by the same Defendants, at the same locations and physical places, in the presence of the same employees, employed by Defendants, during the same time period, in a pattern of abuse that was common to both Plaintiffs," their lawyers said in the filing.
It added, "All matters involve common questions of law and fact; all matters will involve the same witnesses and their respective testimonies, and two separate trials may also result in entirely different verdicts and a waste of judicial resources,"
They explained that consolidating the lawsuits and going through a single trial would reduce "redundant costs and delays."
Jackson was charged with seven counts of child molestation before his death in December 2003, though the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department did not share further details about the charges or the victim.
The "Smooth Criminal" singer was found not guilty on all charges in 2005, four years before his death at the age of 50.
The two victims were featured in the four-hour HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland."
Robson alleged in his lawsuit that Jackson started sexually abusing him when he was 7 years old, and the molestation reportedly lasted for seven years. Meanwhile, Safechuck's experience reportedly occurred for the first time in Paris when he was 10, and it reportedly happened for four years, from 1988 to 1992.
They previously filed unsuccessful lawsuits in 2013 and 2014, and the court dismissed both of the filings as they were not filed within the statute of limitations, per People.
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