Although Michael Jackson passed away at age 50 back in 2009, the King of Pop has been hit with yet another allegation of sexual abuse. As reported by E! News, 36-year-old James Safechuck filed court papers on Monday requesting permission to file a late claim against Jackson's estate, alleging that Jackson had molested him numerous times during the late '80s and early '90s, starting when he was 10 year old.
In the court papers filed on Monday, Safechuck's lawyers claim that "[Jackson] engaged in a calculated course of conduct to lure both [Safechuck] and his parents into a false sense of security and normalcy that was far from reality...And [Jackson] was successful in his efforts to the point that [Safechuck] endured repeated acts of sexual abuse of a heinous nature and was brainwashed by the decedent into believing they were acts of love and instigated by James himself rather than the decedent."
The papers go on to describe when and where these alleged acts of molestation occurred, claiming, "After the first incident, [Safechuck] regularly began sleeping in [Jackson's] bed in his hotel room during the rest of the Bad tour in 1988...[Safechuck] was molested nearly 100 times over the course of four years until he hit puberty."
In response to these allegations, a statement was release by Howard Weitzman, attorney for Jackson's estate, calling for the dismissal of the case. "Mr. Safechuck's request to file a late claim against the Jackson Estate so he can recover money from Michael's beneficiary will hopefully be rejected," Weitzman says, "This is a person that made his claim five years after Michael died, more than 20 years after the incidents supposedly happened and has given sworn testimony that Michael never did anything inappropriate to him."
This is the third time that Jackson has been accused of sexual abuse, following highly publicized allegations in 1993 and 2003.
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