James Safechuck, one of two men whose allegations of childhood sexual abuse by Michael Jackson anchored HBO’s 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, has released a video message to other survivors of childhood sexual abuse, timed to the renewed publicity surrounding the upcoming Jackson biopic Michael.
Distributed by Safechuck’s attorney John Carpenter of the Los Angeles plaintiffs’ firm Carpenter & Zuckerman, the video addresses other survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
“The Michael movie’s coming out and it’s getting a lot of promotion,” says Safechuck, 48. “There’s billboards and commercials and just people praising Michael and it can be triggering for survivors who have their own Michael in their lives, whether it’s the priest who’s close to God or the sports coach who’s just helping the kids or the step-parent who’s supporting the family.
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