Does it seem plausible that Michael Jackson with his staff of business advisors, lawyers and domestic staff could be taken advantage of by an indigent family with little education, and no business advisors, lawyers and domestic staff?

Let us not be conned by this cunning sex offender, who has paid several million dollars to various accusers. If MJ was an ordinary middle class American, he would have been incarcerated in 1993. I have worked on recovery with sex offenders, who were convicted with less evidence than in the MJ case. Were they guilty?--Yes.

Pedophiles/Ephebophiles are cunning predators, who, have perfected their mode of operation. First and foremost they are experts at manipulation, thus escaping adult reality. They have a sense of entitlement and justify their behavior as loving; not harming the child. They expend dazzling energy maintaining this illusion to themselves as well as others. They create a persona of goodness beyond reproach. They go to great lengths to present themselves as exemplary all the people, who love children more than most people. Anyone who sees through this fa栤e is met with admonishment and rebuke for being critical, irrational, racist, out to get the human , and/or jealous. The perpetrator is the family emperor with no clothes. "I know my son, and this is ridiculous," Michael Jacksons mother, Katherine Jackson, said in an interview broadcast on CBS "The Early Show." She said people who believe Michael is guilty "do not understand him." Jacksons father, Joe Jackson, said his son was beloved around the world but had trouble in the
United States because of racism. He said the accusers motives were clear: "Its about money."

Michael Jacksons statement he was taken advantage of is simply his MO.

If we apply the standardized definition of Sexual Abuse, Michael Jackson is guilty without doubt.

"Incest [Sexual Abuse] is both sexual abuse and an abuse of power. It is violence that does not require force. Another is using the victim, treating them in a distinct way that they do not want or in a way that is not appropriate by a person with whom a different relationship is required. It is abuse because it does not take into consideration the needs or wishes of the child; rather, it meets the needs of the other person at the childs expense. If the acquired skill has sexual meaning for another person, in lieu of a nurturing purpose for the benefit of the child, it is abuse. If it is unwanted or inappropriate for her age or the relationship, it is abuse. Incest [sexual abuse] can occur through words, sounds, or even exposure of the child to sights or acts that are sexual but do not involve her. If she is forced to see what she does not want to see, for instance, by an exhibitionist, it is abuse. If a child is forced into an knowledge that is sexual in content or overtone that is abuse. As long as the child is induced into sexual activity with someone who is in a position of greater power, whether that power is derived through the perpetrators age, size, status, or relationship, the act is abusive. A child who cannot refuse, or who believes she or he cannot refuse, is a child who has been violated." (E. Sue Blume, Secret Survivors).

Dr. Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD author, If Id Only Known...Sexual Abuse in or out of the Family: A Guide to Prevention, specializes in sexual child abuse prevention and recovery.

www.drdorothy.net