Just like racism, homophobia, ageism, it is very hard to comprehend it, unless you have lived it. I know how hard it is for my friends who have not been sexually violated to understand my pain, my anger, the devastation. They can be modified, therapized, walled off inside of us purged to the far reaches of our internal abyss, but never gone. A toy, an object of their sexual gratification. If we were “worthy” and “seen” the abuser wouldn’t have done this to us. A tattoo on our self-esteem, happiness, power, leaving us feeling shamed, guilty, responsible, unworthy. It is also a plague affecting the victim. Sexual abuse is a “scourge on humanity” as Oprah so eloquently puts it. Click here to watch.ĭuring the commercial breaks, Oprah and I talked about her sexual abuse at age 9.įor me, the moment transcends Michael Jackson. I was one of the 217 shows that Oprah Winfrey did on the topic of sexual abuse. I appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show telling my story of incest and sexual abuse long before the #MeToo ignited. “In 25 years of the Oprah show, I did 217 episodes about sexual abuse,” she said in her hour long special, dubbed “After Neverland,” which will air on HBO and OWN on Monday following Part 2 of “Leaving Neverland” and was taped in front of several hundred advocates and survivors of sexual abuse at the Times Center in midtown Manhattan. If it gets you, our audience, to see how it happens, then, some good will come of it”––Oprah Winfrey
We know it’s happening in churches and in schools and sports teams everywhere. “It’s happening right now it’s happening in families. Noting that “Leaving Neverland,” directed by Dan Reed for HBO, successfully conveyed the message that Oprah said she had ‘tried and tried’ to get across-sexual abuse was not just sexual abuse, it was also sexual seduction.”
HBO in telling the heart-wrenching stories of two boys who survived Jackson’s alleged sexual abuse, the documentary plows deep into what Oprah calls the “scourge on humanity.” The talk show host argued however, that the issue of sexual abuse is to important to remain silent, despite how much it may anger die-hard fans of Jackson’s. “I’m gonna get it,” Winfrey said, per Variety. She knows she will be criticized for Hosting ‘After Neverland” Interview. ‘It is a scourge on humanity’: Oprah Winfrey DENOUNCES Michael Jackson while praising the brave men coming forward to say there were raped by the King of Pop’ in her intense interview with Michael Jackson’s accusers from ‘Leaving Neverland’. The Monster We Didn’t Want to See in Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson: LEAVING NEVERLAND – THERE IS NO “AFTER NEVERLAND” FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE Here are the stories that broke this week-for survivors-for all of us-for those who love and support survivors. Therefore, we stand with Oprah and with victims of sexual violence. It is a humanitarian crisis, a human civil rights crisis. Oprah Winfrey this week called sexual assault, a “scourge on humanity.” We agree. A devastating manmade disaster that never stops its destruction on victims in its wake. for twenty-five year I have tried to get the message out that sexual abuse is exactly what Oprah says, “a scourge” on society. I didn’t have Oprah’s power, wealth or cultural iconic stardom to fight back. I was banned for 5 years from cable news. I went on national television, as a victim and attorney expert on child sex abuse and stated, “In my opinion, Michael Jackson was a pedophile.” Jackson’s fans were outraged. Why I’m here…I left the side of Michael Jackson in 1993 when The King of Pop had been credibly accused of molesting the 13-year-old boy. The boy described potential and specific identifying evidence of Jackson’s genitals, and the police were there to confirm the evidence. It was December 22, 1993, and two days earlier investigators for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department along with the Los Angeles Police Department had photographed Jackson’s nude body after a 13-year old-boy accused Jackson of sexual abuse. But if this is what I have to endure to prove my innocence––my complete innocence––so be it, ” Jackson says. The live feed starts with a gaunt, pale, and high-pitched voice of Jackson quavering, ”It was a nightmare. Michael Jackson’s denial of child sexual abuse was carried around the world, live. It airs Sunday and Monday nights on HBO.Īfter the second half airs on Monday,“Oprah Winfrey Presents: ‘After Neverland’ will air simultaneously on HBO and OWN at 10:00 PM (EST), 7:00 PM (PT) following Part 2 of ‘Leaving Neverland.’” Jackson is the subject of a searing new documentary, “Leaving Neverland,” about allegations he sexually abused boys. L os A ngeles ( The Karney Report)–– TONIGHT, watch MICHAEL JACKSON from two of his alleged victims point of view, Monday, March 4, ‘Leaving Neverland’ part 2, on HBO. 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW REGARDING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE THIS WEEK.
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