Eps 1: What really happend to jordy jordan
— what really happend to jordy jordan
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In 1993, Jordan Chandler then-13-year-old told a psychiatrist and police he and Jackson engaged in sexual acts, including oral sex. As early as 1993, Jordan accused Michael Jackson of child abuse after his father became suspicious about what was going on between him and the star. In the fourth episode, we learn that Jordy Chandler would tell his father, Evan Chandler, that Michael Jackson had touched his penis.
Evan Chandler did not realize why Michael Jacksons so upset about being friends with his son -- until one night, when he went to his bedroom and found Jordan being held by Jacksons back, with Jacksons hands encasing his crotch. Unbeknownst to Chandlers family, which was understandably flattered by all the attention, and who obviously saw the benefit in having a son who was Michael Jacksons playmate, Jordans grooming had already begun. In 1993, her father became suspicious after Michael Jackson was seen staying with Jordy and her half-sister in the Monaco room for the world music awards.
Then, in 1993, writer-dentist Evan Chandler began to become suspicious about his own relationship with Jackson. The reason the revelations are still considered to have been compromised is because, at the time, JordanJordy Chandler was undergoing anesthesia as his dad worked on his teeth. Evan Chandler took his son to see a child psychiatrist -- knowing the specialist was sworn to report every accusation of sexual abuse to Los Angeles Child Protective Services -- and Jordan was removed from the boys mother and ordered to live with the father. Evan Chandler demanded the friendship cease, but Jordans mother - planning on taking her son to Jacksons World Concert Tour of His Jackson World Concert Tour - refused to comply, and an unrelenting custody battle ensued.
However, Chandlers whole family did indeed file a civil lawsuit against Jackson, claiming sexual abuse by a single accuser, and seeking $30 million in damages. In September 1993, Jordan Chandler sued Michael Jackson for $30 million, filing suit accusing him of sexual battery, assault, enticement, willful misconduct, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, fraud, and negligence. In mid-1993, an accuser alleged publicly that Jackson had molested him. Unlike all of the other Jackson accusers and supporters that went public with their views and stories, the one accuser disappeared entirely.
The former accuser who has not spoken out is Jordy Chandler - a guy whose allegations were the focus of the first Jackson probe, way back in the 90s. In August 1993, when Jacksons Dangerous World Tour began its third leg, the news about the allegations broke, attracting global media attention. In September 1993, police officers traveled to the Philippines to interview Jacksons two former live-in maids.
On December 20, 1993, detectives from the Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Department and Los Angeles Police Department issued a warrant for the strip search of American singer Michael Jackson, because the police wanted to confirm a description by Jordan about Jacksons private anatomy. Early reports leaked at the time claimed that the strip search did not confirm what was claimed, and others present at the scene insisted that the description provided by Jordan did indeed match marks and blemishes found on Michael Jacksons deceased skin. At the time, other boys in Jacksons circle--including Robson, who would later recant in a Jackson-bashing book, "Leaving Neverland"--made statements to Jacksons defense, saying that they, too, had shared beds with the singer, but that no inappropriate conduct occurred.
The late Michael Jacksons maid Adrian MacManus and security guard Melanie Bagnall revealed details about the pop stars mistreatment of Jordy Chandler in a 60 Minutes interview. With the explosive release of the HBO documentary, Leaving Neverland, horrific allegations of child molestation against the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, have once again surfaced, with numerous accounts of the abuse by his accusers making headlines again. Today, during the week that was dominated by the terrors of the Leaving Neverland documentary, Jordan Chandlers case was, not coincidentally, re-examined -- hoping it will shine a light on new, graphic allegations made about Michael Jackson somehow.
Jordy refused to testify against Michael Jackson, and DAs say that their investigations failed to yield any evidence, and that without Jordys cooperation, they cannot bring criminal charges. For a decade and a half, the Chandlers had all tried and failed to step out of the shadow of Michael Jacksons darkness and destruction -- none more so than his own son.