"We find the allegations in the documentary deeply troubling and disturbing," said the chairman and chief executive of the company, Michael Burke. In a statement released last Thursday, the popular fashion brand Louis Vuitton said it would be removing its Michael Jackson-inspired fall/winter 2019 clothing, citing the Leaving Neverland documentary as the reason for the decision. Radio stations have stopped playing Jackson’s music Here’s a running list of the fallout so far: Billboard has estimated that Jackson’s recordings generate $20 million to $25 million a year, and that since his death in 2009, the estate has earned more than $2 billion.īut despite the family’s campaign against Leaving Neverland, there are signs that the negative public reaction to the King of Pop is starting to take its toll.
Jackson, who settled out of court for a child molestation lawsuit in 1993 and was later acquitted in a criminal sex abuse case in 2005, and his family members have vehemently denied the allegations against him.Įven after his death, the stakes for his estate are high. In addition to criticizing Robson and Safechuck as liars who are out for monetary gain, the Jackson estate took aim at HBO, filing a $100 million lawsuit against the network and airing two concert films to compete against the two-night premiere of the documentary. Since Leaving Neverland, the documentary about the alleged sexual abuse Michael Jackson committed against Wade Robson and James Safechuck when they were boys, aired at Sundance and then HBO, the singer’s estate has been on the offensive.
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