Corey Feldman Comes After The Parents Of Michael Jackson’s Alleged Victims
The world is still shaken after HBO’s explosive documentary Leaving Neverland, which aired its final half last night before an Oprah interview with two of Michael Jackson’s alleged victims.
Now, former child star Corey Feldman is defending his friend Michael Jackson, saying the pop star never sexually abused him but also adding that those claiming to be victims deserve to be heard.
Corey is placing blame on the alleged victims’s parents for allowing their kids to be alone with Jackson: “What happened with me [and Jackson] was strictly aboveboard,” he told told Page Six.
“We’d be on the phone for hours. You’re talking about someone who has spent their life in the industry, who grew up in the industry and didn’t have a childhood and have friends and have sleepovers, I could relate,” he added. “That was my life. We both came from abuse — abusive homes. There is not a lot of kindred minds that can connect on those levels or achieve the success he had. That was the common ground we shared.”
Corey, who himself was a victim of sexual abuse and has been advocating for victims, is sympathetic to the accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the subjects of the film.
“I am not saying they are lying. I wasn’t there,” he told Page Six. “I can only go based on my experiences,” adding, “every victim’s voice must be taken seriously and must be heard. In no way would I ever intimate that I would want them to be silenced.”