Micheal Jackson admits to settling past claims

[momof3disneyholics]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Entertainment&cat=Michael_Jackson
This is just getting worse and worse.

 

[Pam]

This isn't shocking or anything new to me, unfortunately.

What I have always wondered is how the parents of these young children can live with themselves after having pimped their kids out for profit?? They had to have known what Jackson was like - it's been reported for years, yet they chose to turn their heads and plug their ears.

 

[Kim&Chris]

I completely agree. Both Michael Jackson & the kid's parents are equally at fault for this stuff.

I think it's always been money-hungry parents who know full well that their kids will be a victim of this sicko. It's not like no one knows what he's all about by now.

They should put the parents on trial along side MJ.

 

[MinnieM21]

If I were a parent and my child was molested, there would be no amount of money that would get me to shut up. I don't understand..if these parents knew Michael Jackson was like that, why in the world would they allow their children to spend the night with him. I watched the news special on this other story last night and the parents allowed Michael Jackson to spend the night at their house w/ their son when the father suspected Jackson of molesting their child. What kind of nut parents would do that? It just doesn't make sense to me?

 

[JoeThaNo1Stunna]

Perhaps they weren't 100% sure or not sure at all that he molested them and were in it for only the money. I have no doubt that whether he did it or not, Michael would rather pay them off than have more lengthy court battles.

 

[LisaSt]

I am sure the parents did now and that is why they did it for the quick buck knowing he would pay up as sick as that may seem kinda like the woman suing McDonalds because she took a sip of hot coffee and sued them because she dropped it on her lap. Then said it was the restaurants fault well no it isn't you were the stupid person that did it same with the parents they were the ones who did this to their kids and regretably ruined the childs life as no ammount of money will make up for the pain and suffering of mental anguish those kids will now have to live with.

 

[jennyanydots]

Lisa, every time I hear someone rant about the McDoanld's case I have to jump in.

I'm a defense attorney and I would have settled that case long before it went ot trial and a jury assigned fault to McDonald's.

you've got the facts wrong. she was merely trying to open the coffee when it spilled in her lap. the coffee was prepared at a temperature that caused third degree burns -- not something you would expect from coffee. she offered to settle the case for a very nomial sum and McDonald's refused to do so. the burns were horrific and the jury awarded a considerable sum, after apportioning some fo the fault to McDonald's and some to the plaintiff -- it's a legal concept called comparative negligence, meaning that even if you're partially to blame for your own mishaps, someone who contributed to your injury must pay their portion of the damages as well.

you weren't on the jury, you were not instructed on the law and you didn't hear all the facts. I've done insurance defens for 20 years, and if it had been my call I would have had the checkbook out long before we reached the courthouse steps.

I always wonder where all these "take responsibilty for your own actions" people are when we do jury selection.


as for the parents of the victims -- if they were stupid enough to allow their children to associate with Michael Jackson after knowing his history, they deserve part of the blame for what happened. but whether they can be held legally accountable...I don't think so.

 

[JoeThaNo1Stunna]

Those facts do not change the feciciousness of the McDonald's case. It is coffee, anyone knows that if you are not very careful with it you could burn yourself.

 

[disney4us2002]

I have to say that even though MJ has never been found guilty, as a parent of three sons, there is just no way I'd chance any kind of encounter with him. Whether the parents can be found legally responsible or not does not change my feeling that they are only a step below the abuser.

As for the McDonald's case, I just don't agree with the number of lawsuits in this country. I don't doubt that the lady was burned or even that the coffee was too hot but it was just too extreme a settlement imo.

 

[LisaSt]

I agree honestly what the hell it is coffee is coffee not supposed to be hot. I know going in that if I order a coffee it should be piping hot and thus I let it sit a few moments before I even attempt to open it. If I spill a hot coffee on myself and get burned who is to blame. Me I am the idiot that wasn't carefull and spilled it on myself tryint to open it that is not McD's fault that she wasnt more carefull with a steaming hot coffee. If she wants one that won't burn her if she spills it get an iced coffee. People are far to willing to sue for just about anything anymore and it is killing us all in insurance rates and such look at your insurance rates for the car or a motorcycle are they not getting to the point you just sit back and go what the hell even if you have not had an accident the companies pay out for others that have and lawsuits for the peole that sue because of minor things that happen and who ultimateley pays we do.

 

[delswife]

the coffee was prepared at a temperature that caused third degree burns -- not something you would expect from coffee. she offered to settle the case for a very nomial sum and McDonald's refused to do so.

I sure wouldn't expect to get a third degree burn from a cup of coffee.

as for the parents of the victims -- if they were stupid enough to allow their children to associate with Michael Jackson after knowing his history, they deserve part of the blame for what happened. but whether they can be held legally accountable...I don't think so.

ITA

 

[disneychrista]

If I were a parent and my child was molested, there would be no amount of money that would get me to shut up.

As the parent of a child who was molested there is no sum of money that could help or have changed what happened. But then again the 13 years her molester will spend in a Mental Health Prision Facility won't either.

 

[BuzznBelle'smom]

I'm completely unsurprised that MJ settled other cases--pedophiles don't hurt just one kid. That's one of the worst things about them--they're rare, but on average, each one molests over 100 kids. That's an awful lot of ruined lives!

I completely agree that the parents bear some responsibility--there isn't enough money (or anything!) in the world to get MJ anywhere near my kids. Not for 30 seconds, not with me and DH present, not at a concert, nothing. I would bar him from my state if I could. These parents are idiots. Even if you want to assume innocent until proven guilty, the mere fact that the issue has been raised would tell me, as a parent, that I'm not going to risk my child's innocence on even the slightest possibility that it could be true.

 

[momof2inPA]

Originally posted by delswife
I sure wouldn't expect to get a third degree burn from a cup of coffee.

I once had Staarbucks coffee melt the glue holding together my coffee cup. I'm glad I didn't try to drink it or hold it between my thighs.

About the MJ case, those parents set their kids up to be molested, just like parents who sell their daughters into slavery in Thailand.

 

[dzneelvr]

Michael Jackson is a criminal--a pedophile with documented priors who only escaped the legal system because of his celebrity status and ability to pay off the victims before it went to the system.
How many more innocent children will have to submit to his behaviors? (never mind who is to blame for putting michael and the child together--it's still a conscious decision by Michael to do what he does to them (whatever it is...). Blame can be endless--how about some for his family and close friends who've turned a blind eye to his "issue" so that they can continue to get handouts from his money machine....

I personally hope he gets convicted in this current case and goes to jail like other pedophiles. Let him see that celebrity status (such as it is in his case), can't save him forever.
He makes me sick.

 

[Pooh93]

It does not surprise me that he's paid others off, it does surprise me he's admitted it. I'll wonder what else he'll have to admit before this is all over.

 

[MinnieM21]

Originally posted by disneychrista
As the parent of a child who was molested there is no sum of money that could help or have changed what happened. But then again the 13 years her molester will spend in a Mental Health Prision Facility won't either.

Disneychrista, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I can't even begin to imagine how heartbreaking that would be.

Anyway, I don't see how the parents who accused Michael Jackson of molesting their children could have accepted money and settled that way. I would never accept any money from the molester and not go to court.

 

[Parrothead1964]

Lawsuits.

This is why I can't get through a car commercial without having to see "Professional Driver on closed course -- do not attempt."

Or why I can't hear a commercial about the latest night time sleep aid without them telling me it may cause drowsiness. Or bloating. Or cramps. Or nausea. Or any one of a varying degree of disorders. Why can't all of these commercials simply end with "See your doctor about the possible side affects that may accompany this medicine."

Or my favorite -- a cape for a kid (to play a character like Superman) that warns "Cape does not enable user to fly."

Off the soapbox now.

 

[Micca]

Settling does not admit guilt. If it happened to my kid, and the difference was accept several million dollars my family could use for our long term good(including therapy, education, etc.) or prosecuting an expensive case that would throw my child in the limelight for 2 years(that I might lose) I'd have to think a while about that

 

[poohandwendy]

Originally posted by Micca
Settling does not admit guilt. If it happened to my kid, and the difference was accept several million dollars my family could use for our long term good(including therapy, education, etc.) or prosecuting an expensive case that would throw my child in the limelight for 2 years(that I might lose) I'd have to think a while about that

I don't think I could live with myself if I didn't do everything in my power to make sure that person was unable to harm other children. Accepting a settlement, IMHO, is an agreement to accept payment for the use of my child and also a conscious decision to not care about the pain and suffering of future victims. That is unacceptable to me. Anyone who settles for a monetary amount in lieu of prosecuting a child molester is commiting a moral crime, and it should be a legal crime, IMO. Btw, the victims family does not pay for the prosecution of a criminal.