Child molestation scandals rock Hollywood

Michael Jackson was repeatedly accused of child molestation and is said to have spent about $200 million to settle lawsuits.

Singer Michael Jackson

In 2013, the Sunday People obtained confidential FBI documents investigating Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse of at least 24 children over a 15-year period. The FBI files included thousands of pages of reports detailing allegations and evidence that Michael had sexually abused boys since 1989. The reports were accompanied by phone recordings.

Since 1993, there have been at least four major lawsuits against Michael Jackson, all of which involve child molestation. The first was Evan Chandler, who sued Michael Jackson for sexually abusing his 13-year-old son, Jordan Chandler. The star never faced any charges, but paid an out-of-court settlement of around $40 million.

In the early 2000s, Michael Jackson was arrested on child molestation charges and posted $3 million bail. In 2004, the court found Michael Jackson not guilty.

In 2015, Wade Robson and James Safechuck - two self-proclaimed victims - pursued a similar lawsuit and demanded large compensation from the $1.5 billion estate left by Michael Jackson. The Jackson Estate is the organization that receives and handles the lawsuit on behalf of Michael Jackson.

According to Wade and James' lawyers, Michael Jackson spent $200 million to silence more than 20 victims of his sexual abuse. This is the total amount of money Michael had to spend to settle a series of sexual abuse lawsuits from 1993 until his death.

Director Woody Allen

In 1992, Woody was brought to trial for sexually assaulting his 7-year-old adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. However, Dylan was too afraid to speak up at the trial and Woody was acquitted.

After years of suffering, Dylan Farrow first told her story in the New York Times in 2014. She was abused repeatedly and suffered severe psychological effects as an adult.

In addition, Woody Allen also molested another adopted daughter, Soon Yi (at the age of 18). Soon Yi later became the famous director's wife.

Woody Allen has remained silent after many allegations of scandalous personal life.

Singer R. Kelly

In 2002, an anonymous person sent a video accusing R. Kelly of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. After an investigation, it was not clear whether the person in the video was R. Kelly, so he was acquitted. In addition, a 17-year-old girl who was an intern at Epic Records also accused R. Kelly of rape.

The R&B singer is said to have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to retrieve incriminating evidence from the victim.

Director Bryan Singer

In 2014, director Bryan Singer was accused of raping a 14-15 year old boy in the late 1990s. The plaintiff was Michael Egan. According to the lawsuit, Michael claimed that Bryan gave him alcohol and raped him after he refused. Michael Egan is seeking compensation from Bryan Singer for the psychological damage he suffered.

Following that, a British actor also accused the director of the X-Men movie of raping him in a hotel room when he was 17 years old.

In both cases, Bryan Singer filed and won lawsuits based on unsubstantiated allegations.

According to VNE