The truth of what went on was only known to him and the kids...
Growing up, there was a couple who people in my community looked down on, because they were different...very poor...My folks felt sorry for them and said they were safe, so I spent time over at their house. Being the poor folks they were, I don't know how they could've afforded the gifts they gave the neighborhood kids (a few whose parents would immediately throw said gifts into the trash)...they never said or did anything immoral in my presence, the "guy" was somewhat effeminate though, but they got along.
Years later, I found out the "guy" was really...well...how to put this...he wasn't a tranny, because he wasn't a he, nor a she...ever hear of someone born neither male nor female? God rest his....uhm....her....uh their soul. As a child he had been abused, mocked, and locked up by his parents because their neighbors did all sorts of mean stuff to him as a kid.
I'm not making excuses for Michael, what he did, what he didn't do, he will face judgment for.
I liked his music as a kid, the early Jackson 5ive stuff, he got a bit too odd, in my opinion, later in life.
If he WAS indeed a pedophile, then may he burn eternally. If not, I hope he gets a good reward for what good he DID do in life. I guess I'm a wee bit opinionated and "redneck" after all, huh? I'm just glad I'm not the judge passing sentence on the throngs of humanity, I'd need more than a 50billion megaton hydrocodone...
as said earlier, rest in peace: Ed, Farrah, Michael.