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<\/p>\nMICHAEL Jackson was the real victim in Leaving Neverland, his family claims as they file \u00a380million lawsuit to stop the documentary from airing on Channel 4 next month.<\/p>\n
Keith Jackson, 55, has hit out at the explosive documentary that alleges the King of Pop was a predatory paedophile featuring the claims from two accusers.<\/p>\n
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Channel 4 is set to air the documentary next month, but Jackson\u2019s estate has filed a multi-million-pound lawsuit against HBO to try and stop it the screening.<\/p>\n
Keith defends his cousin to the Mirror claiming the singer \u201cfeared for his life\u201d over similar allegations.<\/p>\n
He claims Jackson once told him that people were after him.<\/p>\n
Keith said the allegation have a had profound effect on his family including Prince, 22, Paris, 20, and Price \u201cBlanket\u201d Michael III, 17, and his mum Katherine, 87.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe family are really upset because their dad was already proven innocent.<\/p>\n
\u201cMichael loved kids, he loved his own kids and he loved kids in general like he did his own.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut instead of Hollywood doing something positive, they instead, once again, had to come out with a completely derogatory and hurtful film.\u201d<\/p>\n
The four-hour two-part documentary has not been released in the UK yet, but its upcoming broadcast is set to devastating.<\/p>\n
It will bring up memories from Jackson\u2019s high-profile court case when he was cleared of abusing then 13-year-old cancer survivor Gavin Arvizo in 2005.<\/p>\n
Jackson was acquitted on all nine counts of child molestation.<\/p>\n
Leaving Neverland features accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who claim they were abused as youngsters at this ranch.<\/p>\n
Keith, whose father Luther was the brother of Jackon\u2019s dad Joe, believes the accusers would not have come forward if Jackson was still alive.<\/p>\n
Keith said if he didn\u2019t \u201cthink this would be an issue right now\u201d if his cousin didn\u2019t die.<\/p>\n
Jackson died aged 50 after suffering an overdose of the surgical anaesthetic Propofol.<\/p>\n
Robson, now 36, claims in the film he was abused from the age of seven after meeting the pop star in a lookalike competition.<\/p>\n
He claims he was molested at Neverland Ranch by Jackson.<\/p>\n
He says the abuse went on for seven years, and alleges two Jackson firms were used to lure kids.<\/p>\n
Safechuck met Jackson aged nine when he appeared in Pespi commercial with the singer in 1987.<\/p>\n
The former boy companion of Jacko \u2013 who was by the star\u2019s side for much of his Bad tour \u2013 accused the singer of molesting him nearly 100 times in a lawsuit in 2015.<\/p>\n
Court docs claim the pair regularly shared a bed while the powerful celebrity used code words for sex.<\/p>\n
Safechuck then aged 10, joined Jackson on his Bad tour in June of 1987 where he travelled around the world with the superstar.<\/p>\n
Despite having no relation to Jackson, there was no public controversy around pictures of a little boy holding hands with the grown man, then aged 30, while attending events in locations such as Paris and Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Safechuck and Robson have both previously testified under oath that he had never acted inappropriate.<\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s estate has filed a lawsuit against HBO claiming the channel signed a \u201cnon-disparagement clause\u201d when they aired Michael Jackson in Concert in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour in 1992.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit also claims the accusers are after money.<\/p>\n