Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who say Michael Jackson abused them over years when they were boys, detailed their allegations in the documentary Leaving Neverland. Lawyers for the late singer argue his innocence and say claims against him are motivated by money.
James Safechuck is pictured aged 10 with Jackson
Robson, now a 40-year-old choreographer, met Jackson when he was five years old. He went on to appear in three Jackson music videos.Safechuck, now 45, said in his suit that he was nine when he met Jackson while filming a Pepsi commercial. He said Jackson called him often and lavished him with gifts before moving on to sexually abusing him.
A three-judge panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal has now found that their lawsuits should not have been dismissed by a lower court.A judge who dismissed the suits in 2021 found that the corporations - MJJ Productions Inc and MJJ Ventures Inc - who were both named as defendants in the case, could not be expected to function like the Boy Scouts or a church where a child in their care could expect their protection.
But the latest decision means that Robson and Safechuck can now validly claim the corporations had a responsibility to protect them.In their report, the higher court judges wrote:"A corporation that facilitates the sexual abuse of children by one of its employees is not excused from an affirmative duty to protect those children merely because it is solely owned by the perpetrator of the abuse.
They added:"It would be perverse to find no duty based on the corporate defendant having only one shareholder. And so, we reverse the judgments entered for the corporations."
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