June 22, 2016
Police Report Details Michael Jackson's Alleged Disturbing Porn Collection
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A new report from gossip site RadarOnline claims to have obtained a 2003 police report from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department, which details the bizarre and disturbing alleged porn collection reportedly found at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
The report comes 13 years after the music icon was arrested on felony charges of child molestation.
RadarOnline's report says after searching Jackson's home, police found pornography that featured images of adults and children, animal torture, S&M, and gore.
"A lot of this stuff was used to desensitize the children, and Michael admitted taking one child after another into bed with him for long periods of time," former Santa Barbra Senior Assistant District Attorney Ron Zonen, who helped prosecute Jackson, told RadarOnline. "We identified five different boys, who all made allegations of sexual abuse. There's not much question in my mind that Michael was guilty of child molestation."
Police also allegedly found "drugs to treat sex addiction, with multiple prescriptions written by a variety of physicians."
RadarOnline posted video footage of the investigators' search into the Neverland Ranch, which shows disturbing images inside the "Thriller" singer's home. In the three-minute clip, cops raid Jackson's home, showing rooms full of children's toys, dolls, electronics, and life-size action figures.
RadarOnline published photos of the findings. View them clicking here.
Jackson was charged with seven counts of child molestation in 2003 but was acquitted by a jury in 2005 after a long trial. Consequence of Sound notes the pop star reportedly paid nearly $20 million in civil settlements with the alleged victims.
A rep for Jackson has denied RadarOnline's report in a statement to Vanity Fair.
"Everything in these reports, including what the County of Santa Barbara calls 'content that appears to be obtained off the Internet or through unknown sources' is false," the rep said.
A rep from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department also gave Vanity Fair a statement about the documents RadarOnline published.
Some of the documents appear to be copies of reports that were authored by Sheriff's Office personnel as well as evidentiary photographs taken by Sheriff's Office personnel interspersed with content that appears to be obtained off the Internet or through unknown sources. The Sheriff's Office did not release any of the documents and/or photographs to the media. The Sheriff's Office released all of its reports and the photographs as part of the required discovery process to the prosecution and the defense.
The Daily Mail also published a number of the images allegedly found in the police report, but it cannot be confirmed whether or not the disturbing and NSFW photos are authentic.
RadarOnline's report comes after it was announced filmmaker J.J. Abrams is adapting a book about the singer, who died in June 2009 from an overdose of sedatives, for a TV series. The project will be about Jackson's final days.
Watch the investigator's video RadarOnline published below.