WHAT IT'S ABOUT: In 2013, a choreographer named Wade Robson appeared on NBC's "Today" show claiming he had been sexually abused by Michael Jackson from the age of 7 to 14. Robson's story made a splash but raised legitimate questions. Hadn't Robson once defended Jackson against such allegations from another child? Why did Robson wait until after Jackson's death to backpedal? And didn't his posthumous lawsuit against the singer prove that he simply wanted money?
In "Leaving Neverland," filmmaker Dan Reed lets Robson tell his story in painstaking, gut-wrenching detail _ and that's not all. Reed also sits with James Safechuck, a man who for the first time publicly tells a nearly identical story.
MY SAY: "Leaving Neverland" may strike some viewers as a tough watch, both for its four-hour length and its verbal descriptions of child sexual abuse. Be prepared.
