Robson featured in the 2019’s HBO documentary and accused the late pop star of repeatedly abusing him for seven years.
Wade Robson’s lawsuit against the Michael Jackson estate was dismissed by a California court on Monday. In the lawsuit, Robson alleged the late pop star icon had abused him for seven years from 1990 and claimed two of Jackson’s companies—MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures—had facilitated the abuse. “There is no evidence supporting Plaintiff’s contention that Defendants exercised control over Jackson,” L.A. County Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young wrote. “The evidence further demonstrates that Defendants had no legal ability to control Jackson, because Jackson had complete and total ownership of the corporate defendants. Without control, there is no special relationship or duty that exists between Defendants and Plaintiff. In addition, there is no evidence of misfeasance by Defendants.” Robson, featured in HBO ‘s 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, along with other men who claim Jackson had abused as children. Robson met Jackson when was five years old after winning a competition run by MJJ Productions in Australia. Two years later, aged seven, he and his family traveled to California, as his dance company performed at Disneyland. According to the lawsuit, Robson’s mother contacted Jackson’s assistant Norma Staikos to set up a meeting with the pop star and they were invited to visit him at his Neverland Ranch in California. Here, Robson claimed he slept in Jackson’s bed, while his family stayed in separate guess quarters. That’s when the abuse started.
