Seven years after Michael Jackson's death, the late singer's family slammed reports of recently surfaced documents that allegedly detail large stashes of disturbing pornography seized by authorities during a raid on Neverland Ranch in 2003.
"Michael Jackson's fans, including the executors of his estate, prefer to remember the wonderful gifts Michael left behind instead of having to once again see his good name dragged through the mud by tabloid trash," the executors of Jackson's estate said in a statement released to Billboard.
"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, no double timed to the anniversary of Michael's passage. Those who continue to shamelessly exploit Michael via sleazy internet 'click bait' ignore that he was acquitted by a jury in 2005 on every one of the 14 salacious charges brought against him in a failed witch hunt. Michael remains just as innocent of these smears in death as he was in life, even though he isn't here to defend himself. Enough is enough."
Tabloid website RadarOnline published the 61 pages of documents Monday and touted the reports as showing "the true depths of (Jackson's) depravity." However, a spokeswoman with the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office told the Los Angeles Times that the documents appeared to be a mix between copies of reports from deputies and pages taken from the internet "or through other sources."
A jury found Jackson not guilty on various child molestation charges in 2005 after a 13-year-old boy accused of him of sexual abuse.
Family members took to social media to blast the RadarOnline documents and other reports on them.
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