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Originally Posted by terriblecanyons
I don't feel that he turned into a pedophile, but I do feel that he became unhealthily obsessed with children. I obviously do not personally know if he did anything to those kids but even if he didn't, someone should've intervened and gotten him some help.
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I tend to agree with that. His allowing children to sleep in his bed with him was certainly inappropriate but not necessarily motivated by a sexual interest in those he shared his bed with. Certainly the allegations that he was abusing children seemed motivated more by financial gain than they did seeking justice for a crime. Of course, the only people that will ever know the truth are Jacko and the children he slept with.
Ultimately though, Jacko was a sick man (mentally and physically rather than necessarily morally) who did, as you state, need guidance rather than the ultimately fatal shield of protection that he received from his family and a court of sycophantic hangers-on up-till his death.