The fact that famous celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor stand up for Jackson is completely irrelevant. Entertainers in general have a well-deserved bad reputation when it comes to matters of common sense and morals. The wisdom of the carnies I call it.
Why would other parents allow their kids to sleep over? Why do religious leaders stand up for criminal politicians(Clintons, Kennedys, et.al.)? Celebrity is like a drug, a drug which clouds the minds and morals of the celebrated, and of those who would rub elbows with them.
Is MJ a good father? It takes a man to be a father. Watch the interview. He is not a man. As a matter of fact, he sounds like a deranged child. Besides, a good father does not purposely choose to bring a child into the world without a mother.
A grown man also does not entice young boys to sleep in his room. This behavior has red flags all over it, and the fact that he refuses to see the impropriety of this behavior only reinforces the appearance of devious, or at least highly risky goings on.
My fatherly instincts tell me that MJ is someone not to trust with children, if not because of a history of molestations, at least because it is obvious to anyone who is not purposely obtuse that he is mentally ill, and very much so. As to the idea that his payoff does not imply guilt, If I were wrongly accused of such a thing I would fight to my last breath to clear my name. Settle? Never.