He said his father beat the stew out of him and forced him and his brothers to rehearse endlessly and then perform. I guess he was just warped at an early age.
BINGO, Girl. If this was true, he was treated as a performing stunt agent, not raised with the normal love of childhood. In his tormented brain, he thought that somehow gathering icons of childhood to himself would fill in that hole in his soul.
It might or might not have expressed itself via sexual wishes. That is a catch as catch can proposition and maybe thankfully he was spared that burden. I tend to think so, since this is a hyper aware age concerning sexual molestation and keeping any actual sexual activity under wraps with someone this famous would be like trying to nail Jello to a tree. Those railing at him and accusing him of sexual misdeeds would do well at least to look for concrete evidence. Obsession with icons of childhood of themselves are not such evidence.
Others have been as well..and sought the help they needed...others still rose above it all and became responsible and loving adults to their children. Jackson chose not to.