[Wuli]

It is no excuse, but if all I have read about the physical and mental abuse from his father, and the depravity of his older brothers he was forced to witness as a child (long before puberty MJ shared hotel rooms with one or more brothers who would screw their whores in MJ's presence - so I have read)), it is not surprising MJ had problems. From his abusive father he got his perpetual childhood (a need to replace the childhood he didn't have), and from his brothers he got that sex was only just play. The combination was deadly.

[gr8eman]

Heard a story that Diana Ross added to the addled young Michael’s issues. Don’t know if it is true, but anything is possible...very sad!

[ExNewsExSpook]

Yeah, and throw in the pressure that came with being the family’s meal ticket from the age of 12 onward. The guy was a Freudian delight and of course, he was never treated for his various problems (outside of drugs). Too many people depending on The Perv for the livelihood. So, drug him up and shove him out there on the stage and if he molested young boys in his spare time, hire the right lawyers to hush it up and negotiate the settlements. There was money to be made and the hell with the consequences.