Michael Jacobshagen is exposed by German TV show

Michael Jacobshagen is a German fan who's met MJ as a child in a fan meet-and-greet but clearly exaggerated the extent of his "friendship" with MJ. With each telling the alleged friendship grew. He claimed to have travelled with MJ on HIStory tour (clearly not true), to have slept in his bed (not true) and lately he even started claiming that he's been in regular contact with MJ ever since. He's been touring tabloids and selling notes - supposedly written by MJ - to both tabloids and fans. None of that was true and this German TV show finally exposed his lying ass.



A summary of the report in the video:

First they interview Jacobshagen who repeats his fairy tale of being in regular contact with MJ since 1998 and MJ supposedly giving him all those notes to share with the world and the fans. Claims to have been on tours with him for weeks (what tour that would be after 1998? LOL).

Then they talk to another guy, a Swiss man, Thomas Käppeli who is a big MJ fan and collector. He spent about 300.000 euros on notes and other memorabilia he bought from Jacobshagen. He started to be suspicious when he once noted how he would like to have something MJ wrote about Switzerland (because he is Swiss and he's met MJ always in Switzerland) and with a marker rather than a pen. And lo and behold the next time him and Jacobshagen met Jacobshagen brought five notes about Switzerland ("I love Switzerland" etc.) all written with a marker. So this was a big red flag for Käppeli as it was a bit too convenient.

Then they show another fan, who noticed something on eBay. There was a Bad LP sold for 2.00 euros and Jacobshagen gave a positive rating for that particular item on eBay. Then a couple of months later this same LP was sold on Jacobshagen account - but by the time it was autographed supposedly by MJ and Jacobshagen tried to sell it for 250 euros. The guy noticed it was the same LP because it had a yellow price sticker on it at the exact same location.

Then another collector fan is interviewed who wanted to buy an autograph from him. It was on a photo paper that had a identification number on the back side. The guy then searched it on the Internet and it turned out that the particular photo paper was manufactured only years later, so that made him realize it was fake.

Also Jacobshagen claimed on his website that a part of his income from these items goes to a particular foundation that fights against child poverty. The TV channel asked the foundation and they said that they never had any connection with Jacobshagen.

Then they asked Dieter Wiesner about Jacobshagen and he said he asked Katherine and he asked Jermaine about him, but no one knows him.

Then they have a criminal graphologist analyze Jacobshagen's notes and she clearly says they are fake.

Then they have Thomas Käppeli meet him again but this time they record the meeting with a hidden camera. During the meeting Jacobshagen admits he doesn't pay any tax after the stuff he is selling.

Then the TV program interviews him again. Unsolicited Jacobshagen offers them "real MJ notes" for 1,000 euros. He claims to have been there when Michael wrote them. Then during the interview they tell him that acc. to the criminal graphologist his notes are fake. Jacobshagen doesn't admit them to be fake, he says he has no idea why would the graphologist say that, he was there and they are real.

Then they show Jermaine say he doesn't have any idea who Jacobshagen is and he is very angry he uses his family's name for this.

Wiesner says Jacobshagen is a hard core fan and he thinks he really believes what he says (hinting at a mental issue, I think).

And then after the report they add that since Jacobshagen took his website off the Internet.