|
Post by elusivemoonwalker on Oct 1, 2023 14:46:47 GMT
Even one of the heads at the BBC expressed concerns at a government committee held to look into what he did with diana about rehiring bashir after what had gone on with MJ
|
|
|
Post by pg13 on Oct 1, 2023 14:59:28 GMT
TMez questioned Bashir in 2005:
As you can see, there is a suggestion that Michael didn't have a lawyer present when he signed an agreement with Bashir.
Almost ZERO questions were answered by Bashir.
According to David LeGrand's limited testimony, the agreement between MJ and Bashir amounted to just two pieces of paper signed by both. The amount of text on both was a paragraph.
TMez said during the trial that Michael's lifestyle did not "often leave time to sit down with lawyers and accountants. It means he's vulnerable to being taken advantage of".
It certainly seems to be what Bashir did.
Evelyn Tavasci, who served as the Executive Administrator of Productions at MJJ Productions (beginning on page 28), witness statement is interesting too:
So, it would seem that Michael again realised he'd fucked up by signing an agreement with Bashir and tried after the horse had bolted to retain some control over the project.
But too late. Bashir already had what he needed and the rest is history. But its still risky playing up to the eccentric tag and especially telling Bashir you've slept in a bed with kids before!
Bashir even said he'd arrange a meeting with himself, MJ and the UN's Koffi Annan. Honestly, I would say Bashir understood Michael Jackson really well because the kind of thing Bashir was telling him really impressed MJ.
Would have to see if we know when MJ got his implant for his drug problems at the time. It may well be that Bashir was able to get MJ to sign two bits of paper whilst he was vulnerable on that front.
It's uncharacteristic for MJ to allow a journalist so much control AND to sign two bits of paper amounting to just two paragraphs.
With no legal representation either by the sounds of it!
|
|
|
Post by elusivemoonwalker on Oct 1, 2023 15:19:31 GMT
Bashir was a manipulator of the largest scale as shown when he created false bank statements supposedly paid to staff of earl spencers by the press in order to get him on board and to create distrust amongst his staff yet create a false trust between him and the earl so he could advise diana to do the interview. (Similar to him paying geller)He then did the same with diana. False bank statements inorder to gain her trust and make her even more paranoid and distrustful against her staff.and to make her think bashir was on her side so to speak.
What he did with the families of the murder victims was probably even worse but didnt get as much publicity
|
|
|
Post by pg13 on Oct 1, 2023 15:59:06 GMT
So, 20th June 2002 MJ signed two bits of paper with Bashir seemingly without a lawyer present.
November 2002 - Dr. Farshchian placed a Naltrexlone aka Narcan implant under Michael's skin to inhibit demerol abuse.
Think it's fair to say Bashir took advantage of a time in Michael's life when he was secretly battling a drug problem. Difficult to conceive of any other scenario where MJ would agree to something by signing two bits of paper amounting to just two paragraphs in total.
|
|
|
Post by butterflies2 on Oct 1, 2023 16:03:06 GMT
Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!!
|
|
|
Post by SoCav on Oct 1, 2023 17:42:17 GMT
Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! Last time I was there they were still playing that clip from Living With on a monitor in the shop window, with the text "Our friend Michael, you will be missed" over it. Not sure if it's still there, as that was pre-Living Neverland.
|
|
|
Post by butterflies2 on Oct 1, 2023 17:54:41 GMT
Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! Last time I was there they were still playing that clip from Living With on a monitor in the shop window, with the text "Our friend Michael, you will be missed" over it. Not sure if it's still there, as that was pre-Living Neverland. I’m sure it is, mj loved vegas and Vegas loves him!
|
|
|
Post by amaya on Oct 1, 2023 20:48:44 GMT
Reading this thread makes me sad... I think Michael was just very naive. I can see the arguments about him being stubborn too but I think that came about from a need for control after having no control over anything growing up. Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! I've been to Vegas three times and never went there myself, mainly because I forgot that shop was even there (I try to block out LWMJ from memory which is probably why...). Next time I go I'll definitely go in there. Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! Last time I was there they were still playing that clip from Living With on a monitor in the shop window, with the text "Our friend Michael, you will be missed" over it. Not sure if it's still there, as that was pre-Living Neverland. Is this the video? It's on their YouTube channel. I've seen it in my recommendations several times but have never watched it:
|
|
|
Post by butterflies2 on Oct 1, 2023 21:02:45 GMT
Reading this thread makes me sad... I think Michael was just very naive. I can see the arguments about him being stubborn too but I think that came about from a need for control after having no control over anything growing up. Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! I've been to Vegas three times and never went there myself, mainly because I forgot that shop was even there (I try to block out LWMJ from memory which is probably why...). Next time I go I'll definitely go in there. Last time I was there they were still playing that clip from Living With on a monitor in the shop window, with the text "Our friend Michael, you will be missed" over it. Not sure if it's still there, as that was pre-Living Neverland. Is this the video? It's on their YouTube channel. I've seen it in my recommendations several times but have never watched it: Yeah I guess I wasn’t thinking about Martin bashir interview much either, all I could remember was that he stayed at various Vegas hotels including mine and I wanted to ask staff all about him, but I had a tight schedule
|
|
|
Post by aazzaabb on Oct 2, 2023 17:43:16 GMT
Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! They all adore him in there. The lady -I wish I remembered her name. She gave me her business card with name and number but it’s in my mothers place in Ireland. But you must go in next time you’re back there.
|
|
|
Post by aazzaabb on Oct 2, 2023 17:48:47 GMT
Off topic but I regret not going to the store to ask about mj when I visited vegas. It slipped my mind, bad fan!!! Last time I was there they were still playing that clip from Living With on a monitor in the shop window, with the text "Our friend Michael, you will be missed" over it. Not sure if it's still there, as that was pre-Living Neverland. Yes, they have 2 TV screens at the entrance with the shop scene. I don’t know if you went inside but you would have seen a number of framed photos of MJ and staff around the shop. It’s a bit of an intimidating shop to walk into and the public aren’t allowed upstairs but the staff are great. At least they were towards me. They could see that I was a big MJ fan and were only too happy to chat.
|
|
|
Post by aazzaabb on Oct 2, 2023 17:51:34 GMT
Last time I was there they were still playing that clip from Living With on a monitor in the shop window, with the text "Our friend Michael, you will be missed" over it. Not sure if it's still there, as that was pre-Living Neverland. I’m sure it is, mj loved vegas and Vegas loves him!Yes, MJ will always be loved in Vegas. He embodied everything that was great about the place. And yes, they love him too!
|
|
|
Post by butterflies2 on Oct 2, 2023 19:02:19 GMT
Yes I absolutely felt like I was in mj land when I could see signs for ads of mj one away from mandalay bay
|
|
|
Post by jaywonder on Oct 3, 2023 7:12:32 GMT
I’m sure it is, mj loved vegas and Vegas loves him!Yes, MJ will always be loved in Vegas. He embodied everything that was great about the place. And yes, they love him too! Yeah the store still has the video playing in their window. I was walking through Mandalay Bay 2 weeks ago and the MJ One store was packed
|
|