Posted on 11/17/2009 4:01:47 PM PST by Justaham
The father of the 13-year-old boy who accused pop legend Michael Jackson of molesting him in the early 1990s was found dead in his Jersey City home earlier this month -- an apparent suicide -- authorities said today.
A Jersey City police spokesman said that Evan Chandler, 65, was found dead on his bed in Liberty Towers, 33 Hudson Street. He had a single gunshot wound to his head and the gun was still in his hand, police spokesman Stan H. Eason said.
Police checked on Chandler when they received a call from a Bayonne doctor, who was concerned because Chandler had missed an appointment, police reports said. The doctor told police that Chandler had been extremely ill.
In the early 1990s, Chandler reported the King of Pop, who died on June 25, to authorities in both Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, accusing Jackson of molesting his son, Jordan, then 13.
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office launched a probe and convened a grand jury to look into the sexual abuse charges. Meanwhile, Chandler and his son filed a civil lawsuit against Jackson. The case did not go to trial because the boy received a settlement of more than $20 million, according to many published reports.
Chandler and Jordan made news in Hudson County in 2005 when Jordan, 26 at the time, accused his father of hitting him in the head with a 12.5-pound weight and also spraying him in the face with a chemical irritant.
Evan Chandler was charged with assault and weapons charges, but those charges were later dropped.
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He couldn’t live with the guilt any longer?
Had he brought property in Chicago?
Sad that the dead Jackson was treated as a hero by so many wrong minded people.
Who is Jordan?
Never mind I see it.
Now we can’t even tell any more jokes:
When is it bedtime at Neverland?
When the big hand is on the little gland.....
OMG the plot thickins./s
RIP.
“I’m still suspicious of those accusations.”
I am, too.
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