KATHERINE JACKSON: ‘GUILT PUSHED ABUSE ACCUSER TO SUICIDE’
MICHAEL JACKSON’s mother KATHERINE is convinced the father of the boy who accused the star of sexual abuse committed suicide because of his guilt over masterminding the allegations.
Former dentist Evan Chandler, 65, became estranged from his entire fami ly after he accused Jackson of molesting his son Jordan in 1992.
A 13-month police investigation cleared Jackson of any wrongdoing, but the singer, who died a year ago on Friday (25Jun10), later paid the teena ger $22 million (=C2=A314.6 million) for "personal injuries arising out o f claims of negligence" in return for dropping a civil suit against him.
Evan Chandler’s body was found at his apartment in New Jersey last Nove mber (09) and officials ruled the death as suicide.
In her upcoming book, Never Can Say Goodbye: The Katherine Jackson Arch ives, the music matriarch writes that she "wants to believe" Chandler kil led himself because of the pain he caused the Thriller hitmaker with his claims.
According to TMZ.com, Jackson writes, "Evan Chandler, the father of Mic hael’s first accuser, recently committed suicide.
"Though I can’t comment on why, I want to believe his conscience finall y caught up with him and he was not able to live with himself after destr oying an innocent person’s career and breaking his spirit." (MJ/WNWCZM/KD
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