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Michael Jackson’s first sex abuse accuser could speak publicly for first time about relationship with popstar

US lawyers want to call Jordan Chandler as a witness in £75million lawsuit to ask about abuse from Jacko

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MICHAEL Jackson's first ever sex abuse accuser could speak publicly for the first time about his relationship with the superstar.

US lawyers want to call Jordan Chandler as a witness in a £75million lawsuit to ask about abuse by

Jacko, as well as his confidential pay-off from the King of Pop.

 Michael Jackson paid Chandler £15million not to proceed with a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles
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Michael Jackson paid Chandler £15million not to proceed with a civil lawsuit in Los AngelesCredit: Getty Images

Jackson paid Chandler £15million not to proceed with a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles after his family filed a case claiming he was molested.

Chandler has not been seen or spoken publicly in over 22 years since and the full details of the contract Jacko created have never been publicly revealed.

 Lawyers have written to the MJ estate asking they should make any confidentiality agreements public
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Lawyers have written to the MJ estate asking they should make any confidentiality agreements publicCredit: Getty Images

Reports claimed that he was given a new identity and life in New York after the settlement.

But now Wade Robson, a former child dancer who also claims he was abused by Jackson, is asking a court and the singer’s estate to release all details of business documents connecting him to child abuse.

Robson is trying to prove to a civil court that he was abused long term by the Bad singer and wants Jackson's former child companions and their families be allowed to talk openly in court.

Lawyers have written to the MJ estate asking they should make any confidentiality agreements public.
From the 1980s Jackson struck business and personal deals with kids and the FBI are said to hold papers which detail how the Grammy-winner paid out as much as £23million.

 Wade Robson is asking a court to release details connecting him to child abuse
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Wade Robson is asking a court to release details connecting him to child abuseCredit: Epa

A new letter sent by Robson’s lead lawyer John Manly to Jackson’s estate lawyer Howard Weitzman demands that all details and terms of any pay-outs be made available.

Robson, who previously testified in court claiming Jackson was not a paedophile, is now suing the star in death claiming that he suffered years of sex abuse from him.

Jackson was cleared of all counts of child sex abuse and grooming of Gavin Arvizo in criminal trial in 2005.

Lawyer Manly now claims it is "illegal to make a child sex abuse settlement confidential".

In court case papers he wrote: "It is widely recognised that only in secrecy can child sex abuse flourish and continue.

"Attorneys for director, dancer, and choreographer Wade Robson are asking the Jackson Estate to release the families of other young boys victimised by Jackson from the confidentiality agreements they signed as a condition of receiving huge monetary settlements.

 'This move is about opening up everything and every deal that Jackson and his business did with the children'
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'This move is about opening up everything and every deal that Jackson and his business did with the children'Credit: Getty Images

A source connected to the case added: "This move is about opening up everything and every deal that Jackson and his business did with the children.

“It is not secret that Jordan settled with Jackson, but now Wade's team feel it is entirely relevant and real that Jordan now explain what happened, and the paperwork too become public.

"Out of everyone Chandler could be a huge key to this case.

“The legal team say that the confidentiality deal should be closed down as it should not protect sex abusers. The judge will have to decide.

“But this would be an astonishing moment in the legacy of Jackson; because Jordan could once and for all tell the world what really happened.”
Australian Robson is due to face Jackson's estate in court in March 2017.

Last year a judge ruled that Robson waited too long to make a legal claim against Jackson and dismissed a filing - so his lawyers re-filed the suit against Jacko's business ventures.

 Last year a judge ruled that Robson waited too long to make a legal claim against Jackson
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Last year a judge ruled that Robson waited too long to make a legal claim against JacksonCredit: Reuters

He is fighting a civil action against MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures, the business entities that employed both him and Jackson when the abuse occurred.

Court paperwork claims that Jacko molested Robson hours after flying him to the US and abused him every night during his first stay.

The abuse is alleged to have gone on for several years and Jacko is said to have threatened him not to make it public.

The Jackson estate has continued to deny all Robson's claims.

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