The Cascio family claims to have been the late Michael Jackson's 'secret second family' and have allegations of his sexual abuse, which is met with skepticism and a claim of a 'desperate money grab' by Jackson's lawyer.
Can Michael Jackson be both guilty and falsely accused? On Sunday, 60 Minutes Australia aired the incredible claims of the Cascio family: Four siblings, now grown, who say that the late pop megastar considered them his 'secret second family,' that he sexually abused each of them as children — and that none of them knew of the others' abuse until recently.
Their claims are, despite an avalanche of otherwise damning evidence against Jackson in other cases, difficult to believe. The fifth Cascio sibling was not profiled on 60 Minutes Australia, it seems, because he is not part of this new lawsuit — even though Jackson's estate settled with all of the siblings, without admitting wrongdoing, in 2020, paying out $16 million over five years.
Nor did the Cascio parents sit for this interview, though their mother, Connie, told GB News recently that 'I should have known, and I didn't. Honestly, God knows, I didn't.
' Before getting into the specific allegations here, it is possible that Jackson abused the Cascio siblings. After all, Jackson's own daughter, Paris, has reportedly grown close to the family, believes their allegations, and also believes that her father was a child abuser. As a source close to Paris exclusively told the Mail: 'Paris has stayed in touch with the Cascio family and she is especially close with their mother, Connie.
There have been some very candid conversations over the years between Paris and the Cascio family and, based upon those, Paris knows exactly what her father did.
' The story of how Michael Jackson came to infiltrate the family is strange — even for a strange guy On Sunday, 60 Minutes Australia aired the incredible claims of the Cascio family: Four siblings, now grown, who say that the late pop megastar considered them his 'secret second family' Jackson's own daughter, Paris , has reportedly grown close to the Cascios family, believes their allegations, and also believes that her father was a child abuser Marty Singer, a lawyer acting for the estate of Jackson, has accused the Cascio family of a 'desperate money grab.
' The family gave an interview with none other than Oprah Winfrey on her eponymous show back in December 2010, insisting that Jackson was not a pedophile and had never touched the children. Oprah: 'Were there ever any improprieties with you and Michael Jackson?
' Eddie, Frank and Marie Nicole, the three siblings who appeared: 'Never. ' The story of how Michael Jackson came to infiltrate the family is strange — even for a strange guy. Jackson first met the father, Dominic, at New York City's Helmsley Palace hotel, where he frequently stayed; Dominic was the guest manager.
It's a testament to the power of enormous fame, the ways in which it can blind, that Dominic didn't seem to wonder why a globally famous, enormously wealthy, eccentric pop star who spent most of his time with small children would befriend a middle-class man, in the service industry, from New Jersey. Or why Jackson would often show up at their modest suburban home, unannounced, in the middle of the night, to rouse the children for pillow fights and playtime.
Or why Bubbles, Jackson's chimp, would often be in tow. Or why he chose to spend the months after 9/11 living with the Cascios. Or why he would have the children join him on world tours, meeting heads of state and A-list stars. Jackson first met the father, Dominic , at New York City's Helmsley Palace hotel, where he frequently stayed; Dominic was the guest manager.
The Cascio family gave an interview with none other than Oprah Winfrey on her eponymous show back in December 2010, insisting that Jackson was not a pedophile and had never touched the children All extremely suspicious and creepy, to be sure. But consider these claims, now leveled by the Cascios: That last one, in particular, is an unusual claim. Most of Jackson's accusers are male, although there is one anonymous woman who claims Jackson molested her.
And Jackson's sister LaToya, in her memoir, alleged that Michael molested her, too — a claim she later retracted. Also suspicious is the demeanor, on 60 Minutes Australia, of Aldo Cascio, who seems to be willing himself to cry. Yet no real tears are forthcoming.
'God, this was the worst thing to live with,' Aldo says. 'Imagine you're a kid, a little kid, with a backpack going to school, and all that's on his mind is he's having sex with the biggest entertainer in the world and he's abusing him and you can't say anything about it. ' Aldo's voice is strained, his facial expression distraught, but those tears he's trying to squeeze out aren't there.
For those who might say this is too cynical: There is nothing, nothing, television producers love more than extreme emotion. Aldo is shot here in close-up. Had he been able to truly cry — at any point in his interview — we'd have seen it. Also: The Cascios lived in a fairly modest house.
How could they not hear or see anything untoward? Aldo's voice is strained, his facial expression distraught, but those tears he's trying to squeeze out aren't there Had Aldo been able to truly cry — at any point in his interview — we'd have seen it How is it that all five siblings, who are close in age, say they were being simultaneously abused by Jackson, but not one said anything to the other for the decades this abuse took place — not until the 2019 documentary 'Leaving Neverland,' which featured two credible accusers?
Jackson estate attorney Singer also told the New York Times that 'he family staunchly defended Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, attesting to his innocence of inappropriate conduct. This new court filing is a transparent forum-shopping tactic in their scheme to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael's estate and companies.
' Such were the risks, it seems, when the Jackson family decided to greenlight the 'Michael' biopic, currently smashing box office records, which deliberately ends before Jackson was ever accused of child molestation. And such are the risks going forward, as the Jackson estate surely makes plans for a sequel — against the backdrop of another child molestation trial against the Jackson estate, slated for the fall.
There is only one reason to hope that what the Cascios further allege really is true — because if they are lying, they will have set the fight for all true survivors of abuse back by decades.
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