Michael Jackson's nude photos could be shared with the world after sex abuse ... trends now
Michael Jackson's lawyers are trying to shut down an attempt by two men who claim he sexually abused them to access nude photos of the pop icon.
Wade Robson, 41, and James Safechuck, 46, claim Jackson repeatedly raped them as young children in the 1980s and '90s at his Neverland ranch and elsewhere.
The pair failed in lawsuits against the singer's production companies, which since his 2009 death are owned by his estate, but they were revived last year.
As part of the case, which could go to trial as early as next year, they are seeking access to sealed police records from Jackson's 2005 pedophilia charges.
Lawyers for MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures believe the real target is 'photographs of Michael Jackson's genitalia and naked body taken by police'.
Michael Jackson 's lawyers are trying to shut down an attempt by two men who claim he sexually abused them to access nude photos of the pop icon
The motion to quash the four subpoenas, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court or Wednesday, noted the images were sealed by a court-entered protective order.
'Beyond the invasion of privacy issues, the available records indicate the photographs [the] plaintiffs now seek are also subject to a strict protective order agreed to by Michael Jackson and Santa Barbara law enforcement and entered by the Santa Barbara Superior Court,' the motion read.
The subpoenas were directed at the county sheriff's offices and district attorneys of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
The lawyers wrote that Jackson did not take the photos willingly, as 'they were the result of a court-ordered search based on a false statement in what became a discredited criminal investigation'.
'To allow [the] plaintiffs to exploit that series of circumstances to their benefit by obtaining those photographs now adds a second defilement to the first.'
Robson and Safechuck's allegations were detailed in the controversial 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland.
Wade Robson (pictured with Jackson and an unidentified man) claimed Jackson sexually abused him as a child at his Neverland ranch and elsewhere
James Safechuck claimed Jackson took him shopping for an engagement ring and held a mock wedding between them, and sent them both 'love letters'
Safechuck claimed he was abused from 1988 to 1992, starting when he was about 11 and Robson from 1990 to 1996, starting when he was about eight.
Leaving Neverland included graphic description of the alleged abuse, including oral and anal sex, that they said Jackson made them believe were romantic relationships.
Safechuck claimed Jackson took him shopping for an engagement
