Threats with Michael Jackson’s death threats

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed says he was targeted by thousands of death threats Michael Jackson Fans, as a result of making a documentary about two men who say that the superstar abused him when they were children.

Reed said guardian newspaper: “I had killers trying to find me. I had people threatened to shoot me who are armed. I have been threatened many times many times. “

Reed spoke to Deadline earlier this week about the process to do Leaving Neverland 2the continuation of his incendiary film, which was launched by Hbo In 2019. The award -winning documentary presented Wade Robeson and James Safechuck, who claimed they were sexually assaulted as minors by Michael Jackson, at the peak of his career.

Both the filmmaker and his subjects were targeted at the time of the first film by Jackson’s ardent fans, claiming that they were all to make money from an innocent man who is no longer here to defend himself.

This weekend in guardianReed went further on threats that personally target him:

“I kept the company with very violent people for a long time. I do not mean to say that I am a tough guy, but the needle does not enter red until I have something specific. The threats delivered to the front that I took seriously. People who try to find my home address to post a parcel that I took seriously. People in China send me E -MOILings? I don’t take it so seriously. They will have to climb into a plane. “

Leaving Neverland 2 He raises the story in which the first film left in 2019, chronicing the legal battle of Robson and Safechuck with Jackson Estate, while trying to answer those who have made responsible for the abuse they claim to have suffered.

HBO is not a partner for the new documentary, which will premiere in North America on Real Stories, The Little Dot Studios Premium documentary Channel on YouTube, and Reed is “truly delighted” that he has reached a broader audience. The documentary will first premiere on channel 4 in the UK on March 18.