Michael Jackson has been accused by 12 different men. Predating his death, Michael Jackson was accused of assault by 5 boys. Including Jordan Chandler, Jason Francia, an unnamed foreign-boy, Gavin Arvizo, and Star Arvizo. He made two multi-million-dollar settlements with Jordan Chandler, and Jason Francia, in 1993 and 1996. However, two Pre-Grand Juries (in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara) failed to indite him. He was later indited in Santa Barbara, but was acquitted by a Grand-Jury. In 2020, Jackson's Estate paid a $16.5 million settlement to a family of 5 individuals (believed to be Frank; Angel; Dominic Jr.; Marie Nicole; Aldo Cascio), $3.3 million to each individual.
In 1993, there were at least three open criminal-cases against Michael Jackson. The focuses of the investigation: Jordan Chandler. Macaulay Culkin. Another one in Australia. 30 children were interviewed by the SBSD and 9 boys were interviewed by LAPD. Two other boys came forward to accuse Michael Jackson - Jason Francia and a third foreign-boy. However two pre-Grand Juries failed to indite due to lack of evidence. He paid two multi-million-dollar settlements to Jordan Chandler and Jason Francia. In 2003, he was charged with alleged exploitation of Gavin Arvizo, after being accused by Gavin Arvizo and Star Arvizo. While he was charged twice in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, he was indicted by a Santa Barbara Pre-Grand Jury and acquitted.
He owned two Child-Homoerotica Books ("Boys Will Be Boys" & "The Boy: A Photographic Essay") featuring preteen and pre-pubescent ultra-masculine boys ages "7-12". He was alleged to have owned nude-photographs featuring two boys, Jonthan Spence and Leroy Whaley, he befriended during the 1980s.
If a child was Jackson's "special child", they were to sleep alone with Jackson in his bedroom. The public has always been notified of a long list of boys that had shared Jackson's master-bedroom, and sometimes also shared his bed, alone or with their brothers or male-best-friends, from the 1980s onwards. From the Spences, to the Lennons, to the Feldmans, to the Cascios, to the Safechucks, to the Whaleys, to the Robsons, to the Culkins, to the Barnes, to the Chandlers, to the Schlieters, to the Bhattis, to the Jacobshagens, to the Arvizos. Former employees gave testimonial-evidence to the claim that, during late-1980s to early-1990s, they often found specifically five boys' boxers (i.e., British-Director Johnny Spence's son Jonathan Spence, James Safechuck Jr., Macaulay Culkin, Brett Barnes, Jordan Chandler) in Michael Jackson's bathroom-Jacuzzi or on the ground. Multiple witnesses allege that they saw exploitation of five adolescent-boys - including James Safechuck Jr., Wade Robson, Macaulay Culkin, Brett Barnes, and Jordan Chandler. One housekeeper alleged she saw Michael Jackson nude with two minor-boys, including Frank Cascio. Evidence found supports that Michael Jackson collected 13-year-old Jordan Chandler's boxers, in 1993.