A Los Angeles court dismissed a lawsuit in which a man named Wade Robson alleged that Michael Jackson abused him when he was a boy. Superior Court Judge Mark A Young dismissed the case after a request from Michael Jackson estate. 

The judge wrote, “There is no evidence supporting plaintiff’s contention that defendants exercised control over Jackson.” He further added that evidence shows that defendants MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures had no legal ability to control Jackson as he had complete ownership of the corporate defendants, reports AP. 

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There was a similar case that court dismissed in October last year, in which a man named James Safechuck made similar allegations. Both the men revealed it earlier in a HBO documentary called ‘Leaving Neverland’.

The lawyer of Safechuck and Robson, Vince Finaldi said that the ruling had many flaws and they will appeal against it. 

According to the lawsuit, Jackson was accused of molesting his employee for a span of seven years, and the two corporations that were under Jackson’s ownership started to protect him. But, according to the findings by judge, corporations were merely legal entities that were controlled by Jackson, not organisations that could control him, as reported by AP. 

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Earlier, Robson and Safechuck’s lawsuit was dismissed in 2017 as the statute of limitations had expired. However, the appeal court nodded for legal actions in 2019 after California governor Gavin Newsom passed the law that availed everyone to file lawsuits who allege childhood sexual abuse.