The father of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation filed this May 7, 1996 lawsuit, claiming that the pop star violated a 1994 out-of-court settlement by denying the molestation allegations.
"I could never harm a child or anyone. It's not in my heart. It's not who I am," Jackson said in an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's Prime Time Live, according to the complaint. "So what I said is I have got to get out from under this nightmare. All these lies and all of these people coming forth to get paid and all of these tabloid shows. It's lies, lies, lies, lies."
The boy's father claims that ABC, Jackson and other parties "developed, orchestrated and carried out a scheme to falsely accuse the minor [whose name we've deleted] of lying about his claims that Defendant Jackson had sexually molested and assaulted the minor."
