Beginning in May 2002, Jackson allowed a documentary film crew, led by Martin Bashir on British television, to follow him wherever he went. Team Film Bashir was with Jackson during the "baby-dangling incident in Berlin. The program is broadcast in March 2003, Living with Michael Jackson, and paints a remarkable portrait of the singer unpleasant.
In one particularly controversial scene, Jackson was seen holding hands and discussing sleeping arrangements with a young child. Once the documentary was aired, the office of District Attorney of Santa Barbara has begun a criminal investigation. Jackson was arrested in November 2003 and was charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of managing relations with 13 year old boy Agentin heady featured in the film. Jackson denied the allegations, saying not remain a sexual nature. NPC V. "Jackson began January 31, 2005 inSanta Maria, California, and lasted five months until the end of May. On June 13 May 2005, Jackson acquitted on all important. After the hearing, the displacement of a highly publicized thePersian, he moved to the Gulf island of Bahrain as a guest of Sheik Abdullah.
In March 2006, the main house at Neverland Ranch has been closed by action to reduce costs. There are many reports at the time that Jackson had financial problems. Jackson has been deliquent in paying $ 270 million loan secured by the ownership of music publishing, though their property is shown to be less than $ 75 million per year. Bank of America sold the loan to Fortress Investment. Sony reportedly proposed restructuring agreement that will give them the future opportunity to buy half of Jackson's participation in their jointly owned publishing house (leaving Jackson with a 25%), Jackson agreed to the Sony backed refinancing agreement in April 2006, although the precise details Unpublished. Jackson did not have a record deal in place with Sony and other record labels at the time.
In the spring of 2006, it was announced that Jackson has signed a contract with the startup, based in Bahrain has called two Seas Records. However, nothing came of the agreement, and CEO of Two Seas, Guy Holmes then stated that the agreement was never completed. In 2006, Sony repackaged 20 singles of the 1980s and 1990s as Michael Jackson: the visionary series, which later became a set of boxes. Most of them returned to the singles charts accordingly. In September 2006, Jackson and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe has confirmed reports that they have settled their long-term care as children. The term was never published. Jackson continued custodial parent of two pairs of children. In October 2006, Fox News entertainment reporter Roger Friedman says that Jackson was in a recording studio in rural Westmeath, Ireland. We do not know what Jackson might be working, or who may have to pay for the session because his publicist recently released a statement saying he had left the two seas.
In November 2006, Jackson invited Access Hollywood camera crew in the studio of Westmeath, and MSNBC broke the story he was working on a new album, produced by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. Jackson appears at World Music Awards in London Nov. 15, 2006, and received the Diamond Award for selling over 100 million records. Jackson returned to the U.S. after Christmas 2006 to attend the funeral of James Brown in Augusta, Georgia. He gave a eulogy, saying that "James Brown is my greatest inspiration." In the spring of 2007, Jackson and Sony are working together to buy the music publishing of another company: Famous Music LLC, which previously owned by Viacom. The agreement gave the rights of songs by Eminem, Shakira and Beck, among others. Jackson recorded extensively during this period in New York with songwriter and producer will.i.am and also in Las Vegas with producers Akon and RedOne [168] [168] [169] In March 2007,. Jackson gave a brief interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, where he says: "I've been in the entertainment industry since I was 6 years old and that Charles Dickens said:" This is the best case, the worst of times. "But I'm not going to change my career ... While some have deliberately tried to hurt me, I take it calmly because I have a loving family, strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who been, and continues to support me. "