- Music
- 22 Jun 16
The footage was released today.
Police footage has emerged of a search conducted at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in 2003. The search came in light of sexual abuse allegations against the now deceased king of pop.
The footage was published by the Daily Mail earlier today complete with reports from the Santa Barbara Sheriff's office from the time. During the search a large quantity of pornographic material featuring children, predominantly young and pre teens boys was discovered.
The video itself shows investigators from the Sheriff's office alongside FBI investigators searching the inside of the main mansion house of the ranch. The interior of the building is packed with all forms of children's toys from dolls to train sets and life size models of superheroes. At one point of photo of Macaulay Culkin as a child can be seen.
Jackson faced claims of sexual harassment and child molestation throughout his career. In 2005 he was acquitted of seven counts of child molestation and two counts of providing an intoxicant to a minor. He died in June 2009.
Watch the search footage below.