Jackson brother reveals escape plan
Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine has revealed a plan to secretly fly his sibling to Bahrain if he was found guilty of child molestation charges, it was reported.
The 56-year-old said a private jet financed by a friend was on standby to whisk the pop star to the Persian Gulf state, which does not have an extradition treaty with the US, if Michael had been convicted at the end of his 2005 court case.
In an interview with The Times Magazine, Jermaine said: "If they were going to sit and crucify my brother for something that he didn't do, America deserves us not to come back here.
"At the end of the day, this is supposed to be the land of the brave, home of the free, democracy, freedom of speech.
"The way they were treating him, none of that existed. Why should he go to jail for something he didn't do?"
Jermaine, a former Jackson 5 member, said his younger brother was not aware of the escape plot but would have agreed to flee America "in a heartbeat" because he would have not survived in jail.
The global star, who died in June 2009, was accused of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo, conspiring to kidnap him and his family and giving him alcohol, but was found not guilty of all charges following a four-month trial.
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Jermaine Jackson on Michael, Their Childhood and His Brother's Death
In his new memoir "You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother's Eyes" Jermaine Jackson reveals details about the life of his late brother Michael Jackson, including the fact that the he planned to secretly smuggle the international pop star to the Middle East were he to be convicted in his 2005 sexual abuse trial.
Unseen since his brother's 2009 funeral, where he sang Michael's favorite song, "Smile," Jermaine Jackson revealed several elements of the book with "Good Morning America," explaining the relationship he and Michael had with their father, how Michael withdrew from the reach of his family at the height of his solo career and the plan to help him flee a prison sentence.
"We would have gone to the Middle East, to Bahrain, to Saudi," Jermaine said of the plan to get his accused brother out of the United States, adding that he was not afraid of the hefty prison sentence associated with aiding a fugitive, because "they wouldn't have caught me."
Michael Jackson was indicted for 14 counts relating to the molesting a minor by a grand jury in 2004. He denied all charges against him, claiming that the family of alleged 13-year-old victim was trying to extort him. In 2005 Michael was acquitted of all charges.
ermaine stated that although his brother knew nothing of the escape plan, he'd have "done it in a heartbeat" because "why should he go to jail for something he didn't do?"
Michael, Jermaine and 'Joseph'
While speaking with ABC News, Jermaine also discussed the complex relationship that he and Michael had with Joe Jackson, their disciplinarian father who managed the career of the young Jackson 5. In his new book Jermaine Jackson delves further into the feelings that his brother had about their father.
The two brothers would discuss the possibility of their father's death, and Jermaine revealed that Michael was unsure if he'd be able to cry when the time eventually came.
"He said he don't know if he would or he wouldn't," Jermaine told ABC News.
Jermaine recalled the fear he felt hearing the screams of Michael, his younger brother by four years, the first time he was hit by his father with a switch. He also shared his own conflicted feelings about his father's actions.
"[I was] not so much petrified but -- but just the excitement of him not understanding what it -- what it means," Jermaine said. "He wanted to show us, 'I care about you. Even if I have to whip your butt, I care about you.'
"We wouldn't want to be raised any other way, with the way he raised us. It's hard raising nine kids, bringing them from Indiana out here ... that was his whole thing, to wanting to keep his family together. And if he didn't do anything else, he brought us out, he taught us everything we knew about becoming what we became," he said.
Crying, Jermaine acknowledged the memory made him sad.
"He gets a bad rap and he has feelings," he said of his father. "He's very tough, very tough. I've never seen him cry…"
A Brother's Goodbye
In 1984 the brothers embarked across the U.S. and Canada on the Victory Tour, the Jacksons final concerts together. Afterwards, Jermaine said, he had very little contact with Michael for eight years. He says that his calls and letters to his little brother received no response.
"It's not that he didn't want to see me," Jermaine said, but acknowledged that his brother lived a very different life, and didn't carry a cell phone.
"Can you imagine him having a phone? It's like the president having a cell phone...," he said.
"This Is It" was set to be Michael's first solo tour in 13 years, and his hotly anticipated 2009 comeback. He was gearing up for a 50-night run at London's 02 Arena when he unexpectedly died at his Los Angeles home after being administered a lethal dose of propofol, a powerful intravenous sedative.
The pop star's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is accused of killing Jackson by allegedly administering an overdose of intravenous and prescription drugs. His attorneys have denied he did anything to cause Jackson's death. Jury selection for Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial is now underway.
Jermaine Jackson blamed Murray and the drug for his brother's death, which he heard of by telephone on June 25, 2009.
"And to hear my mother say, 'he's dead,' to hear her say this, I lost it. It couldn't be. It couldn't be ...," he said. "But when my mother said, 'he's dead,' I knew," he said.
For Jermaine, the brotherly love that the two had never wavered. In 2009 he was able to have one final look at the little brother he loved, on his deathbed.
"And there he was, laying there," he told ABC News. "And La Toya was there before us. And he was lifeless. I touched his forehead, his face. And it was still soft. And I kissed him. And I pulled back his eyeballs to look in his eyes. And I just told him how much I love him and, 'I'm gonna miss you so much.'"
Walking through the Jackson family compound, Jermaine describes his feeling for Michael today.
"I find myself saying, Michael, you're supposed to be here," he said. "You have so many more years left on your life."
Source: ABC
In his new memoir "You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother's Eyes" Jermaine Jackson reveals details about the life of his late brother Michael Jackson, including the fact that the he planned to secretly smuggle the international pop star to the Middle East were he to be convicted in his 2005 sexual abuse trial.
Unseen since his brother's 2009 funeral, where he sang Michael's favorite song, "Smile," Jermaine Jackson revealed several elements of the book with "Good Morning America," explaining the relationship he and Michael had with their father, how Michael withdrew from the reach of his family at the height of his solo career and the plan to help him flee a prison sentence.
"We would have gone to the Middle East, to Bahrain, to Saudi," Jermaine said of the plan to get his accused brother out of the United States, adding that he was not afraid of the hefty prison sentence associated with aiding a fugitive, because "they wouldn't have caught me."
Michael Jackson was indicted for 14 counts relating to the molesting a minor by a grand jury in 2004. He denied all charges against him, claiming that the family of alleged 13-year-old victim was trying to extort him. In 2005 Michael was acquitted of all charges.
ermaine stated that although his brother knew nothing of the escape plan, he'd have "done it in a heartbeat" because "why should he go to jail for something he didn't do?"
Michael, Jermaine and 'Joseph'
While speaking with ABC News, Jermaine also discussed the complex relationship that he and Michael had with Joe Jackson, their disciplinarian father who managed the career of the young Jackson 5. In his new book Jermaine Jackson delves further into the feelings that his brother had about their father.
The two brothers would discuss the possibility of their father's death, and Jermaine revealed that Michael was unsure if he'd be able to cry when the time eventually came.
"He said he don't know if he would or he wouldn't," Jermaine told ABC News.
Jermaine recalled the fear he felt hearing the screams of Michael, his younger brother by four years, the first time he was hit by his father with a switch. He also shared his own conflicted feelings about his father's actions.
"[I was] not so much petrified but -- but just the excitement of him not understanding what it -- what it means," Jermaine said. "He wanted to show us, 'I care about you. Even if I have to whip your butt, I care about you.'
"We wouldn't want to be raised any other way, with the way he raised us. It's hard raising nine kids, bringing them from Indiana out here ... that was his whole thing, to wanting to keep his family together. And if he didn't do anything else, he brought us out, he taught us everything we knew about becoming what we became," he said.
Crying, Jermaine acknowledged the memory made him sad.
"He gets a bad rap and he has feelings," he said of his father. "He's very tough, very tough. I've never seen him cry…"
A Brother's Goodbye
In 1984 the brothers embarked across the U.S. and Canada on the Victory Tour, the Jacksons final concerts together. Afterwards, Jermaine said, he had very little contact with Michael for eight years. He says that his calls and letters to his little brother received no response.
"It's not that he didn't want to see me," Jermaine said, but acknowledged that his brother lived a very different life, and didn't carry a cell phone.
"Can you imagine him having a phone? It's like the president having a cell phone...," he said.
"This Is It" was set to be Michael's first solo tour in 13 years, and his hotly anticipated 2009 comeback. He was gearing up for a 50-night run at London's 02 Arena when he unexpectedly died at his Los Angeles home after being administered a lethal dose of propofol, a powerful intravenous sedative.
The pop star's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is accused of killing Jackson by allegedly administering an overdose of intravenous and prescription drugs. His attorneys have denied he did anything to cause Jackson's death. Jury selection for Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial is now underway.
Jermaine Jackson blamed Murray and the drug for his brother's death, which he heard of by telephone on June 25, 2009.
"And to hear my mother say, 'he's dead,' to hear her say this, I lost it. It couldn't be. It couldn't be ...," he said. "But when my mother said, 'he's dead,' I knew," he said.
For Jermaine, the brotherly love that the two had never wavered. In 2009 he was able to have one final look at the little brother he loved, on his deathbed.
"And there he was, laying there," he told ABC News. "And La Toya was there before us. And he was lifeless. I touched his forehead, his face. And it was still soft. And I kissed him. And I pulled back his eyeballs to look in his eyes. And I just told him how much I love him and, 'I'm gonna miss you so much.'"
Walking through the Jackson family compound, Jermaine describes his feeling for Michael today.
"I find myself saying, Michael, you're supposed to be here," he said. "You have so many more years left on your life."
Source: ABC
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Posted 09 October 2011 - 04:55 PM
TMez spoke about it recently. He didn't know about such plan. If he would know he would make sure that wouldn't been happening. He said that Michael also wouldn't do it cause he wouldn't break the law. He also said Jermaine wouldn't have such a chance cause Michael even wouldn't had a chance to go anywhere, there were helicopter on the top of the building that would take him to the prison.
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 08:34 PM
I read this in Jermaines book he said that he did have a plane on standby for Michael incase things went wrong. He didnt want Michael to go to prison. I will share the piece of that book with you
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I grab the phone and make a call. The person on the other end gives me the reassurance that I needed to hear one more time. Yes the plane is still available. Yes it can be at Van Nuys airport. Yes everything has been arranged. Yes, we are ready to go when you are. All that is required is a day's notice, and this DC-8 with four engines will have Michael up in the air and heading east to - Bahrain - to start a new life away from the scam of American justice. After this charade I am happy to disown my citizenship, and take Michael and his family to a place where they cant touch him.
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 09:38 PM
I find it weird thing to do. I know he may care for Michael but I think it's a little bit extreme. Not like I wanted for Michael to be in prison. But if we think that he would be taken to the prison in first place then Michael would need to break out from prison first to get to the plain lol Or Jermaine to break in. I am not Jermaine but that sounds like some criminal TV show ( 
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In any case, it was a happy day and thank God we never had to know how it would turn out otherway.gif)
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 09:45 PM
An escape plan sounds too weird to me too. I can't believe that Michael would chose something like that.
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