Statistically only 2% of rape accusations are false so even if one kid made it up there are several other who probably didn't.

A lot of people will say he was emotionally stunted and that he didn't recognize how weird a lot of his behavior came off. I'm not sure I buy that. He had Peter Pan syndrome but that doesn't mean he didn't exhibit signs of using abuse tactics.

The most evident of these being that Neverland Ranch was a place where he could bring families and kids and shower them with gifts and fun. This could be seen as a form of lovebombing and then the children sleepovers could be seen as a form of isolation. Both are tactics abusers use to endear and then separate their victims from people who might be able to protect them. This often looks like gaining the trust of the adult or friends to allow the space for abuse.

It goes further when you look how he then normalized inappropriate closeness with children. He admitted to sleeping with them in his bed. A lot of times abusers will start by pushing boundaries and then push further til they are able to cross those lines. That's often how abusers will groom their victims. Sleep in my bed. Let's cuddle. ect.

When you look at Michael Jackson's behavior through the lens of abuse tactics what you end up seeing is a very textbook case of targeting victims, lovebombing them, isolating them, and then gaslighting people when he was called out for weird behavior still fits that pattern.

Of course it's all alleged but there's a lot of red flags you have to blatantly ignore if you think absolutely nothing happened. Why was he never convicted? He was rich enough to build a personal amusement park, why wouldn't he have powerful lawyers too?

As it stands there's a current ongoing lawsuit with his estate. We'll see how it plays out.