Michael Jackson Conspiracy
ISBN:9780979549809

I have followed Michael Jackson's career extensively (not obsessively) since he and I were both children and I first saw him on tv. I was only 5 years old and remember the goosebumps on my arms when I heard him sing. I was picked on furiously by some of my school mates for liking a 'little black boy' but I didn't care. I wasn't taught to think or see people 'in color' I new there was something special about Michael. When Black and White came out I couldn't have been happier. There was Michael singing, "I'm not going to spend my life being a color". He tried so hard to spread humanity through his music and I was there in spirit, all along the way.

I have read literally every book (in English) written about Michael and own most of them. A good number I've trashed because they were full of tabloid garbage, containing nothing but speculation and opinions.

This is one book I was very excited to read when it first came out and I have not been disappointed. I have long since hoped Ms.Jones would be asked to put together a very comprehensive documentary for television. Not some of the snippets and bits of drama that have surfaced recently, but a good long one that digs deep into the truth...like this book.

Ms. Jones had the courage to expose the media lies and tell the truth when Michael was alive and her book wouldn't make the money it's obviously making now. She did it for truth, not for gain. That was clear. Where was everyone else? I'll tell you...waiting until he was gone, to write more books full of speculation and cash in...like all the other vampires and leeches the surrounded him in his life. Readers beware the other books written about Michael. Most are shams. If you want to know what's valid, check out Charles Thomson's website. He discusses this and other books about Michael openly and fairly.

Thank you Aphrodite Jones for having Michael's back when it counted. Don't stop now. His children need the truth out there. We're all behind you.

I have to admit, I was one of those. What I mean by that is that I believed Michael Jackson was guilty of the charges that were brought against him by Gavin Arvizo. I wasn't sure about the first allegation that was brought against him by Jordie Chandler and later settled out of court, but this second time, I was swayed in the direction of thinking he was guilty. What did I have to base my opinion on? Like many people in America - The Bashir documentary. I sat and watched that documentary and thought that Michael Jackson was much stranger than I had ever imagined.

When Michael Jackson passed away last year, many people blamed his legal troubles with these two allegations as the reason he died. I believe these allegations and the media nightmare that surrounded both cases, his money troubles, and the downturn of his career were probably the reasons he couldn't sleep at night. They were the reasons he probably numbed himself with drugs. They were the reasons his health took a downturn.

Aphrodite Jones was one of those journalists in the media who spoke out against Michael Jackson. She was one of "those". I give her much kudos to come out and write such an honest and heart-felt book about Michael Jackson. She used the actual transcripts from the trial. There is a frankness about the tone that she uses in this book that you know she is giving Michael Jackson an account that actually portrayed what happened without smoke-screens.

What was shocking about this account was how crooked and one-sided the media had been throughout, regardless of what had transpired in court. The media wanted to continue along, painting Michael Jackson as a clown who was in a circus side-show instead of ever giving him the benefit of the doubt while they were covering this trial. It is also interesting to note that this book was published in 2007, two years before Michael Jackson's death. It can be said with conviction that, unlike many other biographies that have come out since his death, or the books that WERE written prior to his death and have been since "updated", Aphrodite Jones did not "cash in" on the death of Michael Jackson.

I read this book for the first time after Michael's passing, and I just reread it again, shortly after the one-year anniversary of his death. I understand Michael Jackson a lot better now. I always knew he was a talent. I grew up with his music. However, I always felt that his "tabloid image" had overshadowed his career. In Michael's case, I think some of that was his fault, but a good deal of it was the media. This man was taunted and tortured by people who had no clue what kind of person he was. He was used as a money machine by those who he did business with. He was betrayed by employees and handlers, and worst of all, children that he had opened his heart and home to.

I sincerely believe that Michael Jackson loved children with his whole being and would never hurt them. I believe he was innocent in many ways, and didn't think as an adult thought about how things looked to the outside "adult" world. I believe that Gavin Arvizo is alive today because of Michael Jackson. This conniving child knew what he was doing with Michael and other celebrities. He was a brat, and his brother, Star, was a brat. His mother, Janet, was a shady nut-job. These people KNEW what they were doing, and Karma is going to come for them one day. I wonder how they live with themselves now that the man that saved Gavin's life is gone? I wonder how Jordie Chandler lives with himself? We know his evil father died of a self-inflicted suicide. Maybe the guilt finally caught up with him.

I hope, in the wake of Michael's passing, that more books come out like this. Michael is not here anymore. I know he is now happy and at peace. For the rest of us who are still living, someone needs to be his voice, and hopefully more will speak up. It is time for both Gavin Arvizo and Jodie Chandler to come clean - publicly and officially. It is time to right the wrongs and restore the Michael Jackson Legacy to its original shine.

I had a lump in my throat when I finished this book. Many Amazon customers have already provided succinct reviews, so it just remains for me to wonder how Michael Jackson's life would have turned out if he hadn't been subjected to such a malevolent and one-sided media witch hunt. It's depressing beyond measure that people were callously willing to destroy the man's life for their own financial gain, and whilst justice was done in court with the not-guilty verdicts, the resultant damage to Michael's life and reputation was surely inestimable. Michael's strength and courage throughout the ordeal was quite remarkable. And it's notable, although unsurprising, what an immoral and gutless creature Martin Bashir was revealed to be. I applaud Aphrodite Jones for her balanced, factual and ultimately moving account of the trial. You will not regret buying this book.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It was impossible to put down. It gives the reader an insight into the events of Michael's trial and what happened behind the scenes.

What the hell! Is this book out of print? I want it, but people are privately selling it for ridiculous prices. Amazon, please replenish this book. I want to read it desperately.