Home Alone star Macauley Culkin has finally broken his silence on sex abuse claims surrounding his constant companion while he was a young child, late singer Michael Jackson.
Speaking to Esquire magazine, Macaulay – who is still friends with Jackson’s son, Paris – addressed long-time speculation that he may have been molested by Jackson, given the fact that at least three other former Jackson playmates have now publicly said he molested them as kids.
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‘Look,’ he told the magazine. ‘I’m gonna begin with the line—it’s not a line, it’s the truth: He never did anything to me,’ he told the publication.
‘I never saw him do anything. And especially at this flash point in time, I’d have no reason to hold anything back.
‘The guy has passed on. If anything—I’m not gonna say it would be stylish or anything like that, but right now is a good time to speak up.
‘And if I had something to speak up about, I would totally do it. But no, I never saw anything; he never did anything.’
While Macaulay asserts that he himself was never molested, other boys who were also companions of the superstar during their childhoods maintain that they were abused.
Former child stars Wade Robson and James Safechuck detailed their claims in the shocking documentary Leaving Neverland, in which they discussed in great detail how the late singer allegedly groomed and manipulated them, sexually abusing them numerous times before casting them aside for the companionship of new, younger boys as they hit their mid teens.
Robson, 36, alleged that Jackson abused him from the ages of seven to 14 at Jackson’s home Neverland.
Former child actor James Safechuck also gave a highly detailed and compelling account of the trauma and abuse he allegedly suffered at the hands of Jackson.
James and Wade received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of the film, with Robson saying: ‘We can’t change what happened to us. And we can’t do anything about Michael.’
Jackson’s family have denied both Robson and Safechuck’s allegations, calling them ‘dated and discredited.’
The pair continue to pursue legal action against the singer’s estate.
In 1993 Jackson settled out of court with a third boy, Jordan Chandler – reportedly for $23 million – after the child accused him of sex abuse.
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