Square One (2019) on Netflix
NR20191h 23mDocumentary
In 1993, Evan Chandler asks a pop star for money in exchange for keeping quiet an accusation about his 13-year-old son, Jordan. An investigation follows.
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In 1993, Evan Chandler asks a pop star for money in exchange for not making an accusation public, first $20 million and later $1 million, and the singer refuses to pay. Chandler then takes his 13-year-old son, Jordan, to the psychiatrist Mathis Abrams, and Jordan tells Abrams that the singer molested him. Abrams reports the account to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the Los Angeles Police Department opens an investigation, and in September Jordan files a lawsuit through his parents. The documentary sets out this history and argues that the singer is innocent, presenting him as a victim of tabloid journalism.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Square One (2019)
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- Evan Chandler first asked for $20 million to keep from accusing Michael Jackson publicly, then said he would accept $1 million. After Jackson refused, Chandler took his son Jordan to psychiatrist Mathis Abrams on August 17, 1993.
- On January 25, 1994, Michael Jackson paid $15,331,250 to settle the Chandlers' civil lawsuit, an agreement that ended the civil case but not the criminal investigation.
- On September 21, 1994, district attorneys declined to charge Michael Jackson because Jordan Chandler was unwilling to testify, and revealed he had told them of that decision on July 6, 1994, months after the civil settlement.
