After watching last night's spectial presentation,
The Michael Jackson Interview - The Footage You Were Never Meant to See, Michael Jackson was clearly betrayed by the journalist.
Jackson's lawyers' statement wrote:"Consistently Michael Jackson has argued that Martin Bashir and Granada broke the agreement by which he was permitted to film Michael, concerning ownership of the filmed material and permissions relating to the inclusion of the Jackson children."
"In particular, Granada has failed to honour an agreement reached earlier this month to deliver up to Michael Jackson unused film footage of his children, where recognizable."
From
Daily Telegraph:
Jackson, 44, sold footage of the pair talking, shot by his own camera, for $2.7 million to the US Fox network after claiming Bashir's documentary, produced by Granada, had "utterly betrayed" him.
Shown across the US on Thursday evening, Jackson's TV hit-back shows Bashir lavishing praise on him and the "spiritual" quality of his Neverland ranch.
The reporter is also shown showering compliments on the star for his generosity and loving relationship with his children.
Jackson's documentary sets out to prove Bashir edited his eight months of footage unobjectively to paint an unflattering picture of "Jacko".
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