Michael Jackson: Jews are like leeches
Source: Ynet News
November 23, 2005
King of Pop allegedly blasts Jews on message recorded on former adviser's voice mail; Anti-Defamation League: He has anti-Semitic streak
Ynet
Michael Jackson may be fond of children, but he is apparently not very fond of Jews, according to an audiotape aired Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" show.
The audiotape contains a message allegedly recorded by Jackson two years ago on the voice mail of his former adviser Dieter Wiesner.
Referring to Jews, Jackson is heard saying that "they're like leeches…I'm so tired of it…They start out the most popular person in the world, make a lot of money, big house, cars and everything. End up penniless. It is a conspiracy. The Jews do it on purpose."
According to the New York Post, one day before the audiotape was published Wiesner filed a USD 64 million lawsuit against Jackson for breaching a contract and fraud.
This is allegedly not Jackson's first anti-Semitic remark. His song "They don’t care about us" includes the words "Jew me/Sue me/Everybody do me/Kick me/Kike me."
The ABC network reported that it did not verify with certainty that the voice heard on the tape is in fact Jackson's. His lawyers refused to respond.
The Anti-Defamation League's National Director Abraham H. Foxman said in response that "Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak, and hasn't learned from his past mistakes, including the use of anti-Semitic epithets in a 1995 song he wrote."
"It seems every time he has a problem in his life, he blames it on Jews. It is sad that Jackson is infected with classically stereotypical ideas of Jews as all-powerful, money-grubbing and manipulative," Foxman said in a statement.
