US singer Michael Jackson waves as he arrives at the Santa Barbara County courthouse on June 3, 2005, in Santa Maria, California. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP
A new Michael Jackson documentary airing in the UK on Wednesday, February 4, features previously unheard audio of him sharing his thoughts on children, including that he believed they wanted to touch him.
The four-part Michael Jackson: The Trial, produced by London-based Wonderhood Studios, looks at the pop star's 2005 criminal trial where he was charged with and later acquitted of sexual abuse of a minor, Gavin Arvizo, at his Neverland Ranch in California.
In a trailer of the film on Wonderhood's website, Jackson can be heard saying: "Children want to just touch me, hug me."
"Kids end up just falling in love with my personality," he is also heard saying. "Sometimes it gets me into trouble."
