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Museum removes Michael Jackson statue after fresh allegations of sexual abuse
The statue, made of plaster and resin, was unveiled in 2011 at Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium by the club’s then-owner Mohamed Al Fayed.
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The National Football Museum is originally based in Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire and moved to Manchester in 2012 (Shutterstock/cowardlion)
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ritain’s National Football Museum in Manchester has removed a statue of Michael Jackson following fresh allegations of sexual abuse leveled against the late pop star, CNN reports.
Dancer and choreographer Wade Robson, and computer programmer James Safechuck tell their stories about being molested as children by Jackson in a four-hour documentary titled Leaving Neverland. The first part of the documentary was aired in the United Kingdom on Wednesday.
Michael Jackson statue removed from National Football Museum https://t.co/7ncF5FSUvM pic.twitter.com/ni9GOx4tw0
— The Independent (@Independent) March 6, 2019
CNN wrote on Thursday that the British soccer museum, who had displayed the pop star’s statue since 2014, had removed it that week. The statue, made of plaster and resin, was unveiled in 2011 at Fulham’s Craven Cottage stadium by the club’s then-owner Mohamed Al Fayed.
Jackson, who was a friend of Al Fayed, visited the west London stadium as a guest of the businessman in 1999 to watch a match between Fulham and Wigan Athletic.
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The statue stayed in Craven Cottage stadium from 2011 to 2013, as it was often mocked by fans. Fulham’s current owner, therefore, replaced the statue with one of former Fulham player George Cohen.
The pop star’s likeness has now been moved to its second home.
However, the soccer museum did not explicitly relate its removal to the sexual allegations.
A spokesperson for the museum told CNN that it had been making changes to its exhibitions and objects on display over the last few months.
“As part of our ongoing plans to better represent the stories we want to tell, we have made a decision to remove the Michael Jackson statue from display,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying. (sop/mut)
