Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the Michael Jackson accusers featured in the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, have been granted the right to combine their negligence lawsuits against Jackson's companies — and they want a trial before the Antoine Fuqua-directed Micheal biopic comes out in April of 2025. The Jackson estate, meanwhile, is pushing for a much later date.
“They want the Michael Jackson biopic to come out before the trial. That’s what I think,” Safechuck and Robson's lawyer John C. Carpenter told Rolling Stone. “These corporations that facilitated the abuse in the first place, they’re rewriting the history.” He suspects the estate is hoping that the largely-flattering biopic will sway public opinion (and the jury pool) before the trial, which will likely last weeks and call dozens of witnesses.
