“He Cried.” Marlon Brando Recalled Conversation with Michael Jackson About Sex and Children

A previously unpublished account by the actor of a frank conversation with the pop legend.

Marlon Brando described his conversation with singer Michael Jackson, after which he concluded that the pop star may really have had some connection to children.

An American film and television actor, film director and political activist, Brando was a friend of Michael Jackson. He died in Los Angeles in 2004, five years before the singer's own death, but on March 14, 1994, he spoke with representatives of the Los Angeles prosecutor's office during Jackson's trial and recalled a conversation at his Neverland ranch, writes HuffPost. This account by the actor was not previously known to the public and was not used as evidence at Jackson's trial in 2005.

According to Brando's documented words, during the conversation Jackson broke down in tears and admitted that he hated his father, Joe Jackson.

The conversation then turned to homosexuality and children, whose sexual abuse the singer had been accused of in the 1990s. According to Brando, Jackson cried so hard that the actor had to comfort him.

Brando noted that Jackson did not say he was gay or that he had had sex with boys. Instead, he continued to cry and was deeply shaken.

“I got the impression that he did not want to answer because he was afraid to answer me”, — Brando said.

According to the actor, Jackson was as direct as a child, did not swear, and did not like it when people used the “F-word” — from the English f*** (to have sexual relations) or f**** (gay, homosexual) . The singer felt especially uneasy when someone tried to learn about his sex life.

“I asked him if he was a virgin, and he kind of laughed and giggled and said, ‘Oh, Brando’” — the actor noted.

Brando also asked, “Well, who do you hang out with?” to which Jackson replied that he did not know anyone his own age and did not like anyone his age.

The actor's account will be released in the podcast “Telephone Stories: Michael Jackson Trials” on Sunday, September 1.      

Michael Jackson twice stood trial on charges of child molestation, and both times the victims were boys — in 1993, 13-year-old Jordan Chandler, and in 2003, 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo. In the first case the parties reached a settlement: Jackson paid the Chandler family $22 million, and Jordan refused to testify. In the second case, Jackson's trial lasted from February to May 2005, and the court ultimately ruled that there was insufficient evidence and that Jackson was not guilty.

On Thursday, August 29, in the US, the case was closed against multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of trafficking minors and who hanged himself in his prison cell almost three weeks earlier.