How can they provide strong proof of life ? They don ' t control the embassy and there is no Internet . It ' s telling that none of the people closest to him have PoL concerns . <| sep |> If I am not mistaken , it doesn ' t sell until 2 hours from now . Edit the dates on the sales are wrong . Bump all the dates by one day forward . <| sep |> Great job . <| sep |> You can argue it destroyed Jackson ' s career although , it technically didn ' t as he was able to continue to make music that achieved critical acclaim and financial success . But , the scandal wiped out his record sales , and ended huge film negotiations and recording deals that never came back . Ultimately , his legacy was forever tarnished . When the general public think about Jackson , many think ' pedophile ' then they think ' King of Pop '.