According to the Telegraph from England, the father of Jordan Chandler, a boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation, has shot himself dead.
This accusation, by most accounts, was the event that begun the unraveling of Michael Jackson. The Telegraph says:
Evan Chandler, 65, was found dead in his apartment in New Jersey after shooting himself in the head. Police said there was no suicide note.
In 1993, Mr. Chandler, a former dentist, accused Jackson on behalf of his then-13-year-old son.
Mr. Chandler and his son brought a civil lawsuit against Jackson who reportedly settled the case out of court for $20 million (£12 million,) although he always denied wrongdoing.
Perhaps the media will remember the 2006 court case of Jordan Chandler against his father Evan Chandler. Foxnews.com gave this account of what provoked this action:
According to court papers obtained by this column, the young man who, in 1994, settled with Michael Jackson for $20 million was allegedly physically assaulted last year by his own father.
Jordan Chandler, now 26, filed a request for a restraining order against his father on August 5, 2005. The reason for the order was that Evan Chandler, formerly a dentist and an aspiring screenwriter, had allegedly hit Jordan over the head from behind with a twelve and a half pound weight. He’d also allegedly sprayed him in the face with mace and tried to choke him.
I pray that God will have mercy on the soul of Evan Chandler.
I pray that we will not be reading anytime soon about the suicides of Martin Bashir, Nancy Grace, Diana Dimond and other such names.
I do not really know what drove Evan Chandler’s despair, or what the inside story of the Chandlers and Michael Jackson really is. However, I cannot forget one of Michael Jackson’s quotes (adapted from the Bible ) during his second — Gavin Arvizo — child sex molestation travails: “Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.” Now that Michael Jackson is dead and Evan Chandler is dead, we may never know the truth from the lie. Then again, maybe Jordon Chandler will write a truthful tell all book.
So what can I say? Save a reminder that whosoever digs a pit with malicious intent shall not only fall in it, but in all likelihood will break a neck. I have recent experience of this with a band of workplace degenerates who contrived a false accusation against me. I post this story, really, to say to those who are falsely accused, persecuted and maligned without cause to prayer without ceasing.
There is a God. He is the Truth.
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