Rowe filed for divorce in 1999, leaving Jackson with the children at his huge Neverland ranch in California.

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It was first believed the event would take place at Jackson's Neverland Ranch.

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In recent years, Jackson has also narrowly avoided bankruptcy and foreclosure on his Neverland ranch, which also includes an amusement park, complete with Ferris wheel, and a petting zoo.

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Along with then-Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, Sneddon spent several months in 1993 and 1994 probing allegations that Jackson molested a 13-year-old boy at his Neverland Ranch in central California.

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In the documentary, the superstar said the boy, a cancer patient, had been on sleepovers at his Neverland Ranch, where they slept in the same room, but not in the same bed.

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The boy, who was 12 at the time the film was made, is a cancer survivor who stayed overnight with Jackson in the singer's bedroom at his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County.

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"The private Michael Jackson was like a lot of Americans in the 2000s, spending a lot more than he was making, " Putnam told the jury after describing the singer's lavish Neverland Ranch, his art collection and other spending.

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Jackson, who left his Neverland Valley Ranch in California for Bahrain after his acquittal on child molestation charges in June, will record the song on a label owned by Bahrain's crown prince, Bain said, and donate the proceeds to hurricane victims.

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Jackson faced high-profile accusations of inappropriate contact with young boys, and in 2005 he was put on trial for molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Santa Barbara ranch, Neverland.

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