{"id":27194,"date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/david-koch-s-damning-call-on-the-friends-of-michael-jackson\/"},"modified":"2019-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T00:00:00","slug":"david-koch-s-damning-call-on-the-friends-of-michael-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/david-koch-s-damning-call-on-the-friends-of-michael-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"David Koch\u2019s DAMNING Call On The Friends Of Michael Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sunrise host David Koch says many of Michael Jackson\u2019s high profile friends must have had \u201can inkling\u201d something wasn\u2019t right after new child abuse accusations were made against the late performer in the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbo.com\/documentaries\/leaving-neverland\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaving Neverland<\/a>\u2019 documentary series.<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday\u2019s FIVEAA Breakfast Kochie quoted a line from the film Spotlight: \u201c\u2018If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to hide an abuser.\u2019 It was such a powerful comment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHow many people in Michael Jackson\u2019s cohort, amongst his friends, including Oprah on this who has come out with some very powerful interviews of late, but back at the time she must\u2019ve known, there must have been indications that something wasn\u2019t quite right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can all come out shocked and horrified now, but I hope they\u2019re all just having a look at themselves to think, \u2018Were there indications there that I ignored really quickly and was it on me as well that I didn\u2019t have the guts to stand up to somebody like that and to point it out or to alert authorities?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 so many people would\u2019ve had an inkling and did nothing about it. It\u2019s the same within the Catholic Church &#8212; cries for help, accusations, completely ignored because of the status of the offenders involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes you cry for those kids who have carried it for their entire lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/david-will\/interview-davidkoch-12march2019\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunrise host David Koch says many of Michael Jackson\u2019s high profile friends must have had \u201can inkling\u201d something wasn\u2019t right after new child abuse accusations were made against the late performer in the \u2018Leaving Neverland\u2019 documentary series. 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