# Professor Allen Adamson explains how the sexual abuse allegations in the recent "Leaving Neverland" documentary will impact Michael Jackson's estate

1 Faculty News March 4, 2019 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-leaving-neverland-puts-michael-jacksons-cultural-legacy-and-2-billion-empire-in-jeopardy/2019/03/04/310e6124-3ea3-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?utm_term=.7a2737bb0338) -- "'For any mainstream marketing tapping into big sponsors and big advertisers, I think it’s going to come off the table, certainly for the next couple of years and maybe forever, because marketers are risk-averse,' he said. 'There are plenty of choices in entertainment.'"

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