Evan And June Chandler’s Civil Suit Against Michael

On September 14, 1993, Just weeks after Jordie Chandler had signed a sworn declaration detailing Michael’s alleged abuse, his parents, June Chandler Schwartz and Evan Chandler, filed a civil suit against him for the sexual molestation of their son.

June and Evan were divorced. June had re-married but was at the time separated from her second husband, David Schwartz. From the beginning, June had been very supportive of her son’s friendship with Michael, allowing herself, Jordie and daughter Lily, to become Michael’s new ‘family’. They stayed with him at Neverland, accompanied him on trips around the world and to big award ceremonies, and he frequently slept over at their place.

When Evan obtained Jordie’s confession of sexual impropriety with Michael (albeit under the influence of hypnotic drug Sodium Amytal), June, who had originally opposed Evan’s suspicions, decided to align with him against Michael.

Perhaps she feared reprisals from Evan if she continued to oppose him, thinking it possible that her ex-husband would seek sole custody of Jordie if Michael was found guilty. Perhaps she decided to support Evan because she felt shut out from Michael’s life once he was told about the allegations; not to spite him, but because without being able to talk to Michael about the situation, she no longer felt certain of her original conviction that he was blameless. Whatever the case, June chose to support Evan Chandler.

June’s lawyer, Michael Freeman, quit, saying he was ‘uncomfortable’ with her decision to support Evan because he had a bad feeling about Evan, whom he later described as ‘not a genuine person’.

Evan’s lawyer, Barry Rothman, also resigned and was replaced by civil attorney Larry Feldman, who would now represent June, Evan, and Jordie.

Source: Michael Jackson the Magic & the Madness, J Randy Taraborrelli

Here is a copy of the civil suit lodged by Larry Feldman on behalf of the Chandlers. It specifically requests money as compensation for the emotional trauma the alleged abuse caused Jordie:

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Evan And June Chandler’s Civil Suit

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