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All That Glitters: The Crime and the Cover-Up

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The byline on this book should be: Apologist to an extortion. The book is clearly written in direct response to Mary Fischer's GQ article and uncle Ray tries his best to refute the months of research done in preparation for that article. The main problem with this book is that Raymond Chandler had very little contact with the "characters" about which he writes. Clearly, his greedy brother did not share any of the money with him so Ray decided to write his own book from an insider's perspective. However, Ray had very little to offer in that regard. He knows that his brother is a money-hungry pig so he can factually write about his experiences on that issue. However, he had no contact with Jordie and could not describe anything that occurred there. It is important to note that Ray Chandler has repeatedly stated over the years that he felt bad about the impact that the allegations had on Michael's career. Does that make sense to anyone if he truly believed that Michael had molested his nephew?

More importantly, while many interviews were not published, Evan Chandler spoke to anyone who would listen to his tale. His conversations with others contradicted those included in uncle Ray's book. Uncle Ray does one very interesting thing: he makes a number of carefully disguised admissions that show it was an extortion. I believe that was the true intent of the book.

This book is full of tabloid lies and speculation. If you really want to know what happened in 93' the book to read is "Redemption" by Geraldine Hughes. Raymond your book is garbage and you know it. You and your entire family are money hungry greedy people going after MJ to destroy his legacy. The facts about the 93' case are out there you just need to seek them. Here is a list of reads and visuals to start with:

1. "Was Michael Jackson Framed?" 1994 GQ article by Mary Fisher
2. "Redemption" by Geraldine Hughes about 1993 case
3. "Michael Jackson Conspiracy" by Aphrodite Jones bout the 2005 trial
4. "The Untold story of Neverland" DVD by Larry Nimmer
5. "The Visual Documentary" by Adrian Grant

It is really sad that the media controls people the way they want too. Wake up America the media is keeping the "TRUTH" from you by not giving you the whole story.

I found this book to be interesting. I have read books from all across the spectrum about Michael Jackson (guity, not guilty, biographies). What bothered me about this book is that the author created actual conversations at meetings and situations at which the author was not present. At best, he must have gotten an account of them from his brother, and that is called hearsay. Rather than saying, "My brother told me..." he actually recites conversations as accurately portraying what took place.

Regardless, I was rather apalled that the book seemed to confirm that Evan Chandler saw the alleged molestation of his child as an opportunity to get money,(and the largest amount amount possible) rather than to obtain "justice". The re-created conversations between attorney Larry Feldman and Evan Chandler show two men gleefully plotting and strategizing how to get the most money out of Jackson. While there are some feeble attempts to justify this, they do not ring true. Actually, this book and Diane Dimond's "Be Careful Who You Love" did more to convince me of Jackson's innocence than most of the pro-MJ books.

And note this book was written in 2004, after the 2003 accusations. If the story was so important to get out, why was this book not written in the '90s? Another person attemtping to cash in on Jackson while the interest was high? And the book was poorly edited: 'manager' being spelled as 'manger', and Jackson being referred to as being 26 on September 5, 1985, when he was actually 27. There were more errors besides, which indicates to me that this book was not carefully edited.

I believe the book was intended to be an apologia for Evan Chandler. If so, it failed. If anything I was left with a worse opinion of Evan Chandler than before I read the book.

"All That Glitters" is an interesting story, but a lot of it is conjuncture and mostly speculation on the author's part. Keep in mind, the keyword is "story". Raymond Chandler admits that he had no contact with his brother (the father of the boy who made an allegation against Michael Jackson nearly 16 years ago), yet he has enough opinions and "facts" to fill up an entire book. What is questionable is even by the author's own account (and this is not a pro-Michael book) he shows how money-motivated and greedy his brother was. It was both perplexing and auspicious to read how supposedly the child's parent basically let his son do whatever he pleased and then cooked up the scheme to soak Michael Jackson out of funds. The author also details how the father was very interested to have Michael finance his screenplay which may explain why the father turned on him when it was never sold. Since the recent and tragic death of Michael Jackson reports have begun to circulate stating that Raymond Chandler's nephew denied all of the '93 allegations. I would like to know what the author thinks about this. The only thing this book proves is that Michael Jackson was too trusting as far as greedy and money-hungry people were concerned.

This book is nothing but a bunch of lies written by another Chandler money grubber looking to cash in on Michael Jackson. Chandler's own mother never believed Michael abused her son and her testimony in the 2005 trial only helped the defense (Michael). It came out at the trial that even though she was the custodial parent, she has not spoken to her son Jordan SINCE 1993 - the year of the settlement. She also testified that she told the DA in 1992 that Jordan's father said that Michael was a wonderful means for Jordie never having to worry again. By the way, when asked to describe Michael's genitals back then, Jordan Chandler described Michael as being circumcised, when he was in fact, NOT circumcised. Given what he "claimed" happened, he should have known. If you really want the truth, read Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aphrodite Jones. This book was written by a correspondent covering the trial for Fox News' Bill O'Reilly. She went into the trial thinking Michael was guilty and came out realizing he was innocent because she sat in on the trial day in and day out and heard ALL of the witness testimony - including the Arvizos (the second accusers), George Lopez's, Jay Leno's, Macaulay Culkin's, Jordon Chandler's mother (the first accuser) and Martin Bashir's [(who made that twisted "documentary" that led to the initial investigation - by the way, YouTube - Take Two The Footage You Were Never Meant To See and see the real Michael. Bashir was just another money grubber out to make Michael look bad)]. Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aphrodite Jones is based on what she personally witnessed in court and the court transcripts. It is mind blowing to say the least and proves Michael's innocence. It also proves that even though Michael was facing 60 years in prison, that Martin Bashir, whom Michael trusted to do fair documentary on him, refused to answer questions for the defense that could have helped Michael. All he had to do was answer the questions truthfully but he refused and kept asserting his right as a journalist not to answer. Not only was he willing to brand Michael a child molester - but when it got so far out of hand that it couldn't be stopped, Martin Bashir refused to help Michael by simply answering the defense questions honestly. The only victim in either case was Michael Jackson. Read Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aphrodite Jones and learn the TRUTH. The love of money is truly the root of all evil.

I purchased this book seeking the truth. What I got sounded more like the unibombers manifesto.It spends most of the book making Evan Chandler's excuses for his delusional behavior. It nitpicks at every remark while quoting peopel that had an axe to grind , fired employees mostly. What it does do is give a first hand report to the fact that Evan Chandler actually did plant false memories in his sons head during a dental procedure.I say if you are only interested in the ravings of a madman read it, but be sure you understand it for what it is. It is actually the confession of a father who sold his son out in an attempt to become rich.He even confesses that it took more thant an hour after the dental proceedure and the confession of lying about what he knew saying that he had the bedroom bugged to produce the desired effect of false memory. Jordan if you are out there please go to see a qualified professional to right this thing in you mind, it is the only way for you to find the peace of mind you need and become a whole person again.

I was just wondering if I could please have my money back. When is this man going to confess that his brother worte this while the whole thing was going on if not before.All I can say is YUCK.

Not another book telling lies about Michael Jackson. I am bored of people writing crap about him all the time.
I actually find it amusing that Jordy's own uncle had to go as far as to write a book against Michael Jackson just to make money. Leave Michael Jackson alone, he is innocent. People will do anything for money these days. Why don't we all just get together and write a big book of lies about Michael Jackson, sell it, and then sue the man himself for doing nothing, then we would all be rich! Raymond, using his own nephew's court case to get money is so low. Michael Jackson has been through enough already with his recent court case that was full of lies! His reputation has been degraded enough and does not need this little preppy book to make matters worse! I cannot believe this book is based on a court case that died out in 1993! People, you need to open your eyes, this book is full of lies and is not worth one penny. This book is just another anti-michael jackson book just to get money. Raymond Chandler should be ashamed of himself, trying to ruin the reputation of someone successful. When i saw this book i thought it was a joke! The money used to produce this book could have been used for charity, instead, it was used to waste paper and time. The only person i would recommend this book to would be Jay Leno because the jokes he would come up with about the book would be at the same level. Michael Jackson is a good person, leave him alone- what did he ever do to you? This book is disgusting as it demonstrates the length some people will go in order to get money. It's actually pretty funny, trying to make money by selling a fake story about Michael Jackson. Next, people will be saying that Michael Jackson molested his pet chimpanzee! i bet that will sell heaps! This book is just another anti-michael jackson book and will continue to go unnoticed like the others. I hope to never see the cover of this book again. Reviewing this book seems a waste of time as the book is a bunch of lies and is unjust. Shame on the Arvizo's, Diane Dimmond and the rest of that pack.

To the reviews that are claiming this book is the absolute truth, how do you know? You have a Uncle here that has not talked to this kid in over 12 years? Was not in the picture when the kid was hanging out with Mr. Jackson. You have a family here that extorted money from Michael jackson plain and simply. Thats why this kid now an adult refused to testify in the 2005 court case. To the readers who really believe this book ask yourself if my child was molested would I take $20 million and let the person run free to molest others? I for sure wouldn't! Food for thought!

ok, those of you who are giving this book good reviews are really just buying into sensationalism. look @ one important fact, jordan chandler DOESN'T speak to his family anymore!! and he hasn't spoken to any of them since he was 15!! why?? he didn't even show up for the trial...if he was truly molested, why didn't he want to put a criminal away?? why did jordan chandler leave the country?? and also, why is raymond chandler trying to sell his book NOW?? 12 years later?? you know why, he has absolute no contact with jordan who's the undeserved cash cow of his family, and raymond is just riding the tabloid book gravy train. and again, before you stereotype that all michael jackson fans are crazed lunatics...I'M not a person one who sets people up, I'M not a person who would conspire to make money off of someone unethically...I'M not someone who writes scathing and untrue tabloid books/stories just to make myself a star, I'M not a person who would celebrate if that other person was harrassed by law enforcement and again, last but not least...i may be a fan, but i'm not crazy. I and 200 million other people who have bought michael's jackson's albums since the beginning of his career...the one who IS crazy is someone who would do those above things i mentioned...and not have a guilty conscience over it.