Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler [Paperback]

Victor M. Gutierrez (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Alamo Square Dist Inc (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9562723054
• ISBN-13: 978-9562723053
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #614,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( J ) > Jackson, Michael

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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lies, lies and more lies, September 13, 2009

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LisaG "LisaG" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler (Paperback)

Victor Gutierrez is a freelance writer who appeared on the U.S. tabloid television show "Hard Copy" to claim that there was a videotape of Michael Jackson molesting a boy. Some background on his story can be found in the book Jackson Family Values, by Jermaine Jackson's ex-common-law wife, Margaret Maldonado. She writes that in early 1995,

" I received a telephone call from a writer named Ruth Robinson. I had known Ruth for quite a while and respected her integrity. It made what she had to tell me all the more difficult to hear. "I wanted to warn you, Margaret," she said. "There's a story going around that there is a videotape of Michael molesting one of your sons, and that you have the tape."If anyone else had said those words, I would have hung up the phone. Given the long relationship I had with Ruth, however, I gave her the courtesy of a response. I told her that it wasn't true, of course, and that I wanted the story stopped in its tracks.She had been in contact with someone who worked at the National Enquirer who had alerted her that a story was being written for that paper. Ruth cross-connected me with the woman, and I vehemently denied the story. Moreover, I told her that if the story ran, I would own the National Enquirer before the lawsuits I brought were finished. To its credit, the National Enquirer never ran the piece."Hard Copy," however, decided it would. "Hard Copy" correspondent Diane Dimond had reported that authorities were reopening the child molestation case against Michael. She had also made the allegations on L.A. radio station KABC-AM on a morning talk show hosted by Roger Barkley and Ken Minyard.Dimond's claims were based on the word of a freelance writer named Victor Gutierrez. The story was an outrageous lie. Not one part of it was true. I'd never met the man. There was no tape. Michael never paid me for my silence. He had never molested Jeremy. Period."

After the "Hard Copy" story aired, the LAPD told the Los Angeles Times that they had seen no such videotape, they were not looking for it, and there was no renewed investigation into molestation allegations. Michael Jackson subsequently filed a $100 million slander lawsuit against Gutierrez, "Hard Copy", and KABC-AM for perpetuating the story. None of these parties ever produced the videotape or any evidence it existed. Because Jackson's lawyers could find no sign of the videotape or the origin of the tale, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Reginald Dunn ruled that Gutierrez was no longer protected by the California Shield Law, and ordered him to name his source. Gutierrez did not, instead claiming that a host of people, including Elizabeth Taylor and Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, could verify the existence of the videotape (none of these people in fact supported him). Consequently, on October 15, 1996, Judge Dunn ruled that Gutierrez's story was false and that he had acted with malice and was therefore liable for presumed and punitive damages (the amount of which would be determined at a later date.) The writer then fled to Mexico.

In October 1997, a legal action to assess the amount of "presumed and punitive damages" to be paid to Michael Jackson by Victor Gutierrez was delayed due to Gutierrez filing for bankruptcy. Mr. Jackson's lawyers stated that the assessment of such damages would be determined and that Gutierrez would not be protected indefinitely by his action.

On April 9, 1998 Michael Jackson won the slander suit against free-lance writer Victor Gutierrez. A Los Angeles jury ordered Victor Gutierrez to pay Michael Jackson $2.7 million for failing to prove the existence of a videotape that allegedly showed Michael in an inappropriate conduct with a young boy.

"We talked to the jurors afterwards," Michael's lawyer Mr. Modabber said. "They said they wanted to send a message that they were tired of the tabloids telling malicious stories about celebrities for money. They said they hope this will send a message not to do this."

Anyone who read this book and thought it was based upon the truth need only to look at the credibility of the author through court documents.

59 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars nonsense, June 3, 2009

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Mr. Pauline J. Yarl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler (Paperback)

LMAO this book is such a joke. First of all, jordie chandler never owned a diary. That was confirmed by his uncle Ray chandler. Second of all, he never gave anyone permission to publish a book about him and michael jackson. Third of all, He never considered jackson his "lover" and they were never "in love"..Use your common sense people! Why would jordie give all this personal information to some loser journalist after him and his family signed a contract saying they could never talk about the case? This book was written by a tabloid journalist name victor guirezz. He gathered his information from reading jordie's therapist interview and adding more lurid details to it..All the quotes in this book are NOT from Jordan chandler. They were put together by conducting interviews with various sources. So all this crap about "we were in love" and "michael was so passionate" is absolute nonsense. This is exactly why this victor guy was sued by Michael jackson and forced into bankruptcy. Micheal also tried to sue Diane Dimond but was unsuccessful. This book is tabloid garbage and is definetly not worth the price people are selling it for.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Think about it, May 4, 2010

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L. Anderson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler (Paperback)

I don't know why Amazon has this book listed once again.It was banned in the US due to a lawsuit that Michael Jackson won against the Author. For those of you who have read this book and call it entertaining let me ask you this. Knowing that it is not a factual account of what occured but the very graphic, very explicit fictitous writing of the author do you think you should still own it? I have only read excerpts which is all I could stand and I must tell you that to write this sort of thing you must be able to think this sort of thing. It reads like child pornography and in this counrty it is against the law to be entertained by this. Thank goodness I threw the copy away that I found. I think this man should be investigated for writing this HORRIBLE book.