June 23, 2023
Grace Rwaramba says she pumped Michael Jackson's stomach
I researched five sources: a Reddit discussion on Grace Rwaramba, a Reddit comment thread (that did not provide relevant information), and three articles from The Guardian, Today.com, and ABC News. There was consensus among the sources on Rwaramba's close relationship with Michael Jackson and his children, as well as her claims of pumping Jackson's stomach due to his drug use. However, there was some disagreement on whether or not Rwaramba was a reliable source for information about Jackson. Overall, I am confident in the information provided, but there may still be some uncertainty due to the nature of the sources.
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"https://abcnews.go.com/US/michael-jacksons-nanny-defends-sex-abuse-allegations-hbos/story?id=61531201"
- Michael Jackson’s former nanny, Grace Rwaramba, has released a statement defending the late pop star against the sexual abuse allegations made in “Leaving Neverland”.
- Rwaramba says that in all the years she worked for Jackson, she never witnessed, suspected, or learned of any sexual abuse of children by the pop star, and that he was hopelessly naive to manipulation and incapable of hurting children.
- Rwaramba acknowledges she doesn’t know whether or not Jackson molested Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the two men featured in the HBO documentary.
- She describes Robson and his mother as determined to use Jackson’s fame and celebrity to make him a star and draws attention to the fact that Robson testified on Jackson’s behalf in 1993 and 2005.
- Rwaramba played a pivotal role in Jackson’s life for more than a decade before his death, working as a nanny to his children Prince Michael I, Paris, and Prince Michael II for 17 years.
- Rwaramba traveled with Jackson and the children to Bahrain and Ireland following Jackson’s 2005 child molestation acquittal, and in 2008 she testified in Jackson’s defense during a breach-of-contract trial brought against the singer by a Bahranian sheik.
- Rwaramba says there was an “army” of people working at Jackson’s California ranch whenever the iconic artist was there and that it would have been extremely difficult for the star to molest visiting children.
- Since “Leaving Neverland” aired earlier this month, several radio stations in Canada and New Zealand have reportedly stopped playing Jackson’s music, and in Manchester, England, a statue of the singer has been removed from the National Football Museum.
- Jackson’s estate has sued HBO for $100 million for allegedly breaching a previous non-disparagement agreement by airing the documentary.
- The two men - Robson, now 36, and Safechuck, now 41 - claimed they were each individually abused by the pop star, Robson beginning when he was 7-years-old and Safechuck beginning when he was 10. They alleged child sexual abuse at the hands of Jackson, who died in 2009 at the age of 50. They claimed that Jackson introduced them, separately, to pornography and masturbation and digitally violated them on multiple occasions.
- Safechuck said Jackson made him participate in “drills” where “he would pretend like somebody was coming in and you had to get dressed as fast as possible without making
"Michael Jackson's Former Nanny: He Tried To Protect His ... - RadarOnline"
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"Leaving Neverland: Michael Jackson's Former Nanny Defends Him - People.com"
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"Leaving Neverland is the most watched HBO documentary in history."
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"What If MJ didn't settle out of court in 1993 and went to trial?"
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"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/28/michael-jackson-death-nanny"
- The nanny who took care of Michael Jackson’s three children, Grace Rwaramba, has claimed that the singer had his stomach pumped numerous times after taking a harmful cocktail of prescription drugs.
- Rwaramba stated that Michael Jackson frequently mixed too much of the prescription drugs he was taking.
- Toward the end of his life, Michael Jackson was extremely addicted to the powerful painkiller OxyContin. Additionally, he had received an injection of the opiate Demerol an hour prior to his death.
- Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are anticipated to interview Rwaramba on if she helped administer the drugs.
- Coroners commented that there was no suspicion of foul play in Michael Jackson’s death but that toxicology tests would take several weeks.
- According to the nanny, Jackson’s spending was out of control, and he led an increasingly nomadic lifestyle, moving from country to country and hotel to hotel. He frequently fired but then begged Rwaramba to return since he was unable to care for his children and himself.
- Rwaramba alleges that Nation of Islam gained increasing control over the singer’s personal and financial affairs. She claims the sect told Jackson it cost $100,000 a month to rent the mansion he was living in until his death, but she believes similar properties weren’t more than $25,000 a month.
- The sect supplied bodyguards to the singer and allegedly intimidated auction houses that were selling Jackson memorabilia.
- Whatever money Michael Jackson had, he would hide it in black rubbish bags under the carpets at the Los Angeles house, according to Rwaramba.
- Grace Rwaramba was fired by Michael Jackson because she was getting too close to the children, but she anticipated being reinstated shortly. She still visited the children even after being fired.
- The children will remain with Michael Jackson’s mother and father, Katherine and Joe, at their family home in Encino, California.
- US legal specialists speculate that the mother of Michael Jackson’s two eldest children, Debbie Rowe, would stand the best chance of winning any custody fight.
- Lawyers for Debbie Rowe mentioned that their client would seek to look after the three children.
- There are conflicting reports as to whether Debbie Rowe is trying to get custody. The Jacksons are said to be offering Rowe visitation privileges.
- There is a potentially billion-pound custody battle looming over the children.
- It is believed that Michael’s father, Joe, and his siblings would fight to keep the children of the singer with the family, although
"https://www.today.com/popculture/nanny-recalls-pumping-jackson-s-stomach-wbna31599064"
- Grace Rwaramba, Michael Jackson’s former nanny, gave an interview to the Sunday Times on June 28, 2009.
- Rwaramba worked for Jackson for 17 years before being fired.
- For Jackson’s children, “I was the only mother they knew.”
- In the interview, Rwaramba described a cycle of debt and prescription drug use that took them from Bahrain to Ireland to Germany to New Jersey until Jackson landed in Los Angeles to rehearse for a planned tour.
- Rwaramba recounted getting a phone call that Michael was in bad shape prior to his death. She said she used to take care of him when he was in that condition, and each time that happened before, he got rid of her. Then he made promises if she would come back. All these promises. After few days, it was the same abuse all over again.
- A source close to the Jackson family told Access Hollywood on June 28, 2009, that “everybody is shocked, upset and hurt” that Rwaramba has made these revelations.
- Rwaramba said that Jackson mixed prescription drugs, and she had to pump his stomach more than once. “He always ate too little and mixed too much,” she said. “I had to pump his stomach many times… He always mixed so much of it. There was one period that it was so bad that I didn’t let the children see him.”
- At one point, she held an intervention with Jackson’s sister, Janet, and his mother, Katherine.
- Rwaramba alleged that Jackson had tried to frame her over his finances. When Sheikh Abdullah sued Michael last year, Michael said in the beginning, “Oh, I never got money from him…” she said, explaining that the Sheik, the son of the king of Bahrain, had been paying Jackson for services he never rendered through her bank account. “He tried to frame me that I took the money.”
- Jackson’s last years were plagued by a mounting debt – and Rwaramba alleged that Jackson had tried to frame her over his finances. “When [Sheikh] Abdullah … sued Michael last year, Michael said in the beginning, ‘Oh, I never got money from him,’” she said… “He tried to frame me that I took the money.”
- Jackson’s planned 50-date run of performances at the O2 Arena in London in July 2009, was not properly thought through, according to Rwaramba. “He said, ‘I signed only for
"I couldn’t sleep this morning and I decided to look up the woman who nannied for the Jackson kids. She said she worked with Michael for 17years! This seems like a decent reliable source to me when she says he was “hopelessly naive to manipulation and incapable of hurting children.”"
- User shares a post on Reddit regarding Grace Rwaramba, the Jackson family nanny.
- Grace Rwaramba worked with Michael Jackson for 17 years and said that he was “hopelessly naive to manipulation and incapable of hurting children.”
- The user expresses confusion about why they never thought of Rwaramba before and asks if anyone has any thoughts on her.
- User mentions that Wade Robson wanted to have his wedding at Neverland, which is strange given his claims of being abused by Jackson.
- Commenters on the post express skepticism towards Robson’s claims and criticize him for wanting his wedding at Neverland.
- One commenter calls Robson a “liar and a damn weasel” and questions why r/LeavingNeverlandHBO “cared about the truth.”
- Another commenter brings up an article where Robson’s fiancée, Amanda Rodriguez, suggested they get married on a ranch in Santa Ynez, but he wanted to have it at Neverland.
- User shares a quote where Joy Robson, Wade Robson’s mother, expressed her belief in Michael Jackson’s innocence after he was acquitted and invited him to her son’s wedding.
- One commenter shares a video of Paris Jackson talking about her relationship with Rwaramba and mentions that it seems like Jackson had trust issues.
- Some commenters speculate that Jackson may have been romantically involved with Rwaramba and that’s why he was so close with her.
- Another commenter shares a video of Robson and his wife talking about how amazing Neverland was and claims that Robson is “full of shit.”
- One commenter expresses their hope that a “real abuse victim” will one day “beat the crap out of” Robson.
- Several commenters express support for Michael Jackson and defend him against the allegations of abuse.
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