Journalist Sam Smyth claims he and Eamon Dunphy wrote a letter to save Michael Jackson accuser from Cork hotel room
Michael Jackson waves to his supporters as he arrives for his child molestation trial in California in 2005. Image: AP/PA Images Michael Jackson waves to his supporters as he arrives for his child molestation trial in California in 2005. Image: AP/PA Images JOURNALIST SAM SMYTH has described how he once attempted to rescue a child who had a “deeply suspicious” relationship with Michael Jackson from a hotel in 1988.
“I remember thinking at the time… it’s very odd for a man in his 30th year to have his very best friend as this boy called Little Jimmy Safechuck who was 10,” he said. He describes how Safechuck had his own room at Jury’s Hotel, but that it constantly had a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door and sheeting on the windows to block out views.
After learning that Safechuck was not attending Jackson’s concert in Pairc Uí Chaoimh and was staying in his bedroom all night, Smyth, along with Eamon Dunphy, decided to write the boy a letter in an attempt to rescue him.
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