Michael Jackson academic discusses abuse claims in Leaving Neverland

The two-part documentary alleging the king of pop Michael Jackson was a serial child rapist began screening on TVNZ last night. Leaving Neverland has prompted a worldwide storm, with many radio stations pulling Jackson's music off their playlists. The Jackson family has angrily denied the accusations made by two men who said they were abused by Jackson at his Neverland ranch when they were young boys and says it will sue the documentary's makers, HBO. Mark Anthony Neal is a professor of African American Studies at Duke University in North Carolina, and one of his courses concentrates on Michael Jackson and the black performance tradition. He speaks to Guyon Espiner.