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Indianapolis Children’s Museum Removes Michael Jackson Items From Its Collection

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has removed three &num;MichaelJackson items from exhibits contributing to the continuing fall-out from &num;HBO’s &&num;8216&semi;&num;LeavingNeverland&&num;8217&semi; documentary&comma; which featured renewed allegations of sexual abuse from two of MJ’s accusers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Michael Jackson&comma; who is a native of Gary&comma; Indiana&comma; had a fedora and glove he wore onstage as well as a poster featured at the popular museum&period; Those items are no longer on display&comma; &commat;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;news&sol;8502790&sol;michael-jackson-items-removed-by-indianapolis-childrens-museum-leaving-neverland">Billboard<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Chris Carron&comma; the museum’s director of collections&comma; said the museum’s officials want items on display to tell stories of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;people of high character&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">According to the &num;IndianapolisStar&comma; the fedora and Glove were purchased in 2017 from New York auction house &OpenCurlyQuote;Gotta Have Rock and Roll&&num;8217&semi;&comma; were displayed in the museum’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;American Pop” exhibit&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The poster that was featured was seen as part of a Ryan White tribute in the museum’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Power of Children” exhibit&period; White was an Indiana teenager diagnosed with AIDS following a blood transfusion&period; White died in 1990&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The museum joins the list of entities and celebrities who have shied away from Michael Jackson since the documentary’s release earlier this month&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">After the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Leaving Neverland” film aired&comma; radio stations in Canada&comma; New Zealand and the Netherlands pulled Jackson’s music from their playlists&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">A 1991 episode of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Simpsons” TV series that guest-starred Michael playing the voice of a prisoner locked up with Homer has been removed from streaming platforms&comma; and will not appear in future boxed sets&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In addition&comma; last week&comma; French fashion company Louis Vuitton announced it will no longer produce Jackson-influenced pieces for an autumn&sol;winter 2019 collection&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It was also reported recently that Drake allegedly removed his song&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Don’t Matter to Me”&comma;  featuring the late singer during the U&period;K&period; leg of his tour&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Roommates&comma; do you think the Michael Jackson fall-out following the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Leaving Neverland” controversy is called for&quest; Let us know&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR STAFF&colon; Christina C&excl; &commat;cdelafresh<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"48202" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;indianapolis-childrens-museum-removes-michael-jackson-items-from-its-collection&sol;" data-secure&equals;"460cd1126b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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