Why was Michael Jackson stigmatised so harshly?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Unfortunately it's more like "almost certainly criminal behavior."

Perhaps. I'm trying to be fair.

And by age 17 I actually developed a good taste in music and stopped listening to him voluntarily altogether!

I've never owned any of his albums, but he's got a lot of songs that are really well-put-together. I don't care for much of his body of work, as derivative as he could be on occasion