same year, Michael Jackson won
three American Music Awards for
Favorite Pop/Rock Album
(Dangerous), Favorite Soul/R&B
Single ("Remember the Time"), and
was the first to win the International
Artist Award, for his global
performances and humanitarian
concerns. This award will bear his
name in the future.
1993–94: First child sexual abuse
allegations and first marriage
Main article: 1993 child sexual abuse
accusations against Michael Jackson
In the summer of 1993, Jackson was
accused of child sexual abuse by a 13year-old boy named Jordan Chandler
and his father, Evan Chandler, a
dentist. The Chandler family
demanded payment from Jackson, and
the singer initially refused. Jordan
Chandler eventually told the police
that Jackson had sexually abused
him. Evan Chandler was taperecorded discussing his intention to
pursue charges, saying, "If I go
through with this, I win big-time.
There's no way I lose. I will get
everything I want and they will be
destroyed forever..... Michael's career
will be over". Jordan's mother was,
however, adamant at the time that
there had been no wrongdoing on
Jackson's part. Jackson later used the
recording to argue that he was the
victim of a jealous father whose only
goal was to extort money from the
singer. In January 1994, however,
after investigation on allegations of
extortion against the singer by
Chandler, deputy Los Angeles County
district attorney Michael J. Montagna
stated that Chandler would not be
charged due to lack of cooperation
from Jackson's camp and its
willingness to negotiate with
Chandler for several weeks among
other reasons.
In August 1993, Jackson's home was
raided by the police who, according to
court documents, found books and
photographs in his bedroom featuring
young boys with little or no
clothing. Since the books were legal
to purchase and own, the jury decided
not to indict Jackson. In December
1993, Jackson was strip
searched. Jordan Chandler had
reportedly given police a description
of Jackson's intimate parts, and the
strip search revealed that Jordan had
correctly claimed Jackson had patchycolored buttocks, short pubic hair, and
pink and brown
marked testicles. Reportedly, Jordan
had also previously drawn accurate
pictures of a dark spot on Jackson's
penis only visible when his penis was
lifted. Despite differing initial internal
reports from prosecutors and
investigators and later, with reports of
jurors feeling otherwise that the
photos did not match the
description, the DA stated his belief in
a sworn that the description was
accurate, along with the sheriff's
photographer stating the description
was accurate. A 2004 motion filed by