Michael Jackson Accuser James Safechuck, Mother to Face Questioning Under Oath

Court documents obtained by TMZ indicate that Safechuck will sit for his deposition on Monday, September 14, while his mother, Stephanie Safechuck, is scheduled to be questioned on October 15 and 20.

Stephanie is expected to serve as a key witness in the case, given her family's history with Jackson during her son's childhood. She appeared in the 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, in which she described how Jackson grew close to the family after meeting James on the set of a Pepsi commercial when he was approximately nine years old.

Safechuck, along with fellow accuser Wade Robson, alleges that Jackson sexually abused them when they were minors. Both men are suing Jackson's companies, MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures, claiming the entities failed to protect them from harm. Jackson's companies have denied the allegations.

Safechuck's lawsuit, originally filed in 2014, was initially dismissed by a lower court but was reinstated after a California appeals court ruled in 2023 that the case could move forward. Robson's lawsuit was revived under similar circumstances, and the two cases were later consolidated.

In June, a California judge set a trial date of February 14, 2028, following additional delays in the extended legal proceedings. The case had previously been slated for an earlier trial date.

Safechuck and Robson gained widespread public attention for their allegations against Jackson following their appearance in Leaving Neverland, the 2019 documentary that chronicled their accounts of alleged childhood abuse.

Jackson, who died in 2009, was acquitted in his 2005 criminal trial on charges of child molestation.

The allegations brought by Safechuck and Robson remain disputed and have not been established as fact through any criminal conviction.