How Michael Jackson Accuser Wade Robson Became A Choreographer To Big Stars

In HBOs Leaving Neverland, Wade Robson describes in searing and graphic terms how his mentor during his childhood, Michael Jackson, was also his alleged sexual abuser and how he continues to grapple with the ripple effect the abuse has had on his life, family and career.

He helped me tremendously. He helped me with my career. He helped me with my creativity, with all of these sorts of things, Robson, now 36, says at the beginning of the two-part documentary, airing Sunday and Monday. And he also sexually abused me. For seven years.

If Robsons name rings a bell, its because he went on to become a respected and sought-after choreographer, working with some of the biggest names of the late 1990s and early 2000s Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Pink, among others and on big events and TV shows, like the Super Bowl halftime show and So You Think You Can Dance.

I just was never really able to enjoy my work. It wasnt fun. The more success I gained, the less fun it became. It was just more about pressure.
- Wade Robson

Robson got his big break in 1999, when Spears hired the then 16-year-old to choreograph her first major tour.

Expecting him to be in his 30s, she exclaimed: Hes a friggin baby! according to a 2003 People magazine profile of Robson.

During a segment on Robson for ABCs Good Morning America in 2000, Spears sung his praises, hailing him as a genius.

Hes just like a child prodigy, seriously. Hes a genius. Hes amazing, she said.

Robson worked with Spears throughout the height of her career , choreographing music videos for hits like Oops I Did It Again, as well as her commercials for Pepsi and her performance at the 2001 Super Bowl.

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