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Hospital Visits to Dave Dave (David Rothenberg)

Date range of reporting (Late December 1988) confirmed in Adrian Grant’s “Visual Documentary” (“Late December 1988”)

Chris Cadman, author, “Michael Jackson the Maestro”

Michael heard of a youngster by the name of Dave Rothenberg aged seven in 1989 who had been set on fire by his father Charles in an evil act. The youngster had to have over 50 operations to repair and rebuild his lips, nose, eyelids, his toes and skin grafts. Frank Dileo said at the time:

“Michael has seen David several times. He is a very compassionate person and genuinely cares for the boy.”

Michael paid for a lot of David’s medical bills and operations.