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"&lt;img alt=\"0507-wade-robson-tmz-michael-jackson\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/07/0507-wade-robson-tmz-michael-jackson-3.jpg\" /&gt;The lawyer for famed choreographer &lt;strong&gt;Wade Robson&lt;/strong&gt; tells TMZ, &lt;strong&gt;Michael Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; was a \"monster\" who sexually abused Wade for seven years as a child ... and threatened him if he ever went public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robson's lawyer,&lt;strong&gt; Henry Gradstein&lt;/strong&gt;, tells TMZ, \"Last year, on a career trajectory that was off the charts, he [Wade] collapsed under the stress and sexual trauma of what had happened to him for seven years as a child.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robson spent many weekends with Jackson at Neverland Ranch and his other homes in L.A. and Vegas between ages 7 and 14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gradstein goes on ... \"He [Wade] lived with the brain washing by a sexual predator until the burden of it all crushed him.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gradstein says Michael would tell Wade, \"If anyone ever finds out about what we did we will go to jail for the rest of our lives\" and &amp;#8220;our lives will be ruined forever.&amp;#8221;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gradstein tells us the threats worked, and Wade kept his mouth shut, adding, \"This kind of intimidation of a child by a sexual predator is tragically characteristic and effective, keeping them quiet about the abuse - often for a lifetime.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wade was steadfast for years that MJ did NOT molest him and indeed became Jackson's star witness at his 2005 molestation trial, adamantly denying any untoward conduct.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lawyer says, \"Michael Jackson was a monster and in their hearts every normal person knows it.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ broke the story ... 30-year-old Robson has filed a creditor's claim against MJ's estate alleging the singer molested him as a child and asking for damages. Sources tell us ... Wade is claiming the reason he didn't file the claim on time is because he &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/08/wade-robson-michael-jackson-child-molestation-estate-howard-weitzman/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;repressed the memories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; of the abuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gradstein says they have not asked for any specific amount of money in their legal docs, although that's clearly the point of filing a creditor's claim.&amp;#160; He then trashes what he calls \"the Jackson money machine\" which he says is \"at it once again to keep the truth from coming out.\"&amp;#160; But he says, \"This time it won't work.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2013/05/07/wade-robson-through-the-years/\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0508_wade_robson_through_years_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/08/0508-wade-robson-through-years-footer-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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