The father of a boy who sued Michael Jackson and accused him of
sexual molestation died by committing suicide, RadarOnline.com has learned
exclusively.
Evan Chandler, formerly a Beverly
Hills dentist, shot himself in the head. He was found
dead in Jersey City, N.J.
Jersey City Police Department spokesman Stan Eason told RadarOnline.com:
“Evan Chandler’s body was found at 5.35 pm on November 5 by the concierge at
his luxury apartment building in Jersey
City. We have ruled it as suicide because he was found
with a gun held to his body and had a single bullet wound to the side of his
head. Mr. Chandler was 65.
“There was no note found in the apartment but officers did
find medication in keeping with a serious medical condition. A doctor based at
Colanta Hematology in Bayonne,
NJ, had called the concierge,
asking him check on Mr. Chandler’s apartment as Mr. Chandler had missed an
appointment. It was thanks to the concierge’s actions that Mr. Chandler’s body
was discovered. Mr. Chandler’s body has now been returned to his family.
”Evan Chandler, the father of Michael Jackson's alleged
molestation victim Jordan Chandler, spent his last days in isolation --
depressed and estranged from his loved ones -- before fatally shooting himself
in the head, family members said Tuesday.
New details about the sad personal life of Chandler,
a 65-year-old Beverly Hills
dentist-turned-recluse, have surfaced -- including that the once-handsome man
had drastically changed his looks with plastic surgery to avoid backlash over
the molestation incident from the late King of Pop’s fans.
RadarOnline.com has also learned the elder Chandler had been estranged from his son,
Jordan, for the last three years, following an incident in which the son
received a restraining order against him following an alleged attack with a
barbell.
"Over the years, [Evan] began to develop tremendous mood swings. He was
always depressed," a family member told the NY Post. "He stopped
coming to family events because he was afraid of being recognized, like anyone
in the family would care. That eventually turned into permanent estrangement
from his family."
In 1993, Chandler reported Jackson
to authorities in both Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, saying the
King of Pop had molested his 13-year-old son. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s
Office launched a 13-month probe into the allegations, and convened a grand
jury investigate the sexual abuse claims. The case never went to trial because
the boy received a civil settlement of $20 million from the superstar.
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