MJ estate calls Discovery Channel’s autopsy show ‘distasteful’
December 30th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s estate has asked the Discovery Channel to cancel plans to screen a re-enactment of the late King of Pop’s autopsy.
In a letter to the TV network, co-executors John Branca and John McClain expressed outrage at a print ad for the show, which will be screened on January 13 across the UK, and corpse sprawled on a gurney, covered by a sheet with a sequined glove sticking out, reports Tmz.com.
The letter accused the network of operating in ’shockingly bad taste, motivated solely by its blind desire to exploit Michael’s death, while cynically attempting to dupe the public into believing this show will have serious medical value’.
Branca and McClain apparently can’t legally stop the show, but they are appealing to Discovery’s moral decency to cancel the program. (ANI)
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