{"id":2037,"date":"2009-11-18T00:22:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2009-11-18T00:22:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:22:07","slug":"jordy-chandlers-father-commits-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/11\/jordy-chandlers-father-commits-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordy Chandler&#8217;s Father Commits Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>Evan Chandler, the dentist father of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation in the early \u201990s, is dead.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2009\/11\/18\/article-0-0741B778000005DC-390_468x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Reports from various sources say that Chandler, 65, committed suicide at his luxury condo in Jersey City, New Jersey. The 800 square foot rental apartment in Liberty Towers was a far cry from Chandler\u2019s pre-Jackson scandal world in Beverly Hills where he was a dentist to the stars and an aspiring screenwriter.<\/p>\n<p>Sources also say that Chandler, whose real last name was Charmatz, had been on the outs with his son, Jordan, since an incident involving the police in 2006. According to public records, Evan Chandler still owed his public defender in that case $95.00.<\/p>\n<p>Jordy Chandler accused Michael Jackson of molestation in 1993. The result was a settlement in which Jackson paid the Chandlers more than $20 million. The case never went to trial, but it forever tarnished Jackson. It did cause a rift between Jordy and his mother, June, from whom he was estranged until recently.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the deal with Jackson, Chandler, his ex wife, and her then husband each received $1.5 million of their own.<\/p>\n<p>In 1996, Mary Fischer, a journalist for GQ magazine, published a story refuting many of the child molestation claims. Fisher gathered evidence that Evan Chandler and Jordy\u2019s stepfather conspired to shake Jackson down by drugging the boy and suggesting answers to him.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Ray Chandler (nee Charmatz) self published a book detailing his account of witnessing his brother Evan finding out about Jordy\u2019s relationship with Michael Jackson, and how he proceeded from there. The book, \u201cAll That Glitters,\u201d caused a stir, but its veracity could never be proved.<\/p>\n<p>Still another book, also published in 2005, by Jackson\u2019s long time press aide Bob Jones \u2014 since deceased \u2014 questioned the closeness of Jackson in 1993 to the 12-year-old boy. Jones \u2014 who was angry with Jackson for firing him without notice or a word after almost three decades \u2014 said he observed inappropriate behavior between Jackson and Jordy.<\/p>\n<p>Right after Michael Jackson died, the Internet was overwhelmed with rumors that Jordy Chandler had recanted his story. Alas, it was just an urban myth. To this day, Jordy Chandler has never commented on the case. His mother, June Chandler, testified at the 2005 trial \u2014 in which Jackson was accused of molesting Gavin Arvizo\u2013 that she believed Jackson was guilty of harming her son. http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,153158,00.html<\/p>\n<p>Evan Chandler always had a basic problem in his story about Michael Jackson. His first instinct upon hearing that his son had been allegedly in a sexual affair with Jackson was not to beat the tar out of the singer. His basic reaction was to try and get money and a movie deal out of Jackson. The money proved to be his undoing. For many years, Chandler oversaw Jordy\u2019s finances. They even bought a house in the Hamptons. But in later years he lost that control. By 2005 it was said that father and son weren\u2019t speaking, and that Evan was ill. Now he\u2019s dead, just five months after Michael Jackson. And the only person who really knows the truth of what happened in 1993 is Jordy Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz411.blogs.thr.com\/michael-jackson-evan-chandler-suicide\/\">Showbiz411<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Chandler, the dentist father of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation in the early \u201990s, is dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jordy Chandler&#039;s Father Commits Suicide - Michael Jackson MJSTAR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/11\/jordy-chandlers-father-commits-suicide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jordy Chandler&#039;s Father Commits Suicide - 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