Evan Chandler

Evan Chandler was an American screenwriter and dentist. He was best known for accusing the American singer Michael Jackson of sexually abusing his son Jordan Chandler in 1993.

Career
Chandler wrote the 1993 movie Robin Hood: Men in Tights. In her book Shockaholic, Carrie Fisher said that Chandler was her dentist.Shockaholic. Carrie Fisher, Simon & Schuster, 2011

Accusations against Michael Jackson
In 1993, Chandler accused the American singer Michael Jackson of molesting his son Jordan. Jordan had made the hebephilia allegations after taking sodium amytal. The 1993 molestation case ended in 1994 after Jackson reached a settlement with Chandler for a reported U.S. $20 million. Jordan legally emancipated himself from his parents in 1995.

An article in USA Today said that Chandler tried to sue Jackson again in 1996 but the case was dismissed in 1998. In 2006, Jordan took out a restraining order against his dad after claiming that he attacked him with a dumbbell weight. 

Death
Chandler shot himself in the head on November 5 2009. He suffered with depression for many years.

References

Category:1944 births
Category:2009 deaths
Category:American Jews
Category:Suicides by firearm in the United States
Category:Michael Jackson