"Let the courts take care of him."
Normally, I would agree with you 100%, but we've seen a number of cases over the years where fame has blindsided justice...Mr. Jackson being one of them.
"When one comes to forgive violence done to ones self when in a position of relative helplessness, one can proceed with life and find joy."
For some traumas, this is indeed possible. However, science has shown that some PTSD and similar severe situations of systemic abuse actually can cause lasting physical damage to the brain.
This is why, in some severe cases, the cycle of abuse lasts for generations. Only external intervention can bring peace, and not necessarily for the present victim, but only for their children and loved ones.
IMHO, Mr. Jackson's money and fame acted as a terrible wall. While it protected him from legal punishments for his darkest actions, it also walled him off from the kind of psychological help he clearly needed for decades. If he had not been so rich and famous, his actions might have gotten treatment a very long time ago. That could have saved himself, and many others, from a great deal of pain.
It's also why this nation was founded on the principle that no man is above the law, whether by power, celebrity, or wealth.
