Dear Scabby,

I've heard multiple conspiracy theories regarding the downfall and ultimate death of Michael Jackson. Everyone from Sony to AEG to the Illuminati have been pointed at.

What's your take on this?
Asked by Anonymous

My take on it is probably a bit more conventional and less ”conspiracy” oriented. While I do believe that his big bust and subsequent fall from grace some years ago reeked of a set-up and was probably some sort of conspiracy to discredit and destroy him because he probably pissed off the Powers That Be in some way, his death seems like an all-too-familiar story. I don’t know that much about Michael Jackson, but I believe he was probably a drug addict plagued, like so many other famous people, by the massive negative energy connected with fame and fortune and it simply took him down in the end. Drug addiction is a deadly malady whose final chapter is always written in destruction. Anyway, that’s my take on it.