"This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be"
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The most revealing clause is the one that pretends not to be revealing: “as we were certain he would be.” It signals loyalty and foreknowledge, a refusal to entertain ambiguity even for a second. Subtextually, it’s also a gentle rebuke to everyone who doubted him: if you didn’t see this outcome coming, you were never on the inside, never part of “we.” That “we” is doing heavy lifting, widening from the Jackson family to an imagined community of believers, while implicitly shrinking the skeptics into outsiders.
Context matters: a courtroom verdict doesn’t erase the cultural afterimage of allegations, tabloid narratives, and years of polarized fandom. “Vindicated in court” is a precise kind of exoneration, and she leans into that precision because the public court is harder to win. The statement isn’t trying to reopen the case; it’s trying to seal it, to reframe Michael as triumphant and wronged, and the family as steadfast in the face of a world that profited from doubt.
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Jackson, LaToya. (2026, January 16). This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/this-is-a-very-big-victory-for-michael-and-we-are-112186/
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Jackson, LaToya. "This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/this-is-a-very-big-victory-for-michael-and-we-are-112186/.
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"This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/this-is-a-very-big-victory-for-michael-and-we-are-112186/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.