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Gavin Arvizo was born in December 1989.

He was 13 years old between February 20 and March 12, 2003, when the alleged crimes were said to have been committed, two weeks after Bashir's documentary aired in the US.

In 2000, the accuser was diagnosed with cancer and had his spleen and a kidney removed.

Jackson organized a blood drive and accommodated transport for his chemotherapy treatment.

Soon thereafter, Jamie Masada, the owner of a comedy club called Laugh Factory, fulfilled his wish to meet Jackson, and the boy visited Neverland eight times, where in two occasions he and his family met Michael Jackson as on the other six times Jackson was not home or not available.

In 2001, there were no visits but he and Jackson had 20 or so telephone conversations regarding his recovery as the cancer had remissed.

In 2002, the documentary Living With Michael Jackson was filmed, and aired February 6, 2003.

Until February 2005, the accuser was officially anonymized as " John Doe " by the court and the media, although his full name was already available all over the Internet.