Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed says he has been targeted with thousands of death threats from Michael Jackson fans, as a result of making a documentary about two men who say the superstar abused them when they were children.

Reed told The Guardian newspaper:  “I’ve had murderers try to find me. I’ve had people threaten to shoot me who are armed. I’ve been threatened many, many times.”

Reed spoke to Deadline earlier this week about the process of making Leaving Neverland 2, the sequel to his incendiary first film, which was released by HBO in 2019. The award-winning documentary featured Wade Robeson and James Safechuck, who alleged they had been sexually assaulted as juveniles by Michael Jackson, during the peak of his career.