I guess the interest in it is more about the fall from grace than anything. As a child he was loved by millions and one of the most popular celebrities in the nation, as his solo career took off he had some of the most popular albums ever and then he went downhill in a hurry and a very looonnng way down. He's obviously very sick. Lately he's been like Howard Hughes. Completely nutz but insulated from any real help for his problem by all that money. Now, however, unlike hughes, he has gone far enough over the edge that no amount of money will save him from the just retribution of his victims.