Dan Reed , the director of Leaving Neverland , a 2019 documentary that explored child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson, said the singer was “worse that Jeffrey Epstein” in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter . “So a lot of people, I think, will kind of swallow any misgivings they may have and just sort of say, ‘Oh well, it’s a great jukebox movie,’” Reed said ahead the release of biopic Michael . People “just completely ignore the fact that this guy was worse than Jeffrey Epstein.” Michael , distributed by Lionsgate, was released April 24th with Jaafar Jackson, the nephew of the deceased entertainer, playing the titular role. Antoine Fuqua directed the film. The Hollywood Reporter said the movie is tracking to be one of the year’s biggest box-office draws. While the movie is selling tickets, it has been heavily criticized for ignoring charges that Jackson sexually abused children, accusations that had followed him from the early 1990s.…