Jenny Winings: The Storyteller

15 Feb, 2020

Jenny Winnings is a avid Michael Jackson fan who devoted a significant portion of her adult life to following the controversial pop star.

After the fallout from the Martin Bashir documentary, Jenny and a few friends decided to journey to Jackson's iconic Neverland Ranch nestled in the picturesque Los Olivos countryside in March 2003. As fate would have it, their car broke down close to the main gates. Coincidentally, they bumped into Jackson, who was travelling in his limousine along with Gavin Arvizo. Jackson graciously invited them to tag along to Toys "R" Us, before inviting them back to the ranch, where they spent a memorable night in the theatre.

Although Jenny's time at the ranch lasted only about half a day, this led to her inclusion on the 2005 defence witness list. In Danny Wu's October 2019 "documentary," Square One, Jenny is portrayed as a highly credible individual, alongside fellow witnesses Caroline Fristedt and Josephine Zohny, due to their inclusion.

On the surface, this narrative appears compelling. One might ponder how Jenny could land on the defence witness list without a substantiated story to share. However, with a bit of investigative probing, it becomes evident that the defence witness list was, in fact, an elaborate charade, encompassing a vast roster of 459 individuals, many of them unheard and only 64 providing substantive statements.

The prosecution stated: 

"The defence has provided the people with an unheard list of witness full of unheard witnesses. They have provided no reports or proffer of any kind concerning the testimony of over 300 witnesses. The people therefore move the court to exclude the testimony of all witnesses unless defendant can provide reports; statements or other satisfactory proffer establishing the required preliminary fact question of personal knowledge."

Source: sbscpublicaccess.org

Although Jenny, along with her fellow Square One subject Josephine Zohny, are listed as having provided a statement, it's in no way an endorsement of their credibility, and both individuals were ultimately ignored by Jackson's defence team and were not summoned to testify during the trial itself.

Jenny's participation in Square One is relatively brief and, to be candid, comes across as rather unprofessional, given that the entire interview was conducted via video call. During her short segment, she asserts that despite her limited time at Neverland Ranch, she is convinced that Jackson was not abusing Gavin Arvizo, who was present during her March 9th to 10th stay.

The following was stated in Square One:

Danny: "In 2005, during the trial you were on the witness list."

Jenny: "Yeah. We were on the witness list because when we stayed at Neverland March 9th and 10th, Gavin Arvizo and his brother and sister were with us. And the reason why it was so important, the dates, is because Michael was supposedly abusing him until March 12th and we were there March 9th and 10th."

Danny: "Right, so when you were there."

Jenny: "And that was not happening." [Referring to the abuse].

Watch the video below.

Yet, this was not the account Jenny originally provided at the time. In a bid to minimize the damage from the 2003 Gavin Arvizo allegations, Michael Jackson's PR and legal team urgently sought individuals to bolster his reputation.

Subsequently, she participated in a TV interview organized by Jackson's former and disbarred lawyer, Brian Oxman, where she reiterated her perspective. However, she emphasized that she has no knowledge where Jackson and Gavin slept during her overnight stay.

Watch the video below.

But it doesn't end there; in a MJ Cast Episode, which has a published date of 29 June, 2019, Jenny essentially reiterates her earlier claims, stating that she has no knowledge of what occurred between Jackson and Gavin when it was time for bedtime.

From the episode:

Jenny Winings: "So, yeah, we just ended up falling asleep in the theatre. Gavin, and his brother, and sister they were there with us the entire time until it was time to go to bed. I do not know where they slept that night. I do not know where Michael slept. I don't know where anybody else slept, but my friends, and me."

Listen to the audio below.

Just before stating the above, Jenny also repeats a falsehood initially spread on Twitter, possibly by Taj Jackson, claiming that James fabricated the existence of one-way glass in the rooms at the top of the theatre, which would have prevented anyone from seeing inside.

Jenny states:

"So, the theatre was two floors, and they had bedrooms in the theatre with big windows for, you know, disabled children who could not sit up on their own. So, we were going to sleep upstairs in the bedroom. Two people slept in the bed, and two people slept on the floor each side, and we were like okay. What has come out in the past two months, maybe is that James Safechuck said the glass on the windows on the top floor were only one-sided. So, people on the top floor could see down into the theatre and watch the movie, but could not see up into the room from the bottom floor. That is a lie. I remember seeing where we were going to sleep, and there have been hundreds of people who have been in that theatre and have come out and said that's a lie. That glass is not one-way."

This is not true. Nowhere in Leaving Neverland does James Safechuck claim that the bedrooms in the theatre have one-way glass, which prevents anybody seeing inside.

Even if James had, he is still not lying. One-way glass works on the principle of lighting, in other words, you can only see into a room, if the lighting is greater or equal inside that room, than it is outside.

Read the facts about mirror/one-way glass here: windowfilm.co.uk

But wait, there's even more. Jenny has teamed up with Popcorned Planet founder, Andy Signore, a man who's been accused of sexual misconduct by several women. Apparently, the 2 of them are in the process of making a pro-Michael Jackson documentary titled "The Truth about Michael Jackson."

In a YouTube video, which was published on 26 June, 2023, Jenny once again reiterates that during her stay at the ranch she has absolutely no idea where Michael and Gavin spent the night.

Watch the video below.

Conclusion

Her statement in Square One is, at the very least, misleading. In three separate interviews, including two conducted before the release of Square One, she clearly states that she has no knowledge of where Jackson and Gavin spent the night or whether he was being abused behind closed doors during her brief visit.

Furthermore, Jenny's credibility is questionable. She's hardly a casual fan, but somebody who seems to have an emotional interest in glorifying Jackson. On 24 February, 2020, she even posted a couple of tweets mocking Oprah Winfrey for having a friendship with Harvey Weinstein, now officially a convicted rapist. Yet the irony is she posed for photographs with Thomas Mesereau, a man who has defended sex offenders.

Jenny clearly holds the belief that Jackson was too "nice" to be a child molester merely because he welcomed her and her friends into his home and allowed them to explore his awe-inspiring ranch. Additionally, because she did not witness a "distressed" Gavin Arvizo, during the 8 to 10 hours she interacted with him, leads her to conclude that he was not sexually abused at any point.

However, this perspective is profoundly ignorant. The vast majority of child molesters do not fit the stereotype of monstrous predators lurking in the shadows; they often present themselves as "nice guys" who shower children and their parents with affection and attention. This is typically followed by a careful grooming process designed to ensure the child remains compliant. If children "acted strange" or reported their abuse immediately, it would make catching and prosecuting child abusers a lot easier. Unfortunately, this is not a reality.

In the Popcorn Planet video, Jenny asserts that she is not defending Jackson simply because he was an international pop star; rather, she believes in his innocence after reviewing all the court documents. However, anyone who has examined those documents will find they paint a deeply troubling picture of a man fixated on being alone with young boys, possessing books featuring nude images of children, an extensive collection of pornography, a history of drug use, and false allegations of police brutality—all of which undermine the Peter Pan persona that Jackson projected to the world.