“On a 10-min break halfway through Sundance’s 4-hour Michael Jackson child sex abuse documentary,” Daily Beast senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon tweeted.
Reed previously directed The Paedophile Hunter (2014), a Bafta-winning film about vigilante Stinson Hunter’s attempts to entrap child abusers online.
“Wade Robson and James Safechuck have both testified under oath that Michael never did anything inappropriate toward them,” the statement continued.
In the US, the film will air on Sunday 3 and Monday 4 March on HBO.