It's obvious any one witMJ level of fame rubs shoulders with the controlling oligarchy. To a degree they probably get sucked into the system, occupying positions as pawns on the chessboard
He had a gentle heart. At first glance he seems to fit the profile of a "good" person. He may have been tainted by the showbuisness world, I do think it's probable that he was smeared and brought down because he was spreading the exact sort of memes the controlling elite does not want to be spread.
In this world to defend love is to tangle with fear, and those who want us in perpetual emotional paralysis want to keep the dehumanization process going. This is what modern culture, for the most part, gives us. The death culture.
Anyone who get's close to the top and doesnt comply and begins to expose those, becomes a target. This is what I think probably happened to Micheal. He may have had a dark side, but he tried to do what's right, and maybe paid with his life.