I think the jack off stuff was fake dude... doesn't show up on the real cnn.com...
trying to stop an internet rumour for it starts...
honestly as far as it goes...
the most successful male child to adult pop star transition was justin timberlake, who didnt do any of this stuff...
the next was miley who was grimey but didnt rack up arrests...
the next i am not sure probably christina aguelera who was grimey but didnt get arrested...
britney, lohan are the ones who went this route and there career went downwards...
So if this were a purposeful plan by beiber and handlers to shed his boyhood image they doing it wrong...
MJ is EASILY the most successful child to adult pop star. Dude was like 8 years old doing shows with his brothers in strip clubs and shyt before they signed that Motown deal. People never think about the Jackson 5/Jacksons stuff because his adult career eclipsed everything before it that other artists had done.