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Manhunt underway for Jordan Chandler who sparked Michael Jackson child molestation claims at 13

Lawyers are searching for Chandler, now 37, who won $20m in 1993.
Manhunt for first Michael Jackson accuser, Jordan Chandler

US lawyers are trying to track down the man whose father brought the first child molestation lawsuit against Michael Jackson .

Jordan Chandler, now 37, won a $20million settlement from Jackson in 1993 after his dad Evan Chandler claimed Michael sexually assaulted Jordan at his Neverland ranch .

Now investigators are trying to find Chandler in hopes of convincing him to testify in a $100 million sex-abuse lawsuit against Jackson’s former companies.

Chandler has never spoken publicly about his experience with Michael Jackson when he was a boy, but two other men who were companions of Jackson as children want him to end his silence.

Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck now claim they were sexually abused by the late singer and reportedly believe they can convince him to talk.

“Wade and Jimmy want to look Jordie in the eye and talk to him about what they suffered,” a source told the New York Daily News. “They feel that they may appeal to him to finally tell his story.”

Neverland Ranch

Lead attorney Vince Finaldi confirmed that his investigators are on the hunt for Chandler: “He’s a key piece of the puzzle surrounding this case, and we’re not going to stop until we find him.”

Investigators have reportedly turned to the UK and other European destinations, believing he’s left the US to avoid them.

When they tried to track him last year and asked his sister Lily Chandler to give a deposition instead, Lily refused, as she was only 5 when the visits to Neverland took place. The Chandler family have received intense abuse from Michael Jackson fans over the years.

Jordan and Lily’s father Evan committed suicide in 2009, 16 years after the $20million win.

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