I think that if MJ was in danger & had to disappear, he would most likely disappear legally, meaning that the family would never have been advised. This is what I believe would have happened if we have a hoax.
So, for me it makes perfect sense that Janet & the rest of the family display IMO real emotions concerning Mike. I've never personally found any of them to be hiding anything. I saw the interview with Janet & yes I did find that her statement as to where she was when Mike was in trouble to be a conflicting statement.
The rest of her statement regarding who she phoned & who she talked to, could easily be mistated as many folks that receive horrible news do not recall those types of details, including myself.
Insofar as an intervention I haven't kept up with details as some of the members here. However according to Janet & some of Mikes own statements, he was not as close to his family as many might have be led to believe.
I am referring to actually spending time with them in person and/or on the phone. It seems that there was alot of distance between him & his family & more than because they were all working.
I do believe that Mike had an addiction to pain medication, which I think is hard to deny considering his own words in deps & such. I do believe he was in denial & I do believe that his family was turned away when they tried intervene via Mikes' home.
I also believe that yes, Mikes' assistants may have turned them away, especially when it concerned the concert, because the "industry" certainly didn't want Mike to back out.
I feel bad when folks say that familys quit on a family member that may have an addiction, because it can be very far from the truth. You can talk till your blue. You can take them to many meetings. You can mentor them & have folks that are professional attempt to mentor them.
You can be there anytime they need you, but you can never force them to get help. I've been there, done that. It's futile. Does it mean we give up? For me the answer is no, but I have given up attempting to talk someone into getting help, because the truth is they will only get help when they decide & that is the best chance they have at a recovery.
So, bottom line if we have a hoax, I don't believe the family is in on it & I don't read into anything they have to say.