The star says she knows what it is like to face "thousands of allegations" and that she does not have a "lynch-mob mentality". Image: Madonna has stood up for Michael Jackson over sex abuse allegations, saying "people are innocent until proven guilty". The star, who was the same age as Jackson and rose to fame alongside him during the 1980s, was asked about the Leaving Neverland documentary, which aired earlier this year, in an interview with British Vogue. On camera in the two-part programme, alleged victims James Safechuck and Wade Robson claimed in graphic detail that they were sexually abused by Jackson when they were children. Image: Sex abuse allegations have been made against Jackson in the Leaving Neverland documentary Madonna , who is set to release her 14th album, Madame X, in June, told the magazine she had not watched it but said she knows what it is like to have allegations "hurled at me that are not t...