Getting Randied

HE CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH: The smokescreen surrounding AEG’s motives during the events leading up to and following Jackson’s death is consistent with the M.O. of Phillips, who is perceived as a compulsive distorter of the truth by friends and business associate alike—even inside his own company. This phenomenon has become known as “getting Randied,” according to a former close friend who has said Phillips now pretends he no longer exists. “It’s a real sickness with him,” another friend acknowledges. (9/16a)