Thing is, if Sega did indeed fire him - which it would have done quietly, given the bad press of his scandal - it doesn't explain why it didn't make a huge splash when it hired him in the first place. The biggest game maker in the world at the time hires the world's most popular entertainer with zero publicity or press? It makes no sense. Given how much Sega hyped his involvement with Moonwalker, why wouldn't it have made a point to hype his involvement with its flagship franchise's sequel?
That's why I think it was all unofficial. I don't think there was any danger of litigation, since Sega changed the music enough (I listed examples of similar situations in my article) and because of Jackson's good relationship with Sega.
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