Nope, I'm not buying the sad story. I feel sorry for his childhood, I feel bad for the abuse and the torture he obviuosly had to endure. However because he is a "multi-platinum, once-in-a-lifetime talented musicican and entertainer" who has impacted not only music but worthy causes, DOES NOT MEAN he can live in a delusional world of make believe and justify it based on things that happened over 30 years ago. This may be a poor example but do you know how many people grow up to murder and rob who had far more dramatic childhoods than Mike. As a society we make no excuses for them, in fact we often sentence them to long jail terms and even death. Can the fact that Mike was abused and is "delusional" be a valid reason or excuse for his behavior. This man truly saw nothing wrong with taking a baby and a placenta home. He needs mental help, there is no doubt in my mind that all these irrational decisions are a result of a warped mental status.