The train station at Michael Jackson's Neverland continues to be a bone of contention in the allegations of child sexual abuse against the singer.

Photographer Harrison Funk is the latest to speak out against the controversial HBO documentary Leaving Neverland and has called out director Dan Reed for 'twisting his words' on social media.

The date that the station was built has become an important piece of the jigsaw when it comes to the allegations made by accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck, with a dispute over when the station was built seemingly pointing to whether the abuse there could have happened.

Harrison Funk has reacted angrily though, after filmmaker Dan Reed posted a link to a Michael Jackson podcast that he spoke on and said this was proof that the station was built as per the claims.

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Reed tweeted: "The train station - one of many neverland locations where @jamessafechuck was abused - was already complete before the 1993 construction permit was approved, says #MichaelJackson personal photographer @harrisonfunk in an engagingly candid Jan 2019 podcast."

Harrison's ire was instant, posting his riposte on Twitter, demanding that Reed's documentary was a 'perpetrator of lies'.

He replied: "Regarding the lies perpetrated by Danny & his posse of haters and for the record: my comments in the @TheMJCast interview did not contain a date.

"Reed fabricated a date and spin to suit his agenda. FACT: the photo shoot that I spoke of was of statues at Neverland JUNE, 1994."

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The podcast in question celebrates the life of Michael Jackson and in the clip shared by Reed, Funk is heard speaking about visiting the train station.

He said: "I remember when they built the train station that I went up there to photograph the property and he [Michael Jackson] wasn’t there.

"I was up there photographing the statues, he had animal statues based on the lawn in front of the train station.

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"I was up there for three days, photographing the statues in situ and also the train station and I called him and he said ‘don’t photograph the train station’.

"I said why and he said ‘just don’t photograph the train station and then he called me back and he said ‘I need to talk to you but I can’t on this line as I don’t know who is listening’.

"Apparently he didn’t want the train station photographed as he had put it up without permission initially and was fighting with the county about it being there.

"Of course they let it be there, whatever he had to do to make it stay, he made it stay."

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Funk then turned on Reed again and accused him of twisting his words to meet his version of events.

He tweeted to Reed: "You may try to twist public opinion of someone’s character who is no longer here to defend himself but you will not twist my words in defense of my friend Remove your lies Dan."

There still does not seem to be any retraction of Reed's claims on Twitter and the timing of the station build continues to be a bone of contention between Jackson's accusers and his fans.

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