The media mogul revealed last year that she had been molested by her cousin, an uncle and a family friend as a young girl

Oprah Winfrey wants the voices of the two men accusing the late Michael Jackson of sexual abuse to be heard, as she, herself, once did not feel brave enough to speak up about being molested as a child.

In Leaving Neverland, the highly anticipated documentary that premiered over the weekend on HBO, Wade Robson, 36, and James Safechuck, 40, allege Jackson molested them as boys. Leaving Neverland garnered significant buzz upon its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and was broadcast in two parts on Sunday and Monday. Winfrey’s special Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland aired immediately following the documentary and featured Winfrey supporting the alleged victims despite expected backlash from Jackson fans.

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While Winfrey, 65, has been open about her success and obstacles she had to overcome to get there, she stayed quiet about her own experience with sexual abuse — specifically, that she was molested by her cousin, an uncle and a family friend as a young girl.

“It happened to me at 9, and then 10, and then 11, and then 12, 13, 14. You don’t have the language to begin to explain what’s happening to you,” the A Wrinkle in Time star told PEOPLE for the March 12, 2018 cover story. “That’s why you feel you’re not going to be believed. And if the abuser, the molester, is any good, they will make you feel that you are complicit, that you were part of it. That’s what keeps you from telling.”

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Thanks to the #MeToo movement that picked up steam after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in October 2017, hundreds of women in the entertainment, music and fashion industry, including Winfrey, came forward to speak up about their own sexual harassment stories.

“Women all over the country have been in situations with domineering, brutish men and had to remain silent about it to keep food on the table,” she said about women always having to deal with brutish men in the workplace.

“I had a boss who was just a brute,” she added about her experience with a boss who often bullied her while she was working at a TV station in Baltimore. “This was at WJZ-TV in Baltimore. I knew that saying anything at the time would have taken me out of television forever. That nothing would have been done about it. I wasn’t going to be there forever, so I said nothing. Every time he would pass my desk, I would turn around and try to disappear.”

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Women inspire women. Although Winfrey chose to keep the truth locked up for decades, she first felt the urge to reveal her story to comfort a sexual assault victim on her former talk show, People Are Talking.

“The moment I first confessed on The Oprah Winfrey Show to being molested, I confessed because there had been a time years before when a girl on the People Are Talking show I did in Baltimore had told the story of being molested, and I did not have the courage at that time to say out loud, ‘Me too,’” Winfrey revealed.

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The mogul said she told the girl her similar experience after the show and said she “was scared to say that” when the girl questioned her for not speaking up. That moment stayed with Winfrey and she didn’t hesitate when she had a second chance in 1986 on her talk show. “And then one day on the show someone said it, so I felt compelled to speak up,” she recalled.

Winfrey’s interview with Robson and Safechuck comes 26 years after the host famously sat down with Jackson in February 1993 for a live interview that pulled in more than 90 million viewers, according to Oprah.com. Five months later, in August 1993, accusations that Jackson had molested then 13-year-old Jordan Chandler were made public. Though Jackson denied the accusations, the case was eventually settled out of court for over $20 million.

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The chat broached topics previously avoided by Jackson, including his difficulties in balancing a normal childhood with his skyrocketing career, as well as his troubled and allegedly abusive relationship with father Joe Jackson.

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Leaving Neverland has drawn criticism from members of Jackson’s family, including his brothers Tito, 65, Marlon, 61, and Jackie, 67, who emphatically deny any allegations of abuse.

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The trio, joined by Jackson’s nephew Taj Jackson, sat down with Winfrey’s close friend Gayle King Wednesday on CBS This Morning to discuss their problems with the film, which they said they have not seen.

“I don’t care to see it,” Jackie, 67, said. “No, because I know my brother. I don’t have to see that documentary. I know Michael. I’m the oldest brother. I know my brother. I know what he stood for. What he was all about. Bringing the world together. Making kids happy. That’s the kind of person he was.”

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Taj Jackson, 45, noted that he believed Robson and Safechuck were only coming forward to receive a payday.

“It’s always been about money,” he told King. “I hate to say it. When it’s my uncle, it’s almost like they see a blank check.”

Robson and Safechuck themselves appeared on CBS This Morning to talk with King on Thursday.

The King of Pop’s estate has filed a $100 million lawsuit against HBO over its planned broadcast of the documentary, alleging it violates a non-disparagement clause from a 1992 contract.

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In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, HBO said, “Despite the desperate lengths taken to undermine the film, our plans remain unchanged. HBO will move forward with the airing of Leaving Neverland, the two-part documentary, on March 3 and 4. This will allow everyone the opportunity to assess the film and the claims in it for themselves.”

Jackson died in 2009 at age 50, leaving behind three children: Prince Michael, 22, Paris, 20, and “Blanket,” 17, who now goes by Bigi.