Madonna has never had a scandal or incite public interest like MJ did with both the trail mess and the supposed "skin disease". Her sex book thingy came close, I guess.
What was controversial about MJ besides the paedophilia accusations?
Skin, plastic surgery, him always grabbing his scrotch, neverland, rumors about buying elephant man bones, sleeping in an oxygen box, the balcony accident with his son, people thinking he's not the father of his kids, his 2 marriages...