Jacko developments
Published December 04, 2003
The attorney for the father of the boy in the centre of the latest Michael Jackson child-abuse allegations has said that reports the boy is seriously ill again because of the pressure of the scandal are untrue. Comedy club owner Jamie Masada, who introduced Jackson and Gavin Arvizo in the first place, last week reported that Gavin had become very ill again, after previously making a remarkable recovery from cancer. But his father's attorney, Russell Halpern, said that was untrue, stating his source on the boy's health was "far more reliable than the comedy club guy."
As previously reported Gavin Arvizo's parents have been through a messy divorce which complicates the case against Jackson. The boy's father has questioned his wife's motives for making the sex abuse claims - seemingly keen to use the whole case as ammunition in his bid to win custody of Gavin and his brother and sister, either on the grounds his wife is lying, or that she shouldn't have let their son stay with Jackson in the first place.
Meanwhile BBC boss Lorraine Heggessey yesterday admitted she would need to discuss with Top of the Pops producer Andi Peters whether the Beeb should show the video for Jacko's new single 'One More Chance' on the Corporation's main pop show. The video was due to appear on last Friday's relaunch editon of TOTP, but was pulled at the last minute, apparently because the final cut of the video wasn't ready in time (even though the single was released the previous Monday!).
At the launch of the BBC's Winter season yesterday Heggessey spoke passionately about the need to improve the way children in care in the UK are treated - an issue tackled in the new BBC show 'Taking Care'. Crafty journalists seized the opportunity to ask the BBC boss if she was planning on screening the new Jackson video on TOTP given the current allegations against the star. Heggessey replied: "I will be discussing this with Andi Peters - I don't even know what he's going to run on the show this week. The overall feeling is someone is innocent until proven guilty.
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- Jacko developments
- Published: December 04, 2003
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