Michael Jackson lay on a bed masturbating himself and a 13-year-old boy at the centre of child molestation charges against him, the boy’s younger brother told a court on Monday.
In the second week of evidence in the 46-year-old singer’s trial, the alleged victim’s younger brother, who was aged 11 at the time of the incidents, told the jury that he had seen Jackson sexually molesting his brother on two occasions.
He also told the jury that on one occasion when the brothers were visiting the singer’s Neverland ranch, Jackson had entered his bedroom, where the boys were sitting on the bed. Naked and in a state of arousal, the singer told the boys: ”It’s natural,” according to the younger brother. The singer then left the bedroom.
On another date, Jackson asked the younger brother whether he masturbated. ”He said everyone did it,” the boy told the court. ”You should try it, it’s OK.”
The boy was offered alcohol by the singer, he said, which Jackson described as ”Jesus juice”. He said that on several occasions he had seen his brother share alcohol disguised in a soft drink can with Jackson. His brother, who had cancer, only has one kidney.
The now 14-year-old told the court how the two brothers had stayed many nights in Jackson’s bedroom, frequently sharing the bed with the singer. The defence argues that Jackson always sleeps on the floor when children stay in his bedroom.
The brother also told how Jackson kept pornographic magazines, including titles such as Barely Legal and Playboy, in a suitcase in his bedroom. On two occasions he showed them to the brothers.
The brother also told how on one trip to Neverland, Jackson and an associate had shown the two brothers, then 13 and 11, sexually explicit internet sites on a computer in the singer’s bedroom. Asked whose idea it was to look at the internet sites, the boy replied: ”Michael’s”.
The witness told the court about a journey on a private plane from Miami to Santa Barbara, during which Jackson and the accuser allegedly shared wine from a Coca-Cola can.
Jackson, said the boy, made ”crank calls” from the plane, asking women questions about their genitalia before hanging up.
The practice of making crank calls allegedly continued once the party had travelled back to Neverland. Describing how they would dial random phone numbers, the boy said: ”If the phone number didn’t exist Michael would have us drink wine.”
During the flight from Miami, according to the boy, Jackson licked his brother’s head. ”My brother didn’t feel too great,” the boy said. ”So he rested his head on Michael’s shoulder. I saw Michael licking the top of my brother’s head.”
The singer faces charges of child molestation, administering alcohol to a child and multiple counts of conspiracy involving extortion, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
The trial continues. – Guardian Unlimited Â