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Michael Jackson’s former maid is remembering the late pop star as “a manipulator” who preyed on boys.
Adrian McManus, who was employed at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch for four years, told the Australian version of 60 Minutes about what she witnessed.
“There were a lot of little boys,” she recalled. “That’s all that would hang around there.”
McManus said Jackson had baths with the boys and slept in the same bed.
“They were sitting on his lap. I just saw a lot of fondling, him running his hands in kids’ hair, kissing them,” she said. “I didn’t think it was appropriate because they’re not his children. I just didn’t think it was right.”
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McManus admitted she previously lied about never seeing Jackson abuse boys because she felt threatened.
In the forthcoming docu-series Leaving Neverland, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival, James Safechuck and Wade Robson detail years of alleged sexual abuse by the King of Pop. (Jackson’s estate has called it a “character assassination” and is suing HBO.)
Jackson was found not guilty of child sex abuse charges at a 2005 trial. He died in June 2009 at the age of 50.
Neverland Ranch remains on the market for $67 million U.S.