MJ ‘molest files’ released

Los Angeles, Dec. 23: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday released hundreds of pages from files on Michael Jackson, revealing the agency assisted in the child molestation probes involving the late pop icon.

Responding to requests from various media organisations, the FBI issued more than 300 pages of documents relating to Jackson, who died in June at the age of 50, following an overdose of prescription drugs.

The documents contained no new information about Jackson’s mysterious death, which is the subject of a criminal investigation targeting the singer’s personal physician, Conrad Murray.

However, the papers reveal information about a 1992 extortion plot involving a stalker, who falsely claimed to be the son of notorious New York mobster John Gotti and threatened to kill Jackson.

Other papers related to the FBI’s help in the probe into Jackson stemming from 1993 and 2003 allegations of child sex abuse against the star. He was cleared of all charges in 2005.