Feldman: 'Jackson showed me nude photos'

Michael Jackson has been dealt a crushing blow in his trial for alleged child molestation.

Former child actor Corey Feldman, previously a vocal supporter of Jackson, has stepped forward to claim that the singer showed him a book of nude photos when he was a teenager.

"We went to his apartment, and I noticed a book that he had out on his coffee table," Feldman said in an interview for ABC's 20/20 to be broadcast next week. "The book contained pictures of grown men and women naked. And the book was focused on venereal diseases and the genitalia."

He added: "I was kind of grossed out by it. I didn't think of it as a big deal. And for all these years, I probably never thought twice about it … But in light of recent evidence … I have to say that if my son was 14 years old — 13 years old, and went to a man's apartment that was 35, and I knew that they were sitting down together talking about this, I would probably beat his ass."

Feldman stressed that Jackson had never molested or touched him in any way during their friendship but has since begun to question certain incidents. "I started looking at each piece of information, and with that came this sickening realisation that there have been many occurrences in my life and in my relationship to Michael that have created a question of doubt."

Feldman, who appeared in Gremlins, The Goonies and Stand By Me, has now been subpoenaed by prosecutors in the case.