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Accuser's sister testifies; claims MJ served wine
Published Friday, Mar 4 2005, 14:11 GMT | By Neil Wilkes
The sister of Michael Jackson's teenager accuser has testified that she once saw the singer serving wine to her brother and two other young boys.
The girl, now 18, said that the incident occured while she and her family were spending a week at Neverland in February 2003 - after the broadcast of Martin Bashir's controversial documentary.
During the week, she said, she was mostly left alone as her two brothers spent time with Jackson. "Me and my brother are very close and this all just felt like he didn't want to talk to me, he didn't want to be near me, he was distant," she said. "It felt weird. I just knew something."
On one occasion she decided to follow the troupe down a flight of stairs hidden behind a jukebox in a room full of toys. She alleged that she found them in a wine cellar, where Jackson was pouring wine into cups for himself, her two brothers and another boy, the son of one of his aides.
She went on to testify that on another occasion she found Jackson and her two brothers lying on a bed watching a movie as empty glasses and alcohol bottles surrounded them.
The girl, now 18, said that the incident occured while she and her family were spending a week at Neverland in February 2003 - after the broadcast of Martin Bashir's controversial documentary.
During the week, she said, she was mostly left alone as her two brothers spent time with Jackson. "Me and my brother are very close and this all just felt like he didn't want to talk to me, he didn't want to be near me, he was distant," she said. "It felt weird. I just knew something."
On one occasion she decided to follow the troupe down a flight of stairs hidden behind a jukebox in a room full of toys. She alleged that she found them in a wine cellar, where Jackson was pouring wine into cups for himself, her two brothers and another boy, the son of one of his aides.
She went on to testify that on another occasion she found Jackson and her two brothers lying on a bed watching a movie as empty glasses and alcohol bottles surrounded them.
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