'Michael Jackson not child molester,' says mother

Katherine Jackson has strongly denied accusations that her son Michael was a "child molester".

While appearing on NBC's Today to discuss the recent ruling that an involuntary manslaughter trial against her son's former doctor Conrad Murray is to be delayed, Katherine was questioned as to what she believes the biggest misconceptions about Michael are.

"The first thing I'd like to tell them [is] as far as Michael being a child molester - that's the biggest lie [that's] ever been told," she claimed.

Journalist Matt Lauer then pressed Katherine as to why Michael agreed to a settlement with the parents of his first accuser, Jordan Chandler, in 1994 if he was innocent.

The popstar's mother replied: "[Michael's] lawyers told him that he should just pay the money because Michael was out on tour at that time. They thought that just paying the money and shutting the [accusers] up would be the right thing to do. Michael was upset about it and I was too.

"As soon as I heard about it, I called him and said, 'Why did you do that? It makes you look guilty'. He said, 'The lawyers told me to do it. I didn't want to do it either, mother. I wanted to fight it because I knew it wasn't the truth'."

It was previously reported that Chris Brown has paid tribute to the 'King of Pop' in the music video for his hit 'She Ain't You', which also samples Michael's US top 10 hit 'Human Nature'.

Watch Katherine Jackson discuss allegations of sexual abuse levied at Michael below:

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