Jermaine Jackson 'plotted Michael child abuse escape'

Jermaine Jackson has revealed that he planned to flee to Bahrain with his brother Michael if the late King Of Pop was found guilty of child molestation in 2005.

The 'Thriller' singer was cleared of seven counts of child sexual abuse and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent in a case stemming from allegations by teenager Gavin Arvizo in 2003.

However, Jermaine has confessed in his upcoming book You Are Not Alone: Michael Through A Brother's Eyes - serialised in today's edition of The Times - that he was willing to renounce his US citizenship in order to spare Michael going to jail.

"All that is required is a day's notice, and this [private plane] will have Michael heading east - to Bahrain - to start a new life away from the scam of American justice," he recalled.

"After this charade, I'm happy to disown my citizenship and take Michael, and his family, to a place where they can't touch him... We have the backer - a dear friend. We have the pilot. Everything is prepared.

"There is no way my brother - an innocent man - is going to jail for this. He wouldn't survive, and I cannot sit back and even contemplate the possibility, let alone the reality."

Jermaine continued: "If they were going to sit and crucify my brother for something that he didn't do, America deserves us not to come back here.

"At the end of the day, this is supposed to be the land of the brave, home of the free, democracy, freedom of speech. The way they were treating him, none of that existed. Why should he go to jail for something he didn't do?"

Jermaine praised Michael on the second anniversary of his death back in June for "never [being] afraid to do anything".

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