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Paternity doubts, drug rumours surround Michael Jackson's death
Less than a week after Michael Jackson's sudden death, multiple reports have surfaced claiming that Michael Jackson is not the biological father of any of his children.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:33 July 1, 2009
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- Despite rumours, his nutritionist claimed that Michael only pleaded for a powerful sedative to fight insmonia but was against using drugs for recreation.
Los Angeles: Less than a week after Michael Jackson's sudden death, multiple reports have surfaced claiming that Michael Jackson is not the biological father of any of his children.
One report also states that ex-wife Debbie Rowe is also not the biological mother of the two of the singer's children to which she gave birth.
According to a report in US Weekly, multiple sources claim to the mag that Jackson's dermatologist (and Debbie Rowe's former boss), Arnold Klein, is the biological father to Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11.
According to a report by TMZ.com, the Jackson children's biological family tree is even more of a mystery. The website claims that in addition to not fathering his two eldest children, Jackson did not father his youngest, Prince Michael II, 7, either.
TMZ also claims that Rowe is not biological mother of Prince Michael and Paris. According to multiple TMZ sources, all three Jackson children, "were conceived in vitro - outside the womb," using a sperm donor and that Rowe's eggs were not used. The website claims she was used as a surrogate and paid well for carrying the children.
Not hooked to drugs
Meanwhile, a nutristionist who was working with the singer has claimed that Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he only pleaded for a powerful sedative to fight insmonia but was against using drugs for recreation.
Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse whose specialty includes nutritional counseling, said Tuesday that she repeatedly rejected his demands for the drug, Diprivan, which is given intravenously.
But a frantic phone call she received from Jackson four days before his death made her fear that he somehow obtained Diprivan or another drug to induce sleep, Lee said.
While in Florida on June 21, Lee was contacted by a member of Jackson's staff. "He called and was very frantic and said, `Michael needs to see you right away.' I said, 'What's wrong?' And I could hear Michael in the background ..., 'One side of my body is hot, it's hot, and one side of my body is cold. It's very cold,"' Lee said.
"I said, `Tell him he needs to go the hospital. I don't know what's going on, but he needs to go to the hospital ... right away."
"At that point, I knew that somebody had given him something that hit the central nervous system," she said, adding, "He was in trouble Sunday and he was crying out."
Jackson did not go to the hospital. He died June 25 after suffering cardiac arrest, his family said. Autopsies have been conducted, but an official cause of death is not expected for several weeks.
"I don't know what happened there. The only thing I can say is he was adamant about this drug," Lee said.
Following Jackson's death, allegations emerged that the 50-year-old King of Pop had been consuming painkillers, sedatives and antidepressants.
But Lee said she encountered a man merely tortured by sleep deprivation and one who expressed opposition to recreational drug use.
"He was not looking to get high or feel good and sedated from drugs," she said. "This was a person who was not on drugs. This was a person who was seeking help, desperately, to get some sleep, to get some rest."
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