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Jackson's family claim they confronted the singer over his prescriptions

Michael Jackson's family confronted him over drugs

Amar Singh
15 Jul 2009


Michael Jackson's family confronted the singer about his prescription drug habit before he died, his brother Tito said today.

He told the Daily Mirror how he and his brothers Jackie and Randy and sisters Janet, Rebbie and La Toya burst into Jackson's Neverland ranch, knowing they "had to act".

He said: "We bust right into the house and he was surprised to see us, to say the least. We went into one of his private rooms and had a discussion with him. Some of us were crying.

"We kept asking him if it was true what we had heard that he was using drugs."

Although Jackson denied the rumours to his family and never let them see him on drugs, Tito, 55, said they were not convinced.

He described how Jackson's staff shut him and his siblings out of the house, even setting up roadblocks to keep them out.

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Was this gentleman something of a mix between Mother Teresa and Ghandi or what...the only thing that surprised me is that he didn't life up the lid of his coffin during the funeral to say goodbye once more !

- Edouard, Toulouse, France, 16/07/2009 07:35
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A lot of grief is sometimes guilt.

- Jack, Surrey, England, 15/07/2009 21:29
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Were they more concerned about his drug taking than the fact that he had been sleeping in the same bed as children??

- Alan, London, 15/07/2009 20:29
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