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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.
Reader views (3)
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
A lot of grief is sometimes guilt.
- Jack, Surrey, England
Were they more concerned about his drug taking than the fact that he had been sleeping in the same bed as children??
- Alan, London
