Stern additionally famous that Jackson’s former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes, got here out raging that his boss wasn’t friends with Epstein, after the December 2025 DOJ paperwork included a photograph of the 2 posing for a snapshot.
Fiddes took to Instagram on December 20, 2025, in a fiery submit titled, “The TRUTH about this Epstein–Michael Jackson photograph!” and shared his data of the eyebrow-raising snapshot.
“I used to be his bodyguard when the image with Epstein would of [sic] been taken. We had been simply viewing homes as Michael needed to stay on Palm Beech [sic] so he might be near his Barry Gibb. An actual property agent arrange the viewings over the course of every week. We by no means even knew who Epstein was. He was not well-known then,” Fiddes claimed.
“He, like the opposite homeowners we seen that week, needed an image with Michael,” the bodyguard defined.
“Epstein’s home was on the market, so it was considered one of many lined as much as view! Michael by no means had a clue who he was or the opposite property house owners we met,” Fiddes mentioned about his boss, including that the late financier was not in Jackson’s monetary circles, calling it “nonsense.”