The allegations come amid renewed controversy surrounding Jackson’s legacy after a number of members of the Cascio household filed a lawsuit towards the singer’s property in March, accusing him of years of abuse.
Siblings Edward Cascio, Dominic Cascio, Marie-Nicole Cascio and Aldo Cascio allege Jackson “groomed and brainwashed” them whereas they have been minors after befriending the household by means of their father, who labored at a luxurious resort frequented by the singer.
In accordance with a authorized grievance seen by Radar, the siblings are accusing Jackson of supplying them with medicine and alcohol, exposing them to pornography and sexually abusing them over a interval spanning greater than a decade.
The submitting said: “Michael Jackson was a serial baby predator who, over the course of greater than a decade, drugged, raped and sexually assaulted every of the plaintiffs, starting when some have been as younger as seven or eight.”
It additional alleged the abuse happened in a number of places worldwide, together with visits to the Cascio household dwelling whereas Jackson traveled along with his personal youngsters.
Lawyer Marty Singer, representing Jackson’s property, strongly denied the allegations and branded the lawsuit “a determined cash seize by extra members of the Cascio household who’ve hopped on the bandwagon with their brother Frank, who’s already being sued in arbitration for civil extortion.”
Singer additionally argued the claims contradicted many years of public assist beforehand expressed by the Cascio household, together with passages in Frank Cascio’s 2011 memoir and interviews defending Jackson towards accusations of misconduct.