Bashir film 'triggered Jacko allegations'

13 April 2012

Martin Bashir's documentary Living With Michael Jackson may have triggered the allegations of child molestation made by a 13-year-old boy against the pop star.

Sources close to the defence team claim relations between the boy's mother and Jackson soured when her demand for an appearance fee for the boy was turned down by Jackson.

Sources say the mother went to a lawyer and child psychologist when Jackson began acting strangely just before the film was aired. Jackson denies molesting the boy.

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