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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Joe Jackson wants to raise King of Pop’s kids, family suspects foul play in singer’s death
In an interview set to air Tuesday, July 14,Joe Jackson tells ABC’s Chris Connelly that both he and his estranged wife Katherine are the best people to raise the King of Pop’s three kid.
“There no one else we can do what we can do for them,” Joe Jackson, who has been accused of abusing Michael Jackson and his siblings, said.
The 79-year-old Jackson family patriarch in a video preview posted on abcnews.go.com, tells Connelly that Prince Michael I, 12; Paris Michael Katherine, 11; and Prince “Blanket” Michael II, 7, should remain with the family.
“Keep them all together and make them happy,” Joe Jackson says. “Feed them like they are suppose to be feed, let them get rest, plenty of sleep and let them grow up to be strong Jacksons. “
Katherine Jackson has temporary guardianship of Michael Jackson’s children.
Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson’s ex-wife and the mother of the two oldest kids, has expressed an interest in taking custody of all three children.
Joe Jackson goes on to tell ABC that he was stunned by his son’s sudden death June 25.
He says he expects foul play.
La Toya Jackson has even stronger feelings about the matter.
She tells the UK’s Daily Mail that her brother was murdered.
She says Michael Jackson’s entourage cut him off from her family.
‘Less than a month ago, I said I thought Michael was going to die before the London shows because he was surrounded by people who didn’t have his best interests at heart,” she tells the newspaper. ‘Michael was worth more than a billion dollars. When anyone is worth that much money, there are always greedy people around them.”
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