Accusing Family Sought $15,000 to sell their story – NY Daily News

[b]He’s major-domo for [Jackson’s] accuser[/b] By MICHELLE CARUSO and ALEC BYRNE DAILY NEWS WRITERS LOS ANGELES – The 14-year-old cancer survivor accusing pop star Michael Jackson of sexual abuse has another Jackson in his life. It’s Army Reserve Maj. Jay Jackson, 42, his mother’s boyfriend, who took in the 35-year-old woman and her three children last year. An in-depth investigation reveals that Jackson, a personnel administrator with an L.A.-based Army unit, is intimately involved in every aspect of the family’s life, from appointments and errands to outings and discipline. The burly Jackson acts like TV’s “Major Dad.” … Last year, he moved them from their run-down apartment on L.A.’s rough-and-tumble east side into his own home, which at the time was an apartment in the city’s Wilshire neighborhood. … [b]But in February 2003 – months before the boy first revealed sexual abuse allegations to a therapist – the take-charge Maj. Jackson negotiated a $15,000 deal to sell the family’s story to a journalist…. “The major demanded $15,000 for the family to tell their story of life with Michael Jackson at Neverland. The major was clearly calling the shots. The mother deferred to him,” said a source familiar with the deal.[/b] Little is known about Maj. Jackson’s past, but court records show he filed for personal bankruptcy in Virginia in November 1998. … :nav [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/04-20-2004/front/story/185596p-160675c.html]Read FULL Article[/url] :3pinned [url=http://forum.mjeol.com/index.php?showtopic=16162]Your Comments?[/url]