Less than a week after Michael Jackson's death, one of his unofficial biographers claims the star was gay and that he has interviewed two of his former lovers.
Writer Ian Halperin, who spent years working for Jackson, adds that the singing superstar enjoyed the company of men who were younger than him, but despite rumours and two high-profile court cases, he was never sexually interested in children.
Jackson's male lovers included a waiter, an aspiring actor and a construction worker, Halperin told the UK's Daily Mail newspaper.
The waiter says Jackson fell in love with him, Halperin claims: "He had served Jackson at a restaurant, Jackson made his interest plain and the two slept together the following night.
"Other witnesses speak of strings of young men visiting his house at all hours, even in the period of his decline. Some stayed overnight."
Halperin claimed in December last year that Jackson was very ill and had only six months to live.
