Three brothers in a lawsuit called the world pop icon a "serial pedophile"

The federal court of California received a lawsuit from Edward, Dominic and Aldo Casio, as well as their sister Marie-Nicole Porte, against the Michael Jackson Company, as well as the heirs of the world pop icon Michael Jackson (1958-2009). This is reported by the Independent portal.

In the lawsuit, the brothers claim that Jackson was a "serial pedophile." The star met the father of the Casio family, who worked at a hotel frequented by the star. Jackson allegedly "groomed and brainwashed" children from an early age, supplied them with drugs and alcohol and showed them pornography to dull their sensitivity to Jackson's alleged abuse.

At the same time, the plaintiffs claim that the hotel staff knew about the abuse of the star and contributed to them by placing Jackson in the rooms next to the children.

Previously, the Casio couple defended Jackson's reputation in the face of allegations of child sexual abuse, but said they had finally "rethought" their experience after the release of the sensational HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland" in 2019.

The statement of claim also alleges that after Jackson's death, his heirs tricked his brothers and sister into signing an agreement exempting the star from liability and obliging him to transfer any future complaints to confidential arbitration proceedings.

Attorney Martin Singer, who represents the interests of Jackson's heirs, called the lawsuit "a desperate attempt to siphon money."

"The family has been firmly defending Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, testifying to his innocence of inappropriate behavior. This new lawsuit is a transparent tactic of choosing jurisdiction in their scheme to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael's inheritance and companies," the lawyer said.

In January of this year, the Casio family tried to annul the very agreement they signed after Jackson's death in a Beverly Hills court. The artist's heirs insisted on transferring the dispute to arbitration. The judge refused to make an immediate decision.

As EADaily reported, a four-part Channel 4 film "The Court" was released earlier in Britain. The authors of the film explore the situation with Jackson's acquittal on charges of child sexual abuse after a trial in California in 2005. The Wonderhood Studios website states that the authors of the film are trying to go beyond the "media circus" that accompanied the artist's acquittal and ask "deep questions about fame, race and the American justice system."

In the promotional video for the film, Jackson says that the children's desire to touch and hug him "sometimes led to trouble." In another audio, Jackson says he would have committed suicide if he had been forbidden to communicate with children.