michael jackson’s ‘secret love child’ revealed

(L-R) Omer Bhatti, Reb­bie Jack­son, Janet Jack­son, Randy Jack­son, Tito Jack­son, Mar­lon Jack­son, Jackie Jack­son and Jer­maine Jackson

Michael Jack­son’s ‘secret love child’ revealed

The dancer thought to be Michael Jack­son’s secret love child, Omer Bhatti, sat in the front row at the late singer’s memo­r­ial service.

Omer Bhatti, Reb­bie Jack­son, Janet Jack­son, Randy Jack­son, Tito Jack­son, Mar­lon Jack­son, Jackie Jack­son and Jer­maine Jack­son: Michael Jackson’s ‘secret love child’ sat in front row of memo­r­ial service

Mr Bhatti, 25, sat along­side Jackson’s broth­ers and sis­ters dur­ing the trib­ute two weeks ago. The news will fuel spec­u­la­tion that he is the late singer’s fourth child.

Child­hood pho­tographs show an uncanny like­ness to Prince Michael II, seven – also known as Blan­ket – the youngest of the Jackson’s three chil­dren, and to the singer himself.

Jack­son is reported to have told friends in 2004 that Mr Bhatti was born after a one-night stand in 1984. Mr Bhatti, from Nor­way, is seek­ing a DNA test to estab­lish the truth.

After the singer’s death, Mr Bhatti’s mother Pia said: “He was the King of Pop. But for us he was so much more.“During his child­hood Mr Bhatti lived at Jackson’s Nev­er­land man­sion for sev­eral years. Home video-footage shows a long-haired Mr Bhatti, then about 14, unwrap­ping Christ­mas presents with Jack­son at the ranch.

In 2003, he was snapped at Jackson’s birth­day cel­e­bra­tion and rode in a limo with the Thriller singer. Mr Bhatti was even in Nev­er­land when police inves­ti­gat­ing child abuse alle­ga­tions raided in 2003.

He said last year: “It was totally sick. It was the whole squad from Santa Bar­bara Police Depart­ment. We didn’t know why they were there. Michael was not at home.”

When Mr Bhatti was born, Jack­son is said to have sent two employ­ees to Oslo to help his mother raise him. They are reported to have first met in 1996, after the then 12-year-old impressed Jack­son with his danc­ing.

It is thought Mr Bhatti’s fam­ily sold their house in Holm­lia, Oslo, and moved to Nev­er­land in 1997. They have since returned to Norway.He had idolised Jack­son since he was a child and has per­formed as a trib­ute act across the globe. From 1996 he began appear­ing in pub­lic with his idol and even per­form­ing with him.

Today Mr Bhatti is try­ing to make a name for him­self in the world of rap and hip-hop, pro­mot­ing him­self under the stage name O-Bee. He has remained in LA since the memo­r­ial service.

At his fam­ily home in Nor­way Mr Bhatti’s mother’s Pak­istani hus­band Riz told The Sun that he had sat in the front row at Jackson’s service.

He said: “Yeah, yeah, I know because I was watch­ing. I told my wife, ‘Just wait until the press see this. It’s not a small thing’.” He would nei­ther con­firm nor deny that Mr Bhatti is Jackson’s son. He said: “Make what you like. I don’t want to dis­cuss anything.”

Related arti­cles

• Michael Jackson’s ‘secret love child’ sat in front row of memo­r­ial ser­vice (telegraph.co.uk)
• Michael Jack­son met ‘secret love child’ in Tunisian hotel (telegraph.co.uk)
• Omer Bhatti (buzzfeed.com)
• Was Michael Jackson’s secret son at his memo­r­ial ser­vice? (inquisitr.com)

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