Spankings Kept Michael Jackson Out of Gangs

Joe Jackson says his heavy parental hand kept Michael Jackson away from gangs.The interview with Joe was shot by Jacksonsecretvault.com over the summer and will be used as part of a movie Katherine Jackson is producing with Howard Mann.

In the clip, an interviewer asks Joe what he thinks about Michael’s past comments about Joe’s parenting — alluding to allegations of physical abuse. Joe says, “I had to be like that because when raising him, in those days, so many gangs out there getting into trouble, going to jail. Most of them are dead now. He didn’t have to worry about that.”

The interviewer also asked if Joe had any regrets, “No! They tried to make a big issue when I spanked Michael or some of the kids, ya know? Just like they didn’t spank their kids when they did wrong. The media twists everything.”

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite

Omer Bhatti is Michael’s Secret Son

Joe Jackson has confirmed that a 25 year old aspiring rapper from Norway, is actually Michael Jackson’s fourth child.

In an interview posted on NewsOne.com, Joe Jackson talks about Omer Bhatti and told the reporter that he knew Michael had another child.

“Yes, I knew he had another son, yes I did,” Jackson said in the video.

He also discussed Bhatti’s dancing abilities and his resemblence to the Jackson clan. “He looks like a Jackson, acts like a Jackson, can dance like a Jackson,” he said.

As a child, Bhatti often traveled with Jackson and even lived at the singer’s Neverland ranch.

Court records show Bhatti was living at Neverland when authorities raided the estate in 2003 looking for evidence of child molestation.

Bhatti was briefly interviewed by investigators and was initially on the defense’s list of prospective witnesses.

But he was never asked to testify.

At Jackson’s memorial at Staples, Bhatti was prominently seated in the front row next to the pop star’s children and siblings.

Bhatti is also said to be seeking a DNA test to determine whether Jackson is in fact his father.

Jackson’s brother Jermaine has said Bhatti would be welcomed into the family, if he’s proven a Jackson.

“If Omer’s his son, he’s his son,” Jermaine told Britain’s the Daily Mail. ‘We won’t deny it. We are going to give him the same love and care that we give Prince and Paris and Blanket. I can’t clearly say if he is Michael’s but I saw this kid around him.”

In 2004, Us Weekly reported that Jackson did, indeed, acknowledge that he was the father.

A source told the magazine: “Jackson has told his closest associates Omer’s mom’s was a Norwegian with whom he had a one-night stand.”

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite