Michael Jacksons secret family reveals disturbing child sex abuse claims against late pop star: He was a monster

Four siblings who were part of Michael Jackson’s “secret family” revealed in an interview Sunday the vile ways the late pop star allegedly groomed and sexually abused them as children.The Cascio family sat down with “60 Minutes Australia” on Sunday night to describe how Jackson allegedly sexually abused all of them as children and supplied them copious drugs and alcohol after wooing their family with lavish gifts and fame.The four siblings filed a lawsuit in February, alleging Jackson was a serial child sex predator who sexually abused victims at the homes of Elizabeth Taylor and Elton John.“He’s a monster, he’s evil, what he did was evil.And he’s tricked the whole world to think he’s this innocent, perfect human being, and he’s not,” Dominic Cascio told “60 Minutes.”The Cascios’ father, Dominic Sr., met Jackson in the 1980s while working at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City.
He quickly became part of the singer’s inner circle and his family would often spend holidays at Neverland Ranch and travel the world with the King of Pop.One of the siblings, Eddie, 43, recalled on the broadcast that he met the “Thriller” singer when he was only 2 — when Jackson began visiting the family’s New York home on late nights unannounced.Home videos shown by the outlet captured Jackson’s chimpanzee, Bubbles, charming the children during one visit.The star wooed the children — Eddie, Aldo, Dominic, and Marie-Nicole — by taking them on lavish trips on his private jet, on tour with him, and to meet world diplomats.The superstar’s luxury gifts, however, were merely a facade for the decades of alleged grooming and sexual abuse that followed, the siblings said.“My parents were young.
For them to have such a big celebrity want to be friends with them… they definitely felt special, and so did we,” Eddie said.“He made us feel like we were his family, his kids, his everything.”The four Cascio siblings claimed the campaign ...