Jackson trial 'tore Michael apart mentally'

Jermaine Jackson said today that his brother’s child molestation trial “tore him apart mentally” and left the star too exhausted to attend their father’s 76th birthday party in a Berlin hotel.

Hundreds of fans, many dressed as Michael Jackson, thronged the massive Estrel hotel in Berlin’s working-class neighbourhood of Neukoelln where the party was held. Michael said in a statement on his official Web site Thursday he would not attend.