Michael Jackson denies abandoned nanny reports

Michael Jackson has hit out at reports he has abandoned his children's nanny Grace Rwaramba as she struggles with lupus disease, branding the claims a "hilarious rumour".

The Thriller star was accused of "acting like a child" in his treatment of his long-serving employee - the woman he was rumoured to have married last month - and left her to deal with her illness alone at her home in California.