Magazine stands by Jackson quads claim

AN American magazine last night stood by its report that pop star Michael Jackson is to father quadruplets.

US Weekly said a surrogate mother in Florida was pregnant with the Thriller star’s babies, which would bring his brood to seven.

But 45-year-old Jackson, who is battling child sex abuse allegations, has denied the claims.

A statement on his official website MJJsource.com said it “denies the validity of this report. There will be no further comments on this matter from MJJsource.”

But BJ Sigesmund, staff editor for US Weekly, said: “We can’t talk too much about the woman, but ... we are sticking by the story and our sourcing. Michael Jackson is indeed going to be ... a father again, and not just of one kid, but of quadruplets.

“He has a woman in Florida who he has been visiting who is pregnant with four of his kids. So, he’s going to have seven.”

The magazine said Jackson stayed in a hotel in Miami Beach during the supposed recent visit.

Jackson already has three children, Prince Michael and daughter Paris by ex-wife Debbie Rowe, and Prince Michael II, whose mother is not publicly known, but Jackson has said she was a surrogate.

Jackson is on $3m bail pending trial over allegations that he sexually molested a teenage cancer patient at his Neverland ranch in California.

Jackson has called the claims a “big lie”.

He pleaded not guilty to committing a lewd act upon a child, administering an intoxicating agent - alcohol - and conspiring to commit child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.