From Bad to Worse

CONTROVERSY has dogged the career of Michael Jackson, the self-styled King of Pop.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2003 - 00:00
Pat Hurst and Neville Dean

Even at the height of his extraordinary success in the 1980s, his bizarre and eccentric behaviour earned him the nickname Wacko Jacko.

But when a 14-year-old friend of the singer made allegations of sexual abuse against him in 1993, his career began to collapse.

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