Jackson accuser’s mother denies inventing beating

THE mother of Michael Jackson’s young accuser insisted yesterday bruises she apparently received at the hands of a department store’s security guards were authentic.

The jury at Santa Maria court, California, was shown pictures of the mother covered in marks from the alleged beating.

The family won a settlement of some €114,000 when she claimed to have been beaten and sexually assaulted by the guards after her son was caught shoplifting in 1998.