Jackson sharing bed ‘the way he was raised’

MICHAEL JACKSON sleeps with children in his room because he grew up in a close family where they commonly shared beds, his lawyer said.

But the pop star was not motivated by sex when he invited youngsters to his bedroom at the Neverland Ranch in California, said attorney Mark Geragos. He told Fox News: "His mind doesn't think that way."

Mr Geragos said: "He was raised in a small house in Gary, Indiana. The boys all shared beds. What he's saying is that this is the way he was raised. He's very honest about it.