Jackson paid $15m to boy who accused him of abuse

EMBATTLED pop star Michael Jackson paid more than $15 million to a boy who accused him of child sex abuse over a decade ago, according to legal papers made public yesterday.

The self-proclaimed King of Pop also admitted “negligence” in the documents, but never confessed to abuse.

The revelations come as Jackson, aged 45, faces fresh allegations of abuse, this time from a teenage cancer survivor. The father of three has pleaded not guilty to the latest claims that he abused the boyafter plying him with wine.Jackson first faced abuse allegations from a 13-year-old boy in 1993, but settled a lawsuit out of court. Until now the details of the settlement were never known.