Bodyguard claims to be Jackson sperm donor
Michael Jackson's youngest child, Blanket.
A former bodyguard has said he could be the biological father of Michael Jackson’s youngest son, Blanket, TMZ.com reports. British-born Matthew Fiddes has recorded a video statement claiming Jackson asked him to donate sperm as he wanted an “athletic child” in 2001. Blanket was born a year later.
"I have reasons to believe that Michael Jackson confirmed that he used my sperm to conceive Blanket Jackson because he wanted an athletic child,” Fiddes explains. "Since then, I've seen pictures of Blanket in karate suits with a ponytail and there is a strong resemblance. My own mother has been questioning me about the resemblance. I've had friends call me up and say, 'I've just seen a picture of Blanket Jackson, he's your son isn't he Matt?' "I've had to come clean to them, because I'd lied to protect Michael's privacy.
"I don't know for certain that Blanket is my son at all, and I've got no reasons to make claims on that,” Fiddes adds before referring to recently leaked documents that apparently confirm Jackson asked him to donate sperm. “I've been backed into a corner in this situation and I was very angered that this has happened because it changes my children's lives forever. I don't want to create a war with the Jacksons again about something so private."
Earlier this year, Fiddes was involved in court case with Channel 4 after he claimed he was libelled in a TV documentary about Jackson family members moving to Devon. Lawyers took on Fiddes’ case on a no-win no-fee and ran up £1.3m of costs, while Channel 4’s legal bill was £1.7m. However, shortly before the case was due in court Fiddes withdrew his allegations and publicly acknowledged the programme was not "faked" leaving him responsible for the combined £3m legal cost.
“Fiddes, who said he was a friend, let us down badly. He tried to use us to his own advantage, and when things didn't go his way he behaved badly,” Michael’s mother Katherine said in a statement at the time. “Fiddes tried to pretend that he was a close friend of my son Michael, but when I spoke to Michael about him, he could not remember who he was. The whole family was deeply upset by the interviews he gave shortly after Michael's death, which no friend would have done.”
We’re guessing this latest development will be going down a storm in the Jackson family ranch.
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