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MJ shelled out $200m hush money to silence 20 sex abuse victims, lawyers claim

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Last Updated : Apr 06 2015 | 11:42 AM IST

Lawyers acting for alleged sex abuse victims of Michael Jackson have claimed that he paid almost 200 million dollars in hush money to up to 20 victims in total.

Los Angeles Superior Court would rule soon whether they can file claims, made by lawyers acting on behalf of Wade Robson and James Safechuck, against his estate, the Mirror reported.

Safechuck asserted that Jackson molested him when he was nine and offered 1million dollars to his father to stay mum.

The late Jackson held a secret wedding ceremony in which Safechuck was the bride, he further added.

Meanwhile Robson, who testified during Jackson's trial in 2005, said that he shared the bed with the pop star for at least a year and lived in silence and denial for 22 years.

Jackson denied molestation allegations leveled against him but paid 40million dollars to the family of his first known victim Jordan Chandler.

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First Published: Apr 06 2015 | 11:27 AM IST

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