Michael Jackson's 'secret family' share disturbing claim behind photos of singer in new sexual abuse allegations

Warning: This article contains discussion of child abuse which some readers may find distressing.

Four New Jersey siblings who became so close to Michael Jackson they thought of themselves as his second family have become the latest to share distressing allegations regarding the deceased musician.

Although the King of Pop was arrested on child molestation charges back in 2003, he was acquitted two years later, with many more serious allegations coming out after his death in 2009.

Many of these were explored in the hit documentary Leaving Neverland, which was released in 2019, and it was this film which made the Cascio family re-think their childhood experience with the Billie Jean performer.

Although Dominic Sr and Connie Cascio unanimously defended Jackson on Oprah in 2010 alongside their children, they have since suggested that they were sent out as his 'soldiers' to defend him from allegations, and now four of the five siblings suggest that they were privately abused by Jackson during his spell living at their New Jersey home.

Michael met Dominic Cascio in the 1980s and took a special interest in his family (60 Minutes Australia)

In a recent report on 60 Minutes Australia, the now adult children recounted their horrific alleged experiences with the legendary performer, which included him performing oral sex on them, forcing them to drink wine and even him drinking their urine as a sign of devotion.

They also shared a disturbing claim regarding Jackson's arrest, as he was famously pictured with a bruise on his arm while in handcuffs, which he put down to police.

At the time, he said: "They were supposed to go in, and just check fingerprints, and do the whole thing that they do when they take somebody in. They manhandled me very roughly. My shoulder is dislocated, literally."

However, Dominic Jr, who claims he was abused by Jackson from the age of just eight, has now suggested that some of that manhandling was performed by him at Jackson's request.

In the report, he said: “Realistically, he had that bruise on his arm because he begged me and begged me to punch him in the arm multiple times to create a bruise so he can show to the world that he was abused by the police when that wasn’t the case.

“And I didn’t want to do it because I didn’t want to hurt him, I didn’t want to punch him, I’m not violent, like, but he begged me and said, “If you love me, you’ll do this.”

The children would regularly share a bed with the King of Pop (60 Minutes Australia)

Court documents also classify some of the code words which were supposedly used by Jackson, including going to 'Disneyland' as a code for having sex, and 'Disney juice' as a code for having wine.

Marty Singer, a lawyer for the Jackson family estate, characterised the lawsuit launched by the Cascio family as 'a desperate money grab'.

“The family staunchly defended Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, attesting to his innocence of inappropriate conduct,” Mr. Singer said in a statement. “This new court filing is a transparent forum-shopping tactic in their scheme to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael’s estate and companies.”

If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence regarding the welfare of a child, contact the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000, 10am-8pm Monday to Friday. If you are a child seeking advice and support, call Childline for free on 0800 1111, 24/7.