Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson walks out of a Santa Maria courthouse after being acquitted on all 10 counts in a child-molestation case. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times / June 13, 2005)

Eight years after he testified in the Michael Jackson molestation trial that the pop star never touched him, an Australian choreographer has filed a claim against the singer's estate alleging "childhood sexual abuse."

Attorneys for Wade Robson, who knew Jackson and stayed at the singer's Neverland Ranch as a teenager, has asked a Los Angeles judge to allow him to make a late claim as creditor in Jackson's estate.

Most of the specifics are under seal, but the documents filed May 1 and publicly available state Robson's claim to monies comes from "childhood sexual abuse." The documents cite sealed evidence from a mental health practitioner.



In 2005, a highly publicized trial concluded with Jackson being found not guilty of multiple counts of abusing a 13-year-old cancer survivor in 2003.

During that trial, a housekeeper testified she saw Jackson showering with a boy she believed to be Robson, who as an adult went on to do choreography for Britney Spears.

Robson testified under oath that while he stayed at the Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County numerous times and slept in Jackson's bed, he was never molested.

"Absolutely not," he replied when questioned by Jackson attorney Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. whether he had ever been molested.


As for allegations that Jackson molested him, Robson said, "I think it's ridiculous."



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