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DATE: TUESDAY, August 31, 1993                   TAG: 9308310242
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Medium

JACKSON CAMP RELEASES TAPE OF ACCUSER'S FATHER

While Michael Jackson postpones a sold-out concert in Singapore - because of what his doctor called a "slow, recurring migraine" - the soap opera surrounding the pop singer took an unexpected twist Monday with the release of secretly recorded tapes that Jackson's advisers have used to allege an extortion plot against the entertainer.

The tapes contain purported comments from the father of a 13-year-old boy who has become the key figure in a police investigation of Jackson for alleged child molestation, sources said.

"There will be a massacre if I don't get what I want," the father said during 80 minutes of apparently edited telephone conversations between the father and the boy's stepfather, who were part of a bitter custody battle. Sources said the tapes were recorded by the stepfather sometime in July.

At no point, however, did the boy's father spell out what he might want from Jackson or detail any allegations against Jackson. Throughout the tapes, the father demanded to meet with Jackson, the child and the boy's mother, from whom he was divorced at least seven years ago.

"I have the evidence [against Jackson]," the father said. "You'll hear it on tape recordings."

Police have said their investigation has not produced physical or medical evidence that would support a criminal filing, but they are still interviewing people and reviewing photographs confiscated from Jackson.

Jackson's advisers say they have turned over a copy of the tape to the Los Angeles Police Department, which, sources say, is investigating the allegations.

The tape recording - together with the accounts of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and attorney Bertram Fields - offered new details about Jackson's version of events leading up to the police raid on his residences earlier this month. They portray a celebrity besieged for six weeks by demands from an insistent parent who alleged that his son was molested and wanted to be compensated through lucrative movie development and screenwriting deals.

Throughout the tapes, the father appears to threaten going public with his allegations, saying he felt compelled to do what was best for his son. He said he hired an attorney. "Once I make that phone call," the father said, "Michael's career will be over."

by CNB