
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 23, 1993                   TAG: 9311230215
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

EX-BODYGUARDS FILE SUIT AGAINST JACKSON

Five former security guards for Michael Jackson sued the entertainer Monday, claiming they were fired for firsthand knowledge of the superstar's alleged activities with young boys.

Jackson attorney Bertram Fields said he hadn't seen the lawsuit but asserted: "Nobody was ever fired by Mr. Jackson for knowing too much about anything. If they were laid off, it was for an entirely different reason."

The five allege they "were among those who had first-hand personal knowledge of many of defendant Jackson's nighttime visits with young boys."

They said they were fired from their jobs without warning in February "so as to paint any of them as `disgruntled employees' in any future investigation."

- Associated Press

by CNB