◆ SpookStack

From Page One allegations are true Miiame, If it hadn't been hat phone call I would er have believed it was possible, But when f first heard the news [ tnmecinel felt part of if all, Td only dared tell @ handful of my closest - friends, because I thought * nobody would beliéve me, At last now they know I - was telling the truth about what Michael Jackson said to me: ‘He just came straight out with his questions. 1 just, glggled. I felt embatrassed and awkward, I didn't really understand what he was talking about, { tried to steer him off the subject and then he asked: “Do you believe I'm doing it now?” gail said “Are you!” I felt §« I was shocked. I ed to talk about something else but he brought {t back into the conversation. I was uncomfortable, ‘The whole conversation lasted about 15 minutes, but he talked about this intimate sexual act for because of what happened. five minutes or 0. Then he said he'd phone me the next day, Looking back I could have hung up, but he was a superstar and I was flattered and I didn’t want him to stop ringing me. The friendship with the Yorkshite boy started as part of Terry's hobby of collecting autographs and interviews with stars. Paul McCartney, . Kim Wilde, Cilla Black, Boy George ~ all share 4 place in his treasured photo album, intimate With a small tape recorder, — a ‘Christmas presents from his proud parents ~- Terry would wait at stage doors and inside hotel lobbies hoping to snatch a few words and a photograph. Be had already captured Omar Sharif, but his greatest scoop came in Woruary 1979 when he coaxed an interview from Jackson, then 20, who was performing in Leeds. Terry eavesdropped in the lobby of the Dragonara Hotel listening for details of room numbers from porters and cleaners. One let it slip that the Jackson Reon SIN Se eet entourage had taken over the elghth floor, Terry slipped into the litt and knocked on Jackson's door. The superstar answered and invited him into his sutte for an exclusive interview, The questions were ‘innocent fanzine trivia, but it was a magical 30 minutes for the young boy. ‘He spoke to me like a friend? recalls Terry. ‘He made me feel special and at the end-of it he asked if we could keep in touch and we swapped telephone numbers and addresses,’ Several days later Terry answered the phone at his home in Leeds, Jackson was on the line calling from his London hotel, i, its Michael... is Terry there? Avain the conversation was easy and casual as the superstar chatted .about the tour. Jackson returned to the US, but more calls followed over the next three months. ‘Sometimes he rang in the middle of the night’ says “Terry. ‘Once my father answered. He boasts that he’s spoken to Michael Jackson,’ But then came the call in late spring 1979 that shattered the innocence of the relationship, And very soon afterwards the calls began ” to peter out, They came to an abrupt end when Terry's parents phone was eut off because he had run up a £340 bill calling the US, His mother said: “You've been phoning that Michael Jackson, haven't you? Charges Terry tried calling Jackson several times, reversing the charges from a phone box, When he got through it became clear his superstar friend didn’t want to know. The final rejection came four years later when Terry tried to rekindle their frlendship when Jackson came to London again, Terry tracked him down and was even photographed alongside his {dol, but now the management were on hand to issue the polite brush-off. ‘T felt used because he'd wanted my friendship when I was just a boy. Now I was a young man he just didn’t seem to. AWAY FKUM SUANVAL: mictiges suckson yesteruuy — midtdaiy wine (M0) Afr PUiGe Gduels uurtlly dy Adlud tol acks: SHOCKED: Terry George want to know,’ says Terry, , ‘Looking back it was wrong of Michael, The call wasn’t from a young teen ager, but a grown man,’ Now Terry has sworn an affidavit for the Los Angeles Police Department and is prepared to travel to California to help thelr Enquiries, Superintendent Michael Hames, head of the Obscene Publications Bqued, sud yesterday: We will investigate this matter alongside the Los Angeles police,’ what was happening, They claim fear of threats by Jackson’s associates stopped them from talking until now, The Quindoys are seeking $500,000 (£330,000) in back pay from the superstar, who cele- brates his 35th birthday today. Mr Quindoy, who is preparing 8 book about the singer, sald: ‘Michael is such 8 big man, [ was trying to protect him,.but it lingered in my mind that it was @ civic duty to tell the truth,’ The initial scandal erupted when 9 dentist in a custody battle alleged his 13-year-old son had been sexually ‘abused at Jackson's home. Jackson's staff claimed the man was trylng to: extort. | millions of dollars. A Los Angeles TV station Claimed last night that, while denying all allegations, Jackson's %) staff had offered the father £230,000 to keep quiet but he had refused Hoping Meanwhile Detective Bil | Dworin, of the Los Angeles police child exploitation unlt, sald he was hoping to speak to Jackson's elder sister Lafoya, who has voiced concern about y Michael's boy guests, ‘We are aware she might be able to identify other children who have spent time in Michael Jackson's company,’ he said, Visitors to the rench included Home Alone. star Macaulay Culkin, 12, and Australian Wade Robson, 10, who both insist they were not sexually assaulted. Several former employees rallied to the star's defence, One said Quindoy and LaToya had misinterpreted simple kindness. And Jamee Ruth Newkirk, a former executive at Jackson's ranch, said: ‘I never had evi dence of anything mischievous ... dE someone spent the night, they had thelr own bedroom,’ ° @ Pepsi-Cola last night denied Las Angeles newspaper reports that they were investigating Jackson’s life with a view to dropping him after a £9 million, ten-year association.