Entertainment 28-04-2005 who: Michael Jackson what: Was not a model parent, says ex-wife where: Santa Maria, California when: Wednesday snippet: "Prosecutors had expected Debbie Rowe, the mother of Mr Jackson`s children, to say that she had been coerced into supporting the singer after Martin Bashir`s damaging documentary about life in Neverland in exchange for the right to visit her children," reports Chris Ayres in The Times. Instead, Ms Rowe told the court that Jackson "is my friend" and although she admitted she had lied in the nine-hour video-taped interview about Jackson being "a wonderful man", she "denied being forced to praise him or read a script in the 2003 video," says the BBC. [... more]

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