Trial throws spotlight on ‘lost boy’ Jackson

US: In life, he was infamous for his bizarre quirks the pet chimp, the oxygen tent, the nose. In death, the portrait of Michael Jackson emerging from his doctor’s manslaughter trial is one of a “lost boy,” deeply content with his children but dogged by health woes and desperate to reclaim his earlier career success.

The details of his everyday life, recounted in a Los Angeles courtroom, paint a picture of happiness surrounded by Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket in their luxury home in LA’s plush Holmby Hills district.

“It was a happy home,” said his personal chef, Hollywood celebrity cook Kai Chase, describing her daily routine of making meals and organic juices for the Jackson family in the sunny kitchen of their two-storey mansion. They had reason to be satisfied — Jackson had in March 2009 announced a series of comeback concerts in London, four years after he was acquitted on all charges over accusations of child molestation.

AFP