Michael Jackson's sister La Toya believes the King of Pop was effectively ‘murdered’ for his money by a manipulative entourage, it was revealed today.
In interviews with Sunday newspapers, La Toya gave details about the 50-year-old singer's sudden death, drugs found in his body and a stash of cash and jewels that she claims have gone missing.
She told the News of the World: ‘We don't think just one person was involved in the murder. It was a conspiracy to get Michael's money.’
La Toya accused a ‘shadowy’ group of hangers-on of cutting him off from his family and friends and forcing him to sign up for 50 concerts at London's O2 arena.
They also fed him drugs and saw him as a ‘cash cow’, she claimed.
‘Michael was worth more than a billion dollars. When anyone is worth that much money, there are always greedy people around them.’
‘I believe Michael was murdered, I felt that from the start,’ she added.
Jackson was the ‘loneliest man in the world’ with no real friends and isolated from his family at the time of his death - less than 12 hours after completing a rehearsal for his tour, she said.
La Toya claimed her brother had only wanted to do 10 shows in London but that the people around him did not care about him and were only interested in his money, and forced him to agree to do 50 shows.
She pledged the family would file a civil lawsuit against anyone they believed responsible and push for police to bring criminal charges.
