MJ pretended to have sex with Lisa Marie Presley - Maid
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson didn’t have sex during their bizarre marriage — but he would hide lacy bras under his bed to pretend they were, his former maid has claimed.
The pair’s relationship has been dogged by rumours it was just a publicity stunt despite Presley allegedly claiming Jackson would sing his way to orgasm and insist on having his make-up done before sex.
Adrian McManus, who was Jackson’s maid, is speaking out now as it has been reported that Presley is planning an explosive tell-all book on her marriage.
The former maid tells The Sun Online that the star “used” Elvis’s daughter for show — and would invite his “child companions” around whenever she was out.
‘HIDDEN BRAS’
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley strolling in the grounds of Neverland in 1995
Ms McManus says the King of Pop would “play games” — such as scattering women’s underwear and broken glasses in his room — to make her believe the couple had enjoyed a night of passion.
Her claims come after another ex-employee of Jackson’s, Sandy Domz, claimed the star used to spray Presley’s underwear with perfume and throw it on the floor.
“When they were dating I walked into his bedroom and his comforter smelled of women’s fragrance,” Ms McManus, from Nipomo, California, said.
“This was not normal. When I began cleaning I saw a white sexy lacy little bra abandoned under the bed.
‘SHE NEVER STAYED IN HIS BEDROOM’
“There was two broken glasses next to it. I had to clean them up and felt it was Michael playing games with me.
“It all seemed so set up because that had never happened before. Sure, there were his underpants, shirts and trousers discarded, but nothing belonging to women ever were there.
“I thought that he was trying to make me think that something was going on between him and her. I knew they were dating, but he was trying to make me believe they were sexually close. I always had my doubts.
“From my recollection she never stayed overnight in his private bedroom.
“Never once did I walk into Michael’s bedroom and see them in bed or hanging out.
“On the few times she did stay in the main house, she would stay in The Rose Room. That room was way in the front of the mansion overlooking the flowers, while Michael’s quarters were at the downstairs of the rear of the mansion.
“They could not be further apart. I can’t even recall Michael ever going to The Rose Room.”
The pair reportedly first hooked up when she and Jackson spent a weekend at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida, and Presley insisted on sex before marriage to make sure he could perform his spousal duties.
Another pal claimed that insecure Jackson would shriek “don’t look at me” before romping — unless he was caked in make-up.
J. Randy Taraborelli, Jackson’s childhood friend, claimed that the pair used to have rampant and intense sex but that throughout the marriage she would never see him without make-up.
‘I NEVER SAW THEM KISS’
But Ms McManus insists she witnessed little genuine intimacy between the couple while she worked at Neverland Ranch.
“It was normal for them to walk around the estate holding hands and chatting. They did this often in front of the staff,” she said.
“At one time they were filmed and photographed doing these lovey-dovey romantic scenes. It all looked a little staged to me.
“I never saw them kiss though. That normal show of affection between lovers was absent.”
Worryingly, Ms McManus — who is writing a book about her life with the King of Pop — said as soon as Presley would leave, young boys would arrive to keep Jackson company.
“When she left the estate Michael would never talk to anyone about her or being with her,” she said.
“I can remember distinct days when she would leave and then a couple of hours later his child companions would arrive — and his focus was totally them.”
ABUSE CLAIMS
Many people still believe the marriage was a sham — organised to distract from damaging child sex abuse allegations that had been levelled against him by teenage Jordan Chandler.
In June 1993, Chandler’s dad Evan began building a case against Jackson, claiming that he had been sexually abusing the 13-year-old.
The Chandlers sued Jackson for $30 million in September of that year, but the case was eventually settled out of court for $22 million.
“I can easily see why this marriage could have been a publicity stunt,” Ms McManus added.
“You cannot overlook where Michael’s career was at that time. He had just settled out of court with Jordie Chandler about child sex abuse, and his image was in trouble. So to have a high-profile wife, one of the world’s most desired women, came at a great time to silence the doubters. Don’t forget this was Hollywood.”
Placido Domingo accused of sexual harassment
by numerous women
Allegations dating back 3 decades 'deeply troubling, and
as presented, inaccurate,' opera star says
Jocelyn Gecker · The Associated Press
For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous women told The Associated Press.
Regarded as one of the greatest opera singers of all time, Domingo also is a prolific conductor and the director of the Los Angeles Opera. The multiple Grammy winner is an immensely respected figure in his rarefied world, described by colleagues as a man of prodigious charm and energy who works tirelessly to promote his art form.
But the women accusing him and others in the industry say there is a troubling side to the 78-year-old — one they say has long been an open secret in the opera world.
Eight singers and a dancer have told AP they were sexually harassed by the long-married, Spanish-born superstar over three decades beginning in the late 1980s, at venues that included opera companies where he held top managerial positions.
One woman said Domingo stuck his hand down her skirt and three others said he forced wet kisses on their lips — in a dressing room, a hotel room and at a lunch meeting.
"A business lunch is not strange," said one of the singers. "Somebody trying to hold your hand during a business lunch is strange — or putting their hand on your knee is a little strange. He was always touching you in some way, and always kissing you."
In addition to the nine complainants, a half-dozen other women told AP that suggestive overtures by Domingo made them uncomfortable, including one singer who said he repeatedly asked her out on dates after hiring her to sing a series of concerts with him in the 1990s.
AP also spoke to almost three dozen other singers, dancers, orchestra musicians, backstage staff, voice teachers and administrators who said they witnessed inappropriate sexually tinged behaviour by Domingo and he pursued younger women with impunity.
There is much more to this story at Associated Press.
CNN’s Don Lemon sued for alleged sexual harassment of a man in New York bar
Caution: graphic descriptions below
CNN host Don Lemon during the first of two Democratic Debates in Detroit © Global Look Press / ZUMA Press / CNN
CNN host Don Lemon has been accused of assault and battery at a Long Island bar, with the accuser alleging Lemon fondled his own genitalia before shoving his finger into his face. CNN has dismissed the claim as a hater's slander.
The lawsuit was filed by a man identified in the court documents as Dustin Hice to the Supreme Court of the State of New York on Sunday and reported by Mediaite on Tuesday.
The plaintiff says he was partying at the Murf’s Backstreet Tavern club at the Hamptons, a high-end seaside resort in New York on July 15 last year, when he spotted Lemon and offered to buy him a ‘Lemon Drop’ drink. Lemon, who was with a group of friends of his own, declined, and both men were minding their own business for some time until Lemon unexpectedly turned up in front of the plaintiff and started to act erratically, the lawsuit claims.
Hice alleges that as soon as the host approached him, he “put his hand down the front of his own shorts, and vigorously rubbed his genitalia, removed his hand and shoved his index and middle fingers into Plaintiff’s moustache under Plaintiff’s nose.” Lemon then “intensely pushed his fingers against Plaintiff’s face under Plaintiff’s nose, forcing Plaintiff’s head to thrust backward as Defendant repeatedly asked Plaintiff 'Do you like pussy or dick?'
The “shocked and humiliated” Hice then fled the bar, then returned some 5-10 minutes later, but Lemon was nowhere to be found, he says in his claim.
While Hice has not met Lemon ever again, he says he was scared of stumbling into him, as his family reportedly lived in Sag Harbor where the bar is located. He complains the rumor of his encounter with Lemon made him the butt of silly jokes of the entire neighborhood, and his work there, as a bartender at another bar, became unbearable. People would approach him and order ‘Lemon Drops’ while making tongue-in-cheek remarks. The lawsuit claims the incident left Hice suicidal and unable to sleep, in addition to the alienation from his friends and family.
Hice wants unspecified damages from Lemon to cover the loss of career opportunities, past and future earnings, as well as for “past, present and future emotional pain and suffering, ongoing and severe mental anguish.”
Don Lemon has yet to comment on the lawsuit. CNN, meanwhile, has sought to dismiss the allegations as a willful attempt to damage the channel’s reputation, citing an alleged “pattern of contempt” Hice showed on his social media towards the company.
Mediaite cited an Instagram post, allegedly left by the accuser in January 2017, in which he is pictured standing in front of the CNN headquarters. The caption allegedly quotes US President Donald Trump referring to the channel as ‘the home of Fake News.”
Since the lawsuit was picked up by the media, Hice deleted his Twitter account. A screenshot of his purported Twitter profile, posted by journalist Mattew Keys, features several retweets of Bible-inspired quotes.
Is that like a bad thing now?
A source told Mediaite that the man reportedly tried to settle the case out of court, but Lemon refused to fork out a $1.5 million compensation.
Hice accuses Lemon of hypocrisy, as a “staunch advocate for the “Me Too” movement“ who himself behaves like an aggressor when “cameras are tuned off.”
The accusations against Lemon come just a day after another CNN anchor – Chris Cuomo – was caught on video physically threatening a man who called him ‘Fredo.’ However, unlike the case with Cuomo, no video or other evidence of the supposed run-in has surfaced yet.
Cuomo used some extremely vulgar language in a most unprofessional display of a lack of self control.
Epstein accuser Jennifer Araoz sues financier's estate, Ghislaine Maxwell & 3 staffers
FILE PHOTO Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge © Getty / Rick Friedman;
View of the upper east side home of Jeffrey Epstein in New York © REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
A woman who accused late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein of raping her at the age of 15 is suing his estate and people close to it, according to a court filing.
Jennifer Araoz filed the lawsuit against the sex offender’s estate, his former associate Ghislaine Maxwell and three unnamed staff members who worked for him in New York.
In her court filing, Araoz alleges that Maxwell and other Epstein staff “conspired with each other to make possible and otherwise facilitate the sexual abuse and rape.”
Where is Ghislaine Maxwell? Jeffrey Epstein's Partner in Crime
Her lawsuit is one of the first to be filed following Epstein's death. The disgraced financier was found dead in his jail cell on Sunday in an apparent suicide, but the circumstances immediately prompted speculation in light of newly released court documents which included incriminating information on powerful players within his orbit.
France opens rape investigation into Epstein abuse
A French charity working to protect children against sexual violence said it had collected 10 witness statements of abuse that took place in France CREDIT: NEW YORK STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTER
Agence France-Presse
French prosecutors said on Friday they had opened an inquiry into the suspected rape and sexual abuse of minors linked to the scandal surrounding disgraced US multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
The move came after growing calls for French investigators to look into allegations of abuse at Epstein's sumptuous apartment near the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
“The investigations... will focus on potential crimes against French victims committed on national territory as well as abroad, and on perpetrators who are French citizens,” Paris Prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.
The potential charges could include the rape and sexual assault of minors aged 15 and over, the prosecutors said.
It will also investigate claims Epstein and others participated for years in a vast child sex trafficking ring.
The move came after US investigators turned up links in France in their probe into the disgraced financier, who was found hanged at his New York jail cell on August 10 while awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges. He had been arrested five weeks earlier after flying back to the United States after a trip to Paris.
Earlier this week Innocence in Danger, a French charity working to protect children against sexual violence, said it had collected 10 witness statements involving alleged sexual crimes involving minors that took place in France.
The testimonies were from both victims and those who had witnessed alleged abuse, “probably at the hands of French people,” the NGO's head Homayra Sellier told AFP. Some but not all of the victims were French.
Investigators are likely to be asking questions about a formerly powerful French modelling tycoon in his 70s named Jean-Luc Brunel, a close friend of Epstein. Four years ago, Brunel was named in a civil lawsuit in which he was accused of rape and procuring young girls for the US financier.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who filed the suit, accused Epstein of using her as a “sex slave” and said she had been forced to have sex with well-known politicians and businessmen, including Brunel. She also alleged that Brunel would bring girls as young as 12 to the United States and pass them on to his friends, including Epstein.
Shortly afterwards, Brunel issued a rare statement that itself broke years of silence in which he vehemently denied involvement, “directly or indirectly”, in Epstein's crimes. Like various other former allies of the late billionaire, Brunel has not been heard of since Epstein was charged in early July.
Earlier this month, Innocence in Danger urged French investigators to “shed light on” what went on behind the walls of Epstein's Paris apartment, where Brunel was a regular visitor.
Two French government ministers have also demanded action, saying the US inquiry had exposed links with France that needed investigating. “The verifications and cross-checking undertaken on the basis of elements submitted to prosecutors and exchanges with the American authorities in the context of the Epstein affair have prompted the Paris prosecutor's office to open a preliminary inquiry,” Friday's statement said.
Epstein, who at one time counted Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Britain's Prince Andrew among his friends, has been linked to a string of sordid abuses involving underage girls at his Palm Beach home and on his private Caribbean island.
He has been accused of recruiting young girls to administer massages which frequently led to abuse and even rape.
His address book, which was made public in 2015 through the Gawker website, included dozens of names listed under “massages”, some 30 of which were in France.
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to 2 new sex assault charges
Ex-producer's trial delayed to the start of 2020 due to new indictment involving Annabella Sciorra
The Associated Press 
The change to the case was intended to open the door for an actress to testify against Weinstein in a rape and sexual assault trial that had been scheduled to start on Sept. 9.
Weinstein mostly kept quiet during a brief appearance in a Manhattan courtroom Monday, aside from some exchanges with Judge James Burke, who at one point scolded him for pulling out his cellphone during the proceeding.
Annabella Sciorra, shown at the Tony Awards in New York in 2011, alleges she was raped by Weinstein after he barged into her apartment in the 1990s.
(Charles Sykes/The Associated Press)
Weinstein previously pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of raping a woman in 2013 and performing a forcible sex act on a different woman in 2006.
The case remains about those two women, but prosecutors said the new indictment was needed to allow a third woman, Annabella Sciorra, to testify. Sciorra, perhaps best known for her work on The Sopranos, alleges Weinstein raped her inside her Manhattan apartment after she starred in a film for his then movie studio in 1993.
Sciorra's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said her client was willing to tell her story to bring Weinstein to justice. She criticized the defence team for saying they would try to get the testimony barred.
"Why are they so afraid of having additional witnesses testify?" she said.
The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they are victims of sexual assault, but Sciorra went public with her story in a story in The New Yorker in October 2017.
Once among Hollywood's most powerful producers, Weinstein has already pleaded not guilty to five criminal charges in the earlier indictment, including rape and predatory sexual assault. He could face a life sentence if convicted.
The two women in the earlier indictment are among about 70 who have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct dating back decades. Weinstein has denied the allegations and said any sexual encounters were consensual.
Lawyers for Weinstein have asked that the trial be moved, perhaps to Suffolk County on Long Island or to Albany County upstate, because intense media scrutiny in New York City would make it impossible for him to get a fair trial there, according to a court filing.
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