Inside Michael Jackson’s horror ranch where ‘paedo lair was monitored by hidden cams and animals were abused in zoo’
MICHAEL Jackson will face renewed scrutiny tonight as he was accused of abusing animals in his care at Netherland Ranch.
Ross Kemp's new ITV documentary unveils the horrors that unfolded there including two giraffes who nearly burned to death, elephants being whipped and chimp Bubbles being beaten.
The former soap star claims The King Of Pop's zoo held at least 50 different species including lions, tigers, bears and reptiles - many of whom, were at risk.
The doc, which airs tonight, follows the explosive Leaving Neverland, where accusers claimed the ranch in Los Olivos, California, was a paedophile paradise with hidden sex dens for molesting children.
It claimed that Jacko, who died in 2009, used alarms, bells and one-way glass to alert him to anyone approaching the alleged rape chambers.
He famously turned the sprawling estate he bought in 1988 into a kid's play park with a ferris wheel, zoo, pirate ship, bumper cars, a rollercoaster and amusement arcades.
Now as more bombshell claims emerge about Netherland, we look back at its sordid world.
Creepy hideouts
In Leaving Neverland, James Safechuck claimed bells lined a series of doors that led to Jackson’s master bedroom, which would alert the entertainer to anyone approaching the suite.
He said: "We would get a blanket and we would lie it on the floor in the closet, so we could close the door.
"So there were bells and you could have a moment of hearing them trip so at least you knew if people were coming for him."
However, the alleged sex acts were not only confined to Jackson’s closet, Safechuck claims.
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Jacko's secret bedroom
- When police raided Neverland in 2003, following allegations that Jackson had molested teenage cancer victim Gavin Arvizo, they found a hidden room connected to the back of a closet in the star’s bedroom.
- Pictures revealed creepy dolls lining a small staircase down into the clandestine chamber.
- Investigators found a dark bedroom adorned with Peter Pan pillow cases and stuffed dolls.
- were also found in the hidden room, which cops believe was used to “desensitise” the kids who Jackson allegedly abused.
- Santa Barbara Senior Assistant District Attorney Ron Zonen told Radar Online: “A lot of this stuff was used to desensitize the children, and Michael admitted taking one child after another into bed with him for long periods of time."
He said: "He also had an Indian fort with like teepees so we would lay down sleeping and have snacks and have sexual relations there.
"There was also a game room and then upstairs in the arcade there was a bed and we would go up there and have sex there."
Safechuck also said Jacko would carry out abuse in a creepy third floor attic and in another building on the ranch which was “far away from the main house” where Jackson housed some of his own memorabilia.
Then there was the cinema - with two private rooms fitted with one-way glass - where Jackson was almost caught out by the then schoolboy’s mother Stephanie.
Safechuck said: "The movie theatre had these two private rooms and you could see into the theatre… and we would have sex in those rooms.
"That was a bit dangerous. There was a bit of excitement there."
The outdoor pool and hot tub were further sites of child sex abuse, claimed Safechuck and alleged Jackson said he had purchased the remote home just for him.
Safechuck alleged Jacko performed an underwater sex act on him while seeing how long they could both hold their breath for.
A former Neverland security guard told the court in the star’s 2005 molestation trial that he saw Jacko giving first public accuser Jordan Chandler oral sex in the swimming pool area of the sprawling ranch.The bedroom in Neverland’s train station was also a secret spot of sex assaults, according to Safechuck.
"And it would happen every day," he said.
When cops raided the property ahead of the star's famous 2003 child molestation trial they reportedly found photos of nude children and other pornography in a triple-locked closet in his bedroom.
“The vast majority of the pictures were of teenagers and/or young adults,” one investigator from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department wrote in a report at the time.
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“Some of the pictures depicted individuals wearing no clothing, or in a partial state of undress."
According to Radar Online, officers also found drugs used for sex addiction and secret rooms, with the entrance to one obscured by a jukebox.
Jackson was cleared at his 2005 trial, and moved out of the ranch after stating he felt it had been ";too violated" by police during the raid. It is now on the market.
Jackson, who died aged 50 in 2009, strongly denied allegations of sex abuse made against him.
His family and estate have slammed Leaving Neverland calling the film one-sided.
Zoo of horrors
In an exclusive piece for The Sun, Ross Kemp gave a tease of what could be expected in his new documentary about Jacko's zoo.
He said: "Everyone remembers Bubbles the chimpanzee who was brought to Press conferences and featured in the Thriller star’s music videos.
"But there were well over a hundred more Jackson animals at any given time — lions, tigers, bears, reptiles. He had them all."
