According to tape recordings, Jermaine discussed Michael's history of drug and alcohol abuse, and expressed concern that the King of Pop "had a thing for young children" and might be guilty of child molestation.

According to this story, his older brother feared the worst but backed him at trial because he thought Michael might potentially commit suicide in prison.

The eight page book proposal offered an inside look at Michael's troubles, and Jermaine indicated MJ's preference for Vicodin, Demerol, codeine, Percocet, cocaine, Jack Daniels and wine.

Appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Monday night however, Jermaine denounced the book proposal detailed in The News as a lie, however, author Stacy Brown was able to produce the tapes, from storage, with Jermaine's comments, in context.

"Without a doubt," the tapes will prove Jermaine bashed Michael, Brown
said. Jermaine became "very emotional" at times during the book interviews, the
author said. "He'd be crying, spilling his guts, pouring his heart out for hours
on end. I thought, 'Man, this is really deep,' " Brown said.

Brown said Jermaine pulled the plug on the book after Michael, 47, got wind
of it and went ballistic, threatening to sue and toss Jermaine out of the family
home. By that time, an agent already had shopped the proposal to at least three
publishers and he and Jermaine had attended a meeting at one major book house
with "five or six" employees in attendance. "There's a paper trail," Brown said.

A few other spicy details and confirmations (duh!):

• The Jackson family has protected MJ's image
• MJ also cheats and lies
• MJ changed the color of his skin.
• Even the pop star's behavior with his own nephews has left his family "shaken," according to Jermaine. He recounts the family coming together after the death of brother Tito's ex-wife in the mid 1990s and finding Michael sitting on a bed with Tito's young sons and holding them in a disturbing manner.
• During the Jackson 5 days, Michael's brothers feared he was gay. The brothers met lots of women while touring and all eventually fell in love. "But Michael, well, he wasn't interested. We used to quietly say that we couldn't have a gay brother."
• Michael hates Jews because he thinks Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen stole the idea for Dreamworks studio, including the boy-on-the moon logo, from him.