Tito and Rebbie Jackson arrive at the world premiere of film 'Michael Jackson: The Life Of An Icon' in Leicester Square in London. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ki Price Source: AFP
Michael Jackson was surrounded by security in his final says, says his brother. Source: AP
TWO of Michael Jackson's siblings said they knew "something bad was going to happen" in the months before his death but could not get to their brother because of his aggressive staff.
Tito and Rebbie Jackson revealed in an interview with the Herald Sun in London that they were barred from entering the singer's property by his security team and were unable to reach Michael by phone before he died in June 2009 from a dose of the anaesthetic propofol.
"We had premonitions. I always felt that if nobody stepped in, somebody was going to do something bad," the singer's sister Rebbie, 61, told the Herald Sun.
"We tried many, many times - interventions and everything else.
"We couldn't get to him. He had a fortress around him.
"It's sad, ugly scene with people like that, when they see you coming they run the other way.
"People want to continue staying on that payroll. They don't want you to rock the boat."
Michael's elder brother Tito, 58, said he got into physical fights with his brother's security team who blocked him from seeing the star.
"It was easier to get to Obama," Tito said.
"We couldn't get through at all."
Michael Jackson's private doctor, Conrad Murray, is currently on trial in Los Angeles for the involuntary manslaughter of the star who died in the bedroom of his LA mansion at the age of 50.
Tito said his brother had developed a serious drug addiction following horrific scalp burns he received during a pyro accident shooting a Pepsi commercial in 1984.
"The Pepsi commercial started it but it grew from there," he said.
The siblings were promoting a new film on the star 'Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon', which premieres this morning.
Tito said the film, which follows Michael Jackson's life from a talented child to his death, was a form of closure for the family.
"The more people know the real deal the better I feel about it," he said.
"For people to have the false story and not what happened, it bothers me."
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