Norwegian boys in USA on Jackson's tab
Three Oslo teenagers have been on a secret private visit to pop idol Michael Jackson at his pleasure park Neverland Ranch in California. After police raided Neverland Tuesday morning with a warrant for Jackson's arrest on suspicion of sexually assaulting a young boy worries have run high in Oslo, newspaper VG reports.
One of the mothers said she was waiting to hear from her son, and was considering calling Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Two youths were invited along to California by Jackson's Norwegian-Pakistani friend Omer Bhatti, 19.
Bhatti, from Oslo's Holmlia district, became a celebrity of sorts after Jackson discovered him in 1996. Bhatti was standing outside Jackson's hotel in Tunis dressed like Jackson and bearing a red rose in his hand.
Since then they have been close friends, and Bhatti and his family have been frequent guests of Jackson's. Bhatti was most recently photographed with Jackson at the star's 45th birthday celebrations in Los Angeles.
Bhatti has been unswervingly loyal to Jackson during their relationship, according to VG.
VG's sources claim that the Oslo trio's USA holiday is bought and paid by Jackson and was a secret to all but their nearest family members. The trip to Neverland should have lasted a week, but the boys have now been gone nearly four weeks.
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