The latest news to emerge from the Jackson/Schaffel case is that Michael Jackson has, via his video testimony, explained how distressed he was by revelations of Schaffel's gay porn past, while Schaffel has countered that with an allegation that the pop star had asked him to arrange for him to adopt some young boys.
Jackson recalled how he was shown a video of his former associate directing an adult movie, saying "I was shocked by what I saw... [Schaffel] was directing two guys. They were naked from head to toe... and he was telling one what to do with the other and he grabbed their penis or something. I didn't believe it."
During subsequent questioning about his past career as a porn director, his personal ties in Brazil, and his activity whilst on a trip to the country, he said: "The main purpose of my trip was Mr Jackson wanted to adopt some boys".
Jackson's lawyer, Thomas Blundell, condemned the statement, saying: "It was an effort to smear Mr Jackson with a remark that could be interpreted to hurt him in light of the case against him last year".
Even Schaffel's own lawyer didn't approve, saying: "It's not really relevant to this case. I thought we were not going to go there. We've tried to be upstanding."