Michael Jackson's father has confirmed to an interviewer that his son is unlikely to ever want to return to a life in the US, just in case the star hadn't already made it abundantly clear that he doesn't want to go back to the states following his acquittal of those child abuse charges. Jackson, as I'm sure you all know, is currently based in Bahrain, and Joseph Jackson says he will only return to his home country for visits and when work demands it. Jackson Senior told the associated press "He'll come back to visit, but not to stay, not to live. They didn't treat him right here. I know if I was him, I wouldn't come back."
He added that the rest of the Jacksons are hoping that Michael could be involved with a new Jackson Five album, but things aren't moving quickly on that project. "I'm trying to motivate them to go ahead and do this record," he said of his sons. "They want to do it, but they're too slow. They'd rather do it with Michael."
Elsewhere in Jackson news, Michael's lawyers are investigating a trademark application for a 'Jesus Juice' logo. As you may remember from the Jackson trial coverage, it was claimed that Jackson used that term to refer to the wine he was accused of giving to teenagers. The application was made by a journalist, Bruce Rheins, who covered the singer's trial for CBS, and the logo itself, for a red wine, features an image of a man resembling Jackson in a crucifixion style pose. Jacko's spokeswoman Raymone Bayne calls it "outrageous and offensive", but Rheins says the wine, which he made for a hobby, was never intended for sale. He told the New York Daily News "We only trademarked it because we didn't want other people to try to make money off it. I apologise to anybody who is offended by this."