Mark Lester, a former British star now aged 51, claims to have donated his sperm to Michael Jackson, who died on June 25. He therefore believes he is the biological father of the "King of Pop's" daughter, Paris.
"I donated my sperm to Michael so he could have children, and I think Paris is my daughter," Lester, who played Oliver Twist in the 1968 musical "Oliver" and is now retired, told the British Sunday weekly News of The World.
He said he wanted to request a paternity test to find out whether or not he was the father of Paris, who is now 11 years old.
A longtime friend of Jackson, Mark Lester is godfather to Paris and the American singer's two other children, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II, aged 12 and 7 respectively.
"Pale with blue eyes"
"In 1996, Michael asked me if I could donate sperm to him and I said yes. I was giving him a gift, no money was paid, it was something I was honoured to do. He wanted children so badly," he said.
He claimed that all his phone calls and emails had gone unanswered since the US courts awarded custody of the three children to the singer's mother, Katherine.
Mr Lester, who already has four children, pointed out the strong resemblance between his 15-year-old daughter Harriet and Paris, both "pale with blue eyes".
According to him, Jackson told him in early 1996 that he was ready to do anything to be a father.
"He had realized (...) that he simply couldn't" have children, he explained. "I told him about alternative methods. I think he had already tried using his own sperm, but it hadn't worked. At the drop of a hat, I said to him: 'try mine'."
According to him, the donation was made through a London clinic in February 1996. Paris was born in April 1998. In late 1996, Jackson announced his marriage to his nurse Debbie Rowe and their first son was born in early 1997.
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