Article: Neverland Ranch Overseer Comes to His Boss's Defense

The overseer of Neverland ranch admitted Tuesday that he lied to police investigating whether Michael Jackson had molested children staying at the pop star's lavish rural retreat.

But Neverland property manager Joe Marcus denied that his famous employer of 18 years ever behaved inappropriately with children, and insisted there were no orders to hold Jackson's young accuser and his family captive at the ranch to make a video lauding the embattled entertainer.

Marcus, 34, his gleaming shaved head and conservative suit a somber counterpoint to Jackson's lime-green vest and shoulder- length, Cher-like curtain of hair, was the only witness during a half-

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