Jacko's nanny tells court Arab sheikh paid his bill
International
-Staff
By Staff
New
York
(ANI):
Singer
michael
jackson's
nanny
revealed
during
a
hearing
in
London
High
Court
that
an
Arab
Sheikh
had
paid
the
king
of
pop's
utility
bills.
Grace
Rwaramba
said
that
the
'Thriller'
star
was
so
broke
that
he
needed
a
sheikh
to
pay
his
utility
bills.
Rwaramba,
said
that
she
was
'flabbergasted'
when
Jacko's
benefactor,
Sheikh
Abdulla
bin
Hamad
Al-Khalifa
transferred
35,000
dollars
into
her
account
to
cover
the
bills
for
Neverland
Ranch
in
California.
When
he
followed
up
with
a
transfer
of
one
million
dollars,
"it
blew
my
mind," Rwaramba
said.
She
also
said
that
the
33-year-old
sheikh,
the
son
of
the
king
of
Bahrain,
made
the
initial
35,000
dollars
payment
before
he
ever
met
Jackson.
She
said
that
the
sheikh
never
asked
the
singer
to
repay
him.
"It
was
a
gift.
He'd
say,
what
can
I
do
for
my
brother,
what
can
I
get
the
children," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
her
as
saying.
Al-Khalifa
is
suing
the
Thriller
singer
for
4.3million
pounds
for
not
sticking
to
his
record
deal
of
an
autobiography,
two
albums
and
a
musical.