Debbie Rowe: Michael Jackson Is a Victim of Opportunistic Vultures
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Instead of reinforcing the prosecution's position, Debbie Rowe ended up helping her ex-husband more than anyone else could have.

Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, called several of the people working for Michael Jackson as "opportunistic vultures" who bragged of the millions they were making off the singer.

Initially Debbie Rowe, 46, was called by the prosecution to testify that her video praising Michael was scripted, but she ended up helping Michael by denying that claim.

Debbie Rowe called Marc Schaffel, the video's organizer, as well as Dieter Wiesner and Ronald Konitzer liars and "opportunistic vultures." The three men are considered co-conspirators in the case.

Debbie Rowe reserved her most vitriolic statements for Schaffel, who she said bragged to her that he was being paid for the video and that he had many plans to make money off Jackson. "He just bragged about how he had taken advantage of an opportunity," Debbie Rowe said.

Debbie Rowe praised Michael, calling him generous, a good father, and great with kids, even despite her legal battle with Jackson for the right to visit their two children.. She added that she felt Michael keeps her away from their children due to his lawyers and advisors.

"There's different Michaels. There's like my Michael," Rowe said, her voice breaking with emotion. "And there's the Michael that everyone else sees."

A former nurse for Jackson's dermatologist, Debbie Rowe was married to the singer from 1996 to 1999 and bore him a son and a daughter, Prince Michael and Paris. Michael Jackson had a third child, Prince Michael II, with another woman in 2002.

When they divorced, Debbie Rowe pledged never to talk about certain aspects in return for a multimillion-dollar settlement.