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LOS ANGELES: Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin and Britney Spears' famous choreographer Wade Robson are willing to testify their pal Michael Jackson did not molest them on their childhood sleepovers at Neverland.
The pair, who hung out with Jackson when they were kids more than a decade ago, may be called as defence witnesses at Jackson's upcoming child molestation trial, a source close to Jackson said.
"Mac and Wade have always said very clearly from the beginning ? nothing ever happened. Michael did not molest them," the source said.
The pair and another young Jackson pal, Australian-born Brett Barnes, 21, have said that if they are called, they will testify on Michael's behalf. Culkin's representative Michelle Bega, however, yesterday said: "He's not involved in the proceedings at this time."
Culkin, godfather to Jackson's son Prince Michael, has admitted he and his brothers slept in Jackson's bed but he says they amused themselves with food fights, not fondling.
Jackson is charged with molesting a then-13-year-old cancer survivor in 2003 and conspiring to hold the boy and his family hostage at Neverland. He denies all charges.
Prosecutors want jurors to hear testimony about seven other boys who allegedly have been linked to Jackson sexually in press reports or public or private accusations, ABC News in the U.S. reported.
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