Lawyers say Michael Jackson paid millions in hush money to victims

London: Lawyers acting for alleged sex abuse victims of late pop singer Michael Jackson have claimed that he paid almost 200 million dollars in hush money to 20 victims in total.

The Los Angeles Superior Court would rule soon whether they can file claims, made by lawyers acting on behalf of Wade Robson and James Safechuck, against his estate, the Mirror reported.

Safechuck asserted that Jackson molested him when he was nine and offered 1million dollars to his father to stay mum.

The late Jackson held a secret wedding ceremony in which Safechuck was the bride, he further added.

Meanwhile Robson, who testified during Jackson's trial in 2005, said that he shared the bed with the pop star for at least a year and lived in silence and denial for 22 years.

Jackson denied molestation allegations levelled against him but paid 40million dollars to the family of his first known victim Jordan Chandler.