Posted by Adam

Tuesday July 21, 2009

Michael Jackson‘s father, Joe Jackson, has shot down claims he used to hit the tragic star — insisting he never physically abused his son.

Previous reports claimed that Michael was left infertile after Joe kicked him in the groin.

But the Jackson patriarch has spoken out to set the record straight.

“I never abused my son,” Joe said on Monday’s Larry King Live (video clip embedded below). “Michael was never beaten.”

Joe also insisted he has no plans to turn Michael’s three children into entertainers.

“I’m not encouraging them to do nothing. They have to be what they are, kids at the moment,” he said, adding that the “Jackson Three” rumors are “a bunch of jive.”

Joe revealed that he didn’t know the location of his son’s body.

He also said that although he hasn’t seen any results from the family’s private autopsy, he still suspects “foul play” in his son’s death.

Speaking of the singer’s private physician Dr. Conrad Murray, Joe said, “The doctor gave him something to make him rest and he don’t wake up no more. Something is wrong.”

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