Michael Jackson was a 'monster' says lawyer of choreographer who now claims singer DID sexually abuse him and threatened him if he ever went public

• Wade Robson, a choreographer who was friends with Jackson when he was a child, filed papers to get money from the Jackson estate
• Cites 'childhood sexual abuse' but Robson was one of the star witnesses during the singer's 2005 trial
  
• At the time, Robson said that he was never sexually assaulted by the singer during the infamous sleepovers
  
• Now Wade's lawyer claims that Jackson was a 'monster' who sexually abused the younger man for 7 years
  

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 23:45 EST, 8 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:48 EST, 8 May 2013

One of the star witnesses at Michael Jackson's 2005 trial who adamantly denied that he had ever been molested by the singer has now changed his story as he fights for money from Jackson's estate.

Wade Robson, 30, a top music choreographer who has worked with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, knew Jackson decades ago when he went for sleepovers at the Neverland Ranch.

On May 1, Robson filed legal requests for financial compensation from the singer's estate for 'childhood sexual abuse.' Then on Wednesday his lawyer told TMZ that Jackson was a 'monster' who sexually abused Wade for seven years, and even threatening him if he ever went public.

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Fanboy: Wade Robson, seen here at age 7, grew close to Jackson when he was a child and frequently slept over the star's infamous Neverland Ranch

Attorney Henry Gradstein told TMZ, 'Last year, on a career trajectory that was off the charts, [Wade] collapsed under the stress and sexual trauma of what had happened to him for seven years as a child.'

Gradstein continued: 'He [Wade] lived with the brain washing by a sexual predator until the burden of it all crushed him.'

New story: Wade Robson, seen here in 2008, reportedly filed legal papers on May 1 claiming that Jackson's estate should pay him money for childhood sexual abuse

The lawyer also claimed that Jackson threatened the younger man, saying: 'If anyone ever finds out about what we did we will go to jail for the rest of our lives.'

Gradstein told TMZ that Wade was silenced as a result: 'This kind of intimidation of a child by a sexual predator is tragically characteristic and effective, keeping them quiet about the abuse - often for a lifetime.'

He concludes with: 'Michael Jackson was a monster and in their hearts every normal person knows it.'

Robson's legal motion, which has been filed under seal so it is not available to the public, comes years after he made repeated public statements defending Jackson and denying any wrongdoing.

The two met when Robson was five years old and Jackson was in his late 20s or early 30s.

They bonded over a love of music and he repeatedly slept over his house and spent nights in the same bed as the much-older singer.

Robson played a pivotal role in the 2005 trial, when Jackson faced 14 counts relating to child molestation and conspiracy to molest minors.

He was found not guilty on all of the charges, and Robson was one of the star witnesses who defended Jackson, saying that he was never inappropriately touched or molested.

 VIDEO  Dancer Wade Robson promoting an American dance channel

Wade Robson appears in trailer for dance channel DS2DIO

Synched stories: Though Robson testified at Jackson's 2005 trial that he was never molested by the singer (both seen outside of the courtroom), the papers his legal team just filed suggest otherwise

A similar defense was given by their mutual friend Macaulay Culkin, who also slept over the singer's ranch over a long period of time.

In the past eight years, Robson has made a name for himself in the entertainment world, becoming one of the most sought-after choreographers.

 

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He has worked with Usher, Britney Spears, and NSYNC. His name hit the gossip columns in 2002 when Britney Spears' relationship with Justin Timberlake ended after she allegedly cheated on the NSYNC star with the choreographer.

Since then, Robson has worked on the show So You Think You Can Dance, and is currently in charge of Demi Lovato's choreography.

New gig: Robson has made frequent appearances on So You Think You Can Dance as a guest judge

But on May 5, TMZ reported that they heard from unidentified legal sources that Robson's legal team filed papers asking for an undisclosed sum from the Jackson estate on May 1. No other details about the filing have been released, but they reportedly give an explicit detail of the alleged assault.

News of the filing came on the same day that the late singer's autopsy report revealed that Michael Jackson tattooed his lips pink, permanently inked his eyebrows and relied on a dark tattoo to blend his hairline into his wig.

As the high profile trial of the singer's tour promoter, AEG, continues, a disturbing photograph of the fallen pop star's corpse was shown to the court on Monday by Dr Christopher Rogers.

His coroner's report described a man whose struggle to hide a skin pigmentation disease forced him to mask his true features but who would have lived a long life had he not overdosed on propofol.

The revelation of Jackson's permanent make-up comes during the trial brought by the singer's mother and children who claim AEG shares blame in his death for neglecting to vet and supervise Mr Jackon's doctor, Dr Conrad Murray.

Face paint: A disturbing autopsy photograph of the singer, not released, was shown in court yesterday revealing that he tattooed his lips, his eyebrows and his hairline as seen here in older photos