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Jackson Wanted to Be Fresh King of Bel Air

Posted Oct 28th 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Michael Jackson was involved in negotiations to buy a $38 million 15 bedroom, 16.5 bath Bel Air mansion just before he died, and the deal was 7 years in the making.

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Sources connected to the situation tell us MJ fell in love with the 18,020 square foot estate back in 2001 and actually entered into escrow -- but the deal fell through because Jackson ultimately couldn't afford the place.

But recently, Michael was trying to work out a new deal with the owners in the hopes of coming into enough cash to score the place after his "This Is It" concert series in England.

A source tells TMZ: "Jackson brought his kids to see the house and they fell in love with it ... They begged him to buy it."

michael jackson's fairly tale cribThe kids' favorite part? We're told they were all fired up about a secluded area under the house which was nicknamed the "Bat Cave."

Sources say Jackson had hoped to use the land to recreate as much of Neverland as he legally could, but as we all know ... he never got the chance.

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1. Wow, what a spread!

Posted at 12:12AM on Oct 28th 2009 by RRR

2. 7 years??? Somebody needed to either sh*t or get off of the pot.

Posted at 12:13AM on Oct 28th 2009 by Constipated

3. FIRSTTTTTTTT

Posted at 12:12AM on Oct 28th 2009 by dan

4. Enough about MJ. Find something else to talk about please.

Posted at 12:13AM on Oct 28th 2009 by Enough

5. This is interesting. Every time there's a big Michael Jackson event, all of a sudden a flurry of Michael Jackson articles start popping up on the TMZ page. smh

Posted at 12:14AM on Oct 28th 2009 by smh

6. MJ couldn't even pay the bills he had. The freak is dead.

Posted at 12:16AM on Oct 28th 2009 by the freak is dead

7. BEAUTIFUL home, i'm sad michael never got to buy it like he wanted

Posted at 12:20AM on Oct 28th 2009 by diane

8. Mj wanted to get that place so he could start molesting little boys again.

Posted at 12:18AM on Oct 28th 2009 by the freak is dead

9. shut up u disrespectful fool, michael was not a freaka nd if u don't like him then don't read or comment about him... it's that SIMPLE u only make urself look stupid drooling over michael

Posted at 12:21AM on Oct 28th 2009 by lisa

10. Poster number 4 and 5 deserves to be shot. He did NOT molest little boys. Get the facts retard.

Posted at 12:20AM on Oct 28th 2009 by Simone

11. We're told they were all fired up about a secluded area under the house which was nicknamed the "Bat Cave."


I bet MJ thought that was a great place to lure little boys into.

Posted at 12:21AM on Oct 28th 2009 by the freak is dead

12. beautiful house! he deserved that for all his hard work all these years, too bad he never got to live there. he might have had better luck in that house.

hope your new house is even more beautiful, love you michael

Posted at 12:20AM on Oct 28th 2009 by kitty

13. @the freak is dead
go learn some facts! He was proven innocent and it was proven those were lies! stop reading the media trash and research the truth!

Posted at 12:21AM on Oct 28th 2009 by MJ fan

14. Well duh, it's Michael fcking Jackson. Go big or go home. Stfu poster 4 and 5, you don't know anything.

Posted at 12:22AM on Oct 28th 2009 by jus1naluvya01

15. It just goes to prove that no matter how long Michael lived, he would never learn a lesson with money, and always would have lived with his finances in the red.

Posted at 1:20AM on Oct 28th 2009 by susan

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