Several of Michael Jackson’s home videos and photos of Prince, Paris and Blanket as young children were released to the jury as evidence during his family’s wrongful death trial against AEG yesterday.
It’s clear in the footage that the late King of Pop truly loved and cherished his children and they adored him back.
One clip shows a young Paris seemingly light years away from her current troubles. Wearing a headband and a velvet dress, she coos into a mic saying, “My name is Daddy’s Baby.”
In another, a then-blond Prince with ruddy cheeks plays with a boom mic and says, “Hi, My name is Prince Michael Jackson. I’m daddy’s baby and I love my daddy.”
MJ also appears in videos as well, singing to his kids and asking them the meaning of Christmas.
“Love…Spending time with your family,” a then-4-year-old Blanket responded.
“Who’s Blanket going to be to change this world?” Jackson asked.
“I don’t know,” Blanket replied, then adding, “a movie director.”
“What does Paris want to do? Be honest, search your heart,” Jackson said. “What do you want to do in the future.”
“Help the poor,” she answered and. Paris, 8, also said she would like to be a gymnast.
A 9-year-old Prince said he wanted to be a movie director because “I want to direct movies with my daddy.”
The idea behind releasing the footage was meant to show the suffering his children felt when they lost their father.
This week, jurors heard testimony from The Gloved One’s now-16-year-old son, who gave dramatic testimony against the concert promoters accused of driving Jackson to an early grave.
The family is suing AEG, saying that Jackson was in failing health and the company didn’t do anything to help him — other than hiring Dr. Conrad Murray, who is now in prison after his conviction for involuntary manslaughter.