JERKO JACKSON'S UGLY JABS AT JEWS
By TODD VENEZIA
November 23, 2005 -- Michael Jackson may love the children of the world — but he doesn't like Jews, according to a blockbuster new audiotape that apparently captures the Gloved One waxing anti-Semitic to a former business manager.
"They suck," the King of Pop is allegedly heard saying on a voicemail message left the ex-adviser.
"They're like leeches . . . I'm so tired of it . . . they start out the most popular person in the world, make a lot of money, big house, cars and everything. End up penniless. It is conspiracy. The Jews do it on purpose."
Jackson was also heard on other tapes demanding lackeys get wads of cash for him from accounts the financially troubled troubadour wasn't supposed to be touching — and courier them to him in paper fast-food bags.
"You got to get me some fries," is how Jackson is heard describing one of the transactions.
"When he wanted large amounts, he would call and say supersize them," said Marc Schaffel, a gay-porn producer and former Jackson confidant now suing the singer for some $3 million, saying he was not paid for work or repaid loans.
The tapes were played for the first time in public yesterday on ABC's "Good Morning America" — a day after another one of Jackson's former business managers, Dieter Wiesner, filed a separate, $64 million lawsuit against him claiming fraud and breach of contract.
Howard King, the lawyer for both Schaffel and Wiesner, told the show that the Hebrew-hating bit of audio was from a message Jackson left with Wiesner.
This isn't the first time Jackson has been caught in an anti-Semitic controversy — his 1996 song "They Don't Care About Us" included the lyrics "Jew me, sue me," and "kike me, kike me."
"Good Morning America" said it could not verify the message beyond a doubt — and Jackson's lawyers would not comment for ABC.
However, the show says it has verified the voice-mail messages made to Schaffel about getting cash.
"Marc, I really need you to get . . . $7 million for me as soon as possible . . . seven, seven and a half, umm, as an advance," Jackson allegedly said in a message to Schaffel.
Like Wiesner, Schaffel was one of the unindicted co-conspirators involved in Jackson's kid-sex case from earlier this year — in which the wacky warbler was acquitted of molesting a young cancer patient.
Jackson is countersuing Schaffel, saying the bizman owes him money. Jackson civil attorney Brent Ayscough told The Post, when asked about the tapes, that "I would be very suspicious of anything that Schaffel put out."
According to Schaffel lawyer King, Jackson was not allowed to touch much of his own money because of the various restrictions placed on him by bankers, "GMA" reported.
The singer would resort to using middlemen in a clandestine cash drop-off, in order to get around the restrictions and fund his bizarre lifestyle of monkeys, llamas and toy-store shopping sprees, the show said.
And he when he wanted his money, he apparently wanted it now, according to the tapes.
"I don't want no ifs ands or buts," he could be heard saying on one tape. "Do it now, do it now, OK?"
Additional reporting by David K. Li
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