clipped from: www.divine.ca (BANG) -A friend of Michael Jackson has claimed he is the real father of the singer's youngest child.
Al Malnik - a restaurateur with alleged Mafia links - insists he is the biological parent of seven-year-old Prince Michael II and has pledged to help raise the boy following the 'Thriller' star's death last Thursday (25.06.09).
He is quoted as saying: "I'm the one who saved Michael from bankruptcy and, in return, he said he would name me the executor of his will.
"I was a father figure to Michael and I intend to be a father figure to the son who is rightfully mine.
"He asked me, if anything happened to him, if I would become godfather and parent to Prince Michael."
The 'Billie Jean' star's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is the mother of his two eldest children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11.
"For many people there has been a question mark over this area of Michael's life."
Malnik's claims have been dismissed as "ridiculous" by a family spokesperson.