Martin Bashir 'misled' and 'duped' Michael Jackson during 2003 interview, former lawyer claims

Michael Jackson's lawyer claims disgraced Diana interviewer Michael Bashir also 'misled' and 'duped' the pop star and 'induced' him to admit sharing a bed with children. Martin Bashir's 2003 interview with Michael Jackson was credited with sparking a child sex abuse investigation against the star In an interview with DailyMail.com, Jackson's former lawyer Brian Oxman accused Bashir of misleading the singer and 'inducing' him to admit he shared a bed with children during their famous sit-down Oxman said the ITV documentary presented Jackson as a child predator with clips of him holding hands with a young boy, who later became the focus of a child molestation trial in which Bashir testified Oxman said Bashir's ITV documentary presented Jackson as a predator, showing him holding hands and cradling young teenage cancer survivor Gavin Arvizo, and included clips of Jackson admitting in an interview with Bashir that he shared a bed with the boy – though denying any impropriety. In Living with Michael Jackson, which aired on British network ITV, Bashir described the pop icon's Neverland ranch as a 'dangerous place for a vulnerable child' Bashir also questioned Jackson's parenting, but in unaired sections of his interview he called MJ's parenting 'spectacular' Oxman believes that while Bashir was 'not evil', his 'careless actions' were fueled by ambition and began a fatal downward spiral for Jackson 'Bashir used the fact Princess Diana had approved and trusted him as assurance he was in safe hands. A recent inquiry led by UK lawmakers found Bashir fabricated bank statements and lied to convince Diana to talk Jackson's attorney said that Bashir even used his controversial interview with Diana to help secure face time with the King of Pop 'Michael's family, friends and I want to know what Bashir said to Arvizo that day.