Martial arts trainer and Michael Jackson's bodyguard, he announced in 2012 he was the real father of Jackson's baby, Blanket.
He met Michael Jackson through a mutual friend of theirs in 1998, and became a personal friend of the pop star.
He also revealed in interviews that Jackson was addicted to drugs and tried to have his brother Jermaine assassinated.
He married South African pop singer Monique Foxx.
Among his other claims, he revealed that Michael Jackson had a fling with R&B singer Whitney Houston.