Michael Jackson's Nanny:"I Had to Pump His Stomach Many Times"

The nanny who cared for Michael Jackson's three children is providing new insight into the King of Pop's battle with prescription drugs.

In an interview with The Times of London, Grace Rwaramba - who worked for Jackson for more than a decade - reveals that she had to pump Jackson's stomach "many times" after he'd taken a dangerous combination of drugs.

"He always mixed so much of it," Rwaramba, 42, is quoted as saying. "There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see him. He always ate too little and mixed too much."

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Distraught over Jackson's drug use, she once proposed an intervention, contacting his mother Katherine and sister Janet for help, only to find herself fired by the King of Pop.

"He didn't want to listen; that was one of the times he let me go," says Rwaramba, who started out as an office assistant.

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Rwaramba, who was last fired in December, also sheds light on Jackson's debt (he was reportedly awash in about $400 million in debt at the time of his death).

Last April, when she visited Jackson's children -- Prince, now 12; Paris, 11; and Blanket, 7 -- she had to buy balloons for Paris' birthday because the singer was so broke.

Says Rwaramba, "Michael had no idea about money."

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On Friday, the day after Jackson died, Rwaramba says the singer's mother Katherine called her from Michael's rented L.A. house and asked where he kept his money. "She said, 'Grace, the children are crying. They are asking about you. They can't believe that their father died. Grace, you remember Michael used to hide cash at the house. I am here. Where can it be?'"

She told Katherine to look "at the garbage bags and under the carpets," Rwaramba recalls. "She said, 'Grace, where are you? Come. I will pick you up from the airport.' She sounded so strong. So strong!"

Rwaramba is now meeting with Los Angeles detective investigating Jackson's death.

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Published 6/29/09 by

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  • These people should be ashamed of themselves! How can you say such terrible things about such a wonderful man?! If you had an ounce of the love and compassion of Michael, you would stop the viscious BS and let him rest in peace!! He deserves so much...
    Anonymous 9/13/09 Reply
  • Unless this is recently new, this ex-nanny came out and said that this was nothing but lies. She never said she did anything like that. It was lies..lies..lies...lies!!!!!!!
    Anonymous 9/13/09 Reply
    • More crazy stories. I'm glad the Jackson family don't allow the kids to watch tv. This is the silly season. Where anyone who can make a dollar off of MJ they sure will try. Truth or Lies!!!
      Anonymous 9/13/09
  • I don't believe any of word said by the nanny...how could she know these private details...i don't think that Michae jackson (who didn't trust anybody easy) could let the nanny know where he put his cash!!!! or let her pump his stomach..she is not a...
    YasoZ 9/11/09 Reply