"My best information is that the body is at Forest Lawn waiting for the decision of where his final resting place will be," Diane tells Victoria. "We hear he may be in a crypt at Forest Lawn. We hear he may have already been cremated, but there is no crematorium at Forest Lawn, so the body may have been secretly moved to achieve that. If the family decides to put Michael in Neverland, state law says that he must be cremated. You can't put a body on private land. Will they try to get around that? I think that might be what the hold up is."
Sources also tell Diane that there is a faction of the family that wants Michael interred at Neverland, while another faction wants to honor him by burying him now.
As for rumors that there will be an open casket viewing of Michael's body at a second memorial, Diane says, "Sources tell me that the damage done to Michael's body -- maybe specifically his face when they were trying to revive him -- just doesn't lend itself to an open casket."
Diane also says, "It reminds me about the fight over Anna Nicole Smith's body, and, finally, a judge had to say, 'You must bury this woman.'"
For more of Diane's interview with Victoria, tune in to tonight's "The Insider."
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You have trashed Michaels name with your unimportant and ignorant opinions for far too long. If you were such an "insider" Why the hell have you never been able to talk with MJ 1-on-1?? Cause your a pathetic leech!!! Go make...
obsession.