According to the paper, the Gloved One's body is temporarily being housed in a crypt owned by Motown founder Berry Gordy, who discovered The Jackson Five.
"You know, it's been more than two weeks since Michael Jackson died and still the family cannot figure out what to do with his body," investigative journalist Diane Dimond tells "The Insider." "If they don't decide, he'll just lay in this crypt for a very long time."
Berry Gordy's crypt is located in the Court of Remembrance section of Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.
"Can you imagine? Here he is the King of Pop and his body is resting in an empty mausoleum in a crypt with a big fancy swooping letter 'G' for Berry Gordy, who's allowing him to rest there. I just think it's very sad that the family can't get it together on this last crucial issue," Diane says.
For the record, Gordy denies that Michael's body is there.
Diane also reports that there will be an additional tribute to Michael tonight in his hometown of Gary, Indiana and reportedly Joe Jackson, the late star's father, will be attending.
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Diane Dimond is the former host of Hard Copy who has declared herself the expert on the Michael Jackson case. She was very close to the Tom Sneddon. Here's a little history about that scum bag Diane Dimond:
- In 1993, Dimond did a segment with two of Jackson's former bodyguards. They claimed they were fired because they knew too much about Jackson's alleged relationships with young boys. Dimond swore that the bodyguards were not paid for their story. A contract later revealed that they were given $100,000 to appear on her show. When taken to court, both bodyguards admitted that they had made the whole thing up.
- That same year, Jackson's former maid Blanca Francia appeared on Hard Copy claiming she'd seen Jackson naked with young boys. A copy of Francia's testimony reveals that Hard Copy paid her $20,000 to make this story up. Again, under oath, the disgruntled ex-employee admitted she had lied.
- A man named Victor Gutierrez appeared on Hard Copy claiming he'd seen a tape of Michael Jackson sexually abusing his nephews. Dimond later repeated his comments on a Los Angeles TV station. When it was proven that Gutierrez made the entire thing up, Jackson filed a lawsuit against him and Hard Copy. Although Dimond was dismissed from the lawsuit because of "journalistic integrity" (which should not even be used in the same sentence with the name "Diane Dimond"), Gutierrez was forced to pay Jackson $2.7 million in damages.
- When Jackson's former sister-in-law was tragically murdered, Dimond implied that Jackson might have had something to do with it.
- In 1995, Dimond found a random street kid from Toronto who told her that Michael Jackson had sexually abused him. Diane escorted the boy to the police station where investigators questioned him for hours. Dimond was ready to report the story on Hard Copy but the boy confessed that he had made it all up. Since Dimond had already signed on to the story, she was forced to report it. She tried to make it seem as if she was also a victim of the boy's lie but it's obvious that she was the one who sought him out. Why would a kid go to her of all people and make accusations against Michael Jackson?
- In June 2003, Dimond appeared on television and said: "When I saw the part of the documentary with that little cancer boy sitting next to Michael Jackson holding his hand I thought 'this is the proof that it's still going on.'"
- Dimond admitted that she knew about the new allegations in advance. Why was the DA leaking information to a tabloid journalist? She was also at Neverland when the police conducted their search of the grounds.
- In November, Dimond reported that police found love letters addressed to Jackson's accuser at Neverland. It was later revealed that no such letters existed. Perhaps the DA realized it was an illogical story (why would Jackson store incriminating evidence at his house, especially when he suspected in February that this family would accuse him?) and that's why he denied it.
- When a man who won a collection of Jackson memorabilia started doing the rounds on various TV shows, Diane Dimond got in contact with him. While visiting him, Dimond found a pair of 20-year-old, dirty underwear. She phoned Tom Sneddon and told him to take DNA samples from the item. She then proceeded to pick up the underwear and parade them around on television.
- Dimond, after getting a copy of a confidential document revealing the details of Jackson's 1993 civil settlement, leaked it to the press. She also falsely stated that Jackson admitted to wrongdoing in the agreement.
Do not be fooled by Diane's sudden emergence as a credible journalist.
Dimond de-humanized Michael over and over by portraying him as an evil super-villain complete with a fake voice, evil henchmen, and psychotic fans ready to go to battle for him.
She also bolieve every person she interviewed even they were proven to be disgruntled liars.
The real travesty of justice is that vulture like Diane Dimond get to publish a salacious, fictional book about a person she has never even met! After all, Michael sued her and Hard Copy for making up stories they could not proved. She also needs to stop calling herself an "expert" on Michael Jackson. Michael is gone and he can’t defend himself against this evil witch. I think Michael fans should preserve his legacy by standing united against Diane Dimond slander. Please let’s also boycott her piece of trash she called a book on Amazon.com. Since she hates Michael so much, she should not be profiting on his death like the other vultures.
I have been an Entertainment Tonight‘s for a long time. ET and The Insider ought to be ashamed of themselves for giving this snake a forum to spit her venom on Michael‘s legacy. ET has definitely taken a turn for the worse since adding on Diane Dimond to their team .I will boycott ET and the insider until they come to their senses.
I contacted CBS Studios about Diane Dimond and they said that you can write to them at et.newsdesk@cbsparamount.com.I hope many others will see this and do the same regarding Dimond and the direction ET seems to be taking.