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Aaron Carter: Michael Jackson gave me cocaine

Aaron Carter attends the 3rd annual Grammy Awards Gold Carpet post party on Jan. 31, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif. Getty

(CBS) Aaron Carter is sharing details of his friendship with Michael Jackson in a new interview.

The singer and former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant told Australia's OK magazine that the King of Pop gave him drugs and alcohol when he was 15.

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Carter, 23, told the magazine, "I never talked about it...This is the first time. I do...I miss Michael...I have spent such incredible times with him. I did things with him that nobody else did...But I was also troubled about what he did to me."

When asked if Jackson gave him wine, Carter said, "Yes, he gave me wine. I mean, I could have refused, but I was 15."

"He gave me cocaine," he added, according to the magazine. "I felt weird about that and other stuff... We spoke afterwards, hours and hours, on the phone. I admired Michael, but his behavior bothered me a lot. Then my mother called the police..."

Carter, the younger brother of Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, entered rehab in January for seek help for "some emotional and spiritual issues."

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