Aaron Carter: Michael Jackson gave me cocaine
(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."