Another Jackson Will Exists, Author Claims

We haven't heard the last about Michael Jackson's final wishes, contends the author of a just-published unauthorized biography of the pop icon.

Ian Halperin claims a will exists that hasn't surfaced yet.

And in "Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson," Halperin says Jackson was a victim of doctors who got him hooked on prescription medications after Jackson's hair caught fire as he filmed a Pepsi commercial in 1984.

Halperin also writes he's concluded Jackson never molested children, and he asserts Jackson was gay and may have been anorexic.

"I'll predict today, on your show, that we definitely -- this is not the last we've heard" about Jackson wills. "I think there will be people challenging the authenticity of the 2002 will in the coming -- in the near future," he told "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez Thursday.

Halperin got that info from "sources in (Jackson's) camp," he told Rodriguez.

He says his research completely changed his view of whether child molestation charges against Jackson were true.

"I first got involved in the case back in 2005," Halperin recounted for Rodriguez, "after he was acquitted of the child molestation charges. I was furious. I thought we had another O.J. Simpson-type case on our hands, with high-profile lawyers getting a celebrity off the hook. So I wanted to really let the world know that Michael is a child molester.

"But four years later, thousands of interviews and documents later, I conclude 100 percent that Michael Jackson never molested children, and he was just a victim of extortion attempts and people trying to bring him down."

Halperin also portrayed Jackson as a victim of his doctors, saying Jackson's hair catching fire during the filming of a 1984 Pepsi commercial "was definitely the start" of Jackson's heavy involvement with prescription drugs, "but it didn't have to become a dependency. I don't look at Michael Jackson as being an addict. I look at him being dependent because he had all these illnesses and he needed them to live. Without the medication, I don't think he could have survived.

"But this incident back in (1984), I think it was the perfect opportunity for doctors to take advantage of it and to get him to become dependent on prescription drugs and to up the level of the drugs he was on. And that's where I find the injustice is.

"These doctors, I hope, are investigated thoroughly by authorities and are brought to justice, because Michael Jackson deserved a much better fate. Let's face it, he was the world's greatest entertainer, one of the greatest humanitarians I've ever encountered. Michael Jackson was not given justice in his life, and I hope the people who enabled him are brought to justice."

Halperin defended himself when challenged by Rodriguez on his use of two unnamed sources as his main ones in "Unmasked," sources Halperin refers to as Jackson "confidantes."

"Well, a lot of sources are named in the book," he said. "Some aren't because..."

Those two main sources "signed confidentially agreements," Halperin continued, "but I will prove everything in my book easily. The people coming out of the woodwork, they've only come out since Michael's death. Everyone has known I've been working on the book ... for years, and that my book will be the definitive account of what happened to Michael during his final years, and I also have 300 hours of footage to back everything up. So, if people want to be detractors, I urge them to read the book first before making any judgments."

Editor's note: "Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson," is published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, which is part of Simon & Schuster, which is part of the CBS Corporation," as is CBS News.com.