Girl is abducted by pedophile during family visit to Michael Jackson's childhood home
A teenage girl was abducted at gunpoint by a pedophile during a family trip to Michael Jackson 's childhood home, then molested in a field, it is claimed.
Oasia Barnes is on trial this week after being accused of kidnapping the 17 year-old girl and her father from the home in Gary, Indiana, before beating her her.
Prosecutors say the 69-year-old led them from the former home of the King of Pop before separating them and forcing the girl to perform a sex act on him in a field.
The horrific incident happened last August when the father and daughter, from New York, decided to stop off in the city to visit the home.
According to The Chicago-Tribune, the teenager, whose identity has not been shared, told the court this week that Barnes had groped her after her forced the two of them into their rental vehicle.
She told the court: 'I was very scared. It was horrifying. It was disgusting', as she told the court as she told the court he forced her to perform a sex act on him.
The father of the girl also gave evidence this week and said that they arrived at the home with around a dozen fellow fans outside of it.
He told the court that Barnes passed him and his daughter, telling them 'don't forget your glove'. The man testified that he 'didn't think anything of it'.
After several minutes, a man that he identified in court as Barnes approached his daughter from behind with a gun and threatened to shoot her.
Initially believing it to be a robbery, the man recalled quickly handing over a few hundred dollars when he says Barnes ordered him to hand over his phone.
Barnes is then said to have led the two back to their rental vehicle by gunpoint, with the father telling a nearby Hispanic family to 'call the cops'.
The man told the court that Barnes ordered them into the car and had the girl sit on his lap in the backseat as he directed the father.
He recalled to the court that it was 'not looking good', as Barnes told him to park near an overgrown alley, the dad said.
The man said that Barnes told him: 'I'm going to borrow her' as he led his daughter out of the vehicle.
He told the court that he considered running the man down as he led his daughter away, pleading with him to not hurt her.
'I won't do her like that', the man recalled Barnes telling him before he tried to press the car's OnStar button for help.
After frantically following after the two on foot, he managed to get the attention of a woman at a neighboring house who he had dial 911.
The girl also said that she had been forced to hold Barnes hand after the assault and walk down the street with him and pretend to be his girlfriend.
She recalled that he briefly spoke with three people that he appeared to know. The girl said she asked how long she was going to be kept for, Barnes replied six months.
According to the outlet, she told prosecutor Tara Villarreal: 'I'm telling him I can't do this. I have to go to school.'
After hearing police helicopters overhead, she said Barnes bundled her into the rear of a property when he again groped her.
She said she continued to talk to him throughout in the hopes of getting distracted, telling the court: 'I have things I'm passionate about, I want to pursue. I need to keep myself alive.'
Shortly after police arrived on the scene and found the two in a basement stairwell, with Barnes then being arrested. Officers at the time said he had a handgun on him.
Barnes was charged with several felonies which includes felony rape and has denied all of the accusations against him.
Indiana court and prison records seen by the outlet indicate that he is a convicted serial rapist, with convictions dating back to the 1970s.
He was released in March 2024 after being imprisoned in 1985 for 70 years after he raped a woman at knifepoint, the outlet reported.
Barnes also served time for a rape in August of 1972 and a battery charge in May of 1978.
Jackson was born in Gary in 1958 and grew up in the home with abusive Svengali father Joe, who was credited with propelling Michael and his other children including Janet, La Toya, Tito and Jermaine to music stardom.
Jackson was dubbed the King of Pop thanks to decades of dazzling music success and is widely-regarded as one of the most talented musicians of all-time.
He died in 2009 aged just 50 and had been accused of sexually abusing multiple underage boys during his career, but never faced any criminal charges.
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