Michael Jackson molested a boy at Elton John’s house, Elizabeth Taylor, the lawsuit alleges

Four siblings who were part of Michael Jackson’s secret “second family” have filed a lawsuit revealing the depth of allegations of sexual abuse they suffered as children, including allegations that the singer molested one of the boys at the home of Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor.

The lawsuit, filed against Jackson’s estate in California Central District Court on Friday, accuses the late singer of grooming, drugging, raping and sexually abusing Cascio’s four children – Edward, Dominic, Marie-Nicole and Aldo – over a period of more than a decade, starting when some of them were as young as 7.

The pop icon used code phrases such as “I can have a meeting,” “Yogi’s Tea,” “Neverland,” and “Neverland,” as well as “Go to Disneyland” to encourage children to engage in “extreme sexual acts” with her, the court said. He gave them wine – “Jesus Juice” – and hard liquor – “Disney Juice” – and used drugs to make them comply, according to the lawsuit.

The “Thriller” singer’s connection to the Cascio family began in the 1980s when she met her father, Dominic Cascio Sr., at a luxury hotel in New York where her father worked.

The lawsuit accuses Jackson of “imposing himself” on the Cascio family through “excessive attention, lavish gifts, access to his celebrity life, and declarations that he loves and needs each of them.” He invited them to travel with him around the world and celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas and his birthday with them. He used to spend a lot of time at their home in New Jersey, where he came with his children, according to the complaint.

The chart-topping singer is accused of raping and molesting Edward “Eddie” Cascio at Elizabeth Taylor’s home in Switzerland as well as at Elton John’s home in the United Kingdom. Representatives for Jackson’s estate, Taylor’s estate and John’s did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The complaint alleges that the late singer abused his four siblings on international tour stops and at his Santa Barbara County home, Neverland Ranch. That building became the focus of the 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland,” in which two of Jackson’s accusers, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, detailed the abuse they suffered as children.

The complaint alleges that Jackson’s employees would help cover up and correct his abuse of the Cascios; employees were deliberately booking hotel rooms for parents away from their children, the suit says, so they could not tell how much time Jackson was spending with them.

The singer showed his siblings pornographic images and nude pictures of children so that they would not remember, the complaint said. He told them that his life, their life and that of their family members would be destroyed if people knew what was happening.

“He told them to stay away from therapists and avoid women, telling them they were ‘bad,’ ‘cheats,’ ‘liars,’ and ‘stinked’ when something happened sexually,” the complaint said.

Decades after the first sexual assault claim surfaced in 1993 against Jackson, the Cascio family has not spoken out against the singer.

Singer convinced parents to withdraw Aldo Cascio and Marie-Nicole Cascio from school on two occasions to “prevent exposure of the abuse and gain more access to them,” the complaint states. The second time was shortly after authorities raided Neverland Ranch in 2003.

The Cascios’ longtime relationship with the star became public knowledge when they appeared on Oprah in 2010.

When they appeared, they were billed as Jackson’s secret “second family” and said they were reluctant to go public but wanted to “show the world who Michael really was.” At the time, the family said that the brothers had never been abused and did not believe the allegations made by Jackson.

As the four siblings grew up and reveals like “Leaving Neverland” came out, their statements about their childhood relationship with the pop star changed. In 2019, several members of the Cascio family entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Jackson’s estate agreeing to remain silent about their relationship with the singer.

That settlement provided for Jackson’s estate to pay the siblings five annual payments of about $690,000 as compensation for “the many years that Jackson abused each of them and that the Jackson Organization allowed and condoned the abuse,” according to the complaint. The Cascios say the amount is “grossly inadequate,” noting that the singer reportedly paid $25 million in 1994 to settle sexual harassment allegations against him in 1993.

Now, the four brothers are challenging the agreement as part of their newly filed lawsuit, claiming they were forced to sign without understanding their rights.

“Buried within the legal text of the Document was a release intended to release the Estate from liability for Jackson’s crimes, as well as language that prohibited the Plaintiffs from reporting Jackson’s crimes to law enforcement or anyone saying anything bad about Jackson, or holding the Estate accountable to the court for their wrongdoing and Jackson’s,” the complaint continued.

Marty Singer, the attorney for Jackson’s estate, denounced the lawsuit as an “extraordinary embezzlement” in a statement to People. A representative for Singer did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment.

“The family vigorously defended Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, proving his innocence of wrongdoing,” Singer told People. “This new filing is a clear ploy to buy a platform in their plan to get hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael’s assets and companies.”

The four Cascio siblings are asking a judge to award them monetary damages — including potentially treble damages because they were abused as children — for their alleged sexual abuse and cover-up. They also asked the court to cancel the 2019 agreement that they said was used to silence them and they also want a ruling that the estate cannot force their requests to solve their problems.