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Jul. 03, 2007
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NORM: Jackson changes Las Vegas address

NORM CLARKE
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When Michael Jackson vacated this house, the pop singer must have lost his cleaning deposit, according to a source.

Music legend Michael Jackson has moved into a $60 million, 100,000-square foot Las Vegas compound owned by Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei in the upscale, gated-community Spanish Trail.

Jackson made the move over the weekend, after his six-month lease expired on a $1 million luxury home on Monte Cristo, a couple of houses away from the residence of NBA star Gary Payton.

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A source who viewed the house vacated by Jackson said the 10-bedroom home was "filthy," with the interior so messy it appeared it hadn't been cleaned in months.

Piles of junk were left on the curb outside the home, and two Christmas trees draped with ornaments were still in place inside the house.

Jackson left a suite at The Mirage in even worse condition after a lengthy stay several years ago.

Bathrooms and bedrooms at the home on Monte Cristo were left in squalor, with children's handprints on many walls, stains on carpets and garbage left in sinks.

"They left the Christmas trees up like it was still December," said my source.

Jackson's three children slept together on mattresses placed on the floor of one bedroom dominated by a giant carpet stain.

The 53-year-old Prince Jefri, a longtime friend of Jackson's, built his Spanish Trail compound in the 1990s, when he was known as a playboy high roller with lavish tastes.

There are reports he squandered $3 billion to $15 billion before his brother, the Sultan of oil-rich Brunei, put the brakes on his wild spending by filing embezzling charges.

The charges were dropped about the time Prince Jefri moved out of Las Vegas. He reportedly lives in exile in London.

There are published reports that Prince Jefri owned a 150-foot yacht, a $12 million airbus simulator, gold-plated toilet brushes and a gold-plated blender and toaster in his car.

Spanish Trail has been a celebrity enclave since it opened, with Andre Agassi, Greg Maddux, Siegfried Fischbacher, David Copperfield, and Randall Cunningham among the residents.

ART BELL RETIRES -- AGAIN

Syndicated radio host Art Bell has announced his retirement again.

Bell, whose Pahrump-based, all-night show "Coast to Coast AM" focused on the paranormal, announced during his Sunday show that he wanted to spend more time with his wife and new daughter.

Bell, 62, indicated during the broadcast that he will host occasional shows, but none on weekends.

RADIO FUNDRAISER

KBAD-AM 920 (ESPN) will again have "The Longest Radio Show Ever," a 24-hour broadcast to benefit The Caring Place.

Celebrities will co-host each hour with winning bidders, beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 27 from a remote at the Palms.

UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger will be honored at a VIP cocktail party on the 27th at The Lounge at the Palms, followed by a private reception at a Palms Sky Villa. Ticket and event information: www.espn920.com.

Celebrities include boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr., ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd, HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward, CBS football analyst Spencer Tillman and Showtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein, who helped co-found The Caring Place with his wife, Connie, and others.

The nonprofit organization was created to provide free services for the mind, body and soul of those touched by cancer.

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Spies say Pure nightclub is abuzz over rumors that a Hollywood star is insisting that she's going to celebrate her 21st birthday there on the Fourth of July -- if she can get out of rehab in time.

RADIO FUNDRAISER

"It's been a crazy week. Paris Hilton went on 'Larry King.' Out of habit, Larry asked her for a divorce." -- Craig Ferguson

Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find additional sightings and more online at www.normclarke.com.

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Please enter your name Name: Please enter your email Email: Please enter a comment COMMENTS : (word count limit is 300) You have reached the maximum number of words allowed Current Word Count: Ngapera wrote on October 06, 2008 01:54 AM: Kia Ora, Obviously im not from where you guys are but yes i am from New Zealand (Go Aotearoa) Anyway I am too a Michael Jackson fan. And i Hope him the very best from me and me... Dont mind my english, i realy dont spend that much talking english. Michael Jackson, Is it possible if you could come an visit New Zealand that would be soooo cool. I just have this friend that battling this heart disease and one of her biggest dreams is to meet you before she dies if they cant find her a heart. so yea. Hopefully you get this message here is a pic of her. /var/folders/oI/oIQDqMzeE0Cxye39Lzw4dU+++TM/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0xa119f0.tmp.bGR0a9/Photo 27.jpg Pomarie. nao mai haere mai kei roto ki toku hoa tika Good night you will be in my friends and me hearts. arohanui lots of love. Ngapera nab wrote on April 30, 2008 11:19 PM: I love michael jackson so muchhh and I think that I'm the biggest one in my hole street I would like to have his adress in las vegas because I really want to send him a letter... Do someone have his adress ?? I have only the neverland one god bless you michael I love you -- a hudge fan from montreal-- None Al-Rahimy wrote on March 01, 2008 05:10 AM: But michael jackson leavs ther now? christy wrote on February 28, 2008 02:45 PM: michael is the best person alive. i'm 15 and i'm a michael jackson fan for life. i love him. best of luck. daniithax wrote on October 31, 2007 02:10 PM: I love sp much to michael jackson... I'm his fans...well I love all the things that he do... and I think that he's so beautiful and he know that he have fans like me around the world... well...I can't speak verry well the english cuz,I'm chilean girl and I can't speak the english like my idol,but ... well...I'm 15 years old and I love to michael jackson so much... ok this is like I think...and all my life is for him... ok bye Don Carter wrote on July 29, 2007 07:48 AM: Just what LV needs, another child molester in our community, and a slob at that. It is just too bad they let him buy his way out of his last fix...now we have to wait for the other shoe to drop! Child mosleters should be shot, or at least imprisoned. They should not be allowed to buy their way out with money, which Jackson obviously did. Vegas has enough slime balls, parents...beware, the slimist one of them all now lives here! Pat Nickison wrote on July 15, 2007 12:38 PM: It seems as if the "King of Pop" is just an ordinary slob. No Child should have to live in those conditions. As a mother of six and grandmother of 15 I am appalled at the cited conditions in this article. Couldn't Mr Jackson hire someone to clean house before he moved? Vegas Citizen wrote on July 12, 2007 10:06 PM: Jackson is a pedophile Freak...and one of the most dispicable low life dirtbag creatures alive today...look how he left his accommadations at a local hotel and most recently rented home...what an animal!.... Carlos Hernandez wrote on July 10, 2007 12:55 PM: MJ needs to be left alone. He's human like all of us, we all make mistakes. If God can forgive him, why can't we? frank mook wrote on July 03, 2007 01:39 PM: Norm ,you should move in with him,you are his biggest fan,how pathetic Read All Comments