jadekate
Nov 8th, 2004, 01:33 PM
Teen pop singer Aaron Carter spent a wild unsupervised night with his "idol" Michael Jackson last year, and Carter's mom is still haunted by fears of what may have happened, she says.
Aaron was only 15 when his big brother - former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter - ditched him at Jackson's 45th birthday bash at Neverland Ranch in California, triggering a night of sheer panic for Aaron's mom, Jane Carter.
And when Aaron came home about 24 hours later, he never gave his mom a full explanation of what went on, she reveals to celebrity interviewer Daphne Barak on tonight's "Access Hollywood."
"I don't know if he was alone with Michael. I don't know. I don't know what transpired that night!" Jane Carter says.
Aaron's sister Leslie Carter says he told her some things about his night with the King of Pop - but she's not sure how much was true.
"I think I remember him saying that he had smoked some marijuana with him or something like that. That was a really wild story he told me, but I don't know if I should believe it or not," Leslie Carter tells Barak.
Just a few months after Aaron spent the night at Neverland, Jackson, 46, was charged with molesting a 13-year-old cancer patient.
After that, Jane Carter says, prosecutors called her and later grilled Aaron about his night at Neverland. But she says she has "no idea" what he told them.
"...Even if nothing happened, which probably nothing happened, that I know of, it just doesn't look good," she said.
Aaron told his mom he spent time in Jackson's bedroom and "that he had a crystal bedspread," but mostly described innocent fun like "dance lessons" and "riding around" the ranch, she says.
The mom says she agreed to let Aaron attend Jackson's birthday bash only after giving big brother Nick "strict instructions" to stick with him all night and bring him home early for a scheduled audition the next day.
But when she couldn't reach either son on their cell phones about 11 p.m., she got frantic.
"It was 3 a.m. I was lying awake in bed, worrying sick, wondering, where the heck are they?" Jane Carter reveals
When she finally reached Nick on the phone and found out he'd left Aaron alone at Jackson's home, the mom blew her top. "I was furious with him. You should have heard me at 3 o'clock in the morning chewing my oldest son out. I was furious, furious!" she said.
Nick told his mother Aaron "refused" to leave with him, so he left him there.
Aaron also told his mom and sisters that Jackson gave him an expensive Bentley car, but Aaron never brought the car home, and Jackson later denied giving it to him.
The mom said she doubts her son's credibility at times "because Aaron lied about me on national television, said that I stole money from him, when he knows that's not the truth."
Aaron did show off one big present from the King of Pop - a glittery jacket Jackson wore on stage at his Sept. 10, 2001, reunion concert at Madison Square Garden. She said Aaron was so proud of the jacket "he carried it all over Japan" when he went on tour last fall.
After she was contacted by prosecutors, Jane Carter phoned Jackson and warned him, "Aaron is telling everybody you gave him a Bentley, and the prosecution has called me, and they're wondering what is going on."
She said Jackson told her, "Nothing happened. Absolutely nothing happened. All we did was hang out. ... I didn't give him a Bentley!"
But the whole episode haunts the mom.
"Not because I believe anything about Michael one way or another," she told Barak. "Just because, as an adult, as a parent, I was responsible. ... I trusted Nick to bring him home, like he promised me he would."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/250699p-214688c.html
Aaron was only 15 when his big brother - former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter - ditched him at Jackson's 45th birthday bash at Neverland Ranch in California, triggering a night of sheer panic for Aaron's mom, Jane Carter.
And when Aaron came home about 24 hours later, he never gave his mom a full explanation of what went on, she reveals to celebrity interviewer Daphne Barak on tonight's "Access Hollywood."
"I don't know if he was alone with Michael. I don't know. I don't know what transpired that night!" Jane Carter says.
Aaron's sister Leslie Carter says he told her some things about his night with the King of Pop - but she's not sure how much was true.
"I think I remember him saying that he had smoked some marijuana with him or something like that. That was a really wild story he told me, but I don't know if I should believe it or not," Leslie Carter tells Barak.
Just a few months after Aaron spent the night at Neverland, Jackson, 46, was charged with molesting a 13-year-old cancer patient.
After that, Jane Carter says, prosecutors called her and later grilled Aaron about his night at Neverland. But she says she has "no idea" what he told them.
"...Even if nothing happened, which probably nothing happened, that I know of, it just doesn't look good," she said.
Aaron told his mom he spent time in Jackson's bedroom and "that he had a crystal bedspread," but mostly described innocent fun like "dance lessons" and "riding around" the ranch, she says.
The mom says she agreed to let Aaron attend Jackson's birthday bash only after giving big brother Nick "strict instructions" to stick with him all night and bring him home early for a scheduled audition the next day.
But when she couldn't reach either son on their cell phones about 11 p.m., she got frantic.
"It was 3 a.m. I was lying awake in bed, worrying sick, wondering, where the heck are they?" Jane Carter reveals
When she finally reached Nick on the phone and found out he'd left Aaron alone at Jackson's home, the mom blew her top. "I was furious with him. You should have heard me at 3 o'clock in the morning chewing my oldest son out. I was furious, furious!" she said.
Nick told his mother Aaron "refused" to leave with him, so he left him there.
Aaron also told his mom and sisters that Jackson gave him an expensive Bentley car, but Aaron never brought the car home, and Jackson later denied giving it to him.
The mom said she doubts her son's credibility at times "because Aaron lied about me on national television, said that I stole money from him, when he knows that's not the truth."
Aaron did show off one big present from the King of Pop - a glittery jacket Jackson wore on stage at his Sept. 10, 2001, reunion concert at Madison Square Garden. She said Aaron was so proud of the jacket "he carried it all over Japan" when he went on tour last fall.
After she was contacted by prosecutors, Jane Carter phoned Jackson and warned him, "Aaron is telling everybody you gave him a Bentley, and the prosecution has called me, and they're wondering what is going on."
She said Jackson told her, "Nothing happened. Absolutely nothing happened. All we did was hang out. ... I didn't give him a Bentley!"
But the whole episode haunts the mom.
"Not because I believe anything about Michael one way or another," she told Barak. "Just because, as an adult, as a parent, I was responsible. ... I trusted Nick to bring him home, like he promised me he would."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/250699p-214688c.html