His former flame opens up about the Michael she knew and loved
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New Idea
Seven years after Michael Jackson’s death, his secret lover Shana Mangatal is set to release a tell-all book revealing their relationship... and the truth about his child molestation scandal.
But before the book comes out on August 29 – on what would have been his 58th birthday – Shana has opened up to New Idea. After meeting Michael in 1988 when she was a young fan, Shana maintains they remained friends until his death. And despite rumours surrounding his sexuality, she says he undeniably ‘loved women’ and was ‘not asexual’.
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‘It was 20 years of different encounters and intimate phone conversations, and he cast me in two of his short films,’ she reveals.
But despite their on-again, off-again romance, the pair never took their relationship public.
Shana admits she always wanted a formal relationship with the Bad singer, but acknowledges the timing was simply off. 'There was a time when it progressed to the next level, but the reason it ended was because of his marriage.'
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