A new documentary has raised devastating allegations of child abuse against Michael Jackson, claiming the musician gave jewellery in exchange for sex acts and staged a mock wedding with one of his young victims.

It is alleged that Jackson had sex with one child in the castle, pool and a hidden attic at his Neverland Ranch, where multiple locks and thick wooden doors had been installed. The star is claimed to have started abusing one child when the victim was only seven.

The claims of shocking and systematic abuse are detailed by two of the singer’s alleged victims, Wade Robson, 36, and James Safechuck, 40, in the documentary Leaving Neverland.

Jackson died in June 2009 and his estate has described the film as “an outrageous