Chilling footage which has emerged online appears to show Michael Jackson in disguise buying a ring and toys for a little boy.

It comes just after Leaving Neverland's James Safechuck claimed Jackson bought him a wedding ring and stage a fake wedding ceremony during the alleged child abuse.

The incident was caught on CCTV at a gift shop in California back in 1989.

Jackson was seen wearing a wig, a stick-on moustache and false teeth and his disguise was so dodgy he got stopped by security guards.

The footage from the store in Simi Valley, California showed him paying for toys with a young lad by his side.

The King of Pop and his young companion were also said to have been looking at wedding rings in a jewellery store nearby.

The strange occurrence hit the news at the time with reports suggesting Jackson was planning to propose to one of his backing singers - Sheryl Crow.

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However, he never proposed to Sheryl, who later became a star in her own right, and fans are now looking at the footage in a chilling new light following the screening of Leaving Neverland.

In the shock documentary, alleged victim James Safechuck claimed Jackson married him in a fake wedding ceremony and even presented him with a ring.

Chilling the child in the CCTV footage looks a lot like a young Safechuck and - Simi Valley was his hometown.

In Leaving Neverland, Safechuck explained his claims that Jackson asked him to take part in a wedding ceremony.

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He said: "So we were like this married couple.

"I say married because we had this mock wedding ceremony.

"We did this in his bedroom and we filled out some vows like we would be bonded forever.

"It felt good. And the ring is nice. It has a row of diamonds. The wedding ring."

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In the doc, James is seen holding up the ring and trying it on. It barely fits on his finger now.

He adds: "It's hard to go back to that moment.

"You know, I like jewelry and I liked it as a kid so I think something that I liked was used against me. It causes discomfort. It is still hard for me not to name myself.

"We would go buy them at jewellery stores and we would pretend they were for someone else.

"Like for a female, but he would pretend like my small hand would fit for whatever female we were buying it for."

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Jackson was thrust back into the headlines in January after the screening of Leaving Neverland at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

Leaving Neverland's explosive allegations against the King Of Pop, who died in 2009, sparked outraged among some of Jackson's most ardent fans.

It led to protests outside Channel 4 last week as Jackson's loyal followers vented their fury over the decision to screen the movie.

The late singer's estate has since confirmed plans to sue the documentary makers, and his family condemned the film in a scathing statement, comparing it to a "public lynching".

The Thriller hitmaker was tried on child molestations charges in 2004-2005 - but he was acquitted on every count.

He died in 2009 aged 50.