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MICHAEL JACKSON tried to adopt two children from Brazil.
Details of the attempted adoption were revealed in court during Jackson's legal battle with his former associate Marc Schaffel.
Schaffel is suing Jackson for US$3.8 million, and claims the eccentric star tried to use him to set up the transactions.
A tape, that was not played in court, had a recording of Jackson on the phone saying: "Get me two boys, no, get me a girl and a boy."
A source is quoted by America's Fox News as saying: "It sounds like someone asking you to run down to the store and get ice cream. He couldn't make up his mind. He was also looking at three-year-olds and four-year-olds."
Jackson's lawyers are revealing the secrets in court to try and damage Schaffel's reputation.
The pop star sent a US$300,000 payment out to Brazil in preparation for the adoption, but it never went ahead.
The plans started in 2002 when Schaffel hired a Brazilian female attorney, who was aware she was working for Jackson, with roots in the adoption community there.
Throughout the year they searched for a willing orphanage in the country, but the plans were dropped in 2003 when the now infamous Martin Bashir documentary was screened.
Source: Bangshowbiz.com
