Michael Jackson's new father-in-law says the pop star is lying by maintaining his baby was conceived naturally, a British tabloid reports.
Jackson, 38, married nurse Debbie Rowe, 37, last week. She is six months pregnant with a child that the London tabloid News of the World said was created through artificial insemination.Jackson denied the tabloid report earlier this month, saying the baby was produced naturally.
But the News of the World on Sunday quoted Rowe's father, Gordon Rowe, as saying she told him the conception occurred by artificial insemination.
Rowe, 67, who lives in Cyprus, said he was shocked when his daughter called from the United States to say she was expecting Jackson's baby.
"I just couldn't help myself. I said: `Isn't this the same man who was accused of child abuse?' " Rowe was quoted as saying.
He said she then added, "Come on, it's not so bad. We had the child by artificial insemination."
"I said, `Debbie, why artificial insemination? Isn't he capable of fathering a child like anyone else?'
"She laughed and said, `Michael doesn't do anything like anyone else."'