Posted on 12/26/2003 5:21:28 PM PST by COUNTrecount
Riddle of 3rd Jacko bride By WILL BARKER
MICHAEL Jackson has secretly married for the THIRD time according to pals.
The singer is said to have wed a stunning 23-year-old Muslim beauty in the summer.
Known only as Alisha, she is a brilliant pianist with an IQ of 154, according to reports in US magazine The Globe.
If true, that would put his bride in the top tenth of a per cent of the population - more intelligent than the average university professor.
Jacko, 45, is facing charges of molesting a 12-year-old boy after allegedly plying him with wine and pills.
A source told The Globe: “If these charges go before a jury, Michael knows that having a wife and family will help him.
“One of his problems is that people think of him as being weird and wacko.
“They automatically accept derogatory stories about him as being true.
“But if he can show that he really has a wife and family, like other guys, jury members are more likely to give him the benefit of the doubt.”
Wives ... Lisa Marie Presley, left, and nurse Debbie Rowe Right picture: REUTERS
The magazine claims the ceremony was arranged by the Nation of Islam - a black religious and political group.
It says the marriage was consecrated by an imam or priest at Jacko’s Neverland ranch.
But the bride is said NOT to be a fan of Jackson’s music.
The star wed Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 and nurse Debbie Rowe in 1996. Both were divorced. He has three kids - two of them by Debbie.
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