A close Jackson friend has insisted the singer's friend Mark Lester was the sperm donor behind her conception even as Paris's grandmother, Katherine, rubbished the claims.
As the Jackson saga hits the Los Angeles courts again today, Jackson friend and psychic Uri Geller said Lester, the godfather of Jackson's three children, was the true father of Jackson's only daughter, Paris Michael, 11.
"I am not surprised, I knew it all along simply because Michael told me," Geller said yesterday.
"As a close friend of Mark, I respect his own situation to reveal this information at this time. Mark has his own reasons, I really have to respect them."
Lester, the child star of 1968 film Oliver!, had previously declared he believed he was the true father of Paris, 11.
"I gave Michael my sperm so that he could have kids -- and I believe Paris is my daughter," he said.
"It was a gift to him, no money was paid, it was something I was honoured to do -- he wanted children so badly."
The dispute over the Jackson estate continues in court today with more jousting over the Sony film deal surrounding unreleased rehearsal footage.
Jackson's brother Jermaine claimed in a weekend interview that estate administrators had already raised $120 million in deals and endorsements since the singer's death on June 25 from an apparently lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.
Katherine Jackson will decide where and when the singer would be buried.
Her lawyer, Londell McMillan, said Lester's claim, and a bid by Jackson's doctor Arnold Klein to maintain a role in the children's lives in court last week, were futile.
"These genetic lottery attempts aren't going anywhere," he said.
"They have no legal standing. They may seek five seconds of fame but the claims have no merit."
A source close to the company that bought Jackson's Neverland Ranch, Colony Capital, said there was no truth to talk the ranch would be moved to Las Vegas as a permanent shrine.
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