Paris Jackson: 'My father was murdered'

Michael Jackson's only daughter, Paris, says she believes
 her father was murdered.

In her first in-depth interview , Paris told Rolling Stone
 she  was convinced Jackson's 2009 death was "a setup".

The singer died from an overdose of the powerful 
anaesthetic propofol. His doctor Conrad Murray was
 later found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

But Paris believes there is more to the story. "He would
 drop hints about people being out to get him," she said.

"And at some point he was like, 'They're gonna kill me
 one day.'"

Asked by interviewer Brian Hiatt if she thought her father
 was murdered, the 18-year-old replied: "Absolutely".

"Because it's obvious. All arrows point to that. It sounds
 like a total conspiracy theory... but all real fans and
 everybody in the family knows it. It was a setup."

She went on to say "a lot of people" wanted her father 
dead, and that she was playing a "chess game" to bring
 them to justice.

The teenager did not name specific people, and did
 not implicate Conrad Murray in her accusations.

The youngster recently hit headlines for complainin
 about a Sky Arts comedy drama series, in which her 
father was played by white actor Joseph Fiennes.

Writing on Twitter, she said she was "incredibly offended
" by the show, and that the episode made her "want to
 vomit". Sky subsequently pulled the show.

In her Rolling Stone interview, Paris spoke glowingly
 of Jack son's parenting techniques - describing him as a
 "kick ass cook" who "cussed like a sailor" - and dismissed speculation that he was not her biological father.

"He is my father," she said. "He will always be my father.
 He never wasn't, and he never will not be. People that 
knew him really well say they see him in me, that it's 
almost scary.

"I consider myself black," she continued, adding that her
 father would "look me in the eyes and he'd point his finger 
at me and he'd be like, 'You're black. Be proud of your roots.'"

Paris was just 11 when Jackson died on 25 June, 2009. 
She told Rolling Stone she still wore an African bracelet
 her nanny had retrieved from his body that day.


"It still smells like him," she said.

Paris also revealed she had been sexually assaulted by
 a "complete stranger" as a teenager, and spoke openly 
about depression and her 2013 suicide attempt .

"I was crazy," she said. "I was actually crazy. I was going through a lot of, like, teen angst. And I was also dealing
 with my depression and my anxiety without any help."

After a spell in hospital, she is now sober and only smokes
menthol cigarettes (which carry their own health risks ). She
 is pursuing parallel careers in modelling and acting, and
  says she shares her father's passion for environmental activism.

Since the interview was published on Tuesday, Paris has 
taken to social media to ask for privacy.

"I will not be answering any press regarding the Rolling
 State article whatsoever," she wrote on Twitter. "If you 
have questions then read it, it's crystal clear."