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Michael Jackson was supposed to be a basket case. During the darkest period of his toughest year, rumors dogged the eccentric pop star: He was about to be indicted on charges that he sexually abused a young boy, and he was descending into a drug-fueled nervous breakdown somewhere overseas, probably in London. Back in L.A., his lawyers were squabbling publicly, and his former security guards filed suit against him, charging that they had been fired for knowing too much. A few days later, his mother and brother appeared on TV in a dramatic plea for his return.

But in the center of the maelstrom, Jackson was methodically phoning one of his advisers in Los Angeles every day. Among other things, he was checking on the transfer of his music-publishing company to EMI Music, the largest deal of its kind in history, which will net him at least $70 million. In those conversations, Jackson did not sound drugged or barely coherent. Nor did he seem like a sad and beleaguered Peter Pan. According to the adviser, Michael Jackson was mad, and he was clearly capable of articulating his feelings: ”He’s incensed. He’s hurt and disturbed by what people have said about him, what the press has been doing, all the leaks, the whole thing.”

But anger alone may not be enough to fight the mounting allegations, which increasingly detail his questionable relationships with young boys. Strangely isolated at a time when he would seem to need friends and family the most, Jackson is facing his own High Noon — lurid civil charges, an ongoing criminal investigation, and a career in disarray.

Without a single criminal charge yet filed, Jackson, 35, is at the center of the biggest scandal in the history of entertainment. At stake is a centimillion-dollar empire that includes records, music publishing, concert tours, music catalogs, a record label, a film company, charities, sponsorships, and merchandising — not to mention Jackson’s global image as

Lenny Kravitz took to Twitter on Monday (Jan. 4) to “set the record straight” about a leaked version of Michael Jackson’s “Another Day,” a song the rocker recorded with the King of Pop before his passing.

Kravitz posted a video of himself telling fans that the version of “Another Day” which surfaced online Sunday night was not leaked by him. “Mine has been locked up in a vault since we recorded it,” he says. “The version that’s out is a minute and 30 seconds, roughly, of the track — not mixed, but it is the track. The DJ who’s speaking over the track, I don’t know who that person is, I don’t know how he obtained it…but that person has nothing to do with the track.”

Of his collaboration with Jackson, Kravitz says, “I produced it for him; I wrote the song and played all the instruments for him on the track. It was one of the most amazing musical experiences I’ve ever had. It was done by two people who respect each other and who love music.”

Meanwhile, new leaks of “Another Day” continue to pop up online as Jackson’s label tries to shut them down. For his part, Kravitz says he wants the final and complete version of the song to see the light of day.

“I’d like to see this thing get straightened out as soon as possible,” Kravitz says, “because I’d like for you — the fans, the people who love Michael — to hear the track in its entirety the way it was meant to be…so that’s all being worked out, as I sit here in the bush. I’ll get back to you as soon as i have more information.”

THERE IS A THEORY ABOUT THE extinction of the Mayan Indians that should be of interest to Michael Jackson. The legend goes that they became so self-satisfied that they lapsed into staring in admiration at the symbol of the waterlily, which they had painted on the walls of their buildings. In the meantime, they neglected to tend the real waterlilies that fed the fish that fed their economy. In the past few years, Jackson has been chiseling, cleaving and remolding his face, forming a visage that has become both the symbol and the reality of his career as a music superstar. It’s as if he wants to make himself into one of those idealized pieces of graphic art on the side of every corporate high-rise that beam out a message of power and profits. A modern waterlily, a logo.

In a recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Jackson is said to see not just the latest incarnation of his face when he looks in the bathroom mirror but also, written on a piece of paper taped to the mirror, the words “100 Million.” Apparently Jackson’s hope is that with his new album, “Bad,” he will best not only the competition but also himself--his last album “Thriller,” released five years ago, sold 38.5 million copies to become the best-selling album of all time. “Man in the Mirror,” in fact, is the name of one of the songs on “Bad,” which was released by Epic Records on Aug. 31. “Man in the Mirror” is also the album cut most music critics have selected to praise. A line from the song is printed among the many acknowledgments on the album’s liner notes: “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.”