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MICHAEL Jackson was NOT gay, his family insisted last night.
Dr Hoefflin, speaking on behalf of the Jacksons, said they were "outraged" at unofficial biographer Ian Halperin's claims the star met male building workers for sex sessions.
He said: "This man has caused huge upset and hurt to Michael's family, particularly to his mother Katherine at her time of grieving."
Dr Hoefflin also said he took the singer to the Playboy mansion, adding: "I know Michael Jackson was not gay. The truth is he lusted after beautiful women.
"I knew he was not gay because in all the time that I knew him that we were best friends - and i was his confidante and doctor - I never had any information that he was anything but straight.
"Also, I talked with all his security and they tell me there is no way he could ever have slipped out for sex with a construction worker. They said that it was impossible for Michael to have left the hotel and house without them around.
"Since Michael's children were born, he was always with them. It was very rare that he would go out without children. It was very rare that he would go out at all.
"We would also spend time together over the years going through books and magazines. Michael would always look at magazines of pretty girls, never boys.
"And finally, I know factually he had sexually relationships with women."
Dr Hoefflin, 63, said: "Michael loved beautiful women.
"After Thriller came out he asked me to take him to the Playboy mansion to see the stunning girls.
"I was friends with Hugh Heffner, made those arrangments and was with him when he decribed how beautiful and desirable all the women were.
"All the time I was ever with him - whether it was on tour or off tour - he would always comment to me and others about pretty girls he would see.
"Never once, did he comment about attractive men."
Dr Hoefflin said that he personally dispelled the rumours that Michael was gay in a 1984 press conference after it was also rumoured that the star had been taking female hormones.
He said: "These rumours were abolished and the issue didn't come up again."
The surgeon - who is speaking at the request and authorisation of Jackson's grief-stricken mother Katherine - yesterday furiously hit out at the star's unofficial autobiographer Ian Halperin.
He said: "It is my opinion that this man is stalking on the grave of Michael Jackson by trying to sell books. The family request a boycott of that book.
"It is my opinion that this man is telling lies when Michael cannot defend himself."