Michael Jackson's former nanny has told how she was stunned by his family's money-grabbing reaction to the star's death.
Grace Rwaramba, 42, the woman closest to Jackson and his three children, was in London when news of the tragedy broke, Britain's News of the World newspaper reported.
As she prepared to board a plane to fly home to Los Angeles and comfort the children, Rwaramba got the call from one of the Jackson family which shocked her to the core, it said.
Rwaramba, who was abruptly sacked by Jackson in December, told TV interviewer Daphne Barak: "The relative said: 'Grace, you remember Michael used to hide cash at the house? I'm here. Where can it be?'
"I told them to look in the garbage bags and under the carpets. But can you believe that? They just lost Michael a few hours ago and already one of them is calling me to know where the money is!"
Rwaramba added: "They also told me the children were crying and asking about me, they can't believe their father died." The paper said it was the first time Rwaramba, 42, had broken her silence on her 17 years with Jackson - five as his secretary and 12 as nanny.
Jackson's father, Joseph, meanwhile, reportedly sent removal vans to empty his son's mansion in the upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood, concerned that items would be stolen.
Two trucks arrived at Jackson's home at roughly the same time that the singer's younger sister, Janet Jackson, pulled up in a maroon Bentley, the Los Angeles Times reported.
His sister LaToya had also reportedly been to the mansion. Workers were soon seen removing items from the home.
Janet Jackson spent several hours at the estate, which city records show is worth US$20 million (HK$156 million) and owned by a trust linked to apparel mogul Herbert Guez. Rwaramba, meanwhile, said she had screamed with shock when she heard of the star's death.
Rwaramba told TV interviewer Daphne Barak in an interview quoted by the News of the World that her first thought was for the children. Rwandan- born Rwaramba worked for Jackson for more than a decade, first as an office assistant before becoming nanny to his three children.
Rwaramba, who flew from London to Los Angeles yesterday in the hope of being reunited with his children, has given a graphic account of the singer's increasingly desperate final months.
She was dismissed in December, but claims she returned several times to see the children, most recently in April.
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