Extreme fame can breed extreme distrust. For Michael Jackson, protecting his family meant he could not blindly trust even the people closest to him.

During the height of his career, the pop star was notoriously protective of his children, Prince and Paris. He famously placed masks over their faces in public to shield them from the relentless paparazzi. According to one of his former bodyguards, Jackson even developed a drastic method to test the loyalty of the people around him.

Matt Fiddes, a U.K.-based martial arts entrepreneur, says he joined Jackson’s security........

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