MICHAEL JACKSON - JACKSON'S EX-WIFE TO TAKE STAND

MICHAEL JACKSON's ex-wife DEBBIE ROWE will take to the stand as a prosecution witness at the singer's child molestation trial.

The 41-year-old former nurse - who is currently locked in a custody battle with the THRILLER star over their two children PRINCE MICHAEL, eight, and PARIS, seven - will reportedly testify that she was given a script and rehearsed for an interview aimed at downplaying MARTIN BASHIR's TV documentary LIVING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON, in which the singer confessed he regularly invites children into his bed.

The prosecuting team are hoping Rowe will bolster the claim of JANET ARVIZO, the mother of alleged teen victim GAVIN ARVIZO. She has told the Santa Maria, California, courtroom she was forced to heap gushing praise on Jackson after the controversial show aired in 2003.

A source tells Scottish newspaper the SUNDAY MAIL, "Debbie is going to be a very important witness. She knows all of Jackson's secrets and what she has to say could alter everything about the case."

Jackson has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges of child molestation, administering an intoxicating agent and conspiracy involving allegations of child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.

The trial continues.