British tabloid The Sun on Monday claimed to have got hold of leaked autopsy details of Michael Jackson that showed that the star was wearing a wig when he died to cover his peach fuzz hair, weighed only about 51 kg, that his hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds, and that his stomach was empty apart from partially dissolved pills.

The Los Angeles coroner’s office on Monday dismissed as inaccurate the report that said Michael Jackson was emaciated and almost bald when he died suddenly last week.

As the Jackson family clan gathered in Los Angeles to consider funeral details befitting the worldwide outpouring of affection for the King of Pop, the singer’s mother filed court papers seeking custody of his three children.

Katherine Jackson asked the Los Angeles Superior court to appoint her guardian of Prince Michael, 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7, saying they have no relationship with their biological mother.

Two inconclusive autopsies have been carried out on Jackson — one by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office and one by a private pathologist. Toxicology tests are expected to take several weeks.

Assistant chief coroner Ed Winter said details reported in the The Sun about Jackson’s condition did not come from either the private or the county autopsy.

“I don’t know where that information came from, or who that information came from. It is not accurate. Some of it is totally false,” Winters told reporters.

The report said that Jackson was bald, bruised and had broken ribs. The singer’s hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds, which are said to be result of injections of narcotic painkillers, given three times a day for years.

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