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Actress Brooke Shields has revealed that Michael Jackson thought he was dying and that she wasn’t surprised by the King of Pop’s death.

The former Suddenly Susan star, 44, made her comments in a US magazine.

She said: “He [Jackson] thought he was dying already.”

And while she was devastated by her famous friend’s death last June, Shields said that she was not surprised.

She said: “They were killing him – the people and the press.”

The Lipstick Jungle star also spoke out in defence of Jackson who faced child-sex abuse charges and a high-profile trial in 2005.

The mum-of-two said that she never believed the music legend was a child molester and that she warned him that his sleepovers with young boys would be misunderstood, telling him: “Michael, the world’s not going to get it.”

The former child star, who started modelling at the age of 11 months, also revealed that she doesn’t want her two daughters – Rowan, six, and Grier, three – to go into showbiz.

She said: “It’s a high like you can’t imagine… But, no, I don’t want them involved. Every day you’re told what you are not – you’re not short enough, you’re not thin enough, you’re not pretty enough.

“You’re always losing out.”

The paramedic who was allegedly struck by Michael Jackson’s SUV outside a hospital has dropped his pending lawsuit against the singer.

Driver Jamin Mauro contacted an attorney after suffering whiplash injuries on April 22. He claimed that Jackson’s Cadillac Escalade SUV struck his ambulance outside LA’s Cedars-Sinai hospital.

Mauro told RadarOnline: "We have decided to drop our case after further talks with our lawyer. Mr Jackson is a very nice man and it’s the right thing to do – that’s all I’m prepared to say at this time."

Mauro would not comment if he or his paramedic partner have reached a settlement with the Jackson camp.

Beverly Hills police have passed the case over to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, which says it is reviewing the case for possible charges against Jackson’s chauffeur.