who was michael jackson first girlfriend?
Lisa Marie Presley
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 The personal relationships of Michael Jackson have been the subject of public and media attention for several decades . He was introduced to the topic of sexual activity at age nine while a member of The Jackson 5 . He and his brothers would perform at strip clubs , sharing the bill with female strippers and drag queens , and the sexual adventures of his brothers with groupies further affected Jackson 's early life . The entertainer said his " first real date " was with the child actress Tatum O 'Neal , when he was a teenager in the 1970s ; he called her " my first love - after Diana [ Ross ] . " The pair eventually " cooled off " and Jackson entered into a romance with model Brooke Shields in 1981 . Although the relationship became largely platonic , Shields said there were times he had asked her to marry him . As they grew older , the two saw each other less . 

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 Jackson met 15 @-@ year @-@ old actress / model Brooke Shields in 1981 , at the Academy Awards . From there , the pair enjoyed a close relationship . Speaking in 2009 , she reflected that they were close because sex was never an issue for them . Although the headlines in the media referred to Shields ' talking about an " asexual Jackson " after his death , what she actually said was , “ As he grew older and the more he started to change physically , the more asexual he became to me . ” She also said that as she grew up and started having boyfriends , she would confide in him about her intimate experiences , as he was curious . She said , " he was like a little kid who talked about the bases – what first base was , what second base was " – and his curiosity was understandable given his guarded life . 

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 Jackson first met Lisa Marie Presley ( and Elvis Presley ) in 1974 , during a Jackson 5 engagement at the MGM Grand . In November 1992 , Jackson was reconnected with Presley through a mutual friend , staying in contact almost every day by telephone . As the child sexual abuse accusations became public , he became dependent on Presley for emotional support ; she was concerned about his faltering health and his addiction to drugs . She explained , " I believed he didn 't do anything wrong and that he was wrongly accused and yes I started falling for him . I wanted to save him . I felt that I could do it . " In one phone call he made to her , she described him as high , incoherent and delusional . He proposed to her over the phone towards the fall of 1993 , saying , " If I asked you to marry me , would you do it ? " . The marriage was , in her words , " a married couple 's life ... that was sexually active " . They divorced fewer than two years later , remaining friendly . 

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 One of Jackson 's first documented relationships was with the child actress Tatum O 'Neal in the 1970s . Their friendship was established by the time O 'Neal was 12 and Jackson was 17 , and featured in gossip columns for several years after . Jackson reflected in 1982 that he and O 'Neal had been engaged in a serious relationship , but because both were busy , it had " cooled off " to the point of their remaining just friends . 

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 Robson met Jackson when he was 5 years old . In 2005 , he had testified in Jackson 's defense during his child molestation trial . At that trial , Jackson 's former housekeeper Blanca Francia had testified that she had witnessed Robson showering with Jackson when Robson was 8 or 9 years old . 
