Michael's ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes tells Britain's "Sun" tabloid that Michael once ordered his security team to shoot his brother Randy.

Fiddes says,  "Michael was caught in a war with his brothers for years.  They were desperate to sign him up to a $500 million deal for a Jackson 5 reunion tour."

"Things reached a head when Randy was trying to force his way past the bodyguards to speak to him in one of his rented homes.  Michael ordered him to be shot."

Obviously, that order wasn't obeyed.  Fiddes says Michael was, "out of his mind on drugs" at the time.

But Randy took it seriously, "Randy was so scared he got on the phone and threatened to call the Press.  He told the bodyguards, 'If you shoot me the whole world will know about it.'  He then backed off and got out.