£16m payout that could not buy peace

He is one of the richest young men in America, but Jordy Chandler cannot buy what he most wants - freedom from the past.

>It has been 10 years since Chandler, now 23, accepted a £16 million settlement from Michael Jackson in exchange for dropping a claim of sexual abuse. Today, in the wake of the Neverland raid, he is in hiding again.

After the allegations he made as a 13-year-old he was harried from his Los Angeles home by crazed Jackson fans. The boy fled to the east coast, buying a home in the Hamptons with round-the-clock security. He became estranged from his mother and stepfather, found it difficult to make real friends and was rejected for university.

Chandler now shares the house with his father and they spend their days in the pool or barbecuing. His uncle said: "He may look normal but something like this doesn't go away."