Michael Jackson has left his Neverland Ranch, where he holed up following his acquittal last week, and is aboard a friend’s yacht moored in California, a family friend said.

The source close to the famous clan also said that Jackson was planning a trip abroad.

“Michael left Neverland about a week ago,” the source told AFP. “His friend has a yacht and that’s probably where he is right now,” the source added.

Jackson family spokeswoman Angel Howansky confirmed Jackson had left the sprawling, fantasy-inspired Neverland estate nestling in the rolling hills of central California, but could not say where he had gone.

“He’s not at Neverland, but I don’t know where he is,” she told AFP cautiously.

The US television channel also said the star was either on board a private yacht anchored in the southern California city of San Diego or in the desert gambling hub of Las Vegas.

Source: AFP