The King of Pop's been swabbed. The New York Post reported cops taking a saliva sample directly from Michael Jackson's mouth in order to establish his DNA backgrounding. This is in relation to yet another round of molestation charges filed against the superstar.

The police went over MJ's Neverland mansion, North of Santa Barbara, for eight hours on Friday. They wrapped things up with an hour and a half visit on December 4, when they took some of The Gloved One's spit.

'They didn't have DNA on Jackson until yesterday [December 4]. Now, they have a control sample,' said Jim Thomas. Thomas is a retired Santa Barbara County Sheriff, who led a molestation probe of Jackson a decade ago and now serves as an analyst for NBC.

'For the sake of argument, let's say they [cops] have a mattress or a sheet with semen stains on it; now they have something to compare it with,' he adds.

Jackson, 46, is set to go on trial on January 31, 2005, when he'll face no less than 10 grand-jury indictments for alleged molestation, conspiracy and illegal use of alcohol with a minor.

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