A man who claims Michael Jackson abused him and his siblings when they were children told a judge he felt “immense pressure” when signing a settlement with the late pop star’s estate, Us Weekly can exclusively report. The estate accuses the man and his family of threatening to make “false” allegations about the late pop star unless they were paid hundreds of millions.

“In late December 2019, I learned that [members of my family] had already signed a settlement agreement with the Estate but that the agreement would not become effective absent my signature,” Frank Cascio, who was close with Jackson for years, wrote in court docs on October 27.

He explained, “At the time, my family was in severe turmoil, and the agreement appeared to offer them a sense of closure. Knowing that, I felt immen

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