Barber's Pole

THE most lurid testimony to be heard in Michael Jackson's looming child molestation trial could concern the bizarre appearance of his penis. Private investigator Ernie Rizzo, who was hired by the family of the boy who accused Jackson of molestation in 1993, predicts that Jackson's latest alleged victim could provide damning testimony about the pop oddball's uniquely marked manhood. Rizzo, a former Chicago police detective who has seen photographs of Jackson's genitals taken by cops in 1993, claims that because Jackson "bleaches" his body twice a week, distinctive markings on his penis are visible when he is aroused. "It looks like a barber's pole," Rizzo tells PAGE SIX. "That's exactly what it looks like. The first kid and all the other kids who have seen his penis know that there are brown circles around it. "If the second kid is allowed to testify, this will come into question," Rizzo predicts. "Jackson doesn't have [the skin-whitening disease] vitiligo. Debbie Rowe got him the bleach — she used to work for the dermatologist . . . There has never been any dermatologist who has come forward on his behalf to say he has vitiligo." The 1993 case Rizzo investigated never went to trial because the boy's family accepted a multimillion dollar settlement from Jackson and stopped cooperating with prosecutors. Since Jackson's arrest for the current molestation charge in 2003, Rizzo, who claims that people working for the superstar have bugged his car in the past, has been outspoken in his belief that Jackson is "King of Pedophiles." The limelight-loving P.I. even asked prosecutors not to subpoena him to testify at the trial, because he wants to be free to blast Jackson in the media. "They contacted me, and I told them I'm more than happy to testify," Rizzo says. "But I don't want a subpoena, because once you get that, you gotta stop talking." Jackson's long-suffering spokeswoman, Raymone Bain, did not respond to detailed requests for comment.