Squirming in his seat, Michael Jackson is asked directly on camera whether he’s a pedophile in newly unearthed video footage obtained by DailyMailTV.

The King of Pop is quizzed by lawyers about allegations of child sexual abuse in what’s understood to be the only time he was ever filmed being questioned on the subject during his life.

The iconic singer, who at the time was 37, appears nervous and laughs, giggles and jokes his way through questions about molesting children in the astonishing footage dated March 1, 1996.

Michael Jackson squirmed in his seat when he was asked on camera whether he's a pedophile in newly unearthed video footage obtained by DailyMailTV

The video comes as a documentary, shown at the Sundance Film Festival, features Jackson’s former child companions Wade Robson and James Safechuck claiming the star raped and ab-sed the pair during sleepovers at his Neverland ranch.

In Leaving Neverland, Robson and Safechuck reveal lurid details of how Jackson allegedly groomed them before engaging in sexual acts.

DailyMailTV’s newly obtained video footage spanning hours shows Jackson being grilled over the claims and highlights his extremely odd reactions to the serious allegations.

The video footage spanning hours shows Jackson being grilled over the claims and highlights his extremely odd reactions, including yawning, giggling and making jokes to the serious allegations

As the deposition drew to a close, Jackson acted non-plussed about the severity of the matters, whispering into his microphone: 'Testing the sound. Is the air conditioning a problem. Sometimes the high sensitivity of the mics picks up sounds'

The video sees Jackson squirm and uncomfortably shuffle in his seat as he was deposed by an attorney over the child sex abuse allegations as part of a lawsuit filed by five Neverland employees against Jackson for wrongful dismissal.

The group – who became known as the new Jackson 5 – asked their lawyer to cross examine Jackson about his behavior and management practice at the ranch.

A key argument from the five’s lawyer Michael Ring was that Jackson had threatened staff, who saw him act inappropriately with children.

In 1995, Jackson ducked a court grilling after giving $20 million to Chandler not to testify against him in court.

He also refused to take the stand in the Gavin Arvizo case in 2005.

But in this video the star has no choice but to be quizzed over the abuse allegations.

The wealthy star was aided by advisor Steve Cochrane and another legal advisor Zia Modabber, while Ring was joined by his co-counsel Ruth Ann Niosi.

It was filmed at The Four Seasons Hotel in New York on March 1, 1996.