Michael Jackson’s young accuser testified Tuesday that he lied to the school dean as to Jackson’s involvement in child abuse case. He said he tried to avoid mocking from his fellow students.

The 15-year-old boy testified that Jackson masturbated him at Jackson’s Neverland Valley Ranch in 2003. The boy said he lost respect for the pop idol. "I don’t really like him anymore. I don’t really think he’s deserving of the respect I was giving him," said the boy who was 13 years old at the time.

He also added that he lied to the school principal at John Burroughs Middle School in Los Angeles saying that Michael Jackson did nothing to him in order to avoid other children mocking. "All of the kids were already making fun of me at school. I didn’t want them to think it really happened."

Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty saying he did nothing illegal to the boy. He may be imprisoned for more than 20 years if convicted.