Joe Jackson says he never beat Michael

In an interview this week with American tv presenter Chris Connelly, Joe Jackson insisted that he has been painted in the wrong light. He said, " Michael was never beat as they call it. And everyone spanked their kids when they did wrong. But not beat."
He also said that Katherine was the main aggressor, not him, by saying "Katherine spanked Michael more than I did, 'cause I was working two jobs and she was at home with him the most."