Santa Maria, Calif. ? Jay Leno told police he thinks Michael Jackson is “guilty” of child molestation, but the late night funnyman’s expected testimony at the singer’s trial may still boost the defense and show the young accuser to be a liar.

The “Tonight Show” host says he took “one or two” phone calls from the accuser and his mother, and they made a pitch for money that sounded like a “script,” according to a transcript of Leno’s interview with Santa Barbara County sheriff’s officers that was reviewed by ABC News.

The bombshell report reveals Leno directly contradicts the 15-year-old accuser’s sworn testimony on Monday that neither he nor his mother ever spoke to the TV host.

Leno told police he had mixed feelings when he found out that the family who hit him up a few years ago was the same one accusing Jackson of child molestation and false imprisonment. “Even though I think Michael Jackson is guilty, I still went, ‘Um, boy, they finally found a mark,'” he said.

Leno said he made the connection when he watched the Martin Bashir documentary “Living With Michael Jackson” and the boy’s unusual name rang a bell.

On the witness stand, the accuser admitted calling Leno’s phone number when he was battling cancer a few years ago, but claimed he got an answering machine. The boy also denied his mother was present when he made the call, claiming it was a female family friend who was with him.

But Leno told a very different story.

“A while back the mother called, ‘Oh, my son, he’s 12 years old, oh, he loves you,”‘ he said. The pitch made him suspicious. “It all sounded very rehearsed to me,” he said.

An investigator asked Leno whether the mom and son were “looking for money.” Leno replied: “I think so. It just sounded a little suspicious. … I don’t know if he’s reading from a script, but it just sounded coached.”

The talk-show host is under subpoena and is expected to testify for the defense later in Jackson’s trial.