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Because the secret to happiness is materialism.
P
Picard
Guest
Even meth dealers and gangsters are happier than I am it seems.
Hosehead
Executive Member
Well get over it. But don't do a Paris because Ambulances hardly ever arrive here. It's like a Twitcher spotting a Little Crake, or winning 5 numbers in the Lotto if you do get an Ambulance before a Mortuary Van.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Dispatch Call describes Paris Jackson's Injuries
Audio released by authorities reveals that paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson's home last week on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with a kitchen knife.
The details were relayed between dispatchers for the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire department. Jackson is the only daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson and was hospitalized after the June 5 incident.
The teen was described as conscious and breathing during the call, which was released Tuesday. No other details about her injuries were given on the call, which lasted approximately a minute.
Perry Sanders Jr. is a lawyer for her grandmother and guardian and has said Paris is physically fine and receiving appropriate medical treatment. Sanders did not return a phone message seeking comment Tuesday.
Source : Sapa-AP /mv
Date : 11 Jun 2013 22:29
Audio released by authorities reveals that paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson's home last week on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with a kitchen knife.
The details were relayed between dispatchers for the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire department. Jackson is the only daughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson and was hospitalized after the June 5 incident.
The teen was described as conscious and breathing during the call, which was released Tuesday. No other details about her injuries were given on the call, which lasted approximately a minute.
Perry Sanders Jr. is a lawyer for her grandmother and guardian and has said Paris is physically fine and receiving appropriate medical treatment. Sanders did not return a phone message seeking comment Tuesday.
Source : Sapa-AP /mv
Date : 11 Jun 2013 22:29
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Jackson was a 'Forceful Businessman' : CEO
The head of AEG Live LLC told jurors Wednesday that he knew Michael Jackson as a sophisticated, forceful businessman and not the drugged-up performer who's been described throughout an ongoing civil trial filed over the singer's untimely death.
Jackson was a far more complex figure than has been portrayed during the trial of a case filed by the singer's mother against AEG Live over her son's death, said Randy Philips, the company's president and CEO.
Phillips said based on meetings he had with Jackson in 2008 and early 2009, he found Jackson to be a "sophisticated man who had control of his life."
The portrait of Jackson that's been presented to the jury during the seven-week trial has been inaccurate, Phillips said. Jackson was described by both sides in opening statements as struggling with prescription drug addiction throughout his life.
Phillips said he disagreed with the descriptions of Jackson "because he's been presented as drug-addled 5-year-old. That was not the man I dealt with. The man I dealt with was forceful. Kind, but determined. He was a force."
Jurors have been presented with conflicting accounts of Jackson, even from Philips. They will have to weigh the different portrayals when they decide who is liable for the singer's June 2009 death.
Katherine Jackson's lawyers contend AEG failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing her son's death, pushing her son too hard to perform and missed warning signs of his health. AEG, however, contends Michael Jackson hid his addiction to the powerful anesthetic propofol and that the company could not have foreseen that the singer's doctor was giving him the drug as a sleep aid.
Millions and possibly billions of dollars are at stake in the negligent hiring trial.
Phillips said he didn't see signs that Jackson was struggling with prescription drugs when he met with the entertainer to discuss options for his "This Is It" comeback concerts scheduled for London's O2 Arena in 2009. Phillips has also told jurors that Michael Jackson never told him he was having trouble sleeping.
The executive has described the superstar as difficult to work with, often changing managers and ideas about what he wanted creatively.
In testimony later on Wednesday, he described having to coax Jackson to a London press conference in March 2009 to announce his concerts. The singer was a couple of hours late, appeared hung over and was concerned no one would want to see him perform.
"He is an emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time," Phillips wrote his boss that day. He testified that he just wanted to get through the event and forget it ever happened.
The six-man, six-woman jury has been shown numerous emails throughout the trial in which high-level tour workers expressed concerns about the singer's health, his weight, and whether he was ready for the shows. Many of the concerns were voiced by tour director Kenny Ortega, who Phillips at one point told not to attempt to serve as an amateur doctor or psychiatrist.
Phillips acknowledged earlier this week that statements he wrote to Ortega about Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray, were untrue. Among those statements were Phillips' assertions that AEG Live had checked out Murray, and that the deeply indebted physician didn't need the job.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving Michael Jackson a lethal dose of propofol. Murray is not a defendant in the civil case, although AEG Live lawyers said early they intend to call the former cardiologist as a witness.
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Anthony McCartney can be reached at twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Source : Sapa-AP /clh
Date : 12 Jun 2013 21:56
The head of AEG Live LLC told jurors Wednesday that he knew Michael Jackson as a sophisticated, forceful businessman and not the drugged-up performer who's been described throughout an ongoing civil trial filed over the singer's untimely death.
Jackson was a far more complex figure than has been portrayed during the trial of a case filed by the singer's mother against AEG Live over her son's death, said Randy Philips, the company's president and CEO.
Phillips said based on meetings he had with Jackson in 2008 and early 2009, he found Jackson to be a "sophisticated man who had control of his life."
The portrait of Jackson that's been presented to the jury during the seven-week trial has been inaccurate, Phillips said. Jackson was described by both sides in opening statements as struggling with prescription drug addiction throughout his life.
Phillips said he disagreed with the descriptions of Jackson "because he's been presented as drug-addled 5-year-old. That was not the man I dealt with. The man I dealt with was forceful. Kind, but determined. He was a force."
Jurors have been presented with conflicting accounts of Jackson, even from Philips. They will have to weigh the different portrayals when they decide who is liable for the singer's June 2009 death.
Katherine Jackson's lawyers contend AEG failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing her son's death, pushing her son too hard to perform and missed warning signs of his health. AEG, however, contends Michael Jackson hid his addiction to the powerful anesthetic propofol and that the company could not have foreseen that the singer's doctor was giving him the drug as a sleep aid.
Millions and possibly billions of dollars are at stake in the negligent hiring trial.
Phillips said he didn't see signs that Jackson was struggling with prescription drugs when he met with the entertainer to discuss options for his "This Is It" comeback concerts scheduled for London's O2 Arena in 2009. Phillips has also told jurors that Michael Jackson never told him he was having trouble sleeping.
The executive has described the superstar as difficult to work with, often changing managers and ideas about what he wanted creatively.
In testimony later on Wednesday, he described having to coax Jackson to a London press conference in March 2009 to announce his concerts. The singer was a couple of hours late, appeared hung over and was concerned no one would want to see him perform.
"He is an emotionally paralyzed mess riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time," Phillips wrote his boss that day. He testified that he just wanted to get through the event and forget it ever happened.
The six-man, six-woman jury has been shown numerous emails throughout the trial in which high-level tour workers expressed concerns about the singer's health, his weight, and whether he was ready for the shows. Many of the concerns were voiced by tour director Kenny Ortega, who Phillips at one point told not to attempt to serve as an amateur doctor or psychiatrist.
Phillips acknowledged earlier this week that statements he wrote to Ortega about Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray, were untrue. Among those statements were Phillips' assertions that AEG Live had checked out Murray, and that the deeply indebted physician didn't need the job.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving Michael Jackson a lethal dose of propofol. Murray is not a defendant in the civil case, although AEG Live lawyers said early they intend to call the former cardiologist as a witness.
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Anthony McCartney can be reached at twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Source : Sapa-AP /clh
Date : 12 Jun 2013 21:56
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Michael Jackson was totally sleep deprived
Michael Jackson's inability to learn new dance moves and remember the lyrics to his songs were symptoms that the singer was totally sleep deprived by the time of his death, a sleep expert told a jury Friday.
Charles Czeisler said reports by workers on Jackson's ill-fated comeback concerts that the entertainer was losing weight, exhibiting signs of paranoia and his condition seemed to be deteriorating were consistent with someone who hadn't gotten any real sleep in a long time.
The sleep deprivation was likely caused by Jackson's use of the anesthetic propofol, which Czeisler said would put the singer in a drug-induced coma and not meet his body's need for actual sleep. Studies showed that similar levels of sleep deprivation resulted in the deaths of laboratory animals and would likely cause the death of a human, he said.
Czeisler relied heavily on summaries of testimony provided by a plaintiff's lawyer and emails from choreographers and others working on Jackson's "This Is It" tour to form his opinion. The testimony detailed Jackson's missed rehearsals and reports that he was picking up dance moves slowly, as well as that he requested a teleprompter to display lyrics to his songs.
"The meticulous detailing of his deterioration here was both profound and sad," Czeisler said.
The Harvard professor and sleep researcher is testifying as a sleep expert in a lawsuit filed by the singer's mother against concert promoter AEG Live LLC.
On cross-examination by AEG defense attorney Kathryn Cahan, the researcher acknowledged that he hadn't reviewed actual testimony from the case, including statements from AEG executives that they thought the singer appeared fine and had stellar rehearsals before his death.
Czeisler, who is being paid $950 an hour for his work on the case, said he reached his opinion after reviewing deposition transcripts, medical records and other evidence shown to jurors during Katherine Jackson's eight-week trial against AEG.
A lawyer for Katherine Jackson summarized the evidence used to form the basis for Czeisler's opinion in a 17-minute, 1,833 word question that caused the trial to grind to a halt on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Michael Koskoff's inquiry was posed as a hypothetical question to Czeisler that included a summary of testimony, passages of emails shown to jurors and other evidence presented during trial.
A judge said the question contained details that are inadmissible in the trial and misstated several other details. Superior Court Yvette Palazuelos opted not to strike the question from the record but allowed Koskoff to clarify it. That process took another 19 minutes on Friday.
Attorneys spent roughly an hour arguing over the structure of the lengthy question, leaving jurors waiting for nearly 30 minutes on Friday.
Czeisler earned more than $250 listening to the initial question, and more than $300 listening to Koskoff clarify it. Czeisler is a Harvard-educated sleep expert who has consulted on sleep issues for sports teams, the Rolling Stones, ex-NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and government agencies such as the CIA and U.S. Marshals Service.
Katherine Jackson's negligent hiring suit claims AEG Live is responsible for her son's death because it failed to properly investigate Conrad Murray, who was convicted of giving Jackson a fatal dose of propofol, and missed warning signs about his health.
AEG denies it hired Murray or could have known that the former cardiologist was giving Jackson propofol as a sleep aid.
Source : Sapa-AP /th
Date : 21 Jun 2013 23:23
Michael Jackson's inability to learn new dance moves and remember the lyrics to his songs were symptoms that the singer was totally sleep deprived by the time of his death, a sleep expert told a jury Friday.
Charles Czeisler said reports by workers on Jackson's ill-fated comeback concerts that the entertainer was losing weight, exhibiting signs of paranoia and his condition seemed to be deteriorating were consistent with someone who hadn't gotten any real sleep in a long time.
The sleep deprivation was likely caused by Jackson's use of the anesthetic propofol, which Czeisler said would put the singer in a drug-induced coma and not meet his body's need for actual sleep. Studies showed that similar levels of sleep deprivation resulted in the deaths of laboratory animals and would likely cause the death of a human, he said.
Czeisler relied heavily on summaries of testimony provided by a plaintiff's lawyer and emails from choreographers and others working on Jackson's "This Is It" tour to form his opinion. The testimony detailed Jackson's missed rehearsals and reports that he was picking up dance moves slowly, as well as that he requested a teleprompter to display lyrics to his songs.
"The meticulous detailing of his deterioration here was both profound and sad," Czeisler said.
The Harvard professor and sleep researcher is testifying as a sleep expert in a lawsuit filed by the singer's mother against concert promoter AEG Live LLC.
On cross-examination by AEG defense attorney Kathryn Cahan, the researcher acknowledged that he hadn't reviewed actual testimony from the case, including statements from AEG executives that they thought the singer appeared fine and had stellar rehearsals before his death.
Czeisler, who is being paid $950 an hour for his work on the case, said he reached his opinion after reviewing deposition transcripts, medical records and other evidence shown to jurors during Katherine Jackson's eight-week trial against AEG.
A lawyer for Katherine Jackson summarized the evidence used to form the basis for Czeisler's opinion in a 17-minute, 1,833 word question that caused the trial to grind to a halt on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Michael Koskoff's inquiry was posed as a hypothetical question to Czeisler that included a summary of testimony, passages of emails shown to jurors and other evidence presented during trial.
A judge said the question contained details that are inadmissible in the trial and misstated several other details. Superior Court Yvette Palazuelos opted not to strike the question from the record but allowed Koskoff to clarify it. That process took another 19 minutes on Friday.
Attorneys spent roughly an hour arguing over the structure of the lengthy question, leaving jurors waiting for nearly 30 minutes on Friday.
Czeisler earned more than $250 listening to the initial question, and more than $300 listening to Koskoff clarify it. Czeisler is a Harvard-educated sleep expert who has consulted on sleep issues for sports teams, the Rolling Stones, ex-NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and government agencies such as the CIA and U.S. Marshals Service.
Katherine Jackson's negligent hiring suit claims AEG Live is responsible for her son's death because it failed to properly investigate Conrad Murray, who was convicted of giving Jackson a fatal dose of propofol, and missed warning signs about his health.
AEG denies it hired Murray or could have known that the former cardiologist was giving Jackson propofol as a sleep aid.
Source : Sapa-AP /th
Date : 21 Jun 2013 23:23
P
Picard
Guest
I would think that this should be quite obvious to a doctor.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Judge taking no acion on Jackson Guardianship
A judge said Tuesday that he will make no changes to the guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children after receiving an investigator's report on their well-being and meeting with attorneys for their caretakers.
Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ordered the inquiry after 15-year-old Paris Jackson was hospitalized on June 5. Authorities reported she took Motrin pills and cut her arm with a kitchen knife.
The judge ordered an investigator to interview Jackson's children and report back to him.
Beckloff also met with attorneys for the children's guardians, grandmother Katherine Jackson and their adult cousin TJ Jackson.
"I'm taking no further action," Beckloff told attorneys for Jackson' estate.
The decision was announced during a hearing at which Howard Weitzman, an attorney for the estate, raised the issue of potential harm to the singer's daughter that might come with unsealing "salacious details" of a choreographer's recent molestation allegations against the pop superstar.
Beckloff told attorneys he will consider which portions of Wade Robson's complaint to unseal and inform attorneys of his decision. Robson claims the acts occurred when he was a child.
Another hearing will be held to determine if Robson can pursue that allegation.
Perry Sanders Jr., an attorney for Katherine Jackson, has said Paris Jackson is physically fine and receiving proper medical attention. He has not provided further updates on her condition.
"In light of all current circumstances and the special investigator's report, we agreed with the judge that appropriate decisions are being made regarding care of all three children, and no further action is required," Sanders wrote in a statement Tuesday.
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Anthony McCartney can be reached at twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Source : Sapa-AP /mjs
Date : 26 Jun 2013 02:41
A judge said Tuesday that he will make no changes to the guardianship of Michael Jackson's three children after receiving an investigator's report on their well-being and meeting with attorneys for their caretakers.
Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ordered the inquiry after 15-year-old Paris Jackson was hospitalized on June 5. Authorities reported she took Motrin pills and cut her arm with a kitchen knife.
The judge ordered an investigator to interview Jackson's children and report back to him.
Beckloff also met with attorneys for the children's guardians, grandmother Katherine Jackson and their adult cousin TJ Jackson.
"I'm taking no further action," Beckloff told attorneys for Jackson' estate.
The decision was announced during a hearing at which Howard Weitzman, an attorney for the estate, raised the issue of potential harm to the singer's daughter that might come with unsealing "salacious details" of a choreographer's recent molestation allegations against the pop superstar.
Beckloff told attorneys he will consider which portions of Wade Robson's complaint to unseal and inform attorneys of his decision. Robson claims the acts occurred when he was a child.
Another hearing will be held to determine if Robson can pursue that allegation.
Perry Sanders Jr., an attorney for Katherine Jackson, has said Paris Jackson is physically fine and receiving proper medical attention. He has not provided further updates on her condition.
"In light of all current circumstances and the special investigator's report, we agreed with the judge that appropriate decisions are being made regarding care of all three children, and no further action is required," Sanders wrote in a statement Tuesday.
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Anthony McCartney can be reached at twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Source : Sapa-AP /mjs
Date : 26 Jun 2013 02:41
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Jackson's Son says his father feared Concert Promoter
Michael Jackson's eldest son testified Wednesday that his father was excited about going back on tour before his death but wasn't happy about the pressure that came with the ill-fated shows.
Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson Jr. told jurors his father wanted more time to rehearse and had several tense phone conversations with promoters of his "This Is It" shows that sometimes ended with his father in tears.
The 16-year-old said his father remarked after one of the conversations, "'They're going to kill me.'" He did not elaborate.
The testimony came in a lawsuit claiming AEG negligently hired Conrad Murray, the doctor who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.
AEG denies it hired the physician or bears any responsibility for the entertainer's death.
Wearing a black suit with a dark grey tie and his long brown hair tucked behind his ears, Prince testified that he saw AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips at the family's rented mansion in a heated conversation with Murray in the days before his father died. The teenager said Phillips grabbed Murray's elbow.
Phillips "looked aggressive to me," Prince testified.
Michael Jackson wasn't at home at the time and was probably rehearsing, Prince said.
Murray's attorney Valerie Wass and AEG defense attorney Marvin S. Putnam later denied outside court that the meeting Prince described ever happened.
Putnam said Prince would be re-called to the witness stand during the defense case later in the trial.
"I think as the testimony will show when he is called in our defense that's not what happened," Putnam said. "He was a 12-year-old boy who has had to endure this great tragedy."
For the first time, the teenage publicly provided details about the day his father died. Prince testified that he saw Murray performing CPR on his father, who was hanging halfway off a bed. It appeared his dad's eyes were rolled up in the back of his head, Prince told jurors.
Prince's eyes appeared red as he recalled being told by Murray at a hospital that his father was dead.
Prince said he never saw Murray's treatments of his father.
"I was 12. To my understanding he was supposed to make sure my dad stayed healthy," Prince testified.
Prince said none of the household staff were allowed upstairs at the mansion, and the singer kept his bedroom locked while receiving treatments from Murray.
During cross-examination, Putnam played a clip from a deposition of Prince in which the teen said he discovered the bedroom was locked when he and his siblings were playing hide-and-seek and couldn't get inside.
Prince also said his father gave him and his sister Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson a stack of $100 bills on a few occasions to give to Murray. The teen said his father told him that Murray wouldn't take the money from him, and the doctor wouldn't take the full amount from the children.
The teenager said his understanding was that the money was meant to tide Murray over until he got paid by AEG Live.
Prince's grandmother, Katherine Jackson, sat in the front row of the courtroom during his testimony. She held a tissue and removed her glasses several times.
The testimony began with the teenager showing jurors roughly 15 minutes of private family photos and home videos.
The trial is expected to last several more weeks.
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Anthony McCartney can be reached at twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Source : Sapa-AP /mjs
Date : 27 Jun 2013 02:45
Michael Jackson's eldest son testified Wednesday that his father was excited about going back on tour before his death but wasn't happy about the pressure that came with the ill-fated shows.
Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson Jr. told jurors his father wanted more time to rehearse and had several tense phone conversations with promoters of his "This Is It" shows that sometimes ended with his father in tears.
The 16-year-old said his father remarked after one of the conversations, "'They're going to kill me.'" He did not elaborate.
The testimony came in a lawsuit claiming AEG negligently hired Conrad Murray, the doctor who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.
AEG denies it hired the physician or bears any responsibility for the entertainer's death.
Wearing a black suit with a dark grey tie and his long brown hair tucked behind his ears, Prince testified that he saw AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips at the family's rented mansion in a heated conversation with Murray in the days before his father died. The teenager said Phillips grabbed Murray's elbow.
Phillips "looked aggressive to me," Prince testified.
Michael Jackson wasn't at home at the time and was probably rehearsing, Prince said.
Murray's attorney Valerie Wass and AEG defense attorney Marvin S. Putnam later denied outside court that the meeting Prince described ever happened.
Putnam said Prince would be re-called to the witness stand during the defense case later in the trial.
"I think as the testimony will show when he is called in our defense that's not what happened," Putnam said. "He was a 12-year-old boy who has had to endure this great tragedy."
For the first time, the teenage publicly provided details about the day his father died. Prince testified that he saw Murray performing CPR on his father, who was hanging halfway off a bed. It appeared his dad's eyes were rolled up in the back of his head, Prince told jurors.
Prince's eyes appeared red as he recalled being told by Murray at a hospital that his father was dead.
Prince said he never saw Murray's treatments of his father.
"I was 12. To my understanding he was supposed to make sure my dad stayed healthy," Prince testified.
Prince said none of the household staff were allowed upstairs at the mansion, and the singer kept his bedroom locked while receiving treatments from Murray.
During cross-examination, Putnam played a clip from a deposition of Prince in which the teen said he discovered the bedroom was locked when he and his siblings were playing hide-and-seek and couldn't get inside.
Prince also said his father gave him and his sister Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson a stack of $100 bills on a few occasions to give to Murray. The teen said his father told him that Murray wouldn't take the money from him, and the doctor wouldn't take the full amount from the children.
The teenager said his understanding was that the money was meant to tide Murray over until he got paid by AEG Live.
Prince's grandmother, Katherine Jackson, sat in the front row of the courtroom during his testimony. She held a tissue and removed her glasses several times.
The testimony began with the teenager showing jurors roughly 15 minutes of private family photos and home videos.
The trial is expected to last several more weeks.
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Anthony McCartney can be reached at twitter.com/mccartneyAP
Source : Sapa-AP /mjs
Date : 27 Jun 2013 02:45
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Jackson said Tour would kill him
An exhausted Michael Jackson warned that tour promoters AEG Live were going to "kill" him as he rehearsed for a marathon concert tour shortly before his death, his son Prince testified Wednesday.
The 16-year-old also recounted the harrowing scenes on the day Jackson died in 2009, recalling how his younger sister Paris was "screaming" as doctor Conrad Murray was trying to revive her father.
"He just wished he had more time for rehearsals," he told the wrongful death trial, in which the Jackson family accuses AEG Live of negligently hiring Murray to care for the star for his doomed "This Is It" shows.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 for having given Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol, to help him cope with chronic insomnia as he rehearsed for the series of 50 planned London shows.
Previous testimony at the manslaughter trial, and at the current civil case, has heard details of how the self-styled King of Pop's state of health deteriorated rapidly in the months before his death.
On Wednesday -- a day after the fourth anniversary of Jackson's death --his son Prince said the singer was upset on the phone "a lot of time," most of the time with AEG Live chief Randy Phillips.
"He would cry sometimes. He said: 'They're gonna kill me, they're gonna kill me.'" Asked who he was talking about, he said: "People in AEG, Randy Phillips."
The teenager was dressed in a dark suit and tie, with long hair brushed behind his ears. He appeared reasonably relaxed, smiling as some videos and photos of the family were shown in court.
The 16-year-old, the highest-profile witness to testify since the civil trial started in late April, recalled June 25, 2009, the day his father died at his rented Holmby Hills mansion outside Los Angeles.
"I was downstairs in the sitting room. I heard screaming upstairs. I saw Dr Conrad, (personal chef) Kai (Chase) looked nervous and said 'Dr. Murray wants you upstairs.'
"I ran upstairs and I saw Dr Murray doing CPR on my dad. Dr. Murray was screaming while doing CPR. Then my sister came upstairs. She was screaming all the time saying she wants her dad," he added.
Appearing to fight back tears, he recalled how the children followed the ambulance which took Jackson to hospital, in a separate car.
"My dad always told us that angels were looking after him.
At the hospital, "Dr. Murray said 'Sorry kids, dad is dead. We just cried," he told the jury.
Jackson's lawyers have called a series of AEG executives -- including Phillips -- and experts as witnesses over the last two months, and are expected to hand over to the AEG defense in the near future.
His son's powerful testimony was likely an attempt to make a personal appeal to the 12-person jury before main Jackson family lawyer Brian Panish closes their side of the case.
During the testimony Wednesday, Panish showed a lot of pictures of the children, including a video shot at Christmas in which they are asked what they want to do when they are grown up.
In one clip Blanket -- now 11 years old -- says "I don't know," and Paris talks about gymnastics and "helping the poor."
Prince told the court he wants to study film and business or mechanical science and business at the University of Southern California (USC).
Of his father, he said: "He wanted to know what we were learning, how we were doing at school and how we would use that to better the world. He always said you have to be creative and think with the right side of your brain."
Jackson's 15-year-old daughter Paris was also originally listed among witnesses due to be called. But it is now thought unlikely she will testify, after she was hospitalized earlier this month following a suicide attempt.
Her elder brother was asked about his sister at Wednesday's hearing.
"She was my dad's princess," he recalled.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mjs
Date : 27 Jun 2013 04:06
An exhausted Michael Jackson warned that tour promoters AEG Live were going to "kill" him as he rehearsed for a marathon concert tour shortly before his death, his son Prince testified Wednesday.
The 16-year-old also recounted the harrowing scenes on the day Jackson died in 2009, recalling how his younger sister Paris was "screaming" as doctor Conrad Murray was trying to revive her father.
"He just wished he had more time for rehearsals," he told the wrongful death trial, in which the Jackson family accuses AEG Live of negligently hiring Murray to care for the star for his doomed "This Is It" shows.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 for having given Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol, to help him cope with chronic insomnia as he rehearsed for the series of 50 planned London shows.
Previous testimony at the manslaughter trial, and at the current civil case, has heard details of how the self-styled King of Pop's state of health deteriorated rapidly in the months before his death.
On Wednesday -- a day after the fourth anniversary of Jackson's death --his son Prince said the singer was upset on the phone "a lot of time," most of the time with AEG Live chief Randy Phillips.
"He would cry sometimes. He said: 'They're gonna kill me, they're gonna kill me.'" Asked who he was talking about, he said: "People in AEG, Randy Phillips."
The teenager was dressed in a dark suit and tie, with long hair brushed behind his ears. He appeared reasonably relaxed, smiling as some videos and photos of the family were shown in court.
The 16-year-old, the highest-profile witness to testify since the civil trial started in late April, recalled June 25, 2009, the day his father died at his rented Holmby Hills mansion outside Los Angeles.
"I was downstairs in the sitting room. I heard screaming upstairs. I saw Dr Conrad, (personal chef) Kai (Chase) looked nervous and said 'Dr. Murray wants you upstairs.'
"I ran upstairs and I saw Dr Murray doing CPR on my dad. Dr. Murray was screaming while doing CPR. Then my sister came upstairs. She was screaming all the time saying she wants her dad," he added.
Appearing to fight back tears, he recalled how the children followed the ambulance which took Jackson to hospital, in a separate car.
"My dad always told us that angels were looking after him.
At the hospital, "Dr. Murray said 'Sorry kids, dad is dead. We just cried," he told the jury.
Jackson's lawyers have called a series of AEG executives -- including Phillips -- and experts as witnesses over the last two months, and are expected to hand over to the AEG defense in the near future.
His son's powerful testimony was likely an attempt to make a personal appeal to the 12-person jury before main Jackson family lawyer Brian Panish closes their side of the case.
During the testimony Wednesday, Panish showed a lot of pictures of the children, including a video shot at Christmas in which they are asked what they want to do when they are grown up.
In one clip Blanket -- now 11 years old -- says "I don't know," and Paris talks about gymnastics and "helping the poor."
Prince told the court he wants to study film and business or mechanical science and business at the University of Southern California (USC).
Of his father, he said: "He wanted to know what we were learning, how we were doing at school and how we would use that to better the world. He always said you have to be creative and think with the right side of your brain."
Jackson's 15-year-old daughter Paris was also originally listed among witnesses due to be called. But it is now thought unlikely she will testify, after she was hospitalized earlier this month following a suicide attempt.
Her elder brother was asked about his sister at Wednesday's hearing.
"She was my dad's princess," he recalled.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mjs
Date : 27 Jun 2013 04:06
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Paris Jackson 'Better' but missed Dad's Tribute
By MICHAEL CIDONI LENNOX
Once was not enough.
Less than 20 months after the debut of the first Cirque du Soliel show paying tribute Michael Jackson comes the second: "Michael Jackson ONE"
Cirque president Daniel Lamarre said he'd planned two Jackson-inspired shows "from the first day we got the rights from the (Jackson) estate," with the first production, "Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR," delivering a stadium-sized concert-type presentation and "ONE" a more intimate affair.
The new show is something closer to what Cirque du Soliel usually serves up. It's a multimedia extravaganza that often flies high, but never loses sight of its inspiration.
Saturday's world premiere attracted celebrities including musician Justin Bieber, as well as actors Neil Patrick Harris, Allison Janney and Alfre Woodard.
Also in attendance were Michael Jackson's brothers Marlon, Tito and Jackie, the latter noting during arrivals that most of the Jackson family would be inside the theater for the premiere except for Michael's daughter, Paris. The teen was taken by ambulance from her family's home June 5 and hospitalized.
"She's going to be OK," Jackie Jackson said. "She's getting better."
The brothers said even less when asked about the progress of the lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live. The family claims the company hired Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Michael Jackson's 2009 death.
"We can't elaborate on that, because it's still ongoing," replied Marlon Jackson.
Following a dramatic week of courtroom testimony surrounding Michael Jackson's final days, the brothers seemed relieved to be revisiting Michael's life and work.
"ONE" "is all about the music" said Marlon Jackson. "This is part of giving back and sharing his legacy."
"ONE" also gives Cirque another crack at producing the ultimate Michael Jackson tribute show.
Some heavyweight media outlets gave "IMMORTAL" lukewarm reviews (The Hollywood Reporter, and the Los Angeles Times among them). And even Cirque president Lamarre admitted the production was being "tweaked" throughout its North American run.
"ONE" director Jamie King commented, "I think the questions with ('IMMORTAL') was, 'Was there enough Cirque? Was there enough Michael?' There's where the confusion (was)."
"ONE" is very different," explained Lamarre. "It's a total immersion. So, people are going to dive into the universe of Michael Jackson."
Despite mixed reviews and initial production problems, "IMMORTAL" was a box-office smash. According to Forbes, it was the highest-grossing tour in the United States in 2011 and the second-highest in 2012. By the time it traveled overseas, Lamarre said, "IMMORTAL" was greatly improved and, "I cannot wait to bring back 'IMMORTAL' (to North America) for people to realize how good a show it is now."
Source : Sapa-AP /nsm
Date : 30 Jun 2013 20:33
By MICHAEL CIDONI LENNOX
Once was not enough.
Less than 20 months after the debut of the first Cirque du Soliel show paying tribute Michael Jackson comes the second: "Michael Jackson ONE"
Cirque president Daniel Lamarre said he'd planned two Jackson-inspired shows "from the first day we got the rights from the (Jackson) estate," with the first production, "Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR," delivering a stadium-sized concert-type presentation and "ONE" a more intimate affair.
The new show is something closer to what Cirque du Soliel usually serves up. It's a multimedia extravaganza that often flies high, but never loses sight of its inspiration.
Saturday's world premiere attracted celebrities including musician Justin Bieber, as well as actors Neil Patrick Harris, Allison Janney and Alfre Woodard.
Also in attendance were Michael Jackson's brothers Marlon, Tito and Jackie, the latter noting during arrivals that most of the Jackson family would be inside the theater for the premiere except for Michael's daughter, Paris. The teen was taken by ambulance from her family's home June 5 and hospitalized.
"She's going to be OK," Jackie Jackson said. "She's getting better."
The brothers said even less when asked about the progress of the lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live. The family claims the company hired Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Michael Jackson's 2009 death.
"We can't elaborate on that, because it's still ongoing," replied Marlon Jackson.
Following a dramatic week of courtroom testimony surrounding Michael Jackson's final days, the brothers seemed relieved to be revisiting Michael's life and work.
"ONE" "is all about the music" said Marlon Jackson. "This is part of giving back and sharing his legacy."
"ONE" also gives Cirque another crack at producing the ultimate Michael Jackson tribute show.
Some heavyweight media outlets gave "IMMORTAL" lukewarm reviews (The Hollywood Reporter, and the Los Angeles Times among them). And even Cirque president Lamarre admitted the production was being "tweaked" throughout its North American run.
"ONE" director Jamie King commented, "I think the questions with ('IMMORTAL') was, 'Was there enough Cirque? Was there enough Michael?' There's where the confusion (was)."
"ONE" is very different," explained Lamarre. "It's a total immersion. So, people are going to dive into the universe of Michael Jackson."
Despite mixed reviews and initial production problems, "IMMORTAL" was a box-office smash. According to Forbes, it was the highest-grossing tour in the United States in 2011 and the second-highest in 2012. By the time it traveled overseas, Lamarre said, "IMMORTAL" was greatly improved and, "I cannot wait to bring back 'IMMORTAL' (to North America) for people to realize how good a show it is now."
Source : Sapa-AP /nsm
Date : 30 Jun 2013 20:33
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Doctor says he thought Jackson had a drug problem
A doctor who treated Michael Jackson during a 1993 concert tour that had to be canceled when the singer entered rehab testified Monday about the signs that led him to conclude the singer had a problem with prescription pain medications at the time.
In videotaped testimony, Dr. Stuart Finkelstein said he was later asked by concert promoter AEG Live to act as Jackson's personal physician during the ill-fated "This Is It" tour in 2009 but wanted to know if Jackson was "clean."
AEG executive Paul Gongaware said he didn't believe Jackson had any prescription drug issues, Finkelstein testified.
Finkelstein's testimony was recorded during a February deposition that was played for jurors hearing a negligence lawsuit by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC. Katherine Jackson claims AEG failed to properly investigate another doctor who later gave her son an overdose of the anesthetic propofol and that the company ignored warning signs about her son's health.
Finkelstein said he first suspected Jackson had a dependence on pain medications in 1993 while working on the "Dangerous" tour. He recounted spending 24 hours in the singer's hotel suite and administering morphine intravenously to deal with Jackson's pain.
He said he gave Jackson morphine during their first meeting because the singer's buttocks were scarred from previous unspecified treatments and he was concerned about giving an injection of the painkiller Demerol.
He said he also noticed that Jackson appeared to have a high tolerance for morphine and had on a patch that administered another opiate drug.
Finkelstein said he gave Jackson one other painkiller treatment before the "Dangerous" tour was halted after what he described as an intervention by Elizabeth Taylor and others in Mexico City.
The doctor, who now specializes in addiction medicine and works for concert promoters treating injuries to performers, said he relayed his concerns about Jackson's painkiller use to Gongaware, then a "Dangerous" tour worker.
Gongaware is now a top AEG Live executives and a friend of Finkelstein, the physician said.
Finkelstein said he and Gongaware had five to 10 conversations in 2009 about working on Jackson's "This Is It" shows. Finkelstein said he wanted $40,000 a month and was not hired.
Jackson died after Dr. Conrad Murray administered an overdose of the anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009. Murray, who agreed to work on the "This Is It" shows for $150,000 a month, provided Jackson with propofol as a sleep aid.
AEG Live denies it hired Murray and says it bears no responsibility for Jackson's death.
Murray is in prison after being sentenced to four years behind bars for involuntary manslaughter.
Finkelstein is the first medical professional who treated Jackson to testify in the case, now in its 11th week.
Last week, jurors heard from addiction medicine specialist Dr. Sidney Schnoll, a paid expert witness who said he did not see anything in Jackson's medical history that indicated the singer was addicted to any medications. His analysis was based on medical records that dated back to the late 1990s, after the "Dangerous" tour.
Finkelstein said many of his records involving his "Dangerous" tour treatment of Jackson had been stolen.
Source : Sapa-AP /dm
Date : 08 Jul 2013 22:44
A doctor who treated Michael Jackson during a 1993 concert tour that had to be canceled when the singer entered rehab testified Monday about the signs that led him to conclude the singer had a problem with prescription pain medications at the time.
In videotaped testimony, Dr. Stuart Finkelstein said he was later asked by concert promoter AEG Live to act as Jackson's personal physician during the ill-fated "This Is It" tour in 2009 but wanted to know if Jackson was "clean."
AEG executive Paul Gongaware said he didn't believe Jackson had any prescription drug issues, Finkelstein testified.
Finkelstein's testimony was recorded during a February deposition that was played for jurors hearing a negligence lawsuit by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC. Katherine Jackson claims AEG failed to properly investigate another doctor who later gave her son an overdose of the anesthetic propofol and that the company ignored warning signs about her son's health.
Finkelstein said he first suspected Jackson had a dependence on pain medications in 1993 while working on the "Dangerous" tour. He recounted spending 24 hours in the singer's hotel suite and administering morphine intravenously to deal with Jackson's pain.
He said he gave Jackson morphine during their first meeting because the singer's buttocks were scarred from previous unspecified treatments and he was concerned about giving an injection of the painkiller Demerol.
He said he also noticed that Jackson appeared to have a high tolerance for morphine and had on a patch that administered another opiate drug.
Finkelstein said he gave Jackson one other painkiller treatment before the "Dangerous" tour was halted after what he described as an intervention by Elizabeth Taylor and others in Mexico City.
The doctor, who now specializes in addiction medicine and works for concert promoters treating injuries to performers, said he relayed his concerns about Jackson's painkiller use to Gongaware, then a "Dangerous" tour worker.
Gongaware is now a top AEG Live executives and a friend of Finkelstein, the physician said.
Finkelstein said he and Gongaware had five to 10 conversations in 2009 about working on Jackson's "This Is It" shows. Finkelstein said he wanted $40,000 a month and was not hired.
Jackson died after Dr. Conrad Murray administered an overdose of the anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009. Murray, who agreed to work on the "This Is It" shows for $150,000 a month, provided Jackson with propofol as a sleep aid.
AEG Live denies it hired Murray and says it bears no responsibility for Jackson's death.
Murray is in prison after being sentenced to four years behind bars for involuntary manslaughter.
Finkelstein is the first medical professional who treated Jackson to testify in the case, now in its 11th week.
Last week, jurors heard from addiction medicine specialist Dr. Sidney Schnoll, a paid expert witness who said he did not see anything in Jackson's medical history that indicated the singer was addicted to any medications. His analysis was based on medical records that dated back to the late 1990s, after the "Dangerous" tour.
Finkelstein said many of his records involving his "Dangerous" tour treatment of Jackson had been stolen.
Source : Sapa-AP /dm
Date : 08 Jul 2013 22:44
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Katherine Jackson to Testify at LA Trial
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will testify Friday against tour promoters AEG Live, whom she accuses of negligently hiring the doctor convicted over the pop star's 2009 death, lawyers said.
The 83-year-old family matriarch is the main plaintiff in the multi-million dollar case against AEG Live, and the second immediate family member to testify after the late star's son Prince gave testimony last month.
Katherine will take the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom where the wrongful death trial has been underway since late April, lawyers said after Thursday's daily hearing.
She alleges AEG Live negligently hired and retained doctor Conrad Murray to look after Jackson as he rehearsed in Los Angeles for his doomed "This is It" comeback tour, which planned to start with 50 shows in London.
Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, from an overdose of surgical anesthetic propofol, administered to help the singer cope with chronic insomnia.
Jackson's 16-year-old son Prince testified last month his exhausted father warned that tour promoters AEG Live were going to "kill" him as he rehearsed for the marathon concert tour.
"He just wished he had more time for rehearsals," he told the wrongful death trial, also recounting the harrowing scenes on the day Jackson died, with his younger sister Paris "screaming" as Murray battled in vain to revive him.
Paris Jackson, 15, was originally expected to be among witnesses called at the Jackson v AEG trial, which is expected to last through August.
But she is now unlikely to do so, after being rushed to the hospital after trying to commit suicide at the family home in Calabasas, northwest of Los Angeles, last month.
She had previously been treated for depression and remains under medical supervision.
Her testimony has been heard during the trial, in the form of video of a deposition she gave in March.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mr
Date : 19 Jul 2013 02:54
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will testify Friday against tour promoters AEG Live, whom she accuses of negligently hiring the doctor convicted over the pop star's 2009 death, lawyers said.
The 83-year-old family matriarch is the main plaintiff in the multi-million dollar case against AEG Live, and the second immediate family member to testify after the late star's son Prince gave testimony last month.
Katherine will take the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom where the wrongful death trial has been underway since late April, lawyers said after Thursday's daily hearing.
She alleges AEG Live negligently hired and retained doctor Conrad Murray to look after Jackson as he rehearsed in Los Angeles for his doomed "This is It" comeback tour, which planned to start with 50 shows in London.
Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, from an overdose of surgical anesthetic propofol, administered to help the singer cope with chronic insomnia.
Jackson's 16-year-old son Prince testified last month his exhausted father warned that tour promoters AEG Live were going to "kill" him as he rehearsed for the marathon concert tour.
"He just wished he had more time for rehearsals," he told the wrongful death trial, also recounting the harrowing scenes on the day Jackson died, with his younger sister Paris "screaming" as Murray battled in vain to revive him.
Paris Jackson, 15, was originally expected to be among witnesses called at the Jackson v AEG trial, which is expected to last through August.
But she is now unlikely to do so, after being rushed to the hospital after trying to commit suicide at the family home in Calabasas, northwest of Los Angeles, last month.
She had previously been treated for depression and remains under medical supervision.
Her testimony has been heard during the trial, in the form of video of a deposition she gave in March.
Source : Sapa-AFP /mr
Date : 19 Jul 2013 02:54
I believe MJ's drug use and inability to sleep was due to him struggling with demons of him molesting kids and possibly being molested himself. I'm sure even though he did it and denied it the feelings of shame must have been haunting. I also believe Wade Robson is telling the truth due to the intimate details he can recall that is also backed up by other sources. I think the only reason Wade said it never happened is because he so desperately wanted that to be true, repressing the memories of his "friend"(they were close friends to the end) as best he could which is typical of a molestation victim.
On his death and this whole mess with Murray whose to say AEG didn't want MJ dead for the insurance money surely they knew in his state he couldn't pull it off. Whose to say that Murray didn't carry out a hit sure he gave MJ meds to make him sleep... perfect time to kill someone isn't it? While they're sleeping.
At least the demons are put to rest and more kids won't get hurt. Pity about his kids growing up without a dad but then what about the kids that had to grow up as his victims... One thing's for certain just like his music will be around for the next generations so to will the effect of his demons.
On his death and this whole mess with Murray whose to say AEG didn't want MJ dead for the insurance money surely they knew in his state he couldn't pull it off. Whose to say that Murray didn't carry out a hit sure he gave MJ meds to make him sleep... perfect time to kill someone isn't it? While they're sleeping.
At least the demons are put to rest and more kids won't get hurt. Pity about his kids growing up without a dad but then what about the kids that had to grow up as his victims... One thing's for certain just like his music will be around for the next generations so to will the effect of his demons.
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Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
Interesting logic. It could also be argued that he spent his life actually being innocent and that the press, the trials, the accusations and having to constantly defend himself to his friends, family and the world eventually took its toll on him.
That is a possibility but how many famous people have to defend themselves against child molestation claims not once not twice but three or more times in their life times or there after? It's difficult to think that an innocent person would be accused of such a thing again and again by different people willing to put their names in the papers as rape victims.
I've heard of people being falsely accused but this is just on another level
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Jackson's Mother weeps in court, blasts critics
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine broke down in court Friday recalling the day her son died, as she testified against tour promoters AEG Live whom she blames over his 2009 death.
Taking the stand 12 weeks into a civil trial, she also lashed out at critics who described her the star as a "freak," and said AEG Live should have done more to help the late singer, clearly sick in the weeks before he died.
"When I lost Michael, I lost everything," said the 83-year-old, repeatedly wiping away tears as she was questioned by her lawyer Brian Panish in the Los Angeles courtroom where the wrongful death trial started in late April.
"Michael and I were very close. Michael was the the type of son every mother would want," she added, describing him as "very shy."
Jackson accuses AEG Live of pushing her son too hard as he rehearsed in Los Angeles for a series of "This is It" comeback concerts in London, and negligently hiring medic Conrad Murray to look after him.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over the Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, administered to help the 50-year-old singer with chronic insomnia.
Jackson's 16-year-old son Prince testified last month that his exhausted father warned that AEG Live were going to "kill" him as he rehearsed for the marathon concert tour.
Katherine Jackson echoed this Friday, saying the tour promoters failed to properly supervise Murray and to respond to clear signs that her son was seriously ill in the weeks and days before his death.
"My son was sick... and they knew he was sick, and nobody said 'call the doctor'," she testified, adding that she didn't know who Murray was until after Jackson's death.
"That doctor was for his children, I didn't know who it was," she said, adding: "My son needed another doctor."
In tense exchanges with AEG's lawyer Marvin Putnam, who also questioned her, she repeatedly lashed out at critics of her son.
"It's hard for me sitting in court and listening to people call my son a freak, saying he was lazy," she said, staring intently at Putnam.
"He was not a freak," she added.
Putnam asked her about testimony by tour director Kenny Ortega earlier in the trial, who used the word "lazy" in the sense that Jackson was reluctant to rehearse.
"He knew what he was doing. He didn't need that much rehearsing," she said, adding that, in June 2009, her son "was sick and couldn't rehearse."
Source : Sapa-AFP /mm
Date : 19 Jul 2013 21:58
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine broke down in court Friday recalling the day her son died, as she testified against tour promoters AEG Live whom she blames over his 2009 death.
Taking the stand 12 weeks into a civil trial, she also lashed out at critics who described her the star as a "freak," and said AEG Live should have done more to help the late singer, clearly sick in the weeks before he died.
"When I lost Michael, I lost everything," said the 83-year-old, repeatedly wiping away tears as she was questioned by her lawyer Brian Panish in the Los Angeles courtroom where the wrongful death trial started in late April.
"Michael and I were very close. Michael was the the type of son every mother would want," she added, describing him as "very shy."
Jackson accuses AEG Live of pushing her son too hard as he rehearsed in Los Angeles for a series of "This is It" comeback concerts in London, and negligently hiring medic Conrad Murray to look after him.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over the Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, administered to help the 50-year-old singer with chronic insomnia.
Jackson's 16-year-old son Prince testified last month that his exhausted father warned that AEG Live were going to "kill" him as he rehearsed for the marathon concert tour.
Katherine Jackson echoed this Friday, saying the tour promoters failed to properly supervise Murray and to respond to clear signs that her son was seriously ill in the weeks and days before his death.
"My son was sick... and they knew he was sick, and nobody said 'call the doctor'," she testified, adding that she didn't know who Murray was until after Jackson's death.
"That doctor was for his children, I didn't know who it was," she said, adding: "My son needed another doctor."
In tense exchanges with AEG's lawyer Marvin Putnam, who also questioned her, she repeatedly lashed out at critics of her son.
"It's hard for me sitting in court and listening to people call my son a freak, saying he was lazy," she said, staring intently at Putnam.
"He was not a freak," she added.
Putnam asked her about testimony by tour director Kenny Ortega earlier in the trial, who used the word "lazy" in the sense that Jackson was reluctant to rehearse.
"He knew what he was doing. He didn't need that much rehearsing," she said, adding that, in June 2009, her son "was sick and couldn't rehearse."
Source : Sapa-AFP /mm
Date : 19 Jul 2013 21:58
killadoob
Honorary Master
Does anyone know how much money they made after his death, sales must have sky rocketed. More than the tours?
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
Jackson's Mother says he did not cause his own death
Michael Jackson's mother has told a jury she believes the promoters of her son's ill-fated comeback concerts watched her son waste away before his death.
Katherine Jackson tearfully testified Monday that she didn't know about emails discussing her son's health until after a trial against AEG Live LLC began nearly three months ago.
The 83-year-old is suing AEG Live, claiming it negligently hired the doctor convicted of giving her son an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.
She told jurors that AEG's executives should have called her to discuss issues with Jackson's health before his death in June 2009.
She made the comments about AEG's actions after a lawyer for the company questioned her stated motive for the lawsuit, which she says is a search for the truth.
AEG denies wrongdoing.
Source : Sapa-AP /dm
Date : 23 Jul 2013 00:30
Michael Jackson's mother has told a jury she believes the promoters of her son's ill-fated comeback concerts watched her son waste away before his death.
Katherine Jackson tearfully testified Monday that she didn't know about emails discussing her son's health until after a trial against AEG Live LLC began nearly three months ago.
The 83-year-old is suing AEG Live, claiming it negligently hired the doctor convicted of giving her son an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.
She told jurors that AEG's executives should have called her to discuss issues with Jackson's health before his death in June 2009.
She made the comments about AEG's actions after a lawyer for the company questioned her stated motive for the lawsuit, which she says is a search for the truth.
AEG denies wrongdoing.
Source : Sapa-AP /dm
Date : 23 Jul 2013 00:30