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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 31 - June 17 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Oh Lord Karen is coming back to the stand??:busted:

 

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Michael Jackson wrongful death trial: Hostilities between attorneys erupt
Monday, June 17, 2013

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Michael Jackson wrongful death trial is in its eighth week, and it appears the attorneys are having a tough time controlling their tempers. Hostilities between the battling attorneys erupted during a sidebar conference with the judge in her chambers Monday.

The attorney representing AEG, Marvin Putnam, said that he was repeatedly flipped off by the attorney for the Jacksons, Brian Panish. Panish denied making any gestures.

According to court records, Panish says, "I don't think I've even gestured anything to Mr. Putnam today."

"You've given me the finger twice," Putnam said.

"Judge, if I want to give him the finger, I know how to give him the finger," Panish responded.

"And you did it quite well twice," Putnam fired back.

The judge said simply that if the gestures were going on, they need to stop.

In the courtroom, a music industry expert paid to testify for Katherine Jackson took the witness stand. The testimony centered on AEG creating an alleged conflict of interest in the hiring of Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray.

According to testimony, the entertainment company AEG promoted thousands of concerts annually, but rarely did it produce the shows staged in its many arenas.

Former record executive David Berman testified that in his opinion, AEG's lack of production experience paved the way for a series of negligent decisions. Murray's fee, he testified, was out of whack and should have been a red flag. He said the doctor first asked for $5 million, finally agreeing to $150,000 a month.

Berman says such a deal was also inappropriate, highly unusual and set up an inherent conflict of interest. He stated the physician had an obligation to both the person he's treating and to the entity who would be paying him.

The lawsuit pits Katherine Jackson against AEG, claiming that it hired Murray and should have conducted background checks on the doctor and supervised Jackson's care.

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Jurors reviewed emails of AEG attorneys discussing a contract with Murray, but not with Michael Jackson's managers or attorneys. Berman says the emails show that AEG wanted to control the services of Murray.

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after Jackson died in June 2009 from an overdose of the surgical sedative propofol.

The defense questioned Berman's qualifications to assess this case. Under cross-examination, Berman told jurors he had never produced a concert tour, never managed a concert tour and never hired a concert tour staff.

(Copyright ©2013 KABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

 

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Use this thread to post any and all news stories from day 32 of Katherine Jackson vs. AEG trial.

Daily news threads are merged into the main News thread in the stickies

Please help the staff by posting all the news stories as well as tweets from media you see.

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Anthony McCartney ‏@mccartneyAP 53s
This morning, the judge issued guidance on which portions of the Finklestein deposition can be played, then chef Kai Chase took the stand.
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It also sounds like Karen Faye will return to the stand on Friday for cross-examination by an AEG Live lawyer.
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Finklestein was a doctor on Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” tour. His deposition is expected to be played this week.
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Plaintiff’s attorneys are trying to just play the deposition video and not have Finkelstein testify live, but he may still come in.
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Testimony began about 45 minutes late because lawyers were arguing which portions of Dr. Stuart Finkelstein’s deposition can be used.
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We're on the lunch break in Jackson vs AEG Live case.
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Chef describes home lives of Michael Jackson's children to jury: http://bit.ly/11m07Ia
(short update, longer one coming soon.)

Chef describes Jackson children's lives to jury
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer
Published: Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013 - 12:24 pm
LOS ANGELES -- A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described to jurors the lives of the superstar's children, including what she says was Paris Jackson's last birthday party.

Kai Chase says the singer hired a private circus for his daughter's 11th birthday party in 2009 in the backyard of his rented mansion.

Chase says the performance was a Cirque du Soleil style performance with men on stilts and a woman performing in a giant balloon. The celebrity chef continues to work for the singer's children and his mother.

She says Paris Jackson, now 15 years old, has not had a birthday party since then.

Chase is testifying in Katherine Jackson's lawsuit against AEG Live LLC over her son's death.

AEG Live denies any wrongdoing.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/18/5506281/chef-describes-jackson-childrens.html#storylink=cpy

 

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Chef describes Jackson children's lives to jury


LOS ANGELES (AP) — A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's life, including what she said was his daughter's last birthday party.

Kai Chase told jurors hearing a lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother against concert promoter AEG Live LLC that Jackson was a hands-on father who often played with his children. Katherine Jackson's lawsuit lists the singer's three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, as plaintiffs and claims the concert promoter failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of giving the singer a fatal dose of anesthetic in June 2009.

AEG denies it hired the doctor or pushed the entertainer to rehearse for his final series of comeback concerts titled "This Is It."

On the stand, Chase said Jackson made sure the children kept a healthy diet and got plenty of sleep for school sessions.

She described an April birthday party for Jackson's only daughter, Paris, in which she said the singer hired a private circus for his children. The Cirque du Soleil-style show featured men on stilts and a woman performing in a giant balloon, Chase said.

Paris Jackson, who was turning 11, adored her father and Chase helped decorate a room filled with posters and photos of the "Thriller" singer. The singer's music was played throughout the party.

Chase, who continues to work for Jackson's mother and his children, said that was the final birthday party that Paris Jackson has had.

"Paris hasn't had any birthdays since," Chase said. "She hasn't wanted to celebrate since."

Michael Jackson was fiercely protective of his children's privacy while alive, often shielding their faces in public with masks.

Chase, who testified during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial, described for civil jurors the routines inside Jackson's rented mansion in the months before his death.

She said Jackson wouldn't allow his children to eat sweets and made sure they went to bed early so they would be alert for tutors who instructed them. Chase described Jackson as a prankster who ate meals with his children, exchanging jokes and stories.

Paris Jackson would often write notes for her dad on a chalkboard sitting in the kitchen that Chase used to list a menu of the day's meals. One message from Jackson's daughter shown to jurors read, "I love daddy" and "Smile it's free."

Chase described the close bond Jackson and his children shared, telling jurors the youngsters would run to their father when he came into a room. "They would take off like lightning," she said, hugging their father's ankles and legs.

If jurors determine AEG Live is liable for Jackson's death, they will have to determine any damages awarded to his mother and his children.

 

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Anthony McCartney ‏@mccartneyAP 29m
About to go back into court, the updated @AP story on Jackson vs AEG Live trial is here: http://bit.ly/19OkaDs
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Chase said she was teaching Jackson’s children about food. She would write the menu on a chalkboard in the kitchen.
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Dinners were a major meal. Sometimes they pretended they were eating in other parts of the world, Chase said.
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The soundtrack in the kitchen at Michael Jackson’s home was LA’s K-Earth 101 station, chef Kai Chase said.
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Music and fireplaces were almost always on in the house, Chase said. Sometimes it was Disney music, sometimes classical.
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“These children were his world,” Chase told jurors. She described them all eating together, telling jokes.
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Jackson’s mansion had an open layout, so Chase said she could see into the den. Jackson spent a lot of time with his children, she said.
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She said she had a chance to observe a lot of interactions because Jackson’s children often were in the den, which was next to kitchen.
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Kai Chase: “He wanted to get to know the woman who was in his life who was feeding his family.”
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Chase said Jackson was a hands-on dad who often talked to her about healthy eating and nutrition.
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She described the first time she met Jackson, bumping into him while bringing water to guests in his parlor. From there, they became close.
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Kai Chase’s testimony this morning focused on humanizing Jackson after numerous witnesses who’d dealt with him on business affairs only
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A few more updates on Jackson vs AEG Live coming up before I have to head back into court ...
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Here's a longer story on chef Kai Chase's testimony about the lives of Michael Jackson's children: http://bit.ly/19OkaDs
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That prompted a sidebar that took up the last few minutes of the court session.
Attorneys are working on compromise to show the emails.
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She said before the break that she wasn't being paid regularly, but AEG lawyers objected to some emails being shown to the jury.
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After the lunch break, it sounds like we'll hear some more about why Chase was gone and brought back in.
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At first, Chase said she worked seven days a week. She was let go and didn't work in May, but returned in June 2009.
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Prince, Paris and Blanket were talking over each other, Chase recounted. By the end of the session, she had the chef job.
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The 2nd interview was with Jackson’s children, Chase said. They described how they and their father liked to eat healthy, she said.
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Chase said she first interviewed with Jackson’s assistant, Michael Amir Williams. Then she went to the Jackson's mansion for 2nd interview.
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Chase told the jury that she now works for Katherine Jackson and her grandchildren, Prince, Paris and Blanket.
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Plaintiff's attorney Deborah Chang showed jury several photos of Chase. One was outside Le Cordon Bleu, another was with President Obama.
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Chase gave her biography _ she was trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and owned a catering company before becoming private chef.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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"They were talking over each other, they very excited to meet me," Chase said. "They wanted to make sure I knew how to cook healthy food"
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Chase said Prince was 12 years old, Paris was about to turn 11 and Blanket was 9.
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The second meeting happened at the Carolwood house. Michael Jackson was not present, the meeting was with MJ's children, Chase explained.
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Chang: Where you excited?
Chase: Yes, I was
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Chase asked who the client was and Amir showed her MJ's company business card.

"When he handed me the card, whoa!" Chase testified.
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There was a meeting set up at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at the Grove in LA. Chase met with Michael Amir, who interviewed her extensively.
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Chase was asked to send the resume in. She said she got call back within the hour saying client was very impressed with her qualifications.
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Chase recalled she received call from company called Culinary
Staffing. The client is husband, wife, two kids, husband was a businessman.
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Chase said she studied nutrition of foods, but does not have training as nutritionist.
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Chang: Are you trained as nutritionist?
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Chase explained who Wolfgang Puck is, very famous chef who cooks at the Oscars and has TV shows.
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Chase said Obama was pleased to see an young, African American woman doing well.
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Chase worked in 2007 in an inauguration event for president Obama. "I got the gig because... I'm good," Chase laughed.
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Chase Clientele: President Barack Obama, Bernie Mack, Steve Harvey, John Sally, Maxine Waters, worked with Wolfgang Puck, Pamela Anderson
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"My godfather was Redd Foxx," Chase said.
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After graduating, Chase opened her own catering company. She was always involved in the entertainment business.
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Chase said famous chef Julia Child graduated from Le Cordon Bleu.
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Chase got her masters degree at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy in Paris. She said she comes from family of artists, culinary is her art.
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Chase started culinary profession in a small culinary school, then worked as writer for Urban network magazine.
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Chase worked for MJ while he was preparing for tour. She began working for him end of March, was let go in May and brought back in June 09.
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Chase said she's personal chef for the past 17 years. She currently works for Katherine Jackson and MJ's children Prince, Paris and Blanket.
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On the stand is Kai Chase, MJ's personal chef. Attorney Deborah Chang is doing the questioning.
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Today is jurors 4 and 5 birthday!!!! Judge Yvette Palazuelos just wished them happy birthday! Kai Chase taking the stand now.
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Court session has not started yet. Jackson's attorney, Brian Panish, asked to speak with the judge in private.
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Only Katherine Jackson is present in court today. She's wearing bright royal jacket over a geometric full length dress in tones of blue.
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Chase testified in the criminal trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. The attorneys expect to conclude her questioning today.
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We were told Chase will detail MJ's behavior after Dr. Murray was retained. She worked in Apr/09, was off in May and came back in June/09.
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Hello from the courthouse in downtown LA. Day 32 of Jackson family vs AEG trial to get underway momentarily.

 

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CHEF DESCRIBES KIDS' GRIEF OVER JACKSON'S DEATH
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
— Jun. 18 8:08 PM EDT
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FILE - This Jan. 27, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Blanket Jackson, Paris Jackson, and Prince Michael Jackson at the opening night of the Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson's personal chef, Kai Chase, testified on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, about the home lives of the singer's children including an 11th birthday party that she says was Paris Jackson's last birthday celebration. Chase is testifying in a negligent hiring lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC, claiming the company failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing her son's 2009 death. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)


FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Kai Chase, Michael Jackson's personal chef testifies during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles. Chase, testified on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, about the home lives of the singer's children in the months before the singer's death. Chase is testifying in a negligent hiring lawsuit in Los Angeles filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC, claiming the company failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing her son's 2009 death. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool, File)


FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif. David Berman, a recording industry expert hired by Jackson’s mother, Katherine, testified Monday June 17, 2013, that concert promoter AEG Live LLC created a conflict of interest by negotiating with the singer’s physician for services on the “This Is It” tour. Jackson is suing AEG Live, claiming it failed to properly investigate the doctor and ignored warning signs about her son’s health before his death on June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's personal chef described for jurors the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's life and their ongoing grief over their father's death nearly four years ago.

Gone are the freewheeling days when the children, Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson played with their father and traded jokes at the dinner table, chef Kai Chase told jurors Tuesday.

It has been replaced, Chase said, by a weight on eldest son Prince Michael Jackson's shoulders. Daughter Paris Jackson cries and no longer wants parties for her birthday since her father hosted a private circus for her 11th birthday. Youngest son Blanket, who remains home-schooled, wears a T-shirt with his father's image every Friday, she said.

Chase recounted for jurors her interactions with Jackson, his children and her ongoing work with the singer's mother and children for jurors hearing Katherine Jackson's negligent hiring case against concert promoter AEG Live LLC. The company denies all wrongdoing.

After weeks of testimony about Jackson's business dealings with AEG, Chase's testimony returned the trial's focus to the King of Pop and his offspring.

"At 16, the weight of the world is on his shoulders," Chase said of Prince Jackson, who is trying to figure out girls and all the challenges adulthood brings.

His younger brother, 11-year-old Blanket, has his older siblings to shield him from pain but had the least time to spend with his father. "He never really had a time when it was father-son because he was so tiny," Chase said.

The singer's only daughter seems to be having the hardest time, Chase said.

"Being daddy's little girl, Paris is devastated," Chase said. "She's devastated and lost."

Chase's testimony provided a look into the lives of Jackson's three children before and after their father's death in June 2009. Michael Jackson was fiercely protected of their privacy, often using masks to hide their faces when they were in public.

She now has daily interactions with Jackson's children since being hired to serve as their chef in July 2012. Of Paris, she said, "She's trying to find herself and find who she is," Chase said. "It's taking a lot of love and understanding to keep her together. She breaks down, she cries, she talks about him."

Earlier in her testimony, she described an April 2009 birthday party for Paris that included a private circus. The Cirque du Soleil-style show featured men on stilts and a woman performing in a giant balloon, Chase said.

Paris Jackson, who was turning 11, adored her father and Chase helped decorate a room filled with posters and photos of the "Thriller" singer. The singer's music was played throughout the party.

It was the last birthday party the 15-year-old has had. "Paris hasn't had any birthdays since," Chase said. "She hasn't wanted to celebrate since."

She described the routines in Jackson's home in the months before his death, describing him as a vibrant and hands-on father. But by June 2009, Chase said Jackson was deteriorating and she witnessed Prince having to help his father up a staircase to his bedroom.

She said she met AEG executives at the center of the case, including chief executive Randy Phillips and executive Paul Gongaware, when they came to Jackson's home for meetings about the singer's ill-fated "This Is It" comeback concerts. One tense meeting in June started with a vase being broken — she didn't know by whom — and with Jackson and his personal physician storming out.

The doctor, Conrad Murray, told her as he left the home, "I can't take this (stuff.)"

She described the Jackson family dynamic in happier times at the home. The entertainer wouldn't allow his children to eat sweets and made sure they went to bed early so they would be alert for tutors who instructed them. Chase described Jackson as a prankster who ate meals with his children, exchanging jokes and stories.

When the singer entered the room, his children would run to their father when he came into a room. "They would take off like lightning," she said, hugging their father's ankles and legs.

If jurors determine AEG Live is liable for Jackson's death, they will have to determine any damages awarded to his mother and his children.

 

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Anthony McCartney ‏@mccartneyAP 11m
I'll be back in the courtroom tomorrow afternoon. Kai Chase expected to wrap up testimony tomorrow.
Karen Faye will be back on Friday.
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The alternate will be back tomorrow, will update on when he's dismissed.
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Defense attorney Marvin Putnam said he was concerned about other jurors’ trying to leave, but is OK with dismissal if it’s explained to jury
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The court after discussion with the alternate and attorneys said she’ll likely dismiss him. He’s the 6th alternate, so way down the list.
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At the end of the court day, the court again spoke to an alternate juror who is buying a home in another city.
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Cross-examination of Kai Chase will continue tomorrow in the afternoon. (It's a half-day session. Friday will be a full day.)
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The chef said she thought Jackson’s deterioration in June was from rehearsing too much. She said she hadn’t heard of propofol.
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Chase said she never expected Jackson to die, or that Murray was giving him anything improper.
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Stebbins Bina also asked Chase about her impressions of Conrad Murray. The chef said he seemed like a nice man and well put together.
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Chase said there was an unspoken rule in the house that anyone who complained to Jackson about missed paychecks would be fired.
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She asked Chase about what happened when she wasn’t paid. Chase said Jackson’s assistant would reassure staff checks were coming.
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AEG Live defense attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina took over questioning. She focused on some of the secrecy of the Jackson mansion.
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Chang concluded her questioning after having Chase discuss the impact of Jackson’s death on his children and his mother.
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Chase’s description of the impact on Jackson’s children was very emotional. Much of her testimony is in this story: http://bit.ly/19OkaDs
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Chase testified about the day Jackson died, then was asked by plaintiff’s attorney Deborah Chang about impact of his death on MJ family.
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She said Jackson seemed like he had “the weight of the world on his shoulders” after that meeting.
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After the meeting Phillips, Gongaware and Dileo stayed at the house. They were still there when she left for the day.
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She said a vase was broken during the meeting, but she didn’t know who broke it. She said Jackson and Murray left meeting.
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Chase testified about a June meeting in with AEG execs Randy Phillips and Paul Gongaware, Murray and Jackson.
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She said she was concerned thought it was unusual that Conrad Murray was at the mansion daily, but didn’t voice concerns.
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Chase said numerous times during afternoon testimony that Jackson’s appearance was different in June 2009.
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As far as I know, the "killing me" quote from the morning session is still in the court record.
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The Jackson quote was stricken from the record in the afternoon session. Chase had said it before the lunch break, too.
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She said at one point that Jackson told her she needed to take care of his health. “They’re killing me,” she recounted Jackson saying.
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“He appeared very weak,” Chase said about Jackson. “He looked much thinner.” She said he looked under-nourished.
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Chase was let go from Jackson’s service in May 2009, but returned in June. She said by then, the singer had changed.
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A few last updates from Jackson vs AEG Live trial coming up -- laptop battery is getting low, so will cover some main points.
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The story link I just posted is updated with details from afternoon testimony in Jackson vs. AEG Live.
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"Being daddy's little girl, Paris is devastated." _ Michael Jackson's personal chef on his children's grief: http://bit.ly/19OkaDs
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Instead, Michael Jackson helped make a comfy box for the snails, complete with moss, cocktail umbrellas. Box stayed in the kitchen, she said
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When they returned, Michael Jackson was waiting for them. “At this point I knew I was going to get fired,” she said. (She wasn’t.)
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Chase told a story about one night going into the backyard of the mansion and collecting snails with Paris Jackson for a science project.
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The cats’ names were Katie and Thriller. Prince Jackson also had a pet rat, Kai Chase said.
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The house was full of pets, too, Chase said. There was a chocolate Labrador named Kenya, a talking bird named Siberia and two cats.
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Chase told jurors Jackson’s children weren’t allowed to watch television and didn’t use computers.
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Chase told the jury about Jackson’s children receiving tutoring at the home in various subjects, including creative writing, science, math.
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A few updates from Kai Chase's morning testimony coming up.
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Michael Hastings, who wrote @RollingStone story that caused Gen. McChrystal downfall, dies in car crash. http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...rolling-stone-contributor-dead-at-33-20130618 …
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I've got an updated story on Kai Chase's testimony coming shortly. Will post a link as soon as it's updated.
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We're done with testimony in Jackson vs. AEG Live for the day.
Testimony resumes at 1:30 p.m. Pacific tomorrow, with Kai Chase on stand.
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Plaintiff's attorney Deborah Chang wrapped up her questioning of Kai Chase.
AEG attorney is taking over and I'll have updates at end of day.
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Court had the afternoon break in Jackson vs AEG Live and I stayed out to file an updated story.
Now the attorneys, judge, are on a sidebar.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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Chase stopped and went to get Prince. She told him "Hurry, Dr. Murray needs you, there may be something wrong with your father."
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Chase said Dr. Murray screamed to her "go get help, go get security, go get Prince."
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Saw Dr. Murray between 12:05-12:10 he came down in the same stairs as always. "He was frightened," Chase testified.
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Chase said kids were playing at the den, she went grocery shopping, unloaded groceries. Lunch was always served around 12:30 am.
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June 25, Chase arrived at the regular time. She prepared some breakfast. "Everything was beautiful as usual."
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Chase was told to leave two dinner items in the fridge, one for Dr. Murray and one for MJ. She would work until 6:30-7, sometimes later.
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Chase said MJ was contemplating going to Staples Center or training at home with Payne that day.
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"He was dragging, he was dragging a little that day," Chase said. "But I did tell him he looked good, to give him some encouragement."
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In June, MJ rarely went downstairs to eat breakfast, Chase explained. Dr. Murray would get the food and take it to him.
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On June 24, Chase arrived at the house as usual and prepared breakfast. Dr. Murray was there, came to the kitchen from upstairs around 10 am
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"I thought it was strange that there were oxygen tanks at home when there was a doctor 24/7," Chase explained.
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The chef did not suspect Dr. Murray was doing something harmful to Michael Jackson.
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"MJ's demeanor concerned me greatly," Chase recalled.
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Chase said MJ's reaction afterwords: "He was thinking, the weight of the world on his shoulder, he was frightened, scared."
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Chase said others stayed in the parlor. She left around 6 pm, shortly after Dr. Murray, and the men were still there in the meeting.
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He said "I can't take this s**t," Chase said Dr. Murray told her, storming out of the house.
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Dr. Murray left second, came through the kitchen to leave. "He was upset," Chase said.
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Everyone was talking over each other, Chase recalled hearing. "MJ left the meeting first, the gentlemen stayed," Chase said.
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"I was able to hear some of the conversation," Chase said. "They were very firm with him."
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Chase: The vase crashed. It was rather large so it was loud. Myself and one of the housekeepers ran into the room to pick up the pieces.
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"I immediately heard loud crash," Chase said. MJ had a very expensive vase sitting behind where he wild sit.
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Chase: I observed that he looked scared, he looked scared and frightened may be about this meeting would entail
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Mr. Jackson was covered-up, Chase said. MJ was wearing a surgical mask and several layers of clothing, sweatshirt.
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Chase said the meeting was at the parlor. She went in and out serving beverages, snacks.
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"Mr. Jackson asked me to fix snacks since he had guests coming over," Chase said. Meeting was around the second week of June.
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Chase said there was a meeting at the house with Paul Gongaware , Randy Phillips, Dr. Murray and MJ, former manager Frank DiLeo.
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Chase: I felt it was strange to see the doctor there but he was slowly deteriorating; I didn't understand it.
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"Yes, I was concerned," Che testified. "I had no idea what they had been used for, but I never asked."
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Chase: Sometimes I saw them lined-up in the security booth with a sign saying "fill up every Friday."
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"I saw Dr. Murray bring oxygen tanks down from upstairs into the kitchen," Chase recalled.
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"My room was the kitchen, there was no reason for me to go upstairs," Chase explained about not going to the upper floor of the house.
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In June, Chase remembers seeing Dr. Murray at the house in the mornings.
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"I asked him a couple of times, but his answer was you can fix him anything," Chase said about conversation with Dr. Murray.
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Dr. Murray never discussed MJ's nutrition with Chase. "I thought it was quite strange a doctor not checking MJ's eating habits."
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"Majority of the times I'd see Dr. Murray there in the morning," Chase testified. She assumed Dr. Murray had spent the night.
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"I saw him more daily in June," Chase explained, saying Dr. Murray wasn't around as much in April, never saw him bring anything to the house
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Chase first met Dr. Murray in the first few weeks of April. "He introduced himself to me as Michael's personal physician," Chase explained.
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"MJ did eat, but his portions were getting smaller," Chase said.

Chase recalled one time seeing Travis Payne and MJ rehearsing at the house
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Chase went to Disneyland on her first day off and brought them presents. Paris was thanking Chase for it.
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Note cont'd: And thank you for the presents for P.B. & Daddy, they like them!
Lots of love,
Paris Jackson
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Note cont'd: Oh, and I'm writing this letter with the magic wand pen you gave me. I hope you like the presents & picture.
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Note from Paris Jackson:
Dear Kai,
Thank you for these beautiful gifts you have us.
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Paris created a shoebox called "the box of happiness."
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The children were excited to see Chase rehired, the chef said. "The day I came back, they greeted me at the door."
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Chase said she spoke with her parents about her concerns, but didn't know who she could take to at the house about it.
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Chase: I knew I had to get this man as healthy as possible, but I didn't know why he was deteriorating
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"For a 12 year old, trying to carry his father, it saddened me," Chase recalled.
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Chase described when she observed MJ's son Prince helping Michael go up the stairs once.
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"Mr. Jackson, with his rehearsals and his schedule, I could see it was taking a toll on him," Chase opined.
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This was not the first time credit card was denied, Chase said, and sometimes she'd have to leave the groceries behind or pay for it herself
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"The credit card was declined. I had no choice but to use my own to pay for food to feed him and his family," Chase said.
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Chase then went to Whole Foods to buy organic food for the house. She explained While Foods has a card for chefs who have personal clients.
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"Refrigerator was bare! There was Coca Cola, red bulls and Starbucks coffee drinks," Chase said.
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Chase recalled that when she arrived at the house, the pantry was bare. One side there was Fiji water.
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Chase said MJ asked if she had his juices ready. They began talking about different juices she would make him.
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"I thought he was being overworked, over rehearsed," Chase recalled.
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"I looked at him with great concern... I need you to keep me and my children healthy," MJ told Chase.
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"It was an obvious difference, concerned me greatly."

Chase said MJ actually told her 'I need you to keep me and my children heathy.'
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"He appeared very weak, he looked very much thinner, undernourished, he didn't look as well as I had seen him," Chase testified.
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Chase returned to work on June 2nd.

Chang: Did you notice any difference in MJ?
Chase: Yes, I noticed that Mr Jackson looked very different
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Chang: Did you decide to come back because you understood AEG Live would be covering you salary?
Chase: Yes
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Chase said she wrote an email about it to make sure everyone was on the same page.
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Chase said she asked to get half of her salary upfront. "I was afraid I wasn't going to get paid," Chase explained.
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"The energy in the house was not the same," Chase said.

In April Chase said MJ was strong, healthy, active. "He looked good" Chase recalled
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Chase never saw the kids or MJ in May.

In the beginning of June, Chase said she received a call from Michael Amir asking her to come back.
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"I'm working hard, they are killing me, I need your help," Chase said MJ told her.
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Chase said MJ went to her and asked where had she gone. "I need you to keep me and my children healthy," Chase testified MJ told her.
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"When I came back in June, the kids and Mr. Jackson wanted me to come back," Chase explained.
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Chase said she didn't believe MJ knew she was fired because she said she believes if MJ fired her it would've happen that way.
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The pay was very sketchy, Chase said, sometimes she was paid on time, sometimes not paid at all.
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"I pleaded with him" Chase said. She didn't get to say goodbye to MJ or his kids, didn't have any discussions with MJ about salary/firing.
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Chase said she was told in person 'let me see what I can do' and next day she got call saying don't need to come in, you're fired.
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Chase argued her rate is negotiable. "I was feeding Mr. Jackson and his children, my rate is negotiable, you have to let me go to London."
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"I was let go in beginning of May by Michael Amir," Chase said. Chase said she was told there had been a change in management.
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"I was told she was let go," Chase said. Chang asked if AEG had fired Rwamba, but defendant's attorney objected saying it was hearsay.
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Kids' nanny was Grace Rwamba. Chase described her very warm and loving. "This is the mother that they knew, had been with them since birth"
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"Prince actually told me his daddy wanted me to go to London for the tour," Chase testified.
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Chase said that MJ would come to the kitchen dressed sharply, black Levi's pants, with Tom Ford cologne.
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Chase said MJ was very excited about what was happening, was excited to have his children see him perform.
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That was last birthday she had with her father. Chase said Paris has not had birthday party since, she doesn't want to celebrate it anymore
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"They sat their and watched," Chase said. "And I cried."
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MJ then took his children to the backyard where he had this Cirque du Soleil type of performance for her.
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Paris chose to decorate party with everything Michael Jackson. They had cheese pizza, hot wings, banana split, Chase said.
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Paris celebrated her 11th birthday in beginning on April. Chase said MJ told the children they could eat anything they wanted that day.
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MJ ate chicken, fish and turkey, no pork or beef. Chase said MJ liked Mexican food, she did vegan ground beef tacos, one of his favorites.
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Chase explained she did a lot of juicing for him with beats, organic vegetable, lots of lean protein, vegetable.
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On chalkboard, there's a message Paris wrote:
"I love daddy! Smile, it's for free"

Chase didn't recall if it was written the day MJ died
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"I made it into a home there," Chase said about putting children's art in the kitchen. "The love was already there."
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Chang: Did MJ have a good sense of humor?
Chase: Yes, he was a practical joker
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Chase testified MJ's relationship with kids was warm, loving. "These are my babies," Chase said MJ would say. "We played games, monopoly."
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Paris and Chase put the snails in a jar, made a little snail farm, put in the kitchen. She said she put Blanket's drawings on the fridge.
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"At that point I knew I was going get fired," Chase recalled, but said MJ was fine with it.
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Chase described going with Paris at night into the yard to look for a mom and baby snail. Jackson caught them on the way back.
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Chase said the kids were responsible and helped with the animals.
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Chase testified the house had animals: dog, bird (who whistled for pretty women) 2 cats, rabbit, Prince had a rat he walked around the house
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Paris would sew the clothes into new pieces, made little skirts out of her pants, put them in a box and ship em overseas, Chase said.
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Chase described seeing Paris going through her wardrobe and getting clothes she didn't want to wear anymore.
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Chase said Michael had a very giving spirit, loving nature spirit. The chef testified MJ was always concerned on how to give back.
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MJ gave her the thumbs up, she said. It was a way to break the monotony of always eating healthy.
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Chase asked MJ if she could do comfort food Saturday, serving not-so-healthy food like fried chicken.
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"Sweets were only dictated when he (MJ) said," Chase explained.
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Chang: Were they allowed to eat sweets whenever they wanted?
Chase: No! That was a big no, no
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MJ was disciplinary when needed, Chase said. When they had school, they had to be in bed by certain time; respected and obeyed their father
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Chase: Seeing those children take off like lightening, grab him by the ankle, by the arms, it brings tears to my eyes, so much love there
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Chase described how the children reacted when MJ arrived at the house.
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Chase got to see the interaction of MJ with the children. She said it was a family atmosphere.
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"I'd teach them about food and technique, they'd teach me games," Chase recalled.
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Chase said she stayed a lot in the kitchen, but since it was an open floor plan, she got to interact with the children.
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"He took great pride helping children develop foreign language and art," Chase testified. "The children weren't allowed to watch television"
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Chase said the kids learned math, science, foreign language. They had a teacher come in, they were constantly being educated.
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Chase gave as example Monday was reading day, Tuesday was arts and crafts, Wednesday was watching classic movie then writing about it.
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Chase said the children were homeschooled from Monday to Friday, so Mr. Jackson liked to keep things creative.
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Chase would write the menu on chalkboard of what the meal was for the day, so kids could understand the food they were eating.
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Chase said that when they ate food from other parts of the world they would study a bit about the culture of the place they were eating.
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Chase said she did not eat the meals with MJ and kids because Michael liked the meal with his children to be private bonding time.
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Chase said the house was very warm, good feeling, loving. It was a beautiful place, good feeling, music playing, fireplace on, she described
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MJ had lunch with his children privately, in beautifully set table. "His children meant the world to him," Chase testified.
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Chase: His children were the love of his life, his children meant everything to him.
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The relationship between MJ and his kids was very loving, they were together a lot, Chase said.
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Chase said MJ was very hands on into his children's life/nutrition. "He wanted to get to know the woman who was feeding his children."
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"That was the first introduction, after that it blossomed into a boss/friend relationship", Chase described.
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Chase said first MJ encounter they kind of had the introduction, like bumped into each other. Kind of like hey, how are you?
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Chase's schedule started with 7 days a weeks, eventually became 6 days a week, with Sundays off.
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Chase arrived 8-8:30 am, got kids ready for school, cooked breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, clean up, kept pantry stocked, grocery shopped
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Chase said she began working the vey next day, end of March, beginning of May.
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"It felt like we were developing an immediate bond," Chase explained. "It was a beautiful beginning."
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Chase recalls the kids saying daddy likes apricots, we like fruits, Blanket likes mango.
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"They were talking over each other, they very excited to meet me," Chase said. "They wanted to make sure I knew how to cook healthy food"
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Chase said Prince was 12 years old, Paris was about to turn 11 and Blanket was 9.
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The second meeting happened at the Carolwood house. Michael Jackson was not present, the meeting was with MJ's children, Chase explained.
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Chang: Where you excited?
Chase: Yes, I was
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Chase asked who the client was and Amir showed her MJ's company business card.

"When he handed me the card, whoa!" Chase testified.
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There was a meeting set up at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at the Grove in LA. Chase met with Michael Amir, who interviewed her extensively.
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Chase was asked to send the resume in. She said she got call back within the hour saying client was very impressed with her qualifications.
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Chase recalled she received call from company called Culinary
Staffing. The client is husband, wife, two kids, husband was a businessman.
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Chase said she studied nutrition of foods, but does not have training as nutritionist.
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Chang: Are you trained as nutritionist?
Chase: No, I'm not
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Chase explained who Wolfgang Puck is, very famous chef who cooks at the Oscars and has TV shows.
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Chase said Obama was pleased to see an young, African American woman doing well.
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Chase worked in 2007 in an inauguration event for president Obama. "I got the gig because... I'm good," Chase laughed.
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Chase Clientele: President Barack Obama, Bernie Mack, Steve Harvey, John Sally, Maxine Waters, worked with Wolfgang Puck, Pamela Anderson
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"My godfather was Redd Foxx," Chase said.
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After graduating, Chase opened her own catering company. She was always involved in the entertainment business.
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Chase said famous chef Julia Child graduated from Le Cordon Bleu.
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Chase got her masters degree at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy in Paris. She said she comes from family of artists, culinary is her art.
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Chase started culinary profession in a small culinary school, then worked as writer for Urban network magazine.
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Chase worked for MJ while he was preparing for tour. She began working for him end of March, was let go in May and brought back in June 09.
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Chase said she's personal chef for the past 17 years. She currently works for Katherine Jackson and MJ's children Prince, Paris and Blanket.
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On the stand is Kai Chase, MJ's personal chef. Attorney Deborah Chang is doing the questioning.
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Today is jurors 4 and 5 birthday!!!! Judge Yvette Palazuelos just wished them happy birthday! Kai Chase taking the stand now.
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Court session has not started yet. Jackson's attorney, Brian Panish, asked to speak with the judge in private.
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Only Katherine Jackson is present in court today. She's wearing bright royal jacket over a geometric full length dress in tones of blue.
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We'll bring you all the details of Chase's testimony as soon as we can. Remember, judge doesn't allow live tweets from the courtroom.
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Attorneys are discussing with judge regarding Dr. Finkelstein's deposition testimony. Jury not in the courtroom yet.
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Chase testified in the criminal trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. The attorneys expect to conclude her questioning today.
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We were told Chase will detail MJ's behavior after Dr. Murray was retained. She worked in Apr/09, was off in May and came back in June/09.
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Jacksons attorneys told the court yesterday that they are calling today Kai Chase, MJ's personal chef.
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Hello from the courthouse in downtown LA. Day 32 of Jackson family vs AEG trial to get underway momentarily.

 

[ivy]

Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Michael Jackson's personal chef testifies in wrongful death trial
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The emotional state of Paris Jackson was reported in court Tuesday during the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial.

A member of the Jackson staff says Paris still cries and talks about her late father. Michael Jackson's former personal chef, Kai Chase, said that as the singer prepped for his comeback tour, he was upbeat, excited and energized in April 2009. Two months later, a nightmare was unfolding at his home.

On Tuesday, Chase broke down describing the day of Jackson's death. She said Jackson's children were crying and praying. Chase testified she now works for Katherine Jackson and the singer's three children.

The family is suing Jackson's tour producer, AEG Live, alleging that executives hired Conrad Murray, whose use of the hospital sedative propofol led to Jackson's death.

Chase described Jackson's home life and said he was an involved and loving father adored by the children. She said she was fired in 2009 from Jackson's home because of management changes, but then rehired within weeks. By that time, she says Jackson was very weak. She testified he told her that he needed her to keep him healthy and told her, "They are killing me."

The testimony comes in the eighth week of the trial, marked by many testy arguments between counsels.

It came to a head in the chambers of Judge Yvette Palazuelos. She questioned the battling attorneys about alleged acts of rudeness on Monday. "Inappropriate gesturing" is what the judge called it, according to a transcript obtained by Eyewitness News.

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The judge addressed Jackson attorney Brian Panish, "It's been brought to my attention that you have been gesturing something to Mr. Putnam."

AEG attorney, Marvin Putnam, said to Panish, "You've given me the finger twice."

Panish denied it, and redirected attention to an AEG lawyer, calling her uncivil, disruptive and attacking.

Putnam told the judge that the finger gesture happened twice and that there had been a practice of uncivil behavior for two months. Palazuelos ended the sidebar saying, "No gesturing please."

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Paris Jackson testifies in AEG case by video

By RICHARD JOHNSON
Last Updated: 9:39 PM, June 18, 2013
Posted: 9:31 PM, June 18, 2013

Paris Jackson -- who is still the hospital recovering from her recent suicide attempt -- testified via videotape today in the trial over her father's death four years ago.

The 15-year-old, who is suing AEG live along with her granmorher and her siblings, was questioned under oath last October about her former nanny, Grace Rwaramba.

Lawyers for the Jackson family had hinted Rwaramba had been fired by AEG the same way Jackson's personal chef Kai Chase has been let go two months before Jackson died.

So AEG lawyer Jessica Stebbins Bina played a clip from Paris deposition. Asked why Jackson fired Rwaramba, Paris replied, "My dad didn't like her... She was sneaky. She wasn't an honest person, and lied a lot."
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Paris Jackson

Michael hired her back more than once because he felt sorry for her. "She didn't really have money," Paris explained.

"One time when me and my brother were really young, before Blanket was born.. She would call the hotel and say she was his wife and they'd let her in, and he'd wake up and she'd be like in his bed.... She was obsessed with him.

That's what he told us...kinda freaky."

Asked why her father didn't get rid of her, Paris replied, "He did. He sent her to India. She kept coming back."

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Vid from Depositon is from Pearl Jr.

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Paris, Prince Jackson's testimony shown in Jackson death trial
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 6:34 AM EDT, Wed June 19, 2013

Paris Jackson: Michael said nanny 'lied a lot'
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Jackson lawyers tell judge Paris is unavailable for live testimony because she's hospitalized
AEG Live lawyers show jurors video of Paris and Prince Jackson's depositions
Jackson chef Kai Chase reveals intimate details of Michael Jackson's life with his children
Paris is "devastated and lost" four years after father's death, Chase says
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter.
AEG Live lawyers played short video clips from the depositions of Michael Jackson's oldest children in court to counter testimony from their chef.
Kai Chase, who cooked for the singer and his three children in the last months of his life, described what she said was Jackson's physical deterioration just before his death.
Jackson was strong, healthy and active in April, but was so weak by June that Prince, then 12, had to help his father walk up stairs, Chase testified.
Chase also repeated the testimony she gave in the criminal trial of Dr. Conrad Murray about the day Jackson died.
Paris Jackson's 'cry for help'
Who's who in Jackson trial
Photos: All in the Jackson family
Photos: Michael Jackson, King of Pop
But her most dramatic words were about how Michael Jackson's death affected his children -- Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson, whom she now cooks for at their grandmother's home.
"They talk about their father a lot," Chase said. "It's just something that they'll never get over -- the love and how much they miss their father."
Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, contending the concert promoter was liable in his death because it negligently hired, retained or supervised Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Murray told police he used the surgical anesthetic propofol to treat Jackson's insomnia. The coroner ruled propofol killed him.
AEG Live lawyers argue Jackson chose and supervised Murray, and their executives had no way of knowing the doctor was using the dangerous treatment.
Paris testifies
The day Paris Jackson attempted suicide, AEG Live lawyers told reporters they couldn't promise not to use the 15-year-old's testimony in their defense. Since Paris is one of the plaintiffs, they were able to compel the teen to sit for two days of questioning in March.
Jackson lawyers, however, told the judge Tuesday that Paris is unavailable to appear in person since she is still being treated in a hospital. AEG Live is able to use the video recording of her deposition, which they began doing Tuesday afternoon.
The first clip shown to jurors was an answer to a question by AEG Live lawyer Marvin Putnam about former Jackson nanny Grace Rwaramba, who was fired two months before Jackson's death.
"My dad didn't like her, so he tried to, like, keep her away from us," Paris said. "So he sent her on errands a lot."
Her father was reluctant to fire Rwaramba because "he felt bad because she didn't really have a lot of money," she testified.
"He said she was sneaky and she wasn't an honest person and she lied a lot," Paris said.
Paris related an incident that happened when she was "really young." She prefaced the story by saying it was "real creepy" and "this is going to freak you out."
The nanny would sneak into a doctor's bedroom and "he'd wake up and she'd be in his bed," Paris said. "So, yeah, it's kind of creepy."
Putnam asked her why her father didn't just make her stay away. "He sent her to India to get some stuff," Paris said. "She kept coming back."
The AEG Live defense team apparently played the video to counter Chase's testimony about Rwaramba, who is expected to be a key Jackson witness later in the trial.
"This was the mother they knew," Chase said of Rwaramba. "She was there when they were born."
Paris' 'Daddy days'
"Being Daddy's little girl, she was devastated, devastated and lost," said Chase, who was with Paris every day until her attempted suicide on June 4, 2013. "She's looking, for there was so much love between her and her father. She's lost. She's searching. She's sad."
The "entire household" is worried about how Paris is dealing with the loss of her father four years ago, Chase said.
"Every girl needs their father," she said. "I would be devastated, too, if that happened to me."
Paris "breaks down, she cries," Chase said. "She talks about him."
"She's trying to find herself, trying to find who she is and it's taking a lot of love and understanding to keep her together," she said.
Chase told jurors about a very happy day for Paris -- her 11th birthday party in April 2009. Her father told the children they could eat whatever they wanted, which was a rare treat for them. Cheese pizza, hot wings and banana splits were on the menu, she said.
The dining room was decorated with Michael Jackson posters and album covers, while his music was played "because this is what she wanted for her 11th birthday," Chase testified. "She was just ecstatic."
"Just when you thought that was enough, he took his children to the backyard for a Cirque du Soleil-type performance for her," she said. Men on stilts, a woman inside a big balloon and circus acts "brought tears to my eyes ... It was the most beautiful expression of love I've ever seen."
"Paris hasn't had a birthday party since," Chase said. "She doesn't want one."
Paris "remembers the Daddy days and her birthday," she said.
Prince's testimony
Prince Jackson, 16, also made a brief video appearance in Tuesday's court session. AEG Live lawyers played a short clip from his deposition to counter Chase's testimony that Jackson was so weak at one point in June that his son, then 12, had to help him walk up stairs.
"Was there ever a time that he came home from rehearsals so tired that you had to help him upstairs?" Putnam asked Prince.
"I wouldn't be able to, but no," Prince answered.
Chase testified about Prince's relationship with his father and the devastation his death caused.
"Prince has always been, even at 12, the little man -- daddy's little man," she said. "He wanted his father to be very proud of him, which Michael was."
The teen has "the weight of the world is on his shoulders, the eldest, big brother and father figure to his siblings," Chase testified. "It's a lot for him, growing, liking girls. He wishes his father was here to give him advice. It's devastating to him."
Blanket's 'dance moves like his father'
Blanket, who was 7 when his father died, is now 11 and a fifth-grade graduate of his home school. "l keep thinking he's older because he's so smart," Chase said.
"As the littlest, he has his older siblings to protect him, but I still think the youngest child will be the most affected," she testified. "Being the baby, it's a lot of remembering what daddy did, and it's constant nonstop talking of him and his father's relationship together."
Like Prince and Paris, Blanket is "feeling a little lost as well," Chase said.
He has to dress up each day, even though he is taught by a tutor at the family's Calabasas, California, home. But he can wear what he wants on Fridays -- which usually is a T-shirt from the Cirque du Soleil "Immortal" show based on his father's music, Chase said. "He wears it constantly."
"He does dance moves like his father," she testified.
My 'junior clients'
Michael Jackson hired Chase as his family's chef without meeting her -- based on the recommendation of Prince, Paris and Blanket, she testified.
She first met with her "junior clients" in the kitchen of the rented Los Angeles mansion where they were living while Jackson prepared for his comeback concerts.
The interview involved a discussion of "everything from food to video games," she said. "They wanted to make sure I knew healthy food."
"'We eat healthy," Chase said the children told her. "We don't eat any beef or pork. Daddy likes apricots, we like fruit and Blanket likes mangoes."
"It just felt like this was a place I needed to be," Chase said. "It was a beautiful beginning."
Dining with Daddy
Meals were "their time to bond," Chase said. "This was his time with them privately."
Chase -- a graduate of the Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy in Paris -- would set the table with a different theme for each lunch, featuring recipes from different countries, so the children would learn something while eating.
"One day we would have east Indian food," she said. "We would discuss what part of India we were eating from."
The children looked forward to "comfort food Saturdays" -- which might include fried chicken -- to break up the monotony of healthy eating, she said.
Michael Jackson was "very much into Mexican" and his favorite meal was vegan tacos, she said. The Jackson lawyers showed jurors a photo of the dish Tuesday.
April: 'A good feeling of love'
Music echoing through the Carolwood Drive mansion was a mix of Disney, Rolling Stones, David Bowie and classical, Chase said. Fireplaces stayed burning despite the warm temperatures outside. "It was a good feeling," Chase testified.
Animals roaming through the home included a chocolate lab named Kenya, cats Katie and Thriller, a rabbit and a talking bird who would "whistle when pretty girls go by," Chase said.
Prince had a pet rat he carried around, while Paris would host tea parties in her backyard doll house for the animals. The dog would jump in the pool with the kids when they swam on Saturdays, Chase said.
The children would "run to him like lighting" when their father came home from a rehearsal," she said. "They would hang on him. It would bring tears to my eyes."
Jackson would play games with the children and read to them at the end of the day, she said. "His personality with his children was warm and loving."
Jackson was "a disciplinarian when it was needed," she said. The children had to be in bed at a certain time and school started on schedule.
Snail Farming
Jackson made sure school work was "interactive" for his children, including one science project for Paris that involved a night time hunt for snails, Chase said.
"So far we have a daddy snail, but we don't have a mommy and a baby snail," Paris told Chase one evening. That triggered a snail hunt around the mansion grounds, she said.
"I didn't know how he would feel about his daughter and me out snail hunting at night," she said, "but he was fine."
Jackson joined them in constructing a snail farm in glass vases on the kitchen counter.
'Box of Happiness'
After working for Jackson in March and April, Chase was suddenly dismissed in May because of what Jackson's assistant told her was "a change of management." She was not allowed to say good bye to the children, she said.
The assistant called her back a month later and asked her to return to the job, which she did. But this time, her paychecks would be cut by AEG Live, she was told.
Paris greeted her return with a gift. It was a shoe box filled with stuffed animals and coloring books she called a "Box of Happiness."
Paris learned "giving" from her father, she said.
"She'd go get clothing maybe she wasn't wearing anymore and she would cut them to make them into little skirts and hand sew them," Chase said.
"I'm making these little skirts that I'm going to put in a box and ship overseas to others that aren't as privileged," she said Paris told her.
Empty pantry, declined credit
The happy home she left in April was changed when she returned in June, Chase said. It was three weeks before Jackson died there.
"The kitchen pantry was bare, and the only things in the refrigerator were Coca-Colas, Red Bull and Starbuck's coffee drinks, which I know Mr. Jackson was not drinking," the chef said.
When Chase went to the grocery store to stock up the Jackson credit card was declined, she said.
Jackson himself "looked very different," she said. "He appeared very weak. He looked thinner, undernourished."
The "obvious difference" in Jackson from April to June "concerned me greatly," Chase said.
"He came to me and pulled me to the side and said 'Where have you gone? I had no idea you left. I need you to keep me healthy. I'm working hard. They're killing me,'" she testified.
"He told me 'I need you to keep me healthy. I don't know why you left. I need you to keep me and my children healthy.' I looked at him with great concern," she said. "When he said that ... I thought he was being overworked. He was over rehearsed."
Jackson was excited that she would again be feeding him, she said.
"I knew I had to get this man as healthy as a possible, but I did not know why he was deteriorating," she said.
Another change she witnessed in June was the presence of Dr. Conrad Murray. He paid some visits in April, but he was there almost every day in June, she said. The doctor would bring empty oxygen tanks from Jackson's upstairs bedroom each morning.
"I was concerned," Chase testified. "I had no idea what they were used for. I didn't ask, but it was strange."
The world would later learn that Murray was using oxygen when he administered propofol each night to put Jackson to sleep.
'A loud crash'
The Jackson lawsuit alleges that AEG Live executives, including CEO Randy Phillips and Co-CEO Paul Gongaware, pressured Murray to have Jackson at more rehearsals. They cite a meeting they believe was held at Jackson's home around the second week of June as evidence.
Jackson, wearing a surgical mask and covered by several layers of clothing, appeared "scared and frightened" as he walked down his stairs to join Phillips, Gongaware, Dr. Murray and his manager Frank Dileo for the meeting in his parlor, Chase said.
"I immediately heard a loud crash," she testified. A "very, very expensive vase" sitting next to Jackson's chair was smashed.
Jackson "seemed very firm with them," she said. The judge would not let her tell jurors what she heard him saying to the AEG Live executives. But there were "loud voices" and everyone was talking over each other," she said.
Jackson left the meeting, followed by Dr. Murray, who seemed "very upset," she said.
"I can't take this s--t," Murray said, according to Chase.
When she saw Jackson later, he seemed to have "the weight of the world on his shoulders," she said. He was "concerned, frightened and scared; a lot of those emotions."
The day he died
Chase has publicly recounted several times the events at the house the day Michael Jackson died, including in interviews and testimony in Murray's criminal trial. She described it again Tuesday for jurors in the civil trial.
Dr. Murray "was panicked" as he screamed for Chase to call Prince and the security guard to go upstairs to help him.
"Hurry Dr. Murray needs you," she said she told Prince, who was playing in the den. "There may be something wrong with your father."
She returned to her lunch preparations, failing to alert the security guard in the shack near the kitchen door. Murray never asked her to call 911 for an ambulance.
Chase realized there was a grave problem when the housekeepers began crying "Mr. Jackson may be dead," she said. "You could feel the energy in the house was changing."
Prince screamed "Daddy" and Paris screamed a "blood curdling, out of her mind Daddy!"
"I grabbed them and held their hands and said 'Let's pray. Father God, please let nothing be wrong with this man.'"
Paramedics were soon running up the the stairs. Head of security Alberto Alvarez asked Chase to leave the house. "He'll be fine," Alvarez told her.
Chase did not see the Jackson children until she was allowed to visit with them weeks later. Katherine Jackson hired her as her family chef last July at the request of Prince, Paris and Blanket.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 32 - June 18 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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Judge adjourned session until today at 1:30 pm PT with Kai Chase resuming her testimony. We'll bring you all the details during breaks.
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"He had breakfast with his children when he wasn't having food upstairs," Chase said.
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Chase testified in April MJ would eat breakfast with his kids every morning. But in her depo, she said Dr. Murray would bring his breakfast.
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Chase: I thought he was over rehearsed, I thought he was rehearsing too much, that they were overworking him. And this was the result of it
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Chase said she didn't have any idea that MJ was taking Propofol to sleep.
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Chase never inquired about the oxygen tanks, because "it was none of my business."
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Oxygen tanks in April were smaller, in June bigger, Chase said. She saw Dr. Murray come down with a tank on each hand in the morning.
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"It was strange that he (Dr. Murray) was there all the time," Chase opined.
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Chase said it didn't seem weird MJ have doctor, maybe heneeded for aching bones. But she thought it was weird to have a doctor every day.
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"My understanding was that Dr. Murray was his personal physician," Chase explained.
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Chase said the times she saw Dr. Murray and MJ together, they had a friendly relationship; children seemed to like Dr. Murray as well.
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There was one time in June Chase cooked dinner for Dr. Murray, MJ and the kids, served Turkish lentil soup.
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Chase testified she never saw MJ drink alcohol or under the influence of drugs. In April, Chase said she saw Dr. Murray 2-3 times a week.
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Chase was shocked when she heard MJ died. She first didn't believe it.
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Chase said Dr. Murray seemed like a nice man. She was not concerned about him not being a good doctor.
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Chase said she asked Dr. Murray about MJ eating. "He said, well, he doesn't eat that much."
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"He was rehearsing a lot, tired, that's what I saw," Chase explained. "I saw him tired, weak and over rehearsed."
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Bina played Prince's video deposition where Prince said he wouldn't be able to help his dad upstairs.
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"I wanted to be very general with my conversations with the media in respect of his privacy," Chase explained.
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Bina said Chase never mentioned the stair incident, where Prince had to help MJ upstairs, to the media.
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Chase said MJ looked pretty strong in April. "He looked great in April, he didn't look good in June," Chase opined.
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Chase said she has no idea what MJ and the children were eating in May while she was gone.
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Bina: Do you know the reason why MJ couldn't buy food in May?
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"He didn't look healthy," Chase explained. "He looked a little undernourished."
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Chase said neither MJ nor his children called her after she was fired to find out why she wasn't at the house.
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Bina: When you were let go in May, did you believe MJ was healthy?
Chase: Yes
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As to the snail hunting, Chase said it happened around 8 pm and she wasn't sure how MJ would react.
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Chase said Michael Amir told her she would get fired if she asked MJ or the kids about not getting paid.
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Bina inquired Chase if she knew how the private circus in the backyard for Paris birthday party was paid for. She said she didn't know.
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The pay was sporadically, Chase said. When she asked about where the checks were, she was said they were going through changes.
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Paris tells in the depo how Grace Rwamba portended to be MJ's wife when they were at hotel rooms. This contradicted what Chase testified.
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Bina played video deposition of Paris Jackson. She said her dad didn't like Rwamba, he said she was sneaky, wasn't honest person, lied a lot
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Chase could not say whether the person on the wheelchair and surgical mask was MJ.
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Chase said she doesn't know who the person is. Bina wants to show another photo, and Chang requested a sidebar.
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Bina showed paparazzo picture of the children in 2008. At the corner, there's a man in a wheelchair wearing surgical mask. He resembles MJ.
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LAPD detective Orlando Martinez said Chase took a tray of food for MJ upstairs, and she said it was not true, that never happened.
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Chase said that either the children or Dr. Murray would take the food upstairs.
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"I don't know if it was unspoken rule, I was told by Michael Amir that client requested quarters upstairs to be private," Chase explained.
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Chase said in April, MJ would hang out with the children about 3-4 times a week for about 25% of the time. He wasn't there as much in June.
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Chase said she spent 70-75% in the kitchen. The rest, she says she spent playing with the children.
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In April, Chase said she saw MJ a lot. He would come home for lunch and stay for dinner.
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Bina: Did you sign anything to get a credit check on you?
Chase: No

Middle of April Chase began having Sundays off.
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Bina asked if Michael Amir did background check in her. She replied she didn't know.
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AEG's attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina did cross examination of Kai Chase.
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"He remembers his father," Chase said.

No more questions by plaintiffs.

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"He's hurt too, he's feeling a little lost too," Chase said, adding Blanket never had a growing up moment when was father-son only.
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"I still think the youngest child will be the most affected. Being the baby, it's a lot of remembering of what daddy did," Chase on Blanket
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Blanket just graduated from grade school. Chase said this is all knew to him too. "As the littlest he has his older siblings to protect him"
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The entire household has been worried about Paris, Chase said.
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Chase: Yes, she is. She breaks down, she cries, she talks about him, she doesn't want to have another birthday again
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Chang: Is she having a difficult time coping with the death of her father?
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"She's trying to find herself, trying to find who she is and it's taking a lot of love and understanding to keep her together," Chase said.
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"She's lost, she's searching, she's sad. It's devastating to her, every girl needs her father," Chase said about Paris.
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Chase on Paris: She's looking, for there was some much love that was given between her and her father
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"Being daddy's little girl, she's devastated and lost," Chase said about Paris.
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Chang urged Chase not to go into too many details about Paris.
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Prince is now 16 years old. Chase says he was daddy's little man, but now feels the weight of the world on his shoulder.
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Chase said the children talk about MJ's music, what he would do in certain situations.
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"The love and the home is the same," Chase explained.

Chang: Do they miss their father?
Chase: That's apparent
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"Before they were in this protective type of special life," Chase explained. "They are thrust into the world now, which is all new to them."
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Prince and Paris go to private school, Blanket is still home schooled.
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About the children, Chase said they were huge and becoming teenagers when she came back last year.
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Chase said Mrs. Jackson misses her son's spirit, the love he gave to her, the jokes they would share together, the conversations, the love.
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"Mrs. Jackson misses him very much," Chase said. "This is her child, her son! It saddens her, she cries, I cry. I comfort her."
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"She loves music, and art, and beautiful flowers," Chase explained about Mrs. Jackson. She said she speaks with the children every day.
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Chase said her responsibilities are the same with Mrs. Jackson. She said she has a lot of the in common with her, including the love for MJ.
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Chase said family was very important for MJ, they talked about it about 50% of the time. "He loved his mother and he loved his children."
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"The kids really miss me, loved me and I agreed," Chase explained.

Chase began working with Mrs. Jackson and children in July 2012.
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About returning to work last year, Chase said she got a phone call saying the children had been requesting me since their daddy's death.
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Chase said she was paid for overseas interviews, which were mostly on food preparation.
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Chase said she heard on the radio that MJ had died. "I didn't want to believe it, I thought they were lying," Chase said.
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"They were devastated," Chase said about the children.

Katherine Jackson wiped her eyes, cried in the audience.
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Chase said people were crying, security was everywhere, paramedics going up the stairs, chaos.
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Chase said she didn't want the children to feel pain. So she hugged all the children and said "Let's pray."
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Chase: I hear Prince screaming daddy, daddy, daddy, Paris screamed DAD!

Chase becomes emotional, cries a bit on the stand.
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Prince went to Dr. Murray and Chase saw the housekeepers, Jimmy and Blanca, crying saying there may be something wrong with Mr. Jackson.
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Prince Jackson Contradicts Testimony Of Family Chef In King of Pop’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit
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Michael Jackson‘s oldest son, Prince Michael, contradicted testimony of family chef Kai Chase in the wrongful death lawsuit against concert promotoer AEG, of the late King of Pop, and RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained the excerpt of the teenager’s deposition that was played for jurors in court on Tuesday.


Chase testified that by June 2009 Michael had become so weak that his son, Prince, had to carry him up the stairs at the rental mansion the family was living in.


However, on cross examination by AEG, an excerpt from Prince’s deposition was played for Chase and the jury in which he contradicted the chef’s claim.


During the March 2013 deposition, Prince was asked if there was ever a time Michael was so tired from rehearsal that he couldn’t make it up the stairs.


Shaking his head, drinking a glass of water, Prince said, “I wouldn’t be able to either, but no.”


When asked about the contradiction, Chase maintained it had occurred.


As Radar previously reported, jurors also saw a portion of Paris Jackson‘s deposition in which she revealed former nanny, Grace Rwaramba, was ‘obsessed’ with her father.

“You’re going to get creeped out… no joke,” the jovial teenager told lawyers representing concert promoter AEG.

Charged Paris: “My dad didn’t like her so he tried to keep her away from us. He would send her to run errands a lot… He said she was sneaky, she was not an honest person and she lied a lot…She used to be (one of the nannies) but she got really creepy. This is going to freak you out. One time, it was before — me and my brother were really young — before Blanket was born.

“When he would stay in a hotel, or whatever, she would call the hotel and say that she was his wife. She was obsessed with him… They let her in and he’d wake up and she would be in his bed.”

Katherine Jackson and Michael’s three children contend the concert promoter failed to properly investigate Conrad Murray, who was convicted in 2011 of the involuntary manslaughter death of the singer.

Lawyers for the Jacksons told the judge on Wednesday they expected to rest their case by July 8.

 

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 33 - June 19 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Jacksons vs AEG - Day 33 - June 19 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Use this thread to post any and all news stories from day 33 of Katherine Jackson vs. AEG trial.

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 33 - June 19 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Alan Duke ?@AlanDukeCNN 4m
Chef on Paris Jackson: We were literally pulling her by her ankles down the stairs as she was trying to go back up, screaming 'Daddy, Daddy'

 

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Anthony McCartney ‏@mccartneyAP 26m
The rest of Dr. Early's deposition will be played tomorrow. Court resumes at 10:30 a.m.
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Katherine Jackson's lawyers ended the day by playing portions of a deposition by an AEG-retained addiction expert, Dr. Paul Early.
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The chef said she never discussed missed paychecks with Jackson, and was never told by the singer not to go upstairs.
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Chase said the “unspoken rule” that staff who questioned why they weren’t being paid would get fired came from Michael Amir Williams.
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Plaintiff’s attorney Deborah Chang then resumed questioning Chase.
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Stebbins Bina asked whether Chase was concerned that Mrs. Jackson would fire her over testimony in the case. Chase: “No. That’s absurd.”
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She said it wasn’t a gift because Katherine Jackson doesn’t celebrate birthdays. “She’s a Jehovah’s Witness,” Chase said.
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Chase had tweeted that it was a “wonderful pre-birthday gift” and thanked Katherine Jackson.
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Stebbins Bina asked about tickets Katherine Jackson gave Chase to her for the Jackson “Immortal” show. Chase said it wasn’t a gift.
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The lawyer then asked about Chase’s current employment with Katherine Jackson. She said they haven’t discussed the AEG case.
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Stebbins Bina asked about a 2010 party Paris apparently had at a roller rink. Chase said she was relying on what Paris told her.
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Chase conceded that she hadn’t been present for Paris’ birthday since 2009, but Paris told her she didn’t like celebrations.
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Stebbins Bina then challenged Chase on her contention that Paris Jackson hadn’t had any birthday parties since 2009.
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She said their bedtimes varied, and that they sometimes stayed up late on weekends.
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Chase said she couldn’t give a percentage of times she was there for bedtimes. Chase said she never saw children put to bed.
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There were questions about the children’s bedtimes. Stebbins Bina asked Chase how many times she was at house at kids’ bedtime.
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Stebbins Bina asked Chase to use professional language. The chef turned to the jury and said, “I didn’t write a blog for Larry King.”
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There were more questions about the post, and Chase said, “I didn’t write a blog for Larry King, sweetheart.”
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Chase: “I’m telling you that this is not mine. In a nice way.” She was clearly annoyed by this point.
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Chase kept denying it, eventually telling jury she had a blog called “Nibble by Kai Chase.”
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After the sidebar, Stebbins Bina asked several more questions about it, continuing to call it blog post that Chase wrote.
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It sounded like a news story, and Chase denied she wrote it. There was a sidebar about showing it to the jury.
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At this point, Stebbins Bina wanted to show Chase a post on CNN’s website. The lawyer called it a blog Chase wrote for Larry King.
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Chase said other staffers in Jackson’s house signed confidentiality agreements, but what she signed wasn’t a confidentiality agreement.
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She said before she left, Alvarez asked her to sign a one-paragraph document, but she doesn’t know what it was.
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The chef was asked a little bit about the day Jackson died. She testified about Alberto Alvarez asking her to leave the mansion.
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Chase said the only time she felt Jackson expressed reservations was when he made the “They’re killing me” comment.
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Stebbins Bina asked about Chase’s conversations with MJ about the “This Is It” tour. She said Jackson was excited about the tour.
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Chase wasn’t allowed to testify about what Dileo said. She said she didn’t mention it to police or during Murray’s criminal proceedings.
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Chase reiterated that she didn’t know who broke the vase during the meeting, only heard one statement from Frank Dileo.
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Chase said at her deposition, she wasn’t asked for those details and “I didn’t say it.”
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The chef testified yesterday that Jackson looked afraid going into that meeting. She was again asked why she didn’t mention details before.
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Chase was then asked about her description of Jackson at the meeting, that he wore a surgical mask and layers of clothes.
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The lawyer said the first time Chase mentioned the vase being broken was in her deposition in October 2012.
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Stebbins Bina then asked Chase why she didn’t mention the meeting in which a vase was broken to police. Chase said they didn’t ask.
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Chase was asked about Dr. Allan Metzer and dermatologist Arnold Klein. She was also asked about nurse Cherilyn Lee.
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Stebbins Bina asked Chase about whether she ever saw any of Jackson’s other doctors. Chase replied no.
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Back to today's testimony ...
AEG Live Jessica Stebbins Bina continued her cross-examination of Kai Chase. She focused on a few key areas.
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The meeting was on the record but sealed, and no announcement made about his status.
Should know more in the morning.
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The day ended in a bit of mystery about the alternate juror who was likely going to be dismissed. He met with judge, attorneys, in chambers.
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We’re done for the day in Jackson vs AEG Live after an afternoon-only session. Kai Chase finished testifying.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 33 - June 19 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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Bina: You understood you were let go in April for financial reasons?
Chase: Yes
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The chef said she didn't know anything about MJ paying AEG back for her salary.
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Chase understood she was hired by Michael Jackson but was going to be paid by AEG Live.
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"He was excited about going to this tour," Chase said. "I too was excited, for him, for his fans, for everyone," Chase said.
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Bina played Chase's deposition, where she said MJ didn't give her any indication he was trying to avoid this concert at all.
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"He was tired, he needed a rest, a break," Chase said.
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"When he stated I'm being overworked, they are killing me, that was an indication he was tired," Chase explained.
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MJ talked to Chase about This Is It tour. "He was excited about everything," Chase said.
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"They are killing me, I'm working too hard" Chase said MJ expressed. Bina asked if was figure speech she said she took it for what he said
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"No, I don't, but I was assuming it had to do with the meeting because he was coming out of it and left," Chase said.
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Bina asked if she knew the reason Dr. Murray was upset was because of the meeting.
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Chase never talked to Dr. Murray after this episode to ask him what had happened that made him so upset.
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As to Dr Murray leaving the meeting, Chase said he was so angry and upset, stormed into the kitchen, blurted out 'I can't handle this s**t.'
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Chase said she also told during her deposition about the voices being raised in the meeting; she said she does not know who broke the vase.
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"I heard what Mr. DiLeo had stated," Chase explained. Judge sustained objection about it being hearsay, so what DiLeo said was not repeated.
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Chase said she overheard bits and pieces of the meeting since she was in and out of the room filling up beverages.
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"Mr. Jackson was very scared at that meeting," Chase testified. But she said MJ didn't tell her he was fearful, never spoke to her about it.
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Chase said she saw MJ cold once.
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Bina: Did you ever mention before yesterday that Mr. Jackson was cold in that meeting?
Chase: Yes!
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Bina: And it wasn't important enough to tell anybody before testifying yesterday, correct?
Chase: Yes
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"I didn't know why he as wearing that, it was pretty strange, he had not worn that in the house before," Chase said about the surgical mask.
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"He looked scared," Chase said. "They didn't ask for that and I didn't say it."
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Bina: Did you think it was important to mention MJ was wearing a surgical masks during your deposition?
Chase: I said what I said
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"I described his emotions, yes," Chase explained. "You could just see the fears in his eyes."
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But Bina said she didn't mention the surgical mask or layers of clothing before.
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Bina: You testified Mr. Jackson was wearing surgical mask and layers and layers of clothing, correct?
Chase: Yes
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Gongaware, DiLeo, Phillips, MJ and Dr. Murray were present in the meeting, Chase explained.
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At that point, Bina pointed out Chase was already working for Mrs. Jackson.
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Bina: First time you mentioned the meeting was in your deposition in Oct 2012?
Chase: Yes
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Bina asked why Chase never told the police or testified at Dr. Murray's trial about the meeting at MJ's house. She said she wasn't asked.
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Katherine Jackson is not in the courtroom today.

Chase said she never met Dr. Alan Metzger, another physician who treated Michael Jackson.
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MJ's personal chef Kai Chase on the stand. AEG's attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina doing cross examination.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 33 - June 19 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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Judge then adjourned session until tomorrow 10:30 am PT. They will resume playing Dr. Earley's deposition.
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Dr. Early: MJ's death wasn't caused by Demerol directly, there's a question if Demerol created synergy with Propofol and benzodiazepine
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Dr. Earley: The primary drug of his (MJ) addiction was Demerol, by far the most common opioid he took.
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Dr. Earley: I don't think there's sufficient evidence from the record reading to ascertain he was addicted to Propofol or benzodiazepine
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"I think he clearly had an addiction to opioids, that class of drugs," Dr. Earley said.
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When asked if he thought MJ had substance issue, Dr. Earley was adamant: "In 2009, he did have an addiction, yes."
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Dr. Earley explained in hospital if patient goes into deep sleep, there are machines to help the patient breath and control blood pressure.
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Dr. Earley testified that under the circumstances, he doesn't think he could've done a better job with MJ in terms of recovery.
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Dr. Earley said he would not have done it. "Propofol is not an appropriate agent for sleep induction."
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Boyle: Was it ok for Dr. Murray to give Propofol to MJ at home?
Dr. Earley: No, that was medically incorrect
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"Addiction is disease of secrecy, often times enablers don't see it" Dr. Earley testified. "I thinks Dr Murray was trying to help MJ sleep"
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Dr. Earley explained what "Enabler" is, when someone is feeding the addiction of an addict.
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Dr. Earley is now involved in long-term treatment of physicians with addiction problems.
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Dr. Earley said he treated patients with Propofol addiction, and is qualified to treat patients with benzodiazepine addiction.
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The doctor has been working on this field for 28 years

Kevin Boyle: Are you qualified to treat patients who have addiction?
Dr Earley: I am
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He became board certified the first year the test became available. Dr. Earley first training was in neurology, then psychotherapy.
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Dr. Earley is an addiction medicine specialist, care for individuals with substance abuse and disorders.
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Dr. Earley said he's getting paid $300 an hour for research and $500 an hour for deposition.
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Chase was excused.

Plaintiffs played a video deposition to play of defendant's retained addiction specialist, Dr. Paul Henry Earley.
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Then judge asked "How about for food?"
Everyone laughed, Chase said no
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Chang: Did Mrs. Jackson ever offer you $150k to provide medical care for her?
Chase: No
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Bina asked if the form Chase filled out to work in the UK was given to all the employees. She said yes, but doesn't know abut Dr. Murray.

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Chase said kids wanted her back.

Bina: Do you know why it took 3 years for them to ask you back?
Chase: I guess there were other employees
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Chase: I didn't say I had financial struggles
Bina: But you said you had family and friends helping?
Chase: Yes, they helped me financially
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Bina: So the company knew you, didn't have to do financial background on you?
Chase: No
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Regarding the company they used to hire Chase, she said had known this company for years, she used them for her own catering company.

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Bina: Any reason to believe Paris wasn't truthful when she was testifying talking about her conversation with her father?
Chase: No
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Chase worked with MJ for about eight weeks, knew Grace Rwamba for about two weeks.

Bina did re-cross of Chase.
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Chase said she didn't want to leave, but was told to leave. "Who was going to be there with them? I knew they loved me and wanted me there."
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Chase: We were literally pulling her down the stairs, they had her by her ankles, she was going upstairs calling daddy, daddy, daddy!!!
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Chase said there was a lot of screaming and crying.

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Chang: Did Paris want to leave her father (on June 25th)?
Chase: Paris was so emotional that day
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Chang showed Chase transcript of criminal trial, where Chase said she was never asked what MJ was wearing in the June meeting.
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"What they wanted to know was what happened that day," Chase explained.
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Chase testified she gave interview to LAPD 4 days after MJ's death and didn't think it was relevant to mention the meeting in mid June.
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Chase said she spoke with Michael Amir about MJ being skinny, and he indicated he had the same concerns.
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Chase said she was not aware of Dr. Murray spending the night in April. She was never asked to prepare food for him then.
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Chase made a variety of organic juices for MJ and the children.
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Chang: Did you ever see Dr. Murray make a special mineral-enriched shake for MJ?
Chase: No, I did not
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"She's turned to her grandmother, she's turned to Grace and she's turned to her biological mother Debbie Rowe," Chase responded.
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Chang: Paris has gone through a difficult period over the past 2 weeks?
Chase: Yes
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Chase said she heard Grace was going to the UK to prepare things for MJ and the children.
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Chang: Do you know MJ created a foundation for her to work?
Chase: I've heard
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Chang: Do you know if Grace kept in contact with MJ?
Chase: I don't know
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"The children felt abandoned, they weren't happy, they were upset," Chase said about Grace being fired.
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Chang: Did you believe she was protective over MJ and the children?
Chase: Yes
DC: And she was let go?
KC: Yes
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"They were just best friend, very, very deep relationship," Chase said about MJ and Grace Rwamba.
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Chase said Grace was a very big support for her, very loving, helped her with the kids.
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Chase said Paris has a feeling of abandonment, which is probably part of the reason she was angry with Grace.
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Chase: I knew that she was very, she was very close with Grace when she was young
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Regarding Paris deposition, Chase said her statement surprised her. "She seems just lost, she seems to just be grieving, missing her father"
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Her first paycheck came in on time, Chase said.
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Chase said she wasn't thinking about getting paid, since she had just started working for MJ. Paris' actual birthday is April 3.
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"I was crying because it was beautiful to see him with his children," Chase said about watching Paris and MJ celebrate her birthday in 2009.
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Chang: Did MJ ever tell you not to go in his bedroom?
Chase: No
DC: Did MJ ever tell you not to ask him about payment?
KC: No
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Chang: Did MJ ever tell you not to go upstairs?
Chase: No
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The form asked about criminal background, citations, financial information. Chase filled it out and gave it to Michael Amir.
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Chase's resume was 4 pages long, including her experience, schooling, references.

She filled out AEG paperwork for working permit in the UK
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Chase worked with Culinary Staffing, an agency that does a lot of background on people before setting up meeting with client, to find work.
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"He was the librarian at Neverland and he used to alphabetized DVDs with his father," Chase testified about Michael Amir Williams.
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Chase said Michael Amir told her he was 23 years old. She asked his age because she thought he was the client. Chase said she's 45.
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Chang: Have you seen Mrs. Jackson threaten to fire anyone who didn't testify in the right way in this trial?
Chase: No
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Chang: Have you and Mrs. Jackson discussed this lawsuit?
Chase: No
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Chase said the children requested her to come back to work at the house.
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Chang: Do you know if Ms. Ribera handles payroll for Mrs. Jackson?
Chase: Yes
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Jacksons attorney Deborah Chang did re-direct.

Chang: Do you know if Ms. Ribera hires all staff for Mrs. Jackson?
Chase: Yes
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Bina: Did that never cross your mind?
Chase: No, that's absurd

Nothing more from defendant's attorney.
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Bina: Are you afraid that if you don't testify in the right way in this trial Mrs. Jackson may fire your?
Chase: No
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Chase met with Chang, attorney for the Jacksons, for about an hour a month ago, another hour a week ago and briefly yesterday.
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In Oct 2012, deposition was taken. Chase does not know who paid Ribera to accompany her in her depo.
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Ribera also acted as Chase's attorney in her deposition.
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Sandra Ribera, Jackson's lawyer, called Chase asking if she wanted to go back to work for her.
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In April 2012, Chase received a subpoena from AEG Live.

In July 2012, Chase was contacted to work back with Mrs. Jackson.
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Chase worked as chef for Mary J. Blige sporadically after MJ died. She did not have steady job, had help from family and friends financially
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Chase said Mrs. Jackson doesn't celebrate dates, but the chef considered it a pre-birthday gift for herself.
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Tweet: Going to see the MJ Immortal Cirque Du Soleil show tonight. What a wonderful pre-birthday gift. Thank you Katherine Jackson
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Bina: Do you have a twitter account?
Chase: Yes

Bina showed a tweet Chase posted.
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Bina: She didn't send you to the MJ Immortal show?
Chase: She gave me a pair a tickets
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Bina asked if Mrs Jackson gave Chase birthday present this year. The chef said no, since she doesn't celebrate dates being Jehovah's Witness
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Chase is currently being paid by Mrs. Jackson. She makes about the same amount of money from when she worked with MJ.
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In 2012, Chase was re-hired by Mrs. Jackson. They speak daily now, but never spoke before MJ died. Chase never saw her at MJ's house.
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"I don't know if he was terminating employment, but he made all the staff leave," Chase said about Alvarez asking them to leave on June 25.
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"I talked about the food and the love he had for his children," Chase said about paid interviews after MJ's death.
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Chase doesn't know whether Paris celebrated her birthday in 2010, 2011 or 2012.
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Chase wasn't present when Paris had her birthday. "She told me she does not like to celebrate birthdays after her dad died," Chase testified
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Chase visited the kids at the Hayvenhurst house a couple of times, two or three, between 2009-12.
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About Paris Jackson, Chase said she has not celebrated birthday parties after MJ died.
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Chase said MJ would do school nights, weekends, sometimes he came home late would let kids stay up. "He was a parent, that's what you do"
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"I was there every day," Chase explained, saying she didn't go upstairs, so she didn't see MJ tuck the kids in bed.
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"Sometimes he would be there with his children, but schedule changed," Chase said.
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Chase said it fluctuated the hours she left. She said MJ was a strict father, the kids had to go to bed on time.
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Bina: He had poor appetite, but ate well?
Chang: He ate well, healthy foods
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Chase: He ate well because the foods I prepared him, which were healthy, well nutrition foods. That's what I mean when I said he ate well.
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"He ate well because I fed him well," Chase testified. "Overall, Mr. Jackson ate well."
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Bina: That he ate well, organic foods?
Chase: Yes
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Bina: Did you did tell Mr. King during the time you fed him well and he ate well?
Chase: Yes, when I was feeding him, yes
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Chase got a little irritated with the question and said she has a blog about food. "And I'm telling you this, in a nice way," Chase said.
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Bina showed Chase a blog with interview Chase gave to Larry King Live. "I did not write this blog for Larry King," Chase said.
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"I was serving smaller portions of food to MJ," Chase explained.
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Chase signed it but said she can't remember what it said. She then left the house. That was the last time she was at the Carolwood house.
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Bina: Did it require you to keep things confidential?
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Alvarez asked Chase to sign something on the spot. "He asked me to sign some sort of a paragraph not on letterhead," Chase explained.
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Alvarez asked Chase if she ever signed a confidentiality agreement. She said she had not, but Chase believes the housekeepers had.
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Chase asked Alberto Alvarez, MJ's security guard, if MJ was ok? She said he told her he would be fine.
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"We were asked to leave, the paramedics was still there," Chase said.
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After getting Prince, Chase returned to work. At some point, Chase and the housekeepers were told to leave the house.
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Chase said she didn't think was going to make sense to stop what she was doing to out the house and look for security.
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Bina talked about the day MJ died. Chase said she got Prince because it was such a serious matter.
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"I didn't know what was going on," Chase explained about MJ's eating in May. "I assumed they possibly had food brought in."
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The credit card that was declined belonged to Michael Amir Williams, Chase said.
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Chase was paid every week. She had to file a claim against MJ's estate to be paid for the month of June, 2009. She has been paid in full.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 33 - June 19 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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We are told next witness is probably plaintiff's sleeping disorder specialist Doctor Charles Czeisler. Karen Faye is back on Friday.

 

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Judge: Did Jackson's attorney 'flip off' AEG lawyer?

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Michael Jackson announces comeback tour in 2009 in London. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press / March 5, 2009)
By Jeff Gottlieb
June 19, 2013, 7:10 p.m.
Opposing attorneys in civil suits usually get along fine, no matter how angry their clients are with each other.

Not so in the Michael Jackson wrongful death case.

On Monday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos called the attorneys into her chambers after allegations that Brian Panish, the attorney for Michael Jackson’s mother and three children, had made an obscene gesture at Marvin Putnam, the attorney for AEG Live.

The Jacksons say in their suit that AEG is responsible for the singer’s death because it hired and controlled Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to Jackson. AEG says that Murray worked for Jackson and any money it was supposed to give to the doctor was an advance to Jackson.

According to an edited transcript, the conversation in Palazuelos’s chambers went like this:

Palazuelos: “It’s been brought to my attention that there was been some gesturing between counsel, which is inappropriate. Specifically, Mr. Panish, it’s been brought to my attention that you may be gesturing something to Mr. Putnam.

Is that what’s going on?”

Panish: “I don’t think I’ve even gestured anything to Mr. Putnam today.

Putnam: “You’ve given me the finger twice.

Panish: “What? Judge, if I want to give him the finger, I know how to give him the finger.”

Putnam: “And you did it quite well twice.”

Panish: “I was trying — I would tell you; OK? I admit what I do. If I wanted to give you the finger — are you complaining and saying I gave you the finger?

Putnam: “I didn’t.”

Panish: “...I went like this when he was talking (indicating), and all three of [AEG’s attorneys] were interrupting.... I didn’t flip Mr. Putnam the finger or flip him off. If he would like me to, I know how to do it, believe me. I haven’t even talked to Mr. Putnam or made any — did I have any dealings today other than when we came in here?”

Putnam: “No. Your honor, every time that you have raised an issue with Mr. Panish about something that you thought was in terms of civility and dealings between counsel, what immediately occurs, he completely then turns and blames somebody else for something else; OK? And I think that’s not only inappropriate, but it attempts to belie what’s actually going on. And I think the issue raised is an issue. I did not raise this issue with the court, but I will represent that that absolutely occurred and did occur twice.

Panish: “…I have been trying my best, in light of the conduct of counsel, to be civil. I’ve never had an issue in 100 jury trials with civility until this case…. I didn’t give Mr. Putnam the finger. If he wants me to give him the finger, I’m happy to do that. Now, have I been upset with them? Yes, absolutely. Was I upset with their witnesses? Absolutely. No question. I don’t deny that.

Palazuelos: Well, I haven’t seen it, but if that’s going on, it’s got to stop. It really does.

 

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Use this thread to post any and all news stories from day 34 of Katherine Jackson vs. AEG trial.

Daily news threads are merged into the main News thread in the stickies

Please help the staff by posting all the news stories as well as tweets from media you see.

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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I plan on siting in on part of the afternoon session, but not sure how much I'll be able to post.
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Czeisler has worked with athletes, night-shift workers, the Rolling Stones, government agencies and astronauts.
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Dr. Czeisler is testifying for Katherine Jackson's side.
He went over a lot of the basics of sleep in the morning session.
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Jackson trial tweeps -- posting will be light today while I work on a couple stories.
Today's witness is sleep expert Dr. Charles Czeisler
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The rest of Dr. Early's deposition will be played tomorrow. Court resumes at 10:30 a.m.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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Dr. Czeisler began studying the internal clock in the brain that controls our sleep while in undergraduate school.
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The doctor said our internal clock regulates the timing we are awake and asleep.
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Dr. Czeisler graduated from Harvard and went to Stanford Medical School. He became a professor at Harvard medical school.
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Dr. Czeisler lives in the Boston area, Massachusetts, grew up in Chicago. He detailed his extensive background in the medical field.
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Jackson's attorney Michael Koskoff doing direct examination.
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New witness on the stand: Dr. Charles Czeisler, plaintiff's retained Sleeping Disorder Specialist.
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Judge said alternate juror 6 has been excused, since he moved. Judge said with the move came financial hardship. Thus, she let him go.
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Katherine Jackson is in court today wearing a black and white floral long jacket.
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Hello from the courthouse in downtown LA. Day 34 of Jackson family vs AEG trial is underway. Jurors are not in the courtroom yet.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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I'll be back in court tomorrow on the Jackson vs AEG Live case.
Gotta finish some writing now.
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Sounds like Dr. Czeisler will spend most of Friday testifying. Karen Faye expected to return on June 28th to resume testifying.
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Change of plans for court on Friday in Jackson vs AEG Live.
Karen Faye will NOT be testifying. Dr. Czeisler will remain on the stand.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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That wraps Day 34 of testimony. We hope to see you tomorrow. For all the latest, watch @ABC7 and http://www.abc7.com
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Judge adjourned session until tomorrow 9:15 am PT. Dr. Czeisler resumes testifying tomorrow. Karen Faye won't return until next Friday.
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Koskoff gave a very long hypothetical using all the examples that happened with MJ. Defendant's objected, judge held another long sidebar.
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Withdrawal of Demerol is a secondary type of insomnia. "It can increase insomnia," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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Demerol dissipates some of your biological drive for sleep, if slept for hours during the day it will be more difficult to sleep at night.
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Demerol is a sedative, normally used in association with surgical procedure to address pain.
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"The sleep that you are getting is generated by the brain, not by the drug," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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Dr. Czeisler: Demerol is an opioid and it increases sleep propensity. It's not the same as anesthetic.
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Dr. Czeisler said there are no intravenous medication approved to treat insomnia.
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Genuine sleep fulfills biological needs, but Propofol sleep dissipate the sleep drive, the doctor explained.
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"They feel like they had a great night, but they haven't had any sleep at all," the expert said.
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"They wake up feelings refreshed, it has dissipated their sleep drive, but not their sleep need," Dr. Czeisler said about Propofol.
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Dr. Murray: Ironically, Propofol anesthesia in sleep deprived animals, they don't have rebound, it destroys the drive for sleep.
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"If you didn't get REM sleep yesterday, you'll have REM rebound tonight, you might fall directly into sleep," Dr. Czeisler said.
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"There's no FDA approved reversal to Propofol, you need to metabolize it in order to wake up," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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"When you go under anesthesia, you are going into induced coma," Dr. Czeisler said.
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Propofol anesthesia: Dissipates the sleep drive without fulfilling the sleep need
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Propofol anesthesia: No REM sleep, NREM sleep abnormal, Isoelectric EEG in deep, Insensitive to pain
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Propofol anesthesia: Drug-induced coma, Doesn't fulfill needs, Profound unresponsiveness, No consciousness, Cannot be awakened until gone
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Genuine sleep: Cycles between two behavioral states: REM and non-REM sleep, Sensitive to pain
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Genuine sleep: Readily reversible loss of conscious awareness, Can be easily awakened
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Genuine sleep: Actively generated by the brain; Fulfills biological needs; Readily reversible reduction in sensation;
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Attorneys discussed extensively about Dr. Czeisler's competence to testify on Propofol vs sleep. Judge admitted his opinion conditionally.
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AEG atty said there's no reference in Dr. Czeisler's 78 pages resume of Propofol study, asked judge to not allow his testimony.
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"Propofol appears to dissipate the drive for sleep," Dr. Czeisler testified.
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Dr. Czeisler: There are a series of experiments to understand the extend from which its similar or different from sleep.
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"Even thought it's the brain they are anesthetizing, they have not been monitoring the brain," Dr. Czeisler said about anesthesia.
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"Propofol is not sleep medicine," Dr. Czeisler said. "It is an anesthetic."
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In order to treat insomnia, the first step is to figure out what the disorder is, Dr Czeisler said; sleeping disorder is a treatable disease
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If it is secondary to anxiety, doctor might consider give some anxiolytics, Dr. Czeisler explained.
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The expert said this is a multi-week therapy with personalized approached. It's proven effective, even more than drugs, Dr. Czeisler said.
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Dr. Czeisler said cognitive behavior therapy is used to treat insomnia, where a psychologist identifies the problem.
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Dr. Czeisler: Once you're taking sleeping pills for a series of nights, now you can't sleep without them. Your sleep is actually worse
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Insomnia could be secondary to medicine use or substance abuse.
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70% of parents put TVs in children's room to help them asleep but it actually interfere with sleep, Dr. Czeisler said.
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If irregular sleeping, it's necessary to look into sleep hygiene: Poor sleeping environment, caffeine usage (16 hour half life), darkness
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Dr. Czeisler said there are 3 billion hours a week of video game playing, which affects the sleep because of over activity in the brain.
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"They may have negative associations with bedroom or sleep that may prevent them from sleeping," Dr. Czeisler explained about insomniac.
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"Insomnia is a complaint of difficulty of sleep in either falling asleep, staying asleep or waking up too early," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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Koskoff: Sleep deprived people look for ways to get sleep?
Dr. Czeisler: Yes
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"It's so exhaustive and so painful to be sleep deprived," Dr. Czeisler explained. Some say it is by far the worse type of torture.
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Dr. Czeisler testified sleep deprivation is used as a method of torture to get confessions.
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You need to sleep the night after you learned a task in order to absorb it, Dr. Czeisler said.
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"When we are sleeping, were going through and replaying the events," Dr. Czeisler explained. "We are actually practicing what we learned."
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"They will make 10 times as many mistakes if they are sleep deprived," Dr. Czeisler said.
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"You may not be able to hold your emotions in check," Dr. Czeisler explained.

Dr. Czeisler described the brain and what each area does.
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Impact on mood: increased risk of burnout, depression and suicidal ideation, euphoria/slap-happy, somatic complaints, anxiety, paranoia.
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Adverse impact of sleep deficiency on mood:
Increased emotional volatility, difficult focusing sustained attention
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Dr. Czeisler said even if someone has taken a shower and put on make up, we can recognize lack of sleep by looking at their picture.
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"People take chances they would not take when sleep deprived," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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250,000 people a day fall asleep at the wheel, Dr. Czeisler said.
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More impact: Increased risk of automatic behavior, Increased risk of falling asleep, Fast and sloppy (speed/accuracy trade off).
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More impact: Increased distractibility, Impaired judgement, Impaired memory, Impaired creativity, Increased risk of lapses of attention
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Adverse impact of sleep deficiency on cognition:
Slowed reaction time; slowed reflexes, Impaired balance
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Rapid eye movement sleep (REM) is necessary, Dr. Czeisler said. Its deprivation affects cognitive function, ability to consolidate memory
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If deprived, animal is no longer able to maintain body temperature, Dr. Czeisler explained.
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Rats deprived of all sleep died on 21 days, rats selectively deprived of sleep died in 37 days. Recovery occurred in 1-3 days in those rats.
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Study shows that rats sleep deprived became scrawny, disheveled, unable to maintain body temperature, Dr. Czeisler testified.
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It takes 17 days before an animal dies if deprived of food, Dr. Czeisler said.
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"Sleep is necessary for life, just like the same way eating or drinking fluid is necessary for life," the expert said.
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Dr. Czeisler said lack of sleep increases appetite, among other things.
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"Even fat cells need sleep to metabolize properly," Dr. Czeisler said.
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The doctor said if we sleep only 4-5 hours a night we use more energy, but because we are awake longer, we eat more and gain weight.
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"Regulation of metabolism doesn't go well if we are sleep deprived," Dr. Czeisler said. "If we don't get enough sleep, we are hungrier."
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The doctor said it was believed that sleep was just necessary for the brain, but it was learned sleep is also necessary for the body.
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Doc: While we sleep, we consolidate our memory, integrate learning, refuel the tank, store energy in cells, which requires brain to be off
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Dr. Czeisler: We keep our brain cells for life, we need to repair and maintain the connections because we don't have enough room
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"We sleep in order to fulfill a series of basic biological needs," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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Dr. Czeisler explained sleep is essential to consolidate the memory of what we learned during the day in our brain.
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The brain uses 20% of glucose (energy) a day, Dr. Czeisler said. At night, we purge things that are not important and keep the ones that are
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Dr. Czeisler: That period of repair and maintenance is called sleep.
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"Sleep has an architecture to it" Dr Czeisler said. We keep brain cells for life, the brain has to go through offline maintenance process.
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Sleep cycle takes about an hour and a half to two hours, Dr. Czeisler explained. You go through a progression between sleeping stages.
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"The average person should obtain 7-8 hours asleep every night," Dr. Czeisler said.
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"There's a lot going on in the brain while we sleep," Dr. Czeisler said, explaining it's the time for repair/maintenance of the brain cells.
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Dr. Czeisler created slides showing how the brain works to help the jury understand how sleep happens.
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Signs of sleep:
Reduced activity
Posture
Eyes closed
Reduction in sensitivity, but not a complete loss
Reversible loss of conscious
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Sleep is controlled by the brain, Dr. Czeisler said.
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"Sleep is a very active process, but it's characterized by, and fulfills basically biological needs," Dr. Czeisler explained.
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Dr. Czeisler is being paid $950 an hour. He's one of Jackson's retained experts.
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Dr. Czeisler has served as expert witness before, testified in less than a dozen cases.
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He worked with pilots in the operation desert storm, where most flights were at night.
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Dr. Czeisler has worked with nuclear power plants workers, police forces, firefighters, federal air marshals, CIA, secret service, others.
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The doctor works with industries that typically work around the clock and workers who have problems sleeping during the day/work at night
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Dr. Czeisler published over 120 original reports in peer review journals, which are all new researches.
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Dr. Czeisler belongs to several professional societies. He testified before Congress in a panel of shift workers discussion.
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Dr. Czeisler said there are about 800,000 physicians in the US. He was elected one of the members of the Institute of Medicine.
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They trained the astronauts how to set up the recording system so they could see different stages of sleep they were in while in space.
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Dr. Czeisler worked with astronauts for 25 years to help them adjust their sleep while in space.
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The doctor said Shaq wanted help educate the public about sleeping problems. They published entire film of episode of him going through exam
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Dr Czeisler has worked with The Rolling Stones and Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq allowed doctor to videotape exam to evaluate if he had sleep apnea
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Musicians on tour have altered schedule, Dr. Czeisler said. They perform late, are on a different country with different time zones.
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Dr. Czeisler said musicians can also have sleeping problems when they are traveling through time zones.
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The doctor also worked with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics, the Bruins and now the Red Sox.
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The first sports team Dr. Czeisler worked with was NBA Portland Trail Blazers. They contacted him to help the teamed just through time zones
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People who work night shift have difficulty going to sleep right away when they get home, since they are still wired up.
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Changes in the regular sleeping pattern sends confusing signals to the brain, which suppresses the release of hormones, Dr. Czeisler said.
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Light is the most synchronizing sleep pattern, Dr. Czeisler explained. When it's light out, it's time to stay awake. Dark, time to sleep.
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After lunch time, the drive from the internal clock to stay awake becomes stronger and stronger, Dr. Czeisler said.
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Dr. Czeisler began studying the internal clock in the brain that controls our sleep while in undergraduate school.
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The doctor said our internal clock regulates the timing we are awake and asleep.
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Dr. Czeisler graduated from Harvard and went to Stanford Medical School. He became a professor at Harvard medical school.
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Dr. Czeisler lives in the Boston area, Massachusetts, grew up in Chicago. He detailed his extensive background in the medical field.
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New witness on the stand: Dr. Charles Czeisler, plaintiff's retained Sleeping Disorder Specialist.
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Judge said alternate juror 6 has been excused, since he moved. Judge said with the move came financial hardship. Thus, she let him go.
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Hello from the courthouse in downtown LA. Day 34 of Jackson family vs AEG trial is underway. Jurors are not in the courtroom yet.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Expert: Michael Jackson went 60 days without real sleep
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 6:35 AM EDT, Fri June 21, 2013
Randy Phillips: He's president of AEG Live, the concert promoter that contracted with Michael Jackson for his "This Is It" comeback shows set to start in London in July 2009. The Jackson lawsuit says Phillips supervised Dr. Conrad Murray's treatment of Jackson in the weeks before his death, making the company liable for damages. E-mails between Phillips and other executives showed they were worried about Jackson's missed rehearsals and sought Murray's help getting him ready.
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Jackson may be the only human ever to go two months without REM sleep, expert says
Lab rats die after five weeks of getting no REM sleep, expert says
Harvard sleep expert analyzes affects propofol treatments had on Jackson
Propofol deprives patient of vital REM sleep, Dr. Charles Czeisler testifies
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson died while preparing to set a world record for the most successful concert run ever, but he unknowingly set another record that led to his death.
Jackson may be the only human ever to go two months without REM -- Rapid Eye Movement -- sleep, which is vital to keep the brain and body alive. The 60 nights of propofol infusions Dr. Conrad Murray said he gave Jackson to treat his insomnia is something a sleep expert says no one had ever undergone.
Propofol disrupts the normal sleep cycle and offers no REM sleep, yet it leaves a patient feeling refreshed as if they had experienced genuine sleep, according to Dr. Charles Czeisler, a Harvard Medical School sleep expert testifying at the wrongful death trial of concert promoter AEG LIve.
If the singer had not died on June 25, 2009, of an overdose of the surgical anesthetic, the lack of REM sleep may have soon taken his life anyway, according to an opinion by Czeisler.
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Lab rats die after five weeks of getting no REM sleep, he said. It was never tried on a human until Dr. Murray gave Michael Jackson nightly propofol infusions for two months.
Czeisler -- who serves as a sleep consultant to NASA, the CIA and the Rolling Stones -- testified Thursday that the "drug induced coma" induced by propofol leaves a patient with the same refreshed feeling of a good sleep, but without the benefits that genuine sleep delivers in repairing brain cells and the body.
"It would be like eating some sort of cellulose pellets instead of dinner," he said. "Your stomach would be full and you would not be hungry, but it would be zero calories and not fulfill any of your nutrition needs."
Depriving someone of REM sleep for a long period of time makes them paranoid, anxiety-filled, depressed, unable to learn, distracted, and sloppy, Czeisler testified. They lose their balance and appetite, while their physical reflexes get 10 times slower and their emotional responses 10 times stronger, he said.
Those symptoms are strikingly similar to descriptions of Jackson in his last weeks as described in e-mails from show producers and testimony by witnesses in the trial.
Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live, contending the company is liable in his death because it hired, retained or supervised Dr. Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. They argue the promoter pressured Dr. Murray to get Jackson to rehearsals, while failing to get Jackson help despite numerous red flags warning that he was in trouble.
AEG Live lawyers contend it was Jackson who chose, hired and supervised Murray and their executives had no way of knowing about the dangerous propofol treatments administered in the privacy of Jackson's rented mansion.
A very long question
Czeisler is back on the witness stand Friday to answer a question that was asked just as court ended Thursday. Jackson lawyer Michael Koskoff asked his expert what may also be a record breaker in a trial -- a 15-minute-long hypothetical question.
He was asked to render an opinion based on a long list of circumstances presented so far in the trial about Jackson's condition and behavior, including:
-- That Murray administered propofol to Jackson 60 consecutive nights before June 22, 2009.
-- That Murray began to wean Jackson from propofol on June 22, 2009, and gave him none of the drug on June 23.
-- That a paramedic who tried to revive him the day he died initially assumed he was a hospice patient.
-- That show producers reported Jackson became progressively thinner, paranoid and was talking to himself in his final weeks.
-- That the production manager warned Jackson had deteriorated over eight weeks, was "a basket case" who he feared might hurt himself on stage and could not do the multiple 360 spins that he was known for.
-- That show director Kenny Ortega wrote Jackson was having trouble "grasping the work" at rehearsals" and needed psychiatric help.
-- That Jackson needed a teleprompter to remember the words to songs he had sung many times before over several decades.
-- That show workers reported the singer was talking to himself and repeatedly saying that "God is talking to me."
-- That Jackson was suffering severe chills on a summer day in Los Angeles and his skin was cold as ice to the touch.
AEG Live lawyers objected to the question because the information about Murray's nightly propofol treatments was derived only from the doctor's statement to police after Jackson's death. The judge previously ruled that statement was inadmissible. It was a ruling made earlier in the trial when Jackson lawyers objected to AEG's use of Murray's statement that he believed he was Jackson's employee, not AEG Live's.
The statement could be used if Murray, who is serving a prison term, is brought into testify. But that is unlikely since the doctor has said he would impose his constitutional protections against self-incrimination as long as the appeal of his conviction is pending.
Jackson lawyers could clear the way for use of the statement by withdrawing their objection, something they are now considering.
Koskoff told the judge that his expert would testify that Jackson's symptoms perfectly matched what he would expect from someone who had been given long-term propofol treatments.
The jury is likely to hear his answer Friday.
A lecture on sleep
Jurors appeared quite interested as Czeisler lectured them Thursday on his sleep research, including an explanation of circadian rhythm -- the internal clock in the brain that controls the timing of when we sleep and wake and the timing of the release of hormones
"That's why we sleep at night and are awake in the day," he said.
Your brain needs sleep to repair and maintain its neurons every night, he said.
Blood cells cycle out every few weeks, but brain cells are for a lifetime, he said.
"Like a computer, the brain has to go offline to maintain cells that we keep for life, since we don't make more," he said. "Sleep is the repair and maintenance of the brain cells."
An adult should get 7-8 hours of sleep each night to allow for enough sleep cycles, he said.
You "prune out" unimportant neuron connections and consolidate important ones during your "slow eyed sleep" each night, he said. Those connections -- which is the information you have acquired during the day -- are consolidated by the REM sleep cycle. Your eyes actually dart back and forth rapidly during REM sleep.
"In REM, we are integrating the memories that we have stored during slow eyed sleep, integrating memories with previous life experiences." he said. "We are able to make sense of things that we may not have understood while awake.
Learning and memory happen when you are asleep, he said. A laboratory mouse rehearses a path through a maze to get to a piece of cheese while asleep.
A basketball player's area of the brain that is used to shoot a ball will have much greater slow eyed sleep period since there is more for it to store, he said. They shoot better after sleep.
The Portland Trailblazers consulted with him after they lost a series of East Coast basketball games, he said. He was able to give their players strategies for being sharper when traveling across time zones.
He's worked with the Rolling Stones on their sleep problems, he said. Musicians are vulnerable since they are traveling across time zones and usually "all keyed up" to perform at night, he said.
Czeisler developed a program for NASA to help astronauts deal with sleep issues in orbit, where they have a sunrise and sunset every 90 minutes.
Other clients include major industries that are concerned about night shift workers falling asleep on the job, the CIA, Secret Service and the U.S. Air Force, he said.
Jackson lawyers argue that AEG Live should have consulted a sleep expert like Czeisler for Jackson instead of hiring Murray -- a cardiologist -- for $150,000 to treat the artist.
The trial ends its eighth week in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday. Lawyers estimate the case will conclude in early August.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 34 - June 20 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Michael Jackson's drug-use discussed during wrongful death trial
Thursday, June 20, 2013

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jurors in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial on Thursday heard from a number of experts on the pop star's drug-use, including drugs for pain, anxiety and insomnia.

From vials and pill bottles found in the singer's bedroom to the drugs found in his body, evidence presented in court showed Jackson struggled to sleep.

Were the effects of Jackson's insomnia visible to AEG executives who are being sued Katherine Jackson? Her attorneys called a sleep disorder expert.

Dr. Charles Czeisler showed graphics to explain how the brain depends on down time to restore the body. He has consulted for astronauts living in the space station, NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, the Rolling Stones and others - all who work and travel around the clock.

The plaintiffs assert that Jackson suffered from a massive build-up of sleep deficiency and that affected his mood, his appetite and his sense of balance. The plaintiffs claim AEG should have noted the symptoms and that Jackson suffered from chills and wrapped himself in blankets, had bouts of paranoia and had trouble grasping dance moves, according to emails to AEG executives.

The remedies Jackson sought, according to testimony, were the pain killer Demerol, anti-anxiety meds and propofol, the sedative that was administered by his doctor, Conrad Murray, which lead to Jackson's death.

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The plaintiffs allege that AEG pressured Jackson to perform and threatened to withhold Murray's pay if he didn't restore Jackson's health.

AEG execs have testified that they never heard of propofol until after Jackson died and that the star had kept his nightly treatments secret.

The defense has also shown evidence to the jury that when Jackson's health problems surfaced, AEG executives notified the people who were closest to Jackson: his personal managers.

 

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 35 - June 21 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Jacksons vs AEG - Day 35 - June 21 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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