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http://news.yahoo.com/jackson-back-spotl…oBRMQ0AVivQtDMD

Jurors listening to opening statements were given a brief tour of Jackson's life through photos of him with his children and videos of his performances. While Jackson's song, "You are my life," filled the courtroom, jurors watched footage of a Christmas morning when he gave his children a dog.



The trial will feature testimony from the children's parents, Debbie Rowe, who was married to Jackson and who Putnam said witnessed the entertainer receiving propofol treatments in the 1990s. "Ms. Rowe knew this was incredibly dangerous," Putnam said, and she insisted on staying by Jackson's side while he was under the effects of the anesthetic.

 

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I'll update more on the early morning testimony in a little while.
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Senneff was one of first responders and thought Jackson was dead by the time paramedics arrived.
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Senneff is familiar to watchers of the Conrad Murray case -- he’s been a paramedic/firefighter for 28 years.
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Paramedic Richard Senneff is the first witness. Katherine Jackson has left the courtroom for his testimony.
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Today’s witnesses are LAPD Det. Orlando Martinez and Paramedic Richard Senneff. #JacksonTrial
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Judge also told attorneys they have to tell her which witnesses are coming up, and how long their testimony is expected to last.
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(cont) if they’re expected to testify. Witnesses who aren’t parties generally aren’t allowed to listen to testimony.
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Judge Yvette Palazuelos said Randy Jackson can remain, but that there can’t be a lot of Jacksons supporting Katherine (cont)
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Plaintiff’s attorney Brian Panish said Randy is supporting Katherine Jackson in the courtroom and should stay.
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AEG asked to exclude Randy Jackson from the courtroom because he is listed as a witness. Judge declined for now.
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Another alternate juror is moving out of state and judge questioned him about that. Looks like he’ll stay on case for now.
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It’ll be a short court day tomorrow -- one of the alternate jurors has a funeral to attend and we’ll be recessing by 11 a.m.
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Court started by tackling two notes from alternate jurors in the case, re: their availability.
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Stepped out from morning testimony, will update with a few of the proceedings from this morning in Jackson case.
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Randy Jackson has also arrived for court.
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About to go into court. Will update when I'm able. #JacksonTrial
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Katherine Jackson has arrived at the courtroom for today's proceedings. Court hasn't started yet.

 

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Jackson-AEG: Paramedic who tried to save pop star takes stand

Corina Knoll
April 30, 2013, 11:03 a.m.

A Los Angeles paramedic who responded to Michael Jackson’s home the day he died was called to the witness stand Tuesday morning as testimony opened in a wrongful death case that pits the legacy of the pop star against the entertainment conglomerate that was planning the singer’s comeback tour.

Richard Senneff was one of several paramedics who attempted in vain to revive an unresponsive Jackson, who died after receiving a lethal dose of the drug propofol.

Senneff was also called as a witness in the criminal trial of Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray. Murray, who administered the drug, is now serving time after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedic testified during that trial that when he arrived at Jackson’s mansion, Murray said he had been treating the entertainer for dehydration and exhaustion, but never mentioned propofol, a powerful anesthetic usually reserved for surgical settings.

Senneff testified during Murray’s trial that he arrived believing they had a good chance of reviving Jackson, given Murray's representation that the patient had "just" lost consciousness when the 911 call was made.

Yet by all indications -- his cold skin, dry eyes and dilated pupils -- Jackson was appeared already dead, the paramedic recalled.


The wrongful death suit against AEG was filed by the singer’s mother, Katherine -- who was in the courtroom Monday along with Michael Jackson’s siblings Rebbie and Randy -- and his three children.

The suit accuses AEG of pushing Jackson beyond his limits and being responsible for hiring and controlling Murray.

AEG’s attorneys have countered that it was Jackson was brought in Murray. The attorneys also vowed that “ugly stuff” will be brought to light during the trial, which could run through much of the summer.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jackson-paramedic-20130430,0,1602795.story

 

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Judge limits Jackson siblings' attendance at wrongful death trial
By Alan Duke, CNN
April 30, 2013 -- Updated 1903 GMT (0303 HKT)
Katherine Jackson: Michael's mother, 82, was deposed for nine hours over three days by AEG Live lawyers. As the guardian of her son's three children, she is a plaintiff in the wrongful death lawsuit against the company that promoted Michael Jackson's comeback concerts.
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AEG lawyer: There's "a risk in allowing any of them in the courtroom"
Jackson mother Katherine needs one son or daughter to sit with her, Jackson lawyer says
One is enough, so "you cannot have five in the courtroom," judge says
AEG says it will call all but Marlon Jackson as defense witnesses
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Just one of Michael Jackson's brothers and sisters can sit in the courtroom at one time in the family's wrongful death suit against AEG Live, a judge ordered Tuesday.
AEG Live lawyers argued at the start of the second day of the trial that there was "a risk in allowing any of them in the courtroom."
AEG expects to call Janet, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Rebbie and Randy Jackson as witnesses in its defense. Only Jackson brother Marlon is not on the defense witness list.
AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam said in his opening statement Monday that Jackson family members will testify about their failed attempts to intervene with Michael Jackson's drug addiction and their lack of knowledge about what was happening.
The defense lawyers asked that Randy Jackson, the only one attending the trial Tuesday with his 82-year-old mother, Katherine Jackson, be booted from court.
After that, Jackson lawyer Brian Panish told the judge that Katherine Jackson, who can stay in court since she is a plaintiff, needed one of her children to sit with her each day.
"He can remain, but you cannot have five in the courtroom," Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos said.
Randy and Rebbie Jackson attended court Monday, the trial's opening day. All of the brothers and sisters attended the 2011 criminal trial of Dr. Conrad Murray at various times.
Having members of the famous entertainment family in court could influence the jury, as their seats are just a few feet away from the jury box in the small Los Angeles courtroom.
The first witness called Tuesday was Richard Senneff, one of the Los Angeles County paramedics who responded to the 911 call to Michael Jackson's home on June 25, 2009.
Senneff mostly repeated the testimony he gave as one of the first witnesses in the Murray trial, describing how he initially "thought perhaps this was a hospice patient."
"He looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," he said.
"No, no, this just happened," Murray told him, Senneff said.
Jackson was not breathing and appeared to be dead, he said.
Los Angeles Police Detective Orlando Martinez, who initially investigated Jackson's death, is scheduled to be the second witness.
Michael Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, the promoter of his planned comeback concerts, saying the company's executives were liable in his death because they hired, retained and supervised Murray.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and received four years in prison, a sentence he is serving in a Los Angeles County jail.
AEG says Murray was hired and supervised by Jackson, whom they blame for making bad choices because of his drug addiction.
The coroner ruled Jackson died from a fatal combination of the surgical anesthetic propofol and sedatives, which prosecutors said Murray administered in an effort to help Jackson sleep.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/30/showbiz/jackson-death-trial/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter

 

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Senneff: I saw a patient wearing pajama pants and shirt, and some surgical cover over the head. He looked very pale, very weak.
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"When I first walked in, I asked dr Murray is the patient had a DNR," Senneff recalled.. DNR= Don Not Ressuscitate
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Senneff: He was leaning over the patient, patient laying on the bed, dr Murray standing there and they were moving the patient to the floor
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There was last minute change in the order of the witnesses. First one was Richard Senneff, paramedic/firefighter who tried to resuscitate MJ
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No one seems to be bothering Katherine Jackson. Everyone giving her the space she needs.
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Hallway is filled with reporters again. Everyone is lined up waiting to get in. Our reporter Miriam Hernandez is the number one in the list
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Jackson looked like 'cancer patient' who came home to die, medic says

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By Jeff Gottlieb and Corina Knoll
April 30, 2013, 12:29 p.m.
The Los Angeles paramedic who answered the emergency call to the Holmby Hills mansion where Michael Jackson lived said that the condition of the singer resembled that of a cancer patient who had come home to die.

Richard Senneff testified Tuesday that Jackson's body was pale and so underweight his ribs were showing.

“To me, he looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process,” said Senneff, the lead-off witness in a wrongful death suit against concert promoter and entertainment giant AEG.

FULL COVERAGE: AEG wrongful death trial

The paramedic told jurors he noticed oxygen tanks, an IV pole and an IV bag in the room, along with Dr. Conrad Murray, who he said told him that he was a cardiologist.

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“Even in Bel-Air it’s unusual to have the personal physician at the house,” Senneff testified.

The wrongful death suit against AEG was filed by the singer’s mother, Katherine, and his three children. The suit accuses AEG of pushing Jackson beyond his limits and being responsible for hiring and controlling Murray. Jackson was preparing for a series of comeback concerts at the time of his death.

PHOTOS: Jackson-AEG wrongful death case

AEG’s attorneys have countered that it was Jackson who brought in Murray.

Senneff testified Tuesday that Station 71 in Bel-Air had received the emergency call at 12:22 p.m. and he arrived at Jackson's home three minutes later. The ambulance and a fire engine that responded were waved through the gates and parked in front of the house.

Once in the house, Senneff said, he was "galloping" up the stairs.

When he arrived at Jackson's bedroom, he said he saw Murray near the nightstand with a security guard, and Jackson lying on the bed.

Because of the pop star’s poor condition, Senneff said he asked Murray if Jackson had a “do not resuscitate” order.

"Dr. Murray loked at me blankly at first," Senneff testified. Then the doctor said, "No, no, this just happened."

He said Murray was "frantic. He was sweating. He was very pale."

Senneff said Murray told him he was treating the patient for dehydration and exhaustion and said Jackson was not taking any medication.

"It just looked a lot more complicated than dehydration and exhaustion," Senneff testified.

When he asked Murray when the emergency had happened, he said Murray told him: "Just this minute. Right when I called you.”

But when Senneff checked Jackson, he said he could find no pulse. He testified that Jackson’s eyes were dilated and dry, his skin cool, and his lips a faint blue – a sign the singer had been dead as long as an hour.

“To us it didn’t make sense that it had just happened,” Senneff said.

Jackson's mother and brother Randy left the courtroom before Senneff testified.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-michael-jackson-cancer-patient-20130430,0,6989336.story


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When Senneff is finished, next witness expected is LAPD detective Orlando Martinez. #MJ-AEG civil trial
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Senneff will return to the witness stand soon and cross-examination will continue.
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Murray looked like "a deer in the headlights" when paramedic Seneff went back into MJ's room to gather his equipment.
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“Even in Bel-Air it’s unusual to have the personal physician at the house," Senneff said about Dr. Conrad Murray. #MJ-AEG
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"To me, he looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process." --Richard Seneff, LAFD paramedic on MJ

 

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LOS ANGELES | Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:20pm EDT
(Reuters) - Michael Jackson looked pale, thin and like a hospice patient on the day he died in 2009, a Los Angeles paramedic told a jury on Tuesday in the wrongful death lawsuit involving the pop star and the promoters of a never-realized series of London concerts.

Richard Senneff, the first witness in the civil trial, testified that he was initially unaware that the person lying in pajamas on a bed in the rented Los Angeles mansion was the world famous pop singer.

"The patient appeared to be chronically ill to me," Senneff testified, saying he could see Jackson's ribs. "He was very pale and underweight. I thought perhaps this was a hospice patient."

Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, appeared "frantic" but never mentioned that the "Thriller" singer had taken the anesthetic propofol, Senneff said.

"He was pale, he was sweating, he was very busy," Senneff said of Murray, who was convicted in 2011 of the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson through an overdose of propofol, which is usually used in surgical settings.

Senneff, who gave similar testimony in Murray's 2011 criminal trial, was testifying on Tuesday on behalf of Jackson's mother and his three children.

Jackson's immediate family accuses AEG Live, who were promoting a series of London concerts by Jackson, of negligence in hiring Murray as the singer rehearsed for what would have been a career comeback after years out of the musical spotlight.

AEG Live maintains that Jackson kept his dependency on propofol secret from outsiders, and that a proposed contract with Murray was never fully executed.

Jackson, 50, was pronounced dead in a Los Angeles hospital on June 25, 2009, a day after a rehearsal and three weeks before the first concert was due to take place in London.

Katherine Jackson, 82, and the singer's two oldest children Prince and Paris, are also on the witness list later in the civil trial along with singers Diana Ross and Prince.

(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Next witness is LAPD Detective Orlando Martinez, a 19 year veteran of the force.
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Senneff said he didn’t believe Conrad Murray was competent enough to perform CPR.
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On re-direct examination, plaintiff’s attorney Brian Panish asked Senneff whether he thought Conrad Murray was competent to perform CPR.
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Senneff told her that he knew propofol was a general anesthesia, but had never seen it used.
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Paramedic Richard Senneff resumed testifying after the lunch break. He wasn’t on stand much longer.

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Plaintiff’s attorney Brian Panish wrapped up his questioning of Senneff before the lunch break.
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The paramedic was also asked about whether he thought Jackson was dead when he arrived at his home. Senneff said yes.
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Paramedic Senneff talks about Murray’s appearance in Jackson’s bedroom: “He was pale, he was sweaty. He was very busy." #JacksonTrial
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A photo of Jackson’s bedroom is displayed to jury. Senneff tells them about Jackson’s appearance, wearing pajamas and surgical cap.
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He’s wearing his dress uniform, which he tells jury is for “special occasions.” Several jurors, audience members, laugh.
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Brian Panish question: “Have you ever rescued any cats in trees?” Senneff: Laughing, “I have not rescued a cat.” (He has treated a dog.)
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“If it’s burned, I’ve seen it.” _ Richard Senneff tells the jury while recounting his career before and after responding to Jackson’s home.
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Paramedic Senneff's early testimony focuses on his experience. He seems comfortable, and some of the jurors are smiling at his statements.

 

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CNN Update

The first witness called Tuesday was Richard Senneff, one of the Los Angeles County paramedics who responded to the 911 call from Michael Jackson's home on June 25, 2009.
Senneff mostly repeated the testimony he gave as one of the first witnesses in the Murray trial, describing how he initially "thought perhaps this was a hospice patient."
"He looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," he said.
"No, no, this just happened," Murray told him, Senneff said.
Jackson was not breathing and appeared to be dead, he said.
An AEG lawyer asked him during cross-examination if he thought Murray was not telling him the truth.
"I don't even go there," Senneff said. "I'm not worried about that."
Senneff's testimony is important to informing the jury about the circumstances of Jackson's death, but the drama that filled the Murray courtroom was not duplicated.
In fact, humor sometimes emerged. Panish even asked Senneff whether he had ever rescued a cat.
"I have not rescued a cat," Senneff, who is also a firefighter, joked. "I rescued a dog that was lying in the street."
He also shared the ironic story of the next emergency he responded to after leaving Michael Jackson at the UCLA Medical Center's emergency room.
His ambulance was called to a west Los Angeles apartment to help an elderly Russian woman, Senneff said.
"When she heard the news on TV that Michael Jackson had died, she fainted," he said. She suffered a minor head injury in her fall.
"She was just deeply emotional when we took her to the hospital," Senneff said.
Los Angeles Police Detective Orlando Martinez, who initially investigated Jackson's death, is scheduled to be the second witness.

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Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer's bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop on the day he died.

With the start of testimony on Tuesday, the panel was transported by paramedic Richard Senneff into the singer's bedroom, a place he kept locked and where his propofol treatments were administered out of sight of everyone but Murray.

Senneff, a paramedic and firefighter for nearly 28 years, told the panel about responding to Jackson's bedroom on June 25, 2009, and finding an unusual scene.

He described a Murray's frazzled efforts to revive Jackson.

"He was pale, he was sweaty," the paramedic said of Murray. "He was very busy."

He said Jackson appeared to be terminally ill.

"To me, he looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," Senneff said, adding that Murray told him that he was treating Jackson for dehydration.

Senneff told the panel he found an IV pole, oxygen tanks and a nightstand with several medicine bottles.

Just as he has previously testified in Murray's criminal trial, the paramedic told the panel that Murray never mentioned propofol, the hospital-grade anesthetic that killed the singer.

Jackson's blue hands, feet and lips, and the singer's dry eyes all signaled to Senneff that the singer was dead and hadn't been breathing for a long time.

Onlookers and paparazzi were already gathering at Jackson's gate and someone pressed a camera to the ambulance window to get pictures of the stricken star.

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Paramedic is first witness in Michael Jackson civil case

Published April 30, 2013 Associated Press



Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer's bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop on the day he died.

Many other private moments from the singer's life will be exposed as the case progresses over the next several months, with witnesses expected to testify about secret medical treatments, lavish spending and tender moments spent with his mother and children.

In the nearly four years since his death, nearly every aspect of Jackson's life has been explored in court proceedings, documentaries, books and news stories.

Still, the negligence case filed by his mother against AEG promises to deliver the most detailed account of the singer's addiction struggles, including testimony from his ex-wife Debbie Rowe about treatments involving the anesthetic propofol dating back to the 1990s.

Jackson died from a propofol overdose in 2009 while preparing for a series of comeback concerts at AEG's O2 Arena in London.

Katherine Jackson contends AEG didn't properly investigate the doctor who later administered the fatal dose. The company denies wrongdoing.

During opening statements, attorneys framed Jackson's prescription drug addiction through the prism of his superstar status.

Attorney Brian Panish, who represents Katherine Jackson, said the drug problems worsened when the pop star was under the stress of live performances.

AEG attorney Marvin S. Putnam countered that Jackson's stardom provided a cover to receive multiple, secret medical treatments, many involving propofol.

At one point in the proceedings, the harsh portrayal of Jackson's struggle with addiction, led one juror to lean forward and stare at the floor for several moments.

Katherine Jackson and two of the superstar's children, Prince and Paris, are potential witnesses whose testimony will likely focus heavily on their grieving and losses.

On Monday, Panish played a song Jackson wrote for his children as a montage of photos played during opening statements. He also read a handwritten note from Jackson that his mother framed and has hanging on her wall.

"The only way you can assess damages, is to know what they had," Panish said before reading the letter and playing "You Are My Life."

Katherine Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue. On Tuesday, she left the courtroom while the paramedic described her son's condition on the day he died.

It may be several days before jurors get another look at Jackson's softer side.

The trial will also feature testimony on Jackson's troubled finances, with debts that reached nearly $400 million by the time he died.

AEG contends the debts made him desperate to have a successful concert series.

"The private Michael Jackson was like a lot of American in the 2000s, spending a lot more than he was making," Putnam told the jury after describing the singer's lavish Neverland Ranch, his art collection and other spending.

With the start of testimony on Tuesday, the panel was transported by paramedic Richard Senneff into the singer's bedroom, a place he kept locked and where his propofol treatments were administered out of sight of everyone but Murray.

Senneff, a paramedic and firefighter for nearly 28 years, told the panel about responding to Jackson's bedroom on June 25, 2009, and finding an unusual scene.

He described a Murray's frazzled efforts to revive Jackson.

"He was pale, he was sweaty," the paramedic said of Murray. "He was very busy."

He said Jackson appeared to be terminally ill.

"To me, he looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," Senneff said, adding that Murray told him that he was treating Jackson for dehydration.

Senneff told the panel he found an IV pole, oxygen tanks and a nightstand with several medicine bottles.

Just as he has previously testified in Murray's criminal trial, the paramedic told the panel that Murray never mentioned propofol, the hospital-grade anesthetic that killed the singer.

Jackson's blue hands, feet and lips, and the singer's dry eyes all signaled to Senneff that the singer was dead and hadn't been breathing for a long time.

Onlookers and paparazzi were already gathering at Jackson's gate and someone pressed a camera to the ambulance window to get pictures of the


Source: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-in-michael-jackson-civil-case/#ixzz2RySA94kg

 

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Court will resume in a few minutes. I'll go back into the courtroom. I'm told Katherine and Randy Jackson haven't returned to courtroom.
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Det. Martinez describes the various medications found in Jackson’s bedroom and closet, including the numerous bottles of propofol.
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He tells the jury about how police made three separate trips to Jackson’s home to collect evidence. Lots of photos being displayed to jurors
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Martinez walks jurors through numerous photos of Jackson’s bedroom, including close-up pictures of the singer’s nightstand, pill bottles.
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Det. Martinez said the point of taking many photos is to take viewers on a visual journey through a crime scene.
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Martinez then went on to Jackson’s rented mansion at 100 N. Carrolwood Drive. He snapped photos of many things, including the mailbox.
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Det. Orlando Martinez spent first 20 mins or so on the stand explaining his work history, training and LAPD assignments.

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Senneff said he saw an IV pole and an IV bag on the pole, along with an oxygen tank. There were medicine bottles on the nightstand.
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Senneff: "Patient looked underweight to me." He also said he "appeared to be chronically ill."
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Senneff: I saw a patient wearing pajama pants and shirt, and some surgical cover over the head. He looked very pale, very weak.
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Senneff said he arrived at Jackson's house at 12:25 pm PT and got out of the ambulance with their equipment, EKG monitor, needles, meds
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In 2011, Martinez testified Murray said Jackson begged him for propofol, saying comeback wouldn't be possible without it.
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Det. Orlando Martinez, on the witness stand now, also testified in a hearing for Conrad Murray.
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Jackson family attorney: "He was dead before you got there, wasn't he?" Senneff: "Yes, sir." #MJ-AEG civil trial
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"To me, he looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process." --Richard Seneff, LAFD paramedic on MJ

 

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Michael Jackson trial: defence warns jury of singer's 'darkest secrets'

Authorities testify recounting night the singer died as lawyers for concert promoter AEG Live promise to 'show some ugly stuff'


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Michael Jackson's brother Randy arrives at court on the second day of the trial. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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A Los Angeles county paramedic who responded to an emergency call from Michael Jackson's doctor has testified as the first witness in the legal battle between Jackson's family and his concert promoter, AEG Live.

Richard Senneff, a veteran paramedic and firefighter, recounted on Tuesday to a packed courtroom the doomed efforts to save Jackson at his home and in an ambulance on the way to hospital in June 2009.

Orlando Martinez, an LAPD detective who investigated the death, was due to testify later at the LA county superior court.

The hearing followed opening arguments on Monday by lawyers from both sides, setting the stage for a lengthy civil trial in which Jackson's family is suing AEG for wrongful death.

"We're going to show some ugly stuff," Marvin Putnam, a lawyer for AEG, part of the Anschutz Entertainment Group, an entertainment industry giant, warned jurors. To defend itself the company would be compelled to reveal Jackson's "deepest, darkest secret", he said.

Jackson died at the age of 50 while preparing for This Is It comeback shows. His physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving him the surgical anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid.

Senneff repeated testimony he gave in the Murray trial, describing how he initially thought Jackson was perhaps a hospice patient. "He looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," he said. Jackson was not breathing and appeared to be dead when paramedics arrived, said Senneff.

Brian Panish, representing the family, said on Monday that AEG executives were "ruthless guys" who ignored Jackson's health problems and pressured Murray so the company could overtake its competitor, Live Nation, as the US's biggest concert promoter. "They wanted to be number one at all costs."

Both sides skirmished on Tuesday over Jackson's siblings. AEG expects to call Janet, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Rebbie and Randy Jackson as defence witnesses to detail their late brother's drug addiction. There was a risk in allowing any of them in the courtroom before they testified, said Putnam.

He asked the judge to banish Randy, the only sibling in court on Tuesday. Panish, the family lawyer, responded that Jackson's mother, Katherine, 82, needed one of her children to sit with her each day. She sat in the front row, feet from jurors. "He can remain, but you cannot have five in the courtroom," ruled Judge Yvette Palazuelos.

On Monday Panish used slides to show that AEG "hired and controlled" Murray and ignored "red flags" about Jackson's health to keep the concert schedule on track. "They didn't care who got lost in the wash."

He cited what will be a key element in plaintiff's case: an email the promoter's co-CEO, Paul Gongaware, wrote to show director Kenny Ortega 11 days before Jackson's death. "We want to remind [Murray] that it is AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary. We want to remind him what is expected of him."

Panish ratcheted up sentiment by playing a song Jackson wrote and recorded for his three children titled You Are My Life, prompting tears from the singer's mother.

Putnam, defending AEG from a potential $40bn payout for damages and forfeited earnings, said it could not have known Jackson was using propofol or the depth of his addiction to prescription drugs. "The truth is, Michael Jackson fooled everyone. He made sure that no one – nobody – knew his deepest, darkest secrets."

He told the jury of six men and six women that Jackson hired Murray and ultimately was responsible for his own demise. "This case is about personal choices. Also, it was about his personal responsibility. There's no question that Michael Jackson's death was a terrible tragedy. I believe the evidence will show it was not a tragedy of AEG Live's making."

Only 16 journalists and a few members of the public – their seats decided by lottery – attend because many of the 45 seats are reserved for parties involved in a trial.

The witness list includes Diana Ross, Prince, Spike Lee, Quincy Jones, Jackson's own family, his ex-wives Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe.

The judge denied TV networks' requests to televise the trial, curbing some of the circus-like atmosphere.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/30/michael-jackson-trial-darkest-secrets

 

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Timeline of paramedics' response, PT
12:22p - dispatched
12:23- rolling down the street
12:25- on scene
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Senneff said he contacted UCLA hospital. He also said Dr. Murray then indicated he gave MJ a little bit of lorazepam to help him sleep
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Senneff said MJ's chest was pale white, his hands and feet turned blue from not getting enough ventilation/oxygen.
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Senneff: "When I picked him up and moved him, he was cool to the touch. I would say less than an hour... Body doesn't get cold that fast"
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Senneff said when he moved MJ, he felt he did not have a pulse. His pupils were fixed and dilated, eyes were quite dried
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Senneff asked what kind of medication patient was taking. Sennef said that according to Dr. Murray, "he was not" (taking any medication)
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But Senneff said the patient did not look like one suffering from dehydration exhaustion, which are relatively mild conditions.
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Senneff: "I asked what his underlying condition was.... the doctor said nothing, that he was just treating him for dehydration & exhaustion"
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Martinez says he learned from Dr. Murray that there were 3 bags total of medicine in the closet. He went back to the house to retrieve them.
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Martinez said at that time the investigation was leading to natural or accidental death, no real signs of foul play, but it was odd.
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Martinez: "Things had been removed from the room prior to police's arrival." He took several pictures to document the scene
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Seeing pix of MJ's room, Martinez said he saw IV bag, pill bottles, vials, ambu bag. "It looked like the room had been cleaned up," he said.
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Martinez didn't leave Dr. Murray's car at the residence, wanted a reason for the doc to go talk to him. Car was impounded to a police yard
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Panish showed Martinez photos Martinez took at the house. Martinez didn't search Dr. Murray's vehicle because he wanted a search warrant
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Martinez: We decided to fly him from UCLA to the Coroner's office to avoid repeat from messes we had before
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Panish: Were you able to speak with Dr. Murray at the UCLA?
Martinez: No
Panish: Why not?
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Martinez said he also I saw Mrs. Jackson, Randy and the children but it was from a distance. He couldn't characterize their demeanor
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Panish: Did you see anyone at the hospital affiliated with AEG?Martinez: I saw Mr. DiLeo and Randy Phillips
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Martinez learned from his lieutenant that Michael Jackson was the victim. He went to UCLA to begin his investigation.
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Second witness was LAPD Detective Orlando Martinez. He took the stand and explained his background and training he has had.
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Senneff agreed that it is expected that a competent, fit physician be able to revive a patient in respiratory arrest. No re-cross by defense
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Panish: What did Michael Jackson tell you?
Senneff: Nothing, sir
Panish: Because he was dead when you arrived?
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As to Dr. Murray, Senneff said: "I did not believe he was telling me the full story at the time."
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Panish: Did you think Dr. Murray was fit to perform CPR?
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Panish said Dr. Murray performed CPR with Michael Jackson on the bed: "That's not how you're supposed to do it," Senneff opined.
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Senneff said the American Heart Association indicates CPR is performed on a bed it's less desirable. One must place patient on hard surface
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Then it was back to Panish for re-direct. Senneff told the court he did not see Dr. Murray actually performing CPR.
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As to Propofol, Senneff said all he knew it was an anesthetic used in surgeries. He learned through the media that was MJ's cause of death
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When Senneff asked Dr. Murray about MJ's underlying condition:
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Senneff answers 120 calls per month average. He said he got very good at estimating people's weight.
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Cahan went through the emergency medical service report again. It asks the weight of the patient, Senneff estimated 150lbs, 5'09-ish
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Senneff said he let Dr. Murray go through his medical bag since what he was doing was reasonable.
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Senneff said it is not unusual for family members, people around the patient not know whether they are taking drugs
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Q: Did dr Murray lied to you?
Senneff: I'm not even going there. I was worried about the patient and all the info I can get
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Defense atty Kathryn Cahan did Senneff's cross examination:
"No one on your team detected pulse? No
Was he dead for a period of time? Yes"
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Senneff described a situation with a Russian woman at UCLA who passed out when she heard MJ had died. "I helped her out," he said.
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Upon arrival at UCLA, Senneff explained to the ER doctor what he had done, like a quick recap, no changes in patient's status.
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Senneff said everybody was following the ambulance. He was shown a picture of MJ inside the ambulance and confirmed it was legit.
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Senneff said it was chaotic outside the house, very difficult to get out. People trying to take pix, unbelievable amount of commotion
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Senneff: Dr. Murray rode in the ambulance together. He was standing in the ambulance, holding the top rail, talking on the cell phone
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Senneff: Dr Murray had a white plastic bag in one hand. When I came to the door he froze, he was actually surprised to see me (in MJ's room)
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Senneff: MJ's condition hadn't changed on the way to the hospital. "The hospital asked me about calling (time of death). Dr Murray said no."
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Senneff: Dr Murray said he felt femoral artery pulse. However, Senneff said no one else, other than Dr. Murray, was able to find a pulse
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Senneff: "Dr Murray reached in our box, he gave additional injection of epinephrine"
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Senneff: a paramedic was using the ambu bag to breath for the patient, another connecting the EKG machine and was giving him drugs
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Senneff: "I notified the hospital and was told to continue resuscitation efforts."

 

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"He may break the rules, bend the rules, do whatever he needed to do to get paid," _detective on Conrad Murray. http://bit.ly/14QsaT6
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Martinez says he determined the doctor was more than $500,000 in debt, facing foreclosure and his &#8220;office was about to be closed.&#8221;
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The trial will also feature testimony about Jackson's troubled finances, with debts that reached nearly $400 million by the time he died.

AEG contends the debts made him desperate to have a successful concert series.

"The private Michael Jackson was like a lot of American in the 2000s, spending a lot more than he was making," Putnam told the jury after describing the singer's lavish Neverland Ranch, his art collection and other spending.

A Los Angeles police detective who investigated Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, told jurors Tuesday the physician was more than $500,000 in debt and may have been motivated by a large payday for working with Jackson.

Detective Orlando Martinez testified that he looked into Murray's finances searching for a financial motive for his role in Jackson's death and relied mostly on public records. He turned up that Murray's Las Vegas home was in foreclosure proceedings, and Murray faced several liens for unpaid child support and other unpaid debts.

The searches led Martinez to conclude that Murray's financial condition was "severely distressed."

Martinez said that led him to believe Murray's actions were motivated by the $150,000 a month he expected to be paid by AEG.

"He may break the rules, bend the rules, do whatever he needed to do to get paid," Martinez said. "It might solve his money problems."

Murray's finances were not a factor in the criminal case that ended with his 2011 conviction for administering a fatal dose of propofol to Jackson.

Martinez also showed jurors photographs the various medications officers uncovered in Jackson's bedroom, including several vials of propofol.

With the start of testimony Tuesday, the panel was transported by paramedic Richard Senneff into the singer's bedroom, a place he kept locked and where his propofol treatments were administered out of sight of everyone but Murray.

Senneff, a paramedic and firefighter for nearly 28 years, told the panel about responding to Jackson's bedroom on June 25, 2009, and finding an unusual scene.

He described Murray's frazzled efforts to revive Jackson.

"He was pale, he was sweaty," the paramedic said of Murray. "He was very busy."

He said Jackson appeared to be terminally ill.

"To me, he looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," Senneff said, adding that Murray told him that he was treating Jackson for dehydration.

Senneff told the panel he found an IV pole, oxygen tanks and a nightstand with several medicine bottles.

Just as he previously testified in Murray's criminal trial, the paramedic told the panel that Murray never mentioned propofol.

Jackson's blue hands, feet and lips, and the singer's dry eyes all signaled to Senneff that the singer was dead and hadn't been breathing for a long time.

Onlookers and paparazzi were already gathering at Jackson's gate and someone pressed a camera to the ambulance window to get pictures of the stricken star.

 

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

NEW: LAPD detective suspected Murray would "do whatever he needed to do to get paid"

NEW: Dr. Murray's house was in foreclosure when Jackson died

NEW: Paramedic: Jackson "looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process"

Judges limits Jackson family to one in court at a time and only if mom if there

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray's "severely distressed" financial situation may have led him to "break the rules" in his fatal treatment of Michael Jackson, a police investigator testified Tuesday.

Los Angeles Police Detective Orlando Martinez testified in the Jackson wrongful death trial that Murray was trying to deal with the large drop in value of his Las Vegas home, unpaid taxes and child support payments for eight children with seven women.

Michael Jackson's mother and children claim AEG Live is liable for the pop icon's death because it hired, retained and supervised Murray, who worked as his personal physician as he prepared for his comeback concerts in 2009.
AEG says Murray was hired and supervised by Jackson, whom they blame for making bad choices because of his drug addiction.

One contention in the lawsuit is that the concert promoter should have known that Murray's financial stress could lead to unsafe treatments for Jackson.

Martinez, the second witness in the trial's first day of testimony, said that after interviewing Murray and after the search of Murray's car four days after Jackson's death, his "thinking at the moment was the crime was negligence."

Inside the BMW -- which belonged to Murray's sister in Texas -- he found a contract between AEG Live and Murray saying he would be paid $150,000 a month to work as Jackson's doctor, along with AEG Live President Randy Phillips' business card and cell phone number, he said.

"That's a lot of money for anyone," Martinez said. "Seeing the scene and talking to him about what he had done and how he did it raised questions."

"Focusing on the financial aspect may have been important for Dr. Murray's willingness to disregard his Hippocratic Oath for financial gain," he testified.

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison. Prosecutors said Jackson death was caused by a fatal combination of the surgical anesthetic propofol and sedatives Murray gave him in a desperate effort to treat his insomnia.

Martinez said what he learned about Murray's financial troubles in the weeks after Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, led him "to opine that he may have, for this easy money -- the $150,000 a month -- may break the rules, bend the rules, to do whatever he needed to do to get paid."

His investigation revealed that Murray hadn't paid his mortgage in more than six months, his home was being foreclosed on and he had several liens for unpaid child support and tax debts, Martinez said.

Murray's Las Vegas home, which he bought for $1.6 million, was appraised at barely $1 million in 2009, he said. The Las Vegas real estate market had suffered a major decline in home values up to that date.

Judge rules: Jacksons can't watch trial without mom

The judge ordered that only one of Michael Jackson's brothers and sisters can come to court to watch the testimony at at a time -- and then only if Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson is present.

AEG Live lawyers argued at the start of the second day of the trial that there was "a risk in allowing any of them in the courtroom."

AEG expects to call Janet, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Rebbie and Randy Jackson as witnesses in its defense. Only brother Marlon Jackson is not on the defense witness list.

AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam said in his opening statement Monday that Jackson family members will testify about their failed attempts to intervene with Michael Jackson's drug addiction and their lack of knowledge about what was happening.

The defense lawyers asked that Randy Jackson, the only one attending the trial Tuesday with his 82-year-old mother, be booted from court.

After that, Jackson lawyer Brian Panish told the judge that Katherine Jackson, who can stay in court because she is a plaintiff, needed one of her children to sit with her each day.

"He can remain, but you cannot have five in the courtroom," Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos said.

Because Katherine Jackson left the courtroom early to avoid gruesome testimony by a paramedic who described Jackson's death, Randy Jackson was unable to watch Tuesday's testimony.

Randy and Rebbie Jackson attended court Monday, the trial's opening day. All of the siblings attended the 2011 criminal trial of Murray at various times.

Having members of the famous entertainment family in court could influence the jury because their seats are just a few feet away from the jury box in the small Los Angeles courtroom.

Paramedic: Jackson looked like "a hospice patient"

The first witness called Tuesday was Richard Senneff, one of the Los Angeles County paramedics who responded to the 911 call from Michael Jackson's home on June 25, 2009.

Senneff mostly repeated the testimony he gave as one of the first witnesses in the Murray trial, describing how he initially "thought perhaps this was a hospice patient."

"He looked like someone who was at the end stage of a long disease process," he said.
"No, no, this just happened," Murray told him, Senneff said.

Jackson was not breathing and appeared to be dead, he said.

An AEG lawyer asked him during cross-examination if he thought Murray was not telling him the truth.
"I don't even go there," Senneff said. "I'm not worried about that."

Senneff's testimony is important to informing the jury about the circumstances of Jackson's death, but the drama that filled the Murray courtroom was not duplicated.

In fact, humor sometimes emerged. Panish even asked Senneff whether he had ever rescued a cat.
"I have not rescued a cat," Senneff, who is also a firefighter, joked. "I rescued a dog that was lying in the street."
He also shared the ironic story of the next emergency he responded to after leaving Michael Jackson at the UCLA Medical Center's emergency room.

His ambulance was called to a west Los Angeles apartment to help an elderly Russian woman, Senneff said.
"When she heard the news on TV that Michael Jackson had died, she fainted," he said. She suffered a minor head injury in her fall.

"She was just deeply emotional when we took her to the hospital," Senneff said.

Martinez will return to court Wednesday to resume his testimony, but the trial will break early so a juror can attend a funeral in the afternoon.

A medical examiner from the Los Angeles County Coroner's office is expected to take the stand Thursday. No court is scheduled for Friday.

 

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A detective who investigated the death of Michael Jackson has told a court he found a mass of evidence that the pop star's doctor was in dire financial straits.
Orlando Martinez said he believed Conrad Murray would do whatever was necessary to get paid.
The LAPD homicide detective was among the first witnesses in a $40bn (£25bn) civil court battle between Jackson's family and AEG Live, the promoter of his comeback tour.
Mr Martinez told the jury that Murray, who was convicted of Jackson's manslaughter, was more than $500,000 (£321,000) in debt at the time of the star's death. He said the doctor was financially "severely distressed".
Murray has eight children by seven different women and faced a mountain of claims for child support, mortgage and tax arrears and loans, the court heard.

He was expecting to receive $150,000 a month (£96,000) to serve as Jackson's tour doctor but the singer died before the contract was signed.
Jackson's mother Katherine claims concert giant AEG Live is guilty of negligence for failing to properly investigate Murray and his finances. They say the company put profits ahead of the health of a man with drug use problems.
AEG has denied any wrongdoing, claiming that it was Jackson himself who hired Murray and hid his drug use from even those closest to him.
Mr Martinez conducted a police interview with Murray shortly after Jackson died in which the doctor said he was employed by the star, and not his promoter.
But Mr Martinez told the court that he discovered a contract in the doctor's car which showed an arrangement between him and AEG Live.
He will continue to give evidence on Wednesday, and the case is expected to last up to three months.
Jackson's children Prince and Paris are expected to be called to give evidence along with his ex-wives and siblings and a host of star names. The family is seeking billions of dollars in compensation and lost earnings.
Jackson died in June 2009 from an overdose of the surgical anaesthetic Propofol. Murray was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
He is appealing against his conviction and has said he will not testify at the civil case.

http://news.sky.com/story/1085289/michael-jacksons-doctor-was-500k-in-debt

 

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Latest AP Update

Los Angeles police Detective Orlando Martinez said in a case filed by Jackson's mother against concert giant AEG Live that Conrad Murray faced student loans, home loans, child support obligations and credit card payments that were in arrears in 2009. Plaintiff's attorney Brian Panish said the debts totaled nearly $1 million.

Martinez has said the debts may have led Murray to act inappropriately in his care of Jackson in order to ensure he received $150,000 a month payments from AEG Live LLC to serve as the singer's tour doctor.

"He may break the rules, bend the rules, do whatever he needed to do to get paid," Martinez said Tuesday. "It might solve his money problems."

Murray's finances were not a factor in the criminal case that ended with his 2011 conviction for administering a fatal dose of propofol to Jackson.

The former cardiologist is not a party to Katherine Jackson's negligent hiring case against the concert promoter, but he is a key figure. The Jackson family matriarch contends AEG did not properly investigate Murray before allowing him to serve as Jackson's tour physician for the ill-fated "This Is It" shows planned for 2009.

Martinez testified he found most of the debts against Murray in public records.

Martinez's testimony Wednesday was bogged down by continuous objections from AEG attorneys and the detective spent most of an hour-long session authenticating public records. He testified briefly about Murray's phone records before court recessed for the day so that an alternate juror could attend a funeral.

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The detective said he only found one slip of paper with Murray&#8217;s name on it in Alvarez&#8217;s apartment. He says he found that odd.
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The detective said he didn&#8217;t know what Murray and Alvarez discussed while the doctor was in back of the ambulance.
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Last questions focused on Murray&#8217;s calls to girlfriend Nicole Alvarez, including one he made in back of the ambulance on June 25, 2009.
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The detective told jurors he focused on a 12 hour period between June 24 and June 25, 2009. That period was most important to crim inquiry.
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(cont) Judge Palazuelos threatened to give him a time limit. After some back-talk, he relented and moved on to new territory.
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Judge sustained many of the objections. The objections and having going through documents individually made for slow going this morning.
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Michael Jackson-AEG trial: Detective highlights doctor's debt




By Jeff Gottlieb
May 1, 2013, 5:49 a.m.




Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor, Conrad Murray, was not initially honest with police who interviewed him after the pop singer&#8217;s death, a Los Angeles police detective testified in Jackson&#8217;s wrongful-death trial Tuesday.


Det. Orlando Martinez said that when he interviewed Murray with two attorneys present, the doctor made up a story to protect himself.

&#8220;He was not being honest and forthright,&#8221; Martinez testified.

Martinez said that when he began investigating Jackson&#8217;s death in 2009, he at first concluded that the cause of death was accidental or natural.


But he said that when he discovered Murray&#8217;s deep financial straits, he shifted his thinking and pondered whether he had discovered a motive for the pop star&#8217;s death -- &#8220;financial gain.&#8221;

Martinez was the second witness called Tuesday in the lawsuit that Jackson&#8217;s mother and three children filed against Anschutz Entertainment Group, accusing the entertainment giant of negligently hiring and supervising Murray.

AEG says it was Jackson who employed Murray, and that the $150,000 a month the company was supposed to pay the doctor was an advance to the singer, much like the money it had loaned him to pay for his Holmby Hills mansion and production costs for the upcoming &#8220;This Is It&#8221; concert series in London.


The doctor owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax liens, child support and other debts, and he had closed his office to work with one patient -- Jackson, tying his financial future to him, Martinez said.

Martinez&#8217;s testimony was part of the strategy by lawyers for the Jackson family to show that Murray was more concerned with getting himself out of his financial hole than caring for his patient, and that AEG should have checked him out.

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 for giving Jackson a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep. He is completing a jail sentence.



Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-michael-jackson-aeg-trial-20130501,0,2835339.story

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 3 - May 1 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Trial resumes tomorrow morning with Det. Martinez. Dr. Christopher Rogers, from the Coroner's office, set to testify next.

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AEG agreed to stipulate Michael Jackson is dead, but need to think about stipulating that Dr. Murray is the cause of his death.

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Outside the presence of jury:
Panish: I'm asking for stipulation that MJ's dead. Are you willing to stipulate MJ is dead?
Putnam: Absolutely

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A search in Dr. Murray's apt in Santa Monica, where doc said he lived with Alvarez, Martinez said he didn't find any of Murray's belongings
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11:26 am-- received phone call, possibly Michael Amir Williams
1:08 pm -- made call to Nicole Alvarez while in the ambulance

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Martinez obtained subpoena of Dr. Murray's phone records, incoming and outgoing calls, towers used, duration. He focused on June 24-25
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Orlando obtained docs from state licensing medical boards regarding Dr. Murray to check his status and if he had any disciplinary actions
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Panish: did you check Dr. Murray's credit?
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Income and Expense Declaration filed with San Diego Court shows Dr. Murray's net month disposable income was negative $2,706.33 in July/09
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Hello from the courthouse in downtown LA. As we said yesterday, today we only had one hour of testimony. A juror is going to a funeral

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 3 - May 1 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

AEG lawyer concedes: Michael Jackson is dead
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 4:36 PM EDT, Wed May 1, 2013
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
AEG's lawyer refused to stipulate Michael Jackson is dead at a hearing last week
"Absolutely," he says when asked again Wednesday if he'd agree Jackson is dead
Detective: Money woes may have led Dr. Conrad Murray to "break the rules"
Murray's clinic was being evicted, home in foreclosure when hired as Jackson's doctor
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A week after AEG's lawyer refused to concede for legal arguments that Michael Jackson is dead, he acknowledged the pop icon's death in court.
The stipulation -- an agreement between two parties in a case that something is a given fact -- could save time in a trial that is expected to last several months.
Michael Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live, contending the concert promoter is liable for the pop icon's death because it negligently hired, retained and supervised Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter in his death.
While acknowledging Jackson died on June 25, 2009, AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam is still reluctant to stipulate what killed him and that Murray was the cause.
Here's the courtroom exchange between Jackson lawyer Brian Panish and Putnam Wednesday:
Panish: "I'm asking for a stipulation that Michael Jackson died and the cause of death. Are you willing to stipulate that Michael Jackson died?"
Putnam: "Absolutely."
Panish: "Are you willing to stipulate that the cause of his death was Dr. Murray?"
Putnam: "That you've never asked before. Let me look at what that means."
Putnam refused to stipulate that Jackson was dead at a pretrial hearing last week, later explaining to CNN that he did not want to concede any elements that are needed to prove the case against AEG.
AEG organized and hosted a massive public memorial service for Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles 12 days after his death.
Prosecutors said Jackson's death was caused by a fatal combination of the surgical anesthetic propofol and sedatives Murray gave him in a desperate effort to treat his insomnia.
Detective: Money woes may have led doctor to "break the rules"
Los Angeles Police Detective Orlando Martinez delivered testimony this week that Jackson lawyers believe boosted their argument that Murray's negligent treatment that killed Jackson was spurred by his deep financial trouble -- something they contend AEG executives should have known.
Martinez, who led the department's probe of Jackson's death, testified that he suspected Murray's "severely distressed" financial situation -- including having his home in foreclosure, delinquent taxes, student-loan liens and unpaid child support -- could have led him to give Jackson unsafe treatments.
One contention in the lawsuit is that the concert promoter should have known that Murray's financial stress could have been a problem for the doctor.
After interviewing Murray two days after Jackson's death, Martinez's "thinking at the moment was the crime was negligence," he testified.
Martinez, who will return to the stand for a third day of testimony Thursday, showed documents that said Murray's Las Vegas home had lost $500,000 in value and was in foreclosure; his Las Vegas medical clinic faced eviction for non-payment of rent; he had a long list of loan defaults; and his expenses outweighed his income by $2,700 a month.
Murray, who initially asked AEG for $5 million to work for a year as Jackson's personal physician, eventually agreed to take $150,000 a month.
"That's a lot of money for anyone," Martinez said. "Seeing the scene and talking to him about what he had done and how he did it raised questions."
"Focusing on the financial aspect may have been important for Dr. Murray's willingness to disregard his Hippocratic Oath for financial gain," he testified.
What he learned about Murray's financial troubles led him "to opine that he may have, for this easy money -- the $150,000 a month -- may break the rules, bend the rules, to do whatever he needed to do to get paid."
Dr. Christopher Rogers, the deputy medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on Jackson, will be called to testify after that questioning of Martinez concludes Thursday. No court is scheduled for Friday.

 

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Witness: As Jackson was rushed to ER, doctor phoned girlfriend

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A Los Angeles police homicide detective testified Wednesday that Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor had a two-minute telephone conversation with his girlfriend while he was riding in the ambulance transporting the singer&#8217;s body to the hospital.

Testifying in the lawsuit Jackson&#8217;s mother and children have brought against entertainment giant AEG, Det. Orlando Martinez said the call to Nicole Alvarez lasted 133 seconds.

Testimony for the day ended just as Martinez appeared about to detail what Murray and his girlfriend were discussing. Jurors were dismissed early Wednesday because a member of the panel had to attend a funeral.

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Martinez also testified that when he served a search warrant on the home Alvarez had once shared with Murray in Santa Monica, the only evidence he found that the doctor lived there was a piece of paper with the doctor&#8217;s name written on it.

&#8220;He was living there and none of his stuff was there,&#8221; Martinez said.

Martinez also continued his testimony about Murray&#8217;s desperate financial situation. Jackson attorney Brian Panish showed the jury documents showing Murray&#8217;s debts, including those for student loans, homeowner association fees, and bills from medical firms and cellphone companies. His Las Vegas home, on which he owed $1.6 million, was in foreclosure.

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One 2007 judgment against Murray in Missouri ordered him to pay $135,000. There were also eviction notices for his medical business and liens for being behind on child-support payments.

Under questioning from Panish, Martinez said he had received the information from three credit bureaus.

Through his questioning, Panish appears to be trying to show how easily Anschutz Entertainment Group could have detected Murray&#8217;s money problems. The plaintiffs contend that Murray, who they say was hired and controlled by the entertainment firm, was more consumed with the money he was being paid for treating Jackson than his star patient&#8217;s actual well-being.

Martinez testified Tuesday that financial distress led him to believe Murray "may break the rules, bend the rules to do whatever he needed to get paid. It might solve his money problems.&#8221;

Murray had closed his offices to treat Jackson, his only patient. He was supposed to be paid $150,000 a month.

The detective testified that when he learned of the financial problems, it led him to believe Murray was more concerned with getting himself out of his financial hole than caring for his patient.

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 for giving Jackson a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep. He is serving a jail term.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jackson-hospital-20130501,0,6505360.story

 

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Michael Jackson wrongful death trial: Cell phone records show Dr. Conrad Murray may have requested help from mistress in covering his tracks
LAPD Det. Orlando Martinez testified that Dr. Conrad Murray called his girlfriend from the ambulance carrying Jackson and himself to the hospital, indicating he may have been in a hurry to cover his tracks

BY NANCY DILLON / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

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Dr. Conrad Murray called his girlfriend from inside the ambulance that carried the stricken singer to the hospital in his final moments.
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The cardiologist convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson&#8217;s death called his mistress while riding in the ambulance taking the singer to the hospital &#8212; evidence he may have requested help in covering his tracks, it was revealed Wednesday.

Los Angeles Police Det. Orlando Martinez said cell phone records show Dr. Conrad Murray called his girlfriend, Nicole Alvarez, at 1:08 p.m. on June 25, 2009, a minute after the ambulance carrying him and his stricken mega-star patient left Jackson&#8217;s home for Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

&#8220;Do you have an opinion as to the substance of that call?&#8221; Brian Panish, a lawyer representing Jackson&#8217;s mother and children in their negligence lawsuit against concert promoter AEG, asked Martinez.

&#8220;Yes,&#8221; the lawman replied, explaining that he had interviewed Alvarez and served a search warrant at her Santa Monica address.

&#8220;What was determined?&#8221; Panish asked.

&#8220;I found one piece of paper with Dr. Murray&#8217;s name &#8212; that had fallen behind the door of a cabinet &#8212; in the entire apartment (where) he&#8217;d been staying at (for) at least two months,&#8221; Martinez replied.

Panish asked whether he found that suspicious.

&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Martinez replied. &#8220;He was living there, and none of his stuff was there.&#8221;

Prior criminal proceedings against Murray revealed the doctor &#8212; convicted at trial in 2011 &#8212; had pharmacy shipments sent to Alvarez&#8217;s address.

Martinez was the second witness called before the jury of six men and six women in Los Angeles County Superior Court for the civil case in which the Gloved One&#8217;s family argues that AEG, promoter of Jackson&#8217;s ill-fated comeback tour, had a hand in his drug-fueled demise.

Katherine Jackson, 82, did not attend the shortened third day of testimony, which only lasted an hour due to a juror&#8217;s request to attend a funeral.

Her lawyer said she also planned to sit out upcoming testimony from coroner&#8217;s office officials because the evidence promises to be graphic.


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Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson&#8217;s overdose death.

&#8220;She doesn&#8217;t need to hear that,&#8221; Panish told the Daily News. &#8220;We&#8217;re not trying to get sympathy.&#8221;

Martinez told jurors his investigation led him to conclude that Murray was deep in debt at the time of the &#8220;Thriller&#8221; singer&#8217;s overdose death, giving him a financial motive to provide the surgery-strength anesthetic Propofol as a treatment for insomnia, despite recommendations to the contrary. Jackson died from acute Propofol intoxication, an autopsy found.

On Tuesday, Martinez told jurors that Murray was about to lose his home to foreclosure and was roughly $500,000 in debt when he negotiated a $150,000-per-month agreement to act as Jackson&#8217;s personal physician for the AEG-backed &#8220;This Is It&#8221; comeback concert series.

Martinez covered more financial ground in testimony Wednesday, saying Murray had a history of unpaid rent on his Las Vegas office and was delinquent in paying his taxes.

&#8220;(It&#8217;s) just some more evidence of him being in financial dire straits,&#8221; Martinez said.

He said police also ran credit reports on Murray.

&#8220;If anyone would have run the credit report, they would have got the same information?&#8221; Panish asked.

&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Martinez said.

Katherine Jackson&#8217;s lawsuit claims AEG should be held accountable for hiring Murray without a background check and negligently supervising him.

AEG denies any wrongdoing, saying Michael Jackson personally hired Murray and kept his Propofol use a closely guarded secret.

After the jury left the courtroom Wednesday, Katherine Jackson&#8217;s lawyers said they believed they could locate Michael&#8217;s longtime nanny and confidante, Grace Rwaramba, and plan to call her as a witness as the trial proceeds.

&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t find her, no one could find her,&#8221; lawyer Kevin Boyle said of the last-minute addition. &#8220;But we think we&#8217;re going to be able to find her, hopefully.&#8221;

Murray is currently serving a four-year prison sentence.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...on-jailed-doc-article-1.1332513#ixzz2S5TGtIrd

 

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 4 - May 2 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Please use this thread to post any and all news stories from day 4 of Katherine Jackson vs. AEG trial.

Previous 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.

Don't post tweets or updates from fans on this thread.

 

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Rebbie accompanied Katherine Jackson to court today. Randy couldn't make it today, attorney said. #MJ civil trial


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Defense objected to Rebbie's presence, said they believed only Randy could accompany Katherine Jackson. #MJ civil trial


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Judge ruled Rebbie could stay. "I think Mrs. Jackson should have at least 1 support person in the courtroom.&#8221;


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Sorry, earlier tweet should have said Det. Orlando Martinez returned to stand today. He's now on cross-ex.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 4 - May 2 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

Voicemail from Jackson's manager played in court

Published: May 2, 2013 2:45 PM
By The Associated Press LINDA DEUTSCH (AP Special Correspondent)


(AP) -- Five days before Michael Jackson died, his manager called the singer's doctor and said Jackson was sick.

A voicemail from the manager was played Thursday for a Los Angeles jury in the lawsuit by Jackson's mother against the concert promoter who was then arranging his "This Is It" tour.

http://www.newsday.com/news/voicemail-from-jackson-s-manager-played-in-court-1.5185094

On the voicemail message, Frank Deleo told Dr. Conrad Murray that Jackson has had an "episode"...

 

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Panish played a voicemail Frank DiLeo left to Dr. Murray on June 20, 2009: "I'm sure you're aware he had an episode last night. He's sick"

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Martinez said he got Dr. Murray's credit reports from Experian and Equifax, but not Transunion, since they didn't accept the subpoena.
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Judge Yvette Palazuelos: "Mrs. Jackson should have one person in support with her in the courtroom." Rebbie was allowed to stay.
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Photos of Jackson's messy, clothes-strewn bedroom shown to jurors

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In a case that attorneys promised would dive into Michael Jackson&#8217;s personal life, jurors were shown photographs Thursday of the eccentric music legend's messy, clothes-strewn second-floor bedroom in the rented mansion where he died.

Although the foyer of the Holmby Hills home was pristine &#8212; a lavish, open space with ornate gold frames &#8212; and the dining room boasted flowing white curtains around giant windows that allowed in streaming sunlight, the second floor presented a scene that was radically different, jurors were told in the wrongful-death case brought by the singer's family against entertainment firm AEG.

On June 25, 2009, the day of Jackson&#8217;s death, the master bedroom on the second floor was in disarray, Los Angeles Police Det. Orlando Martinez testified. The curtains were pulled and the fireplace was on.

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A portable rack was jammed with hangers of clothing. More clothes were strewn about the room, including on the rumpled bedspread. On a desk were stacks of what appeared to be DVDs and papers. Books lay in piles on the floor. Lining the hallway floor that led from the bedroom to the master closet and a bathroom were piles of clothes.

Inside the closet was a globe, shopping bags, a dress form with a red coat trimmed in black, and cardboard boxes that overflowed with even more clothes.

Papers were strewn about the star&#8217;s bathroom, which had another cardboard box stuffed with clothing. Bags and towels lay scattered about. Inside the inlaid marble bathtub were additional towels. Nearby sat fancy glass bottles filled with liquids.

PHOTOS: Jackson-AEG wrongful death case

Although merely a peek into Jackson's private life, the photos presented during the fourth day of the case could foreshadow what's to come in a trial expected to last four months.

The suit filed by Jackson&#8217;s mother, Katherine, and his three children accuses concert promoter AEG of pushing the singer beyond his physical abilities and of negligently hiring and controlling Dr. Conrad Murray, who gave Jackson a fatal dose of propofol and is now serving a jail term for involuntary manslaughter.

On Thursday, the family&#8217;s attorney played a phone message to Murray left by Jackson&#8217;s manager Frank DiLeo on June 20, 2009.

&#8220;I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re aware he had an episode last night. He&#8217;s sick. Today&#8217;s Saturday, tomorrow I&#8217;m on my way back. I&#8217;m not gonna continue my trip. Uh, I think you need -- I think you need to get a blood test on him today. I -- I -- we gotta see what he&#8217;s doing. All right. Thank you.&#8221;

Brian Panish, the plaintiffs&#8217; attorney, said he believed that DiLeo had spoken with an AEG executive just prior to making the phone call.

Five days later, Jackson was dead.

Martinez testified that on the day of the singer&#8217;s death, he went to Jackson&#8217;s home, which boasted a movie theater, workout room, dance area and a wine cellar.

Although the entryway was immaculate, the second floor &#8212; where Jackson had been found by paramedics earlier that morning &#8212; was a deep contrast.

A search warrant and affidavit said that no adults besides Jackson were known to live at the location and that the staff was only allowed to be present on the ground floor. Martinez testified that the chef was allowed to leave food outside a door upstairs.

Martinez said that when he arrived, Jackson&#8217;s children and his brother Randy were at the home. He also saw three cars, including Murray&#8217;s BMW.

Investigators attempted to reach Murray but the doctor did not answer his phone or return calls, which seemed suspicious, Martinez said.

&#8220;If it was a medical emergency or a natural death, why would he be refusing to speak with us? Why would he leave the hospital after he was asked to stay? Why would he not go back to pick up his car?&#8221; Martinez said.

Murray was tracked through his cellphone and found in Santa Monica. Detectives interviewed him two days after Jackson&#8217;s death.

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Michael Jackson&#8217;s Physician MIA After Pop Star&#8217;s Death
Posted Thursday, May 02, 2013-1:28 pm

LOS ANGELES (CNS) &#8211; A Los Angeles police detective who investigated the 2009 death of Michael Jackson told a jury today that he and other LAPD personnel could not find the singer&#8217;s personal physician in the hours after the pop star&#8217;s death.

In his third day of testimony in trial of Katherine Jackson&#8217;s negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against entertainment giant AEG Live, Detective Orlando Martinez said under questioning by defense attorney Marvin Putnam that he considered it &#8220;suspicious&#8221; that Dr. Conrad Murray was not answering repeated phone calls.

&#8220;If there was a medical emergency or a natural death, why wouldn&#8217;t you be willing to speak with us?,&#8221; Martinez said.

AEG Live attorneys maintain that the entertainer hired Murray three years earlier as his personal physician and chose him to be his doctor during his &#8220;This Is It Tour.&#8221; Jackson was rehearsing for 50 sold-out tour dates in London at the time of his June 25, 2009, death.

But lawyers for 82-year-old Katherine Jackson, who filed the lawsuit in 2010 on behalf of herself and her son&#8217;s three children, allege AEG Live hired Murray and failed to properly supervise him.

Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving the singer the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid and was sentenced to four years in jail.

Martinez testified he and another detective were able to finally interview Murray two days after the entertainer&#8217;s death at age 50. He said two of Murray&#8217;s lawyers were also present and that the questioning lasted about 2 1/2 hours.

Based on information Murray provided, detectives obtained a search warrant and went back to Jackson&#8217;s rented Holmby Hills mansion on June 29 and looked for some medical bags the doctor said were kept on a closet shelf in the singer&#8217;s bedroom, Martinez said.

&#8220;This is (where) all that propofol (was), correct?,&#8221; Putnam asked.

&#8220;Yes,&#8221; Martinez said.

The detective said he had previously found a bottle of propofol lying on the floor near Jackson&#8217;s bed.

Asked by Putnam if he knew anything about propofol at the time, Martinez replied affirmatively and added, &#8220;My next-door neighbor is a doctor.&#8221;

Martinez said Jackson&#8217;s bedroom and other rooms on the same second floor of the three-level residence were in disarray. He said there was a &#8220;night and day&#8221; difference between the the second and first floors because the latter level was very clean and tidy.

Martinez said that only Jackson&#8217;s chef was allowed on the second floor and that was only so he could drop off food for the singer.

 

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Re: Jacksons vs AEG - Day 4 - May 2 2013 - News Only (no discussion)

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That completes Day 4 of Jackson Family vs AEG trial for the wrongful death of Michael Jackson. Watch @ABC7 Eyewitness News for all coverage
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Plaintiffs' attorney told the judge toxicologist Mr. Anderson and coroner Dr. Rogers are expected to testify on Monday.
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Martinez was excused subject to recall in case defendants want to put him on the stand again. No court tomorrow, trial resumes on Monday
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"Did you change your mind that his financial problems were the motive 4 what he did to bend the rules?" Panish asked. "No," Martinez replied
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Putnam: the suspicion wasn't about the source of that money, AEG Live?
Martinez: It didn't matter to our investigation
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Putnam asked Martinez what was his suspicion. For that amount of money he wondered if Murray would bend rules to be the 1 getting the money
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Putnam noted that the person who died under Dr. Murray's care died of natural causes and no lawsuit was filed. Marinez said he was wrong.
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Putnam asked if anyone at AEG ever refused to speak with police or produce documents, and Martinez said no. They gave police one email
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Panish: have you change your mind?
Martinez: Did not change my mind that Dr. Murray's financial distress was the reason for his actions.
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As to the moving boxes, Panish asked Martinez if he knew MJ was planning to go to England the first week of July. He said yes.
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Panish asked if having messy room is against the law according to the penal code? Martinez laughed and said no.
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Martinez said Katherine Jackson did not have attorneys present when he interviewed her. She was cooperative and forthcoming.
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About seeing Mrs. Jackson and the kids at UCLA:
Martinez: distraught
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Martinez: Very
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Putnam objected and Panish rephrased the statement, saying Martinez found out Dr. Murray was sued for wrongful death of another patient
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Panish accused AEG of implying Murray was a great doctor. "But that's not true, you found out that he had killed someone else" Panish asked
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Putnam asked Martinez if Dr. Murray being in financial trouble made him a suspect? He said no, it was the totality of the evidence
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Putnam: Did Dr. Murray's debts excuse him in anyway for what he did? Martinez: No
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Putnam asked if Martinez knew if Dr. Murray's license to practice medicine had been suspended before June 25, 2009? He said no.
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Panish said Dr. Murray's hospital privileges were suspended because he was late returning phone call while on duty & lack of record keeping
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Putnam countered plaintiffs several documents highlighting Dr. Murray's financial distress by saying all the liens belonged to one house
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Martinez did not interview Michael's children. Another detective did, but they chose not to get into the drug abuse line of questioning.
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Martinez: "Mrs. Jackson stated the family attempted several times to help Michael, however he would have nothing to do with it."
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Martinez wrote in a doc that Mrs. Jackson saw Dr. Murray at UCLA for the 1st time. She said she didn't know who he was until Michael's death
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Martinez said Mrs. Jackson thought MJ was taking drugs for back pain. The Dective though his addition was to painkillers.
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Putnam: Do you remember what Mrs. Jackson told you MJ said?
Martinez: That he denied having a problem
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Martinez said he wrote that the family tried numerous interventions, but didn't know exactly how many.
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Martinez: Family had attempted several interventions, spoken with other sons about his possible problems with drugs.
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Martinez interviewed Mrs. Jackson in Dec 09. He wanted to clear up some stuff regarding family meetings, addiction, intervention

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Martinez said LAPD doesn't name people as suspects, but "It was common knowledge he (Dr. Murray) was a suspect."

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Dr. Murray was the person who paid for the items, Martinez said. Dr. Murray also paid for all the Propofol orders.

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Putnam asked Martinez about the medical equipments found at MJ's house: oxygen tanks, IV stand, ambu bag. "It was rented by Dr. Murray"

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Martinez said he believes Dr. Murray's first orders of Propofol were in March 2009. They were shipped from Las Vegas to Santa Monica.

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Martinez said he first noticed the drug Propofol when he found a vial in Jackson's room. Martinez' neighbor is a doctor, he asked for help
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Dr. Murray's attys called police for interview; lasted 2 1/2 hrs. Martinez said he learned facts that led him to believe this was criminal

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Search warrant: During the course of the investigation, family members notified coroner that they had located luggage on the second floor

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A chef, Kai Chase, was allowed to go upstairs to drop food off outside the door.

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Search warrant: ...his staff was allowed to be present on the ground floor. No staff was allowed on the top floors.
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On the 26th, Martinez got a search warrant to search the house since he had obtained more information in the investigation.
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Martinez said MJ's house was secured from 2:30 pm PT until about midnight on the day MJ died. After midnight, the scene was not secured.
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Pictures showed the master bathroom also messy, clothes everywhere, boxes with stuff, shopping bags.

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Martinez said the room seemed messy but it didn't seem out of the ordinary. It was night and day compared to the rooms downstairs, he opined
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One of the many closets in the mater bedroom was very disorganized, clothes and boxes all over the place, on the floor. Complete mess.
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Pics of mater bedroom showed papers on the floor, clothes hung, books piled, moving boxes. Hall to the closet covered with clothes.
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There were a lot of papers on the floor, master bedroom was very messy. Martinez said curtains were pulled and fireplace was on.
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Next picture showed the second floor's master bedroom -- it was MJ's master bedroom, but not the one he received treatment.
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Martinez said the house has 3 levels: 1st, 2nd, basement w/ movie theater, exercise room, wine cellar; all very clean and organized

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Putnam showed Martinez pix of the front door of MJ's house. The detective identified the entrance as the one he used to enters the property.

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After midnight, Martinez said, MJ's house was only secured by MJ's security team and family members could come and go freely.
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Judge Palazuelos asked Martinez if the police had secured MJ's property. He said yes, up until about midnight on the day MJ died.
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Putnam asked about all the times Martinez went to MJ's house over the months after MJ's death. Martinez confirmed he was there several times

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Dr. Murray was not interviewed until two days after MJ's death. The doctor told Martinez he had spoken with AEG's people while at UCLA.
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Panish: Were you suspicious of Dr. Murray?
Martinez: Yes, if it waas medical emergency/natural death why would he be refusing 2 speak w/ us
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Martinez said they knew where Dr. Murray was, but he was not answering police calls. "We knew where he was, we were tracking his cell phone"
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Putnam asked why Martinez wanted to talk to Dr. Murray: "To get straight from the horses's mouth what happened."
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As to looking for Dr. Conrad Murray at UCLA, Martinez said: "when I sent the other two detectives to go find him, he was gone."
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Putnam asked Martinez if searching someone's credit without consent is a crime
Putnam: it would be a crime?
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Putnam: there are limits as to what civilians can do in terms of search, like DMV search?
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Putnam: If I wanted to look up your credit, will I need your permission?
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As a police officer, Putnam asked Martinez if he had special privileges to do searches. Martinez said private investigators can do it too
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Martinez said his unit at LAPD investigates sexual assault, robbery, murder. The detective entered MJ's house pursuant to the investigation.
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Detectives Dan Meyers and Scott Smith partnered with Martinez. They investigate Dr. Murray in connection with the criminal matter.

 

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Family tried to get Jackson to stop taking drugs, detective says

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By Corina Knoll
May 2, 2013, 4:00 p.m.
This post has been corrected. She note at bottom for details.

Michael Jackson&#8217;s family tried over and over to talk with the pop singer about his drug abuse and attempted one intervention at his Neverland retreat, a Los Angeles police detective who interviewed Michael Jackson&#8217;s mother testified Thursday.

Det. Orlando Martinez said that when he interviewed Katherine Jackson on Dec. 9, 2009 &#8212; months after Jackson&#8217;s death &#8212; she told him she had never met nor known about Dr. Conrad Murray until her son died. Murray, who gave the singer a lethal dose of propofol, is now serving a jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter.

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The detective, under questioning from the attorney representing the Jackson family in a wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG, also verified that he wrote the following summary about that discussion:

FULL COVERAGE: AEG wrongful death trial

&#8220;Mrs. Jackson stated that she last spoke with Michael at his residence on Carolwood approximately one and a half weeks prior to his death. When asked if Mrs. Jackson had ever met Dr. Murray she stated that she had not and didn&#8217;t even know who he was until after Michael&#8217;s death.

&#8220;Mrs. Jackson was asked if she or any other family members ever attempted to do an intervention with Michael as it relates to painkillers or any other drugs. She stated that there had been one attempted intervention at Neverland on behalf of Janet, however Michael didn&#8217;t want to participate.

&#8220;Mrs. Jackson stated that she had been informed Michael had been taking drugs, however she had no idea which drugs, and she had never seen Michael take any drugs. Mrs. Jackson stated that the family attempted several times to help Michael however he would have nothing to do with it. She further stated that she had asked Michael if he was taking any drugs and Michael denied it.

&#8220;When asked if Michael had any chronic medical conditions that she was aware of, Mrs. Jackson stated that he had problems sleeping and that his back frequently bothered him. She stated she thought the back pain was a result of falling off of a stage during a performance.&#8221;

Katherine Jackson has been present at the trial since it began Monday, stepping out of the courtroom only when a paramedic described finding the singer on his bed.

Jackson&#8217;s mother and the singer's three children are accusing the entertainment company of pushing the singer beyond his physical abilities and of negligently hiring and controlling Murray, who gave Jackson a fatal dose of propofol.

On Thursday, defense attorneys objected to Katherine Jackson being accompanied by her daughter Rebbie, who, like many of her siblings, is on the witness list.

Judge Yvette Palazuelos overruled the objection. &#8220;I think Mrs. Jackson should have at least one support person in the courtroom,&#8221; the judge said.

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