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Katherine Jackson may be absent Monday, due to the nature of the expected testimony, her attorney said. #MJ-AEG civil trial
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On Monday, witness called will likely be from the LA County Coroner's office. #MJ-AEG Civil Trial
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Orlando Martinez was dismissed today, but defense says they might call him as their witness later. #MJ-AEG civil trial
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No Michael Jackson-AEG trial on Friday due to judges' conference. Court resumes Monday.
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Family tried to get Jackson to stop taking drugs, detective says http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jackson-drugs-20130502,0,1402767.story …
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“Is there anywhere in the penal code that says if you have a messy room that’s against the law?” -Jackson family attorney
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By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES — A police detective has testified that Michael Jackson's mother told him the family had tried drug interventions for the singer, believing he was addicted to painkillers.

But Katherine Jackson said her son refused any help, saying he didn't have a drug problem.

The testimony came on Thursday under questioning by lawyers for a concert promoter being sued by Katherine Jackson in connection with the star's death.

Police detective Orlando Martinez said Katherine Jackson spoke of several attempts by the family to do interventions and get Jackson into rehab.

She also said she never met Dr. Conrad Murray until after her son was dead. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after giving the anesthetic propofol to the pop star.

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Police detective says Michael Jackson’s mother and family attempted drug intervention
(Joel Ryan, file/ Associated Press ) - FILE - This March 5, 2009 file photo shows singer Michael Jackson announcing his concerts at the London O2 Arena. Michael Jackson’s mother sat in court Thursday, May 2, 2013, as a police detective testified that she told him the family had tried drug interventions for the singer, believing he was addicted to painkillers. But Detective Orlando Martinez said Katherine Jackson told him her son refused any help, saying he didn’t have a drug problem.


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By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, May 2, 9:04 PM

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s mother sat in court Thursday as a police detective testified that she told him the family had tried drug interventions for the singer, believing he was addicted to painkillers.

But Detective Orlando Martinez said Katherine Jackson told him her son refused any help, saying he didn’t have a drug problem.

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The testimony came under questioning by lawyers for concert promoter AEG Live LLC, which is being sued by Katherine Jackson for negligence in the star’s death.

Martinez, who took the lead investigating Michael Jackson’s June 25, 2009, death, said he first interviewed his mother at the hospital. But six months later, he decided to go back to her and check out “some things regarding family meetings about addiction.” He said it was then that she told him about several attempts by the family to hold interventions and get Jackson into rehab.

“Mrs. Jackson said the family tried to help him but he would have nothing to do with it,” Martinez said. “She had asked Michael if he was taking any drugs, and he denied it.”

Martinez said Katherine Jackson told him she believed her son was taking medicine for back pain and might have become addicted.

“What did Mrs. Jackson tell you?” asked AEG attorney Marvin Putnam.

“The family attempted several interventions,” said the witness. “She had talked to her son about drugs herself.”

She said the efforts produced no results, Martinez said, because “he denied having a problem.”

Katherine Jackson also told the detective the first time she ever met Dr. Conrad Murray was at the hospital the day her son died. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after giving the anesthetic propofol to the pop star. Bottles containing pain killers also were found in the singer’s bedroom.

Martinez said he also interviewed Jackson’s son Prince at the hospital. But his handwritten notes of that interview were not allowed in evidence because the interview was not recorded.

Earlier, Martinez said that five days before Jackson died, his manager called the singer’s doctor, told him Jackson was sick, and implored him to have blood tests done, according to a voicemail played in court.

The message left by Frank Dileo was retrieved by police from Murray’s cellphone.

“I’m sure you’re aware he had an episode last night,” the message said. “He’s sick. ... We gotta see what he’s doing.”

Plaintiff’s lawyer Brian Panish acknowledged outside court that the episode occurred on the day Jackson was told by Kenny Ortega, the director of his “This is It” concert, to go home from a rehearsal because he was pale and shivering.

Panish suggested that if Dileo was aware of the incident, so were AEG executives. Jurors were not given any further details on the episode.

Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit claims AEG didn’t properly investigate Murray.

AEG denies it hired the doctor, and it is likely to blame Jackson for insisting on having Murray as his doctor because of his dependence on propofol, which Jackson used to sleep. The company alleges Jackson was addicted to numerous drugs.
 
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No Michael Jackson-AEG trial on Friday due to judges' conference. Court resumes Monday.
 
Debts, drugs, messy bedroom highlighted in Michael Jackson wrongful death trial
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 5:40 AM EDT, Fri May 3, 2013

How Michael Jackson's death unfolded
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Conrad Murray was $1 million in debt when he took the job as Michael Jackson's doctor
A Las Vegas man told police Murray's negligence caused his father's death
Katherine Jackson told investigators her family "attempted several interventions"
Part of Thursday's testimony in the civil trial focused on the pop icon's messy bedroom
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A lawyer for Michael Jackson's family seemed satisfied as he left the Los Angeles courthouse after the first week of the pop star's wrongful death trial.
"There's a long way to go and we hope the evidence supports -- and we believe it does -- that Dr. (Conrad) Murray was unfit for the job he was hired to do," attorney Brian Panish said. "He was financially motivated and was in serious financial straits."
Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, contending the concert promoter is liable in the pop icon's death because it hired, retained and/or supervised Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Murray's fatal treatment of Jackson with the surgical anesthetic the coroner ruled killed him was the result of the doctors' financial desperation and pressure from AEG executives to have Jackson ready for rehearsals for his comeback tour, Jackson lawyers argue.
AEG contends it was Jackson who chose and controlled Murray, not its executives. The company had no way of knowing what treatments the doctor was giving the singer, who it said was an expert at keeping his "deepest, darkest secret"
Who\'s who in Jackson trial
Conrad Murray maintains his innocence Jackson doctor speaks from jail Jackson wrongful death trial under way
The trial's first witness was a paramedic who arrived at Jackson's home at 12:26 p.m. on June 25, 2009 to find a man who he initially thought was a hospice patient who had died after a long illness. Jackson lawyers see that description as support for their argument that AEG execs should have realized the frailty of Jackson's health.
AEG lawyer concedes: Michael Jackson is dead
The second witness was the Los Angeles Police detective who led the investigation of Jackson's death. Orlando Martinez arrived at court Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday wearing a black cowboy hat, which he said is not part of his uniform as a homicide investigator, but "the chief tolerates it."
The trial is off until Monday, when the coroner's toxicologist will give scientific testimony about the drugs found in Jackson's body after his autopsy. The doctor who conducted the autopsy will follow on the witness stand.
Conrad Murray's big debts
When AEG Live first talked to Murray about working as Michael Jackson's tour doctor, he asked for $5 million for a year. Now we know why.
Court records and credit reports showed Murray was at least $1 million in debt, including delinquent taxes, defaulted student loans, unpaid child support and a defaulted mortgage. His Las Vegas home, which had dropped in value by $500,000, was in foreclosure and his medical clinic was being evicted from an office building, according to records introduced as evidence in the trial.
Murray's chances of catching up financially became an achievable goal when AEG Live agreed to pay him $150,000 a month. Before that, his monthly expenses totaled $2,700 more than his income, according to one document.
Martinez testified that he concluded this was a major incentive for Murray to "break the rules, bend the rules, to do whatever he needed to do to get paid."
Murray's heavy burden of child support payments was the result of his fathering eight children with seven women.
Jackson lawyers contend AEG could have at least run a credit check on Murray before giving him the responsibility of caring for Michael Jackson. It should have been a red flag warning that he would put his paycheck above his Hippocratic Oath.
Conrad Murray claims innocence on phone
Photos: Michael Jackson, King of Pop
Jackson family wants AEG to pay Conrad Murray from jail: I'm innocent
Murray's other lost patient
The Jackson death trial jury broke out into laughter at the oddest time Thursday -- when Panish asked Martinez about another Murray patient who died under his care.
Lawyer: 'Ugly stuff' to come out at trial
A Las Vegas man called Los Angeles police to tell them about how he thought Murray's negligence caused his father's death. The man said he didn't file a medical malpractice suit because Nevada law discouraged him.
Panish: "You learned Conrad Murray wasn't sued for malpractice, but he had killed someone else?" (The jury laughs.)
Panish: "You learned that Dr. Murray had caused the wrongful death of someone else?"
Martinez: "Yes."
AEG's lawyer brought out a document showing the coroner ruled the man's death was from natural causes -- a heart attack.
Martinez also testified that Murray had been suspended from hospitals three times in the decade before Jackson's death. The loss of hospital privileges in one case was because he failed to promptly respond to a phone call when he was on call. The others appeared to be based on failure to follow record keeping procedures.
Elvis' ghost haunts Jackson trial
Jackson lawyers will argue that a background check on Murray by AEG executives would have revealed these and served as red flag warnings that he should not be Jackson's tour doctor. AEG lawyer will contend they had no way of knowing.
'One Jackson' policy
Only one of Katherine Jackson's eight sons and daughters can sit with her in court at one time, the judge ruled this week. Unlike in Murray's criminal trial when all of the Jacksons filled a courtroom bench at times, the family will have just two seats throughout the civil trial.
The limit was imposed because all of the Jacksons -- with the exception of Marlon -- are on AEG's witness list. AEG lawyers objected when they saw Randy and Rebbie sitting with their mother as the first witnesses testified. There is "a risk in allowing any of them in the courtroom," an AEG lawyer argued. The risk is their own testimony would be influenced by hearing the testimony of others, she said.
Panish successfully argued that at least one should be allowed to sit with their 82-year-old mother, who plans to be in court each day -- except for the gruesome medical testimony about her son's autopsy.
"I think Mrs. Jackson should have at least one support person in the court room," he said.
The Jacksons star power could influence jurors who sit just a few feet away from them in the tiny courtroom.
Jackson family intervention
AEG lawyers plan to call Janet, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Rebbie and Randy Jackson to testify about their failed attempts to intervene with Michael Jackson's drug addiction and their lack of knowledge about what was happening to him. Only brother Marlon Jackson is not on the defense witness list.
AEG is trying to show that Jackson was able to deceive even those close to him about his drug use, which helps their argument that executives with the concert promoter could not have known about it.
The lawsuit contends that even if the executives didn't know about Murray's dangerous treatments, they should have.
Katherine Jackson told investigators that her family "attempted several interventions and she had spoken to her son about possible problems with drugs herself," Martinez testified Thursday. "He denied having a problem."
An intervention at Jackson's Neverland ranch, organized by sister Janet, failed because "Michael didn't want to participate," Martinez said.
Messy bedroom
The Los Angeles mansion where Michael Jackson died was clean and neat, except for Jackson's bedroom, according to Martinez. Jurors saw police photos taken hours after the pop icon's death, showing disorganized closets, cardboard boxes lining the hallway and a general mess throughout.
AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam spent several minutes questioning Martinez about the messiness. During the lunch break, the Jacksons' lawyer joked to reporters that Putnam has succeeded in proving Michael Jackson was messy.
Back in court, Panish asked the detective: "Is there anywhere in the penal code that says if you have a messy room that's against the law?" The jury thought that was funny and laughed.
Panish: "You've come across scenes that had a messy room?"
Martinez: "Yes."
Panish: "And that's an indication that someone is not doing well, that their health is bad and they can't clean the room?"
Martinez: "Yes."
Panish: "There were moving boxes in the room?"
Martinez: "Yes."
Panish: "Did you know he was planning to go to England? Within a week or two he was leaving that residence?"
Martinez: "Yes."
When Martinez walked into the upstairs master bedroom,, he found the gas fireplace was burning, the television was on and music coming from the CD player. Except for Murray, "only the chef who can drop off food at the door" was allowed upstairs, he testified.
 
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First week of Jackson trial previews massive case

The Associated Press
Published: May 4, 2013

FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif. Jurors hearing a civil lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother against AEG Live LLC heard about the singer’s addiction struggles and the investigation into the former physician, Conrad Murray, convicted of involuntary manslaughter during the trial’s initial days April 29-May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

THE CASE

Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't properly investigate Dr. Conrad Murray, who a criminal jury convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson's June 2009 death. AEG's attorney says the case is about personal choice, namely Jackson's decision to have Murray serve as his doctor and give him doses of a powerful anesthetic as a sleep aid. Millions, possibly billions, of dollars are at stake.

WHAT HAPPENED

- Jurors heard opening statements in which both sides told them Michael Jackson struggled with prescription drug addiction. Katherine Jackson's lawyers said AEG is the only entity that claims it didn't know there was a problem, but the company's lawyer countered that Jackson was so secretive about receiving the anesthetic propofol, only he and a few doctors knew about it.

- Testimony began with familiar faces from Murray's criminal trial, including the first paramedic to reach Jackson's bedroom on the day he died and a police detective who investigated Murray. Detective Orlando Martinez told jurors he believed the former doctor's debts of roughly $1 million prompted him to bend or break rules in his care of Jackson.

WHAT THE JURY SAW

- Upon entering the courtroom, Katherine Jackson stood in the front row along with her son Randy and daughter Rebbie. They were among the first people that jurors likely saw in the packed courtroom.

- A video montage of private family photos of Jackson and his children, including one in which the singer presented younger son Blanket to President Bill Clinton. Jackson's daughter Paris was seen clutching her father's leg in the picture as the singer's ode to his children, "You Are My Life," played.

QUOTABLE MOMENTS

- "We're not looking for any sympathy. We're looking for truth and justice." (Attorney Brian Panish, who represents Katherine Jackson and told jurors that the trial is the "whole story" of how Jackson died.)

- "The truth is, Michael Jackson fooled everyone. He made sure that no one, nobody, knew his deepest darkest secrets." (Attorney Marvin S. Putnam, who represents AEG Live and told the jury that while Jackson's death was a tragedy, the company isn't responsible for it.)

OUTSIDE COURT

- On the trial's first day, some of Jackson's fans who couldn't get a seat in the courtroom craned their necks to peek through tiny windows to get a glimpse of the proceedings.

- Court officials later established an overflow room with closed-circuit video of the proceedings for reporters and members of the public who can't fit in the 45-seat courtroom.

WHAT'S NEXT

- In the upcoming week, coroners' staff will testify about what killed Jackson and will likely be asked about the singer's overall health when he died.

- Conrad Murray and Michael Jackson's children could be called as witnesses in the months-long trial.

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Was Michael Jackson really worth $40 billion?
By Hollie McKay
Pop Tarts
Published May 06, 2013
FoxNews.com


The many faces of Michael Jackson
Looking back at the many faces the King of Pop had throughout his career...

LOS ANGELES – Almost four years since Michael Jackson died from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic Propofol and other sedatives, the wrongful death lawsuit filed against concert promoter AEG Live by mother Katherine Jackson and the King of Pop’s three children has commenced.

Jackson died just two weeks before he was set to debut his highly-publicized “This is It” concert tour in London, and his family alleges that the concert promoters negligently hired and supervised former cardiologist Conrad Murray and breached its duty of proper care.

However, many trial followers were shocked by the $40-42 billion figure reportedly put forward by the Jackson family as the entertainer's estimated earnings should he have not died at the age of 50.

But could Jackson really have been worth that much so long after his heyday of the 1980s and 90s?

“It seems they are throwing out this astronomical figure to try and win really big,” a source closely connected to the Jackson clan told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “The thinking is that while a jury probably wouldn’t award $40 billion or more, they could be led to believe that perhaps 10 percent of that, or $4 billion, would be reasonable.”

At the time of his death, multiple reports indicated the star died with very little money and was beset with debt due to “***** *****” inspired spending habits and the fortune it took fighting accusations of child molestation.

“Not only that, but he hadn’t had a hit record in 20 years and he told everyone who would listen that he wasn’t interested in touring anymore and he only agreed to do the AEG tour because he was flat broke and out of options,” continued the source, adding that Jackson knew if he didn’t fulfill those contractual obligations he would be forced to forfeit his most prized possession: his share in the Beatles catalogue, estimated to be worth around $1 billion in 2009.

Another insider told us that Jackson was even living rent free in the Los Angeles home of his friend, fashion designer Christian Audigier, best known as the force behind Ed Hardy, when he died.
Audigier did not respond to a comment request.

“Michael had gotten lazy, he was never going to be worth $40 billion again,” insisted a source.
But where that figure even came from is up for some debate. An attorney for the Jackson’s told us that $40-42 billion was never listed on the complaint, and another lawyer for the family has said that they never asked for such a sum.

AEG attorney Marvin Putnam, who did not respond to a request for further comment, previously said the $40-42 billion in damages was indeed the amount put forward.

In compliance with California law regarding wrongful death cases, the plaintiffs submit evidence in support of a specified damage sum. But the actual amount awarded is determined by the court both the evidence submitted by the petitioner and defense. Wrongful death damages look at both economic damages – a fixed standard used to quantify the compensation for the loss of wages and benefits a decedent would have been able to provide in the future – and noneconomic damages, which requires no fixed standard to determine the value the loss of the decedent’s love, comfort and moral support.

And according to another attorney formerly connected to the famous family, the reported monetary amount is not too far-fetched.

“The issue is would it have been foreseeable of a man of Michael’s talent, legend and ability to perform (whether it be concerts, including recordings and merchandising) until the end of his life – life expectancy of a man is the late 80’s today,” said Debra Opri, former Jackson family attorney and leading entertainment lawyer. “Something I learned when I first entered the world of the celebrity performer, their income was beyond the average comprehension of an everyday earner.”

Opri pointed out that the “Thriller” sensation was already worth, through his songbooks of other recording artists, like the Beatles for example, in the multi millions.

“Yet the media was too busy speaking of his wild spending habits. However, if you were to look over his 25 years of recording history and where he was headed, sellouts of upcoming concerts in the millions of dollars within hours of going on sale, merchandising and earnings from his songs and other avenues of income… The anticipation was mutual and AEG was willingly advancing millions of dollars to MJ prior to the actual concert,” she continued. “No one throws money of that magnitude at a performer unless they are certain he will deliver. For a celebrity of MJ’s caliber, what is too much?”

Jackson’s two oldest children, Prince and Paris, are on the witness list to testify, along with singers Prince and Diana Ross, and his ex-wives Lisa-Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe.

And be warned – there may be no end in sight regarding the Jackson versus AEG war anytime soon.

“The 40 billion dollar number might seem arbitrary, but it’s safe to say that if the jury in this case finds that AEG Live is liable for the negligent hiring and supervision of Dr. Murray and that resulted in Michael’s death, the plaintiff’s attorneys will be ready with expert witnesses to prove that amount,” said California-based defense lawyer, David Wohl. “Don’t count on the jury actually awarding that much, and whatever they do award will result in an appeal by AEG, meaning this case could drag on for years.”



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tweets by Anthony McCartney @mccartneyAP:

Court got started this morning with discussions of next witnesses. No Jackson family members here today.

Today’s testimony will be from coroner’s officials, including Dan Anderson and Christopher Rogers.

Dan Anderson is a toxicologist. Christopher Rogers performed Michael Jackson’s autopsy.

Once Anderson and Rogers are done testifying, Katherine Jackson’s attorneys plan to call a couple experts.

Anderson is up first, and he spends the first few minutes testifying about his experience, credentials.

He’s shown pictures of three prescription pill bottles found in Jackson’s bedroom: lorazepam, diazepam and Flomax.

Plaintiff’s attorney Michael Koskoff is doing questioning today. He uses a couple demonstrations so jury can understand drug quantities.

For grams, Koskoff shows jury a Sweet 'N Low pack -- says that’s roughly a gram of material.

To explain liquid volumes, Koskoff uses a syringe to draw a milliliter of cranberry juice into a syringe.

Anderson is also shown a photo of four bottles of 20ml of the anesthetic propofol found in Jackson's bedroom.

Anderson is then asked about a chart of prescriptions issued to Jackson. Chart was prepared by coroner, given to LAPD.

The chart shows the medications, how many doses were issued and how many remained at the time of Michael Jackson’s death.

Another series of charts show the propofol and other medications that were found in Jackson’s home.

So after 40 minutes of questioning, jurors have an overview of medications that were found in Jackson’s home.

Toxicologist Anderson tells jury it’s highly unusual to find injectable lorazepam and propofol in a home setting.

Anderson also explains where coroner’s staff take samples from within a body, and also how certain drugs are metabolized.

The toxicologist then explains to jurors what tests he ordered on Michael Jackson’s body. #JacksonTrial

“This particular case, we were looking for everything and anything.” _ toxicologist Dan Anderson on Jackson toxicology tests.

Anderson walks jurors through a chart he prepared of the drugs found in Jackson’s system. Propofol and lidocaine found everywhere*.

*By everywhere, Anderson means blood taken from Jackson’s heart, femoral artery, liver, urine and in fluid behind eye.

Throughout Anderson’s testimony, the packet of Sweet ‘N Low and syringe of cranberry juice have remained on display in courtroom.

That's about as far as we got before the morning break -- will update next during the lunch hour. #JacksonTrial
 
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Anderson was still walking through drug charts he displayed in direct testimony before court broke for lunch.
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Anderson testifies by mid-July he knew the amount of propofol found in Jackson’s body was cause of death.
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On July 9th, Jackson’s family brought in additional medications they had found and thought investigators should have.
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Toxicologist Dan Anderson also explains that there were two visits to Jackson’s home where medications were collected.
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Anderson says his staff doesn’t take into account directions for taking meds, but how they’re found in toxicology screens.
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She notes that the doctors were all prescribing certain medications that were supposed to be taken at bedtime. She asks if this is important
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Cahan notes that one chart shows 10 medications, with three doctors issuing them: Conrad Murray, Allan Metzger and Arnold Klein.
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Much of Anderson's cross examination is him explaining charts he prepared in greater detail.
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Anderson was off on day Jackson died -- he found out about it from his child. He tells jury he suggested tests that were conducted.
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Kathryn Cahan is the attorney handling cross-examination for AEG Live. She asks Anderson about his work on case.
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Direct questioning of Anderson ends with him telling jury he didn’t find any recreational drugs in Jackson’s system.
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Anderson told jury Demerol typically dissipates from a person's system with 12-16 hours.
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Koskoff also asked Anderson about Demerol. Toxicologist says none was found in Jackson’s system.
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To put the 31 propofol cases in context, Anderson says coroner handles about 8,000 deaths a year. Roughly 5,000 involve toxicology screens.
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The full chart of all coroner's propofol cases wasn't shown to the jury or explained in detail.
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The first LA County death case where propofol was found dates back to 1999, Anderson says. It's updated as of a couple weeks ago.
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Coroner’s office continued to update the chart after Jackson’s death, Anderson tells jury. It now has 31 cases.
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After sidebar, Anderson tells jury about preparing a chart of all LA County deaths where propofol was found. Chart created after MJ’s death.
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Attorneys and judge went to sidebar to determine whether Anderson could discuss the chart of all propofol cases with jury.
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Koskoff asks Anderson about other cases LA coroner has handled where propofol was involved. AEG objects to showing chart of cases.
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After morning break, toxicologist Anderson tells jury level of propofol in Jackson’s body is consistent with general surgery.
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We're on the lunch break in Jackson vs. AEG case. Toxicologist Dan Anderson will resume testifying at 1:30 p.m. PDT.
 
Toxicologist Says ‘Very Problematic’ That Jackson Given Anesthetic At Home
May 6, 2013 12:57 PM

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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Los Angeles County coroner’s office criminalist testified Monday that he believed it was “very problematic” when he learned that the powerful anesthetic propofol was administered to singer Michael Jackson at the entertainer’s home rather than in a hospital.

KNX 1070′s Margaret Carrero reports toxicologist Daniel Anderson was the first to take the stand in the second week of testimony in Katherine Jackson’s multi-billion-dollar civil suit against AEG.


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Anderson said propofol and other drugs were found during post-mortem toxicology tests of the pop star, noting that propofol was of most concern in his testimony during trial of the negligence-wrongful death lawsuit brought by Jackson’s mother and three children against concert promoter AEG Live.

“It raises a red flag in my eyes,” Anderson said. “It’s very problematic to find it outside the hospital setting.”

Toxicology tests detected six other drugs in Jackson’s system – lidocaine, diazepam, nordiazepam (a metabolite of Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed) and ephedrine – according to Anderson.

Lawyers for Jackson allege that concert promoter AEG is at least partly responsible for his death because they failed to fully vet Dr. Conrad Murray, who is serving four years for involuntary manslaughter.

The trial – which started last week – is expected to continue for several months, with testimony from Michael Jackson’s own children also expected.


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Michael Jackson had a number of drugs in his system, jury is told

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May 6, 2013, 12:28 p.m.
Michael Jackson had a long list of prescription drugs in his system when he died in the days before his anticipated comeback tour, a toxicologist with the Los Angeles County coroner's office testified Monday.

Dan Anderson, the first witness called in the second week of the lawsuit that Michael Jackson's mother and three children filed against entertainment giant AEG, continued what has been an unvarnished look into the entertainer’s final days.

A Los Angeles Police Department detective already testified that when he saw Jackson spread on a bed in his rented Holmby Hills mansion, the pop singer resembled an end stage cancer patient who’d come home to die. Testimony also recounted how Jackson’s family had tried to get him to quit drugs, including a failed intervention effort at this Neverland ranch.

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On Monday, Anderson testified that tests of Jackson's blood, urine and internal organs showed traces of the anesthetic propofol, the anti-anxiety drugs Valium and lorazepam, the short-term anesthetic midazolam and lidocaine, a numbing cream that paramedics sometimes use in resuscitation efforts.

Anderson said that the amount of propofol found in Jackson’s system was what you'd expect in a patient who had just undergone major surgery.

The toxicologist also testified that investigators found other drugs at Jackson's home, including the antidepressant trazodone and the prostate drug Flomax.

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Anderson said investigators found injectable lorazepam at Jackson's home as well, a form of the drug "typically found in a hospital setting."

The discovery of the propofol bottles outside a medical setting also was “highly unusual" and "kind of raises a red flag,” Anderson said.

Most of the drugs, he testified, were prescribed by Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving the singer the lethal dose of propofol that killed entertainer.

The Jackson family claims that AEG negligently hired and supervised Murray, while AEG says the doctor worked for Jackson. AEG, a major player in downtown L.A. with the Staples Center and L.A. Live, was promoting Jackson’s “This Is It” comeback tour.
 
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The JacksonFamily is not in the Courtroom this morning. Witness Dan Anderson – a criminalist from Coroner first up at 10a.

Has worked for the Los Angeles County Office of Coroner since 1990 except for one year in the mid 1990’s when he worked in Ventura.

The Toxicology Lab at the Coroner’s office performs about 5000 toxicology test per year and about 8000 autopsies.

Anderson remembers when he heard Michael Jackson had died. It was a Thursday, his day off, and his son told him MJ had died.

Sumary of Negative Toxicological Findings. No Alcohol, Barbituates, Demerol, Zoloft, Xanax, Cocaine, Marijuana, Amthamphetamine, Codeine!

Anderson said there were no recreational drugs in his system. Court took the morning break at 11a after about one hour of testimony.

shortly after the break, Mr. Koskoff representing Katherine Jackson had no further questions for Anderson.

Katherine Cahan begins to question Anderson for AEG. Anderson told her that he observed part of the autopsy the day after the death.

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Michael Jackson’s body riddled with propofol when he died: toxicologist
Star did not have alcohol, marijuana or cocaine in system

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Michael Jackson's body was riddled with the powerful anesthetic propofol when he died - an amount "consistent to major surgery with anesthesia," a forensic toxicologist testified Monday.

The toxicologist told jurors hearing a negligence lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that testing of blood from the dead pop icon's heart and leg also revealed the presence of the local anesthetic Lidocaine and the sedatives Lorazepam, Midazolam and Diazepam.

Jackson did not have alcohol, marijuana or any opioids including the painkiller Demerol in his system when he stopped breathing in a darkened bedroom on June 25, 2009, the toxicologist said.

The "Thriller" singer's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is now serving four years for involuntary manslaughter after a prior jury found he recklessly administered propofol as a sleep aid in a private bedroom.

"After you heard from investigators that propofol was found in the home, what did you think?" Michael Koskoff, a lawyer representing Jackson's mom and children in their now-pending civil case, asked the toxicologist.

"Propofol collected as evidence, it's highly unusual," Dan Anderson of the Los Angeles County Coroner's office said. "It raises a red flag in my eyes as a toxicologist...It's very problematic if it's found outside the hospital setting."

Katherine Jackson is suing AEG for millions - and possibly billions - claiming the company knew about her son's prior addiction issues but failed to properly screen or supervise Murray.

She attended the trial several days last week but was absent on Monday.


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Singers Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson in 1993.

AEG has denied any wrongdoing, saying it was Michael Jackson who hired Murray and kept the company in the dark about his propofol use and alleged doctor shopping.

Anderson testified that coroner investigators found medications in the death mansion from multiple doctors.

"Would you agree with me there are three different physicians prescribing medication for Mr. Jackson to take at bedtime (in the months before his death)," AEG lawyer Kathryn Cahan asked.

"I would agree," Anderson replied.

The absence of Demerol in Michael Jackson's body was significant during Murray's 2011 trial because defense lawyers claimed Jackson's longtime dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein addicted the superstar to the painkiller during frequent visits to his Beverly Hills clinic.

Anderson's testimony also caused a stir during Murray's trial when defense lawyers seized on his finding of drugs in Jackson's stomach. The lawyers suggested the stomach contents could be consistent with the superstar swallowing drugs behind Murray's back.

Criminal prosecutors blasted the suggestion and commissioned a follow-up 2011 study that they said disproved the theory.

On Monday, Anderson told the civil case jurors that blood circulates through the stomach, so even drugs taken intravenously show up in stomach contents.



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The origin of some of the scars couldn’t be determined, Rogers says. He also testifies about Jackson's vitiligo.
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Rogers walks jury through a diagram of puncture wounds and scars on Jackson’s body. Punctures consistent w/ lifesaving efforts, he says.
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Six of the seven cases where a propofol overdose was a cause of death were deemed suicides, toxicologist Anderson testified.
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Plaintiff’s attorney Michael Koskoff highlighted seven cases where propofol was a cause of death; five cases were in residences.
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Toxicologist Anderson testifies that he found out propofol had been collected from Jackson’s home after he found it in drug screens.
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After break, plaintiff’s attorney Michael Koskoff asks Deputy Medical Examiner Christopher Rogers about condition of Jackson’s body.
 
Jurors in Jackson case see stark autoposy photo
By RICHARD JOHNSON in LA and DAVID K. LI in NY
Last Updated: 7:24 PM, May 6, 2013
Posted: 7:20 PM, May 6, 2013
Jurors saw a stark autopsy photo of Michael Jackson’s body today, as his medical examiners detailed The King of Pop’s sad demise.

Dr. Christopher Rogers, a deputy medical examiner for the LA County Coroner’s Office, showed Jackson’s punctures and scars, Vitiligo patches and tattoos.

Rogers also detailed how Jackson had his lips tattooed pink, his eyebrows and scalp inked with black. There were 3/4-inch scars behind both ears, suggesting he had at least one face lift, according to Rogers’ notes that he shared with jurors.

No members of Jackson’s family were in court during the graphic testimony.

Mom Katherine Jackson was told, by her own lawyers, to stay away from court so she didn’t have to see or hear the troubling details.

Jackson’s family is suing concert promoters AEG Live, claiming the company should be held civilly responsible for the criminal acts of Dr. Conrad Murray.

The Doctor Feelgood was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for dosing Jackson with deadly amounts of anesthesia and painkillers. He’s serving four years behind bars.

Earlier today, a coroner’s toxicologist said several bottles of drugs were found in Jackson’s bedroom, making the examination of MJ’s remains a particularly huge challenge.

Toxicologist Dan Anderson said blood samples were taken from every corner of Jackson’s body — his heart, femoral artery, liver and behind his eyes.

“This particular case, we were looking for everything and anything,” Anderson said
 
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Pop superstar Michael Jackson performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Pasadena in 1993. (Rusty Kennedy / Associated Press / February 1, 1993)
By Jeff Gottlieb
May 6, 2013, 5:35 p.m.


A toxicologist testified Monday that Michael Jackson is the only person in Los Angeles County not in the medical field to die of propofol intoxication in their home in the last 14 years.

The comments from Dan Anderson, with the county coronor's office, appeared directed at showing that propofol is only used in medical settings and is not available from a pharmacy. The other six people who died at their homes were doctors or nurses who had access to the tightly controlled anesthetic.

Jackson died at his Holmby Hills mansion in 2009 after Dr. Conrad Murray gave him propofol to help him sleep. Jackson had been preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London.

Christopher Rogers, the Los Angeles County deputy medical examiner, testified Monday that the 5-foot, 9-inch Jackson weighed only 136 pounds at the time of his death and that X-rays showed he suffered from arthritis in his lower spine and fingers.

In addition, he had a pink tattoo on his lips and a dark tattoos on his eyebrows and on the top front of his head.

He also testified that Jackson suffered from a disease, more common in African Americans, in which some areas of the skin are light and others are dark.

"It can be very disfiguring," Rogers said.

The testimony comes in the second week of a wrongful death suit that Jackson’s mother and his children filed against AEG, the promoter that was staging Jackson’s anticipated “This Is It” concerts.

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Michael Jackson’s body riddled with propofol when he died: toxicologist
Star did not have alcohol, marijuana or cocaine in system

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A grim photo of Michael Jackson’s lifeless, naked body splayed on a gurney was shown to jurors in Los Angeles Monday.

The photo was taken hours after the singer died and is evidence in the negligence case brought by Jackson’s mother and kids against concert promoter AEG.

The doctor who signed Jackson’s autopsy report said the pop icon was in good health before his untimely 2009 death at the hands of Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal doctor now serving four years for recklessly feeding him the milky anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid.

“Would a fit, competent doctor administer propofol for insomnia?” Michael Koskoff, a lawyer for Katherine, asked Dr. Christopher Rogers, a deputy medical examiner for Los Angeles County.

“I would not expect that, no,” Rogers testified.


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Singers Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson in 1993.

Rogers said Jackson’s post-mortem exam revealed no heart disease or Lupus, the autoimmune disease that some, including Jackson’s dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein, have attributed to the “Thriller” singer.

Rogers also shot down suggestions that Jackson self-administered his lethal dose of propofol – a cornerstone theory of Murray’s defense.

“One possibility that we considered is that he might have given an overdose of propofol to himself. However based on the history that was available, I don’t believe that that happened,” Rogers said Monday.

Katherine Jackson is suing AEG for millions – possibly billions – claiming it failed to properly screen and supervise Murray.

AEG has denied any wrongdoing, saying Michael hired Murray and kept his propofol use a closely guarded secret.

Katherine was not in court Monday but is expected to return Tuesday, her laywer said.



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Michael Jackson weighed only 136 pounds at the time of his death, according to testimony Monday at his wrongful death trial in downtown Los Angeles.
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The Los Angeles County deputy medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Michael Jackson and concluded the singer did not self-administer the powerful anesthetic propofol that caused his death said Monday that the 50-year-old performer weighed 136 pounds at the time of his death.
Dr. Christopher Rogers — who determined that Jackson’s death was a “homicide” — also told a six-man, six-woman Los Angeles Superior Court jury hearing a negligence-wrongful death lawsuit brought by the singer’s mother that he gave added consideration to detail when determining the cause and manner of the entertainer's death because of the stature of the pop star.
“Because Michael Jackson was such a prominent individual, there was likely to be a great deal of press attention as well as from members of the public,” Rogers said.
The deputy medical examiner said a photo taken of Jackson’s nude body — shown to the jurors on a large screen with the singer’s genital area blacked out — accurately depicted his condition at the time.
Rogers said he learned about Jackson's death while at a conference.
“Somebody passed me a note that Michael Jackson had died,” Rogers said.
Attorneys for 82-year-old Katherine Jackson, who filed the lawsuit in 2010 on behalf of herself and her late son’s three children, allege AEG Live hired Dr. Conrad Murray as Jackson’s personal physician and failed to properly supervise him.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving the singer propofol as a sleep aid and was sentenced to four years in jail.
AEG Live lawyers maintain that the entertainer hired Murray three years earlier and chose him to be his doctor during his “This Is It Tour.” Jackson was rehearsing for 50 sold-out tour dates in London at the time of his June 25, 2009, death.
In other testimony Monday, Los Angeles County coroner’s office criminalist Daniel Anderson said he found it “very problematic” when he learned that the powerful anesthetic propofol was administered to Jackson by Murray at the entertainer’s home rather than in a hospital.
Anderson said propofol and other drugs were found during post-mortem toxicology tests of the pop star. But he said the propofol was of most concern.
“It raises a red flag in my eyes,” Anderson said. “It’s very problematic to find it outside the hospital setting.”
Anderson told the jury that toxicology tests detected six other drugs in Jackson’s system — lidocaine, diazepam, nordiazepam (a metabolite of Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed) and ephedrine.
Anderson also said a review of the drugs found in prescription bottles in Jackson’s rented Holmby Hills mansion showed they were prescribed by Murray, the singer’s personal physician, and two other doctors who treated Jackson over the years, Arnold Klein and Allan Metzger.
Anderson and Rogers also testified during Murray’s trial. During that proceeding, Rogers criticized Murray for giving Jackson propofol to help the singer sleep.
“I believe that, in general, it is not appropriate to treat insomnia with propofol,” Rogers said.
The deputy medical examiner also told jurors in Murray’s trial that there was not an EKG monitor or a precision dosing device to ensure how much medication Jackson was being given.
Further testing helped to determine that Jackson’s death was caused by acute propofol intoxication, with “benzodiazepene effect” as a contributing condition, he said.
 
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Autopsy reveals Michael Jackson's secrets
By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 9:46 AM EDT, Tue May 7, 2013
The death in 2009 of superstar Michael Jackson, who died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50, sent shockwaves around the world.
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Jurors are shown Michael Jackson's unclothed corpse spread out on a coroner's table
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If not for death by propofol, Michael Jackson could've lived a normal lifespan, doctor says
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Jurors hearing the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial have a stark vision of the dead pop icon after a lawyer showed them an autopsy photo.
Jackson's unclothed corpse lying on a coroner's table looked nothing like the world's most famous entertainer.
The doctor who conducted Jackson's autopsy returns to the witness stand for a second day Tuesday in the trial to decide if concert promoter AEG Live shares blame in his death with Dr. Conrad Murray.
Much of what jurors heard for the first time is a repeat of the scientific evidence presented in the trial of Murray, who is now serving a prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter. But some of what is in the coroner's report seems to give more insight into Michael Jackson's life rather than how he died.
Dr. Christopher Rogers noted in his autopsy report that Jackson's lips were tattooed pink, while his eyebrows were a dark tattoo. The front of his scalp was also tattooed black, apparently to blend his hairline in with the wigs he wore.
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The autopsy confirmed what Jackson told people who questioned why his skin tone became lighter in the 1980s. Jackson had "vitiligo, a skin pigmentation disease," Rogers said. "So, some areas of the skin appear light and others appear dark."
Debts, drugs, messy bedroom highlighted in Jackson trial
Jackson lawyer Michael Koskoff made sure the jury heard that, even though it had nothing to do with how he died.
Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, contending the company that was promoting his "This Is It" shows was liable for his death because of the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of Murray.
AEG Live argues that Jackson chose Murray as his tour doctor and that the company had no way of knowing he was using the surgical anesthetic propofol to put the singer to sleep each night.
Rogers concluded that a propofol overdose killed Jackson, although several sedatives Murray gave him that morning contributed to his death.
Los Angeles coroner's toxicologist Dan Anderson, who studied the drugs in Jackson's body, testified Monday that the level of propofol found in Jackson's body was "consistent with major surgery anesthesia."
Propofol is a dangerous drug when not used properly, he said.
Money woes may have led Murray to 'break the rules,' detective says
The Los Angeles coroner's office found 31 deaths in the last 14 years in which propofol was found in a body, including six suicides committed by medical personnel -- doctors, nurses and anesthesiologists -- who chose the drug to end their lives, Anderson said.
There have also been several homicides with propofol, including "a mercy killing" in a hospital, he testified.
If not for his death by propofol, Jackson's health appeared good enough for him to live a normal lifespan, Rogers testified.
"There was no indication from the autopsy that there was anything anatomically wrong with him that would lead to premature death," Rogers said.
He had no signs of being addicted to street drugs, such as needle marks or disease, he said.
That testimony is important for the Jackson case, since if the jury decides AEG is liable in his death, his expected lifespan will be key to calculating damages. Jackson lawyers will contend that he would have made billions of dollars in the remaining years through several more world tours, merchandizing, recording and movies.
The next witness up after Rogers Tuesday will be a cardiologist, Dr. Daniel Wohgeternter, who will be called as an expert to offer analysis of Murray's skills and decisions.
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Dr. Wohlgelernter said Dr. Murray should have opened an airway but instead chose chest compressions.
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Expert: Jackson doctor unqualified in many areas

May 7, 2013 03:03 PM EST | AP Short story

LOS ANGELES — An expert cardiologist says Michael Jackson's doctor did not have the proper training to treat the singer for insomnia or any drug addictions.

Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter told a jury hearing a negligent hiring case filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC that he reached his conclusion after reviewing the credentials of Jackson's doctor.

Wohlgelernter also testified that former cardiologist Conrad Murray was unqualified to administer propofol, the powerful anesthetic that killed Jackson.

The Santa Monica-based cardiologist is testifying for Katherine Jackson, who claims AEG failed to properly investigate and supervise Murray's care of her son.

AEG denies all wrongdoing and says it was Michael Jackson who wanted Murray to work as his doctor while he prepared for a series of comeback shows in 2009.

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Dr.said Dr. murray was not the right dr - not appropriately trained for what MJ had substance abuse,addiction, and a sleepdisorder
 
Cardiologist says Michael Jackson's doctor was unfit to save him

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Michael Jackson in 2009 announcing his "This Is It" concerts in London. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press / March 5, 2009)
By Jeff Gottlieb
May 7, 2013, 12:59 p.m.
A cardiologist testified Tuesday that Michael Jackson's doctor gave his famous patient incorrect treatment when he noticed the singer had stopped breathing as a result of a powerful anesthetic the physician had administered.

Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter, who has taught at Yale and UCLA and practices in Santa Monica, said that Dr. Conrad Murray used chest compressions when he saw that Jackson was in distress, rather than focusing on getting his breathing restarted.

Jackson died after Murray administered a fatal dose of propofol, a drug usually used in medical settings and most often administered to patients undergoing surgery.

The testimony comes in the second week of a wrongful death trial in which Jackson’s mother and his three children are suing concert promoter AEG. The family contends AEG hired and supervised Murray.

Wohlgelernter said Murray did not have the appropriate training to serve as Jackson's physician for the "This Is It" tour, which was expected to relaunch the pop star’s career.

Instead of a cardiologist like Murray, the expert witness said that Jackson needed a doctor who was trained in addiction medicine, substance abuse and sleep disorders.

Since Jackson had no evidence of heart disease, Murray was not an appropriate choice to treat him, the witness said.

Wohlgelernter called Murray's treating of Jackson “a mismatch. It’s not what he needs.”

Wohlgelernter said Jackson "was not fit and competent in so far as he administered medications he was not trained and credentialed to administer and administered them in a whole unsatisfactory environment."

Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson the anesthetic propofol at the singer's Holmby Hills mansion to treat the singer's insomnia. He’s now serving a jail sentence.

Wohlgelernter testified that propofol should be given only in a hospital setting and administered by an anesthesiologist because there is a risk the patient can stop breathing.

Cardiologists, like Murray, “are not competent to administer propofol,” he said.

Jackson's family contends Murray was in a deep financial hole and would do nearly anything to ensure he would receive his $150,000 a month salary for treating Jackson.

AEG says that Jackson chose Murray as his doctor and payments the company was supposed to make to him were an advance to the singer.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor was not qualified to treat the singer for insomnia or drug addiction and botched resuscitation efforts, an expert cardiologist testifying for the singer's mother told a jury Tuesday.
Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter told jurors hearing a negligent hiring case filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC that he reached his conclusion after reviewing the credentials of Conrad Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter over Jackson's 2009 death.
Attorneys for both sides told the panel last week that Jackson suffered from longstanding prescription drug addiction issues, which Wohlgelernter said Murray had no formal training on how to treat. The former cardiologist was also unqualified to administer propofol, the powerful anesthetic that killed Jackson.
Wohlgelernter, a Santa Monica-based cardiologist, told the panel that Murray improperly focused on Jackson's heart when the singer stopped breathing after receiving propofol and other drugs on the morning of June 25, 2009.
The physician said he and Murray had received much of the same types of training over the courses of their careers, but that only anesthesiologists should administer propofol and that treating addiction or insomnia requires specialized training. Jackson was receiving propofol treatments as a sleep aid.
AEG denies all wrongdoing and says it was Michael Jackson who wanted Murray to work as his doctor while he prepared for a series of comeback shows called "This Is It."
Wohlgelernter was the first of many experts expected to testify during the trial about Murray's care, AEG's actions, contracts and other issues.
Several other doctors testified during Murray's 2011 criminal trial that the doctor repeatedly violated the standard of care in his treatments on Jackson. Murray had been expecting to receive $150,000 per month for his work on Jackson's tour, but the singer died before the contract was finalized.
 
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That's a wrap for me from Jackson vs AEG case. Court resumes tomorrow at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
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Dr. Wohlgelernter said they couldn't have because of HIPPA, the medical privacy law.
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AEG attorney Kathryn Cahan did ask Dr. W. if the company could have asked Murray about Jackson's medical conditions.
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Dr. W. concluded his testimony by saying he wasn't aware of any investigation AEG did into Murray's background.
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He also discussed another email from an AEG executive basically confirming details with Dr. Murray, including need for med equipment.
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Dr. W. talked about email from Paul Gongaware telling Jackson assistant Michael Amir Williams that Murray was on board at $150k/mo.
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Dr. W’s testimony has been a way for Katherine Jackson’s attorneys to introduce emails from AEG execs about Jackson and Murray.
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Dr. W. was also asked about Dr. Murray’s training and education. He said Murray studied, trained at respectable institutions.
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Dr. W. also said he’d never heard of an anesthesiologist administering propofol in a residence.
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Cahan Asked Dr. W. similar questions about CPR. He said it was reasonable to expect a cardiologist, internist, etc. to give proper CPR.
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Cahan asked Dr. W. about whether he’d heard of different classes of doctors and internists administering propofol. Dr. W. said no each time.
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Dr. W. said he has never administered propofol and he’s never written a patient a prescription for propofol.
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The following are some updates on the afternoon session. Reminder: Dr. W = Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter, a cardiologist testifying as an expert
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Court has recessed for the day. Here's an updated link to @AP story on today's testimony: http://yhoo.it/109mU8N
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Going to head back into court, will update on afternoon proceedings after we recess for the day.
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During the morning session, Dr. W testified about elements of the contract, including descriptions of med equipment included in the contract
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Cahan asked Dr. W. to testify about Murray’s proposed contract w/ AEG. Doctor said he wasn’t qualified to testify about its elements.
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Dr. W. stuck to his opinion that Murray was unqualified to treat Jackson. He did say Murray was qualified as an internal medicine doc.
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Dr. W. stuck to his opinion that Murray was unqualified to treat Jackson. He did say Murray was qualified as an internal medicine.
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AEG attorney Cahan tried to get Dr. W. to change his opinion that Murray was unqualified to treat addiction, sleep issues.
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For simplicity’s sake and due to Twitter’s character limit, I’ll refer to Dr. Wohlgelernter as Dr. W from here on out.
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Dr. Wohlgelernter is a cardiologist in Santa Monica. He was retained by Katherine Jackson to opine on Conrad Murray’s care of her son.
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After lunch break, Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter resumed testifying. He was cross-examined by AEG attorney Kathryn Cahan.
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We're on the afternoon break in Jackson vs. AEG trial. Will get a few updates out before trial resumes.
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Expert tells jury in Jackson vs AEG case that singer's doctor was unqualified to treat addiction, insomnia: http://yhoo.it/109mU8N (Update)
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No idea - Katherine and Trent were there this am RT @KarlaJorge: @mccartneyAP How come @ABC7Courts said there is no family in court today?
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I haven't been able to post this morning due to a computer issue and having to deal with another matter. Will have an updated story out soon
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Short update on this morning's testimony by an expert in Jackson vs AEG Live case: http://yhoo.it/13fNI8H
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Jackson vs AEG trial about to go in session - Katherine Jackson has returned to listen to expert cardiologist testify. #JacksonTrial
 
Expert: Jackson doctor unqualified in many areas
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor was not qualified to treat the singer for insomnia or drug addiction and botched resuscitation efforts, an expert cardiologist testifying for the singer's mother told a jury on Tuesday.
Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter said he reached his conclusion after reviewing the credentials of Conrad Murray, who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's 2009 death.
Wohlgelernter testified during a lawsuit filed by Katherine Jackson claiming Murray was negligently hired by concert promoter AEG Live LLC to care for the pop star.
Attorneys for both sides told the panel last week that Michael Jackson suffered from longstanding prescription drug addiction issues.
Wohlgelernter said Murray had no formal training on how to treat such problems, and the former cardiologist was not qualified to administer propofol, the powerful anesthetic that killed Jackson. The singer was using the drug as a sleep aid.
Wohlgelernter, a Santa Monica-based cardiologist, also told the jury that Murray improperly focused on Jackson's heart when the singer stopped breathing after receiving propofol and other drugs on June 25, 2009.
Jackson's mother claims in the lawsuit that AEG failed to properly investigate Murray or his finances. AEG denies wrongdoing and says it was Michael Jackson who wanted Murray to work as his doctor while he prepared for a series of comeback shows.
Murray had been expecting to receive $150,000 a month for his work on Jackson's tour, but the singer died before the contract was finalized.
Under cross-examination by AEG attorney Kathryn Cahan, Wohlgelernter testified that Murray's training and credentials were reputable and he appeared to be a competent internal medicine physician.
Wohlgelernter, however, said Jackson's request for Murray to be his doctor and Murray's desire to leave other patients behind to work with the singer should have caused AEG some concern.
Wohlgelernter said the company should have asked why the two men wanted to work with each other.
Several other doctors testified during Murray's 2011 criminal trial that the doctor repeatedly violated the standard of care in his treatments on Jackson.
 
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Dr. Wohlgelernter finished his testimony today.
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The contract shown was only signed by Dr. Murray not by AEG or MJ. Dr. Wohlgelernter did no know if Dr. Murray was ever paid.
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On Cross - Contract shows that Dr. Murray was hired to be MJ's General Practitioner.
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CORRECTION - MRS. KATHERINE JACKSON was in court for the morning session. She wore a beige jacket with a water color design.
 
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Jackson doctor a 'mismatch' for drug-addicted star
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Michael Jackson's doctor was clearly a "mismatch" unsuitable to care for the singer on his doomed 2009 tour, since he was not specialized in drug addiction or insomnia, an expert testified Tuesday.

Jackson was well known to have a history of sleep problems and abusing painkillers, Dr Daniel Wohlgelernter told a trial where Jackson's 82-year-old mother is suing tour promoter AEG Live for negligently hiring Murray.

Wohlgelernter, a trained heart specialist like Murray -- who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 -- also criticized Jackson's former physician for using the anesthetic propofol, and for his actions the day Jackson died.

"My opinion is that Conrad Murray repeatedly failed (to meet) the standard of care in his treatment of Michael Jackson," he said.

Jackson died on June 25, 2009 from an overdose of propofol, administered by Murray to help the singer sleep after rehearsals in Los Angeles for a series of concerts in London and his planned "This is It" world tour.

Wohlgelernter said Murray made repeated mistakes, including using propofol outside of a hospital, leaving Jackson unattended, focusing on his heart rather than breathing when he found him apparently lifeless, and delaying calling 911.

"My opinion is that these departures from the standard of care... were a substantial factor in the death of Michael Jackson," said the senior cardiologist, brought as a witness by Katherine Jackson's lawyers.

Jackson's health problems were well known: he had cut short his "Dangerous" tour in 1993 and announced he had a drug addiction, notably to painkillers following treatment for burns to the scalp suffered during a Pepsi advert in 1984.

Murray had no specialized training for such problems.

"For Michael Jackson, given that he had no history of heart disease... a cardiologist's experience and skills and credentials would not be appropriate.

"It's a mismatch, it's not what he needs," he said, adding: "My opinion is that Dr. Murray was not an appropriate choice to serve as Michael Jackson's physician on the 'This is It' tour."

"It's not the right doctor for this patient."

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Dr. Wohlgelernter's testimony - Jackson's med info could have been disclosed with a waiver, he said.


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The witness on the stand Tuesday is cardiologist Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter, who is offering expert analysis of Murray's skills and decisions.
Murray was not the "appropriate physician" for AEG to hire as Jackson's tour doctor because he was a cardiologist and not trained to treat the singer's special needs, Wohlgelernter testified.
"Michael Jackson had a history of substance abuse, addiction to medications and sleep disturbance," he said, not heart or cardiovascular problems.
Murray's agreement to close down his Las Vegas clinic to work full time for Jackson created a conflict, he said. The agreement said Murray could lose his job if the tour was delayed or canceled.
"It meant that Dr. Murray was entirely dependent on the continuation of the tour for his income," he said.
 
Jackson trial: AEG missed the warning signs

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Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray sits in a courtroom in 2011 during his involuntary manslaughter trial (Reed Saxon / Associated Press / May 1, 2013)
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May 7, 2013, 7:06 p.m.
Michael Jackson’s doctor showed warning signs that should have led concert promoter AEG to raise serious questions before letting him sign on as the singer’s physician for an anticipated comeback tour, a cardiologist testified Tuesday.

Dr. Daniel Wohlgelernter, who practices in Santa Monica and who has taught at Yale and UCLA medical schools, spent Tuesday as an expert witness testifying on behalf of Jackson’s mother and three children, who have filed a wrongful death suit against AEG, the entertainment company that promoted Jackson’s 50 London concerts.

Wohlgelernter said the fact that Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist, shut his practice to care only for Jackson, who had no history of heart problems, “that to me is a red flag,” Wohlgelernter said. He asked why Murray would “leave what he was doing for a patient who doesn’t need his services?”

The witness also said that Murray’s request for a CPR machine, written into his contract, a device used when patients undergo heart surgery, should have raised questions.

“What is this doctor planning to do?” Wohlgelernter asked. “What are his treatment plans in taking care of Michael Jackson?”

Another warning, he said, was Jackson’s request for Murray, considering the singer’s background with drug use.

“It’s a red flag to the extent that Michael Jackson has a history of substance abuse and addiction that he specifically is requesting a given doctor who has no training in any of those areas.… What is the nature of this relationship? Why do these two want each other?”

The Jackson’s legal team called Wohlgelernter to the stand to show that not only was Murray unfit to serve as the singer’s doctor, but that AEG executives should have picked up on the danger signs.

The Jacksons claim that AEG negligently hired and supervised Murray, who gave Jackson a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol at the singer’s rented Holmby Hills home. The Jacksons say that Murray, who was deeply in debt, would do almost anything to keep the job that was supposed to pay him $150,000 a month.

AEG maintains that Murray worked for Jackson and had treated him since 2006, and that company payments to the doctor were actually part of an advance that Jackson would have to repay.

Wohlgelernter also said he was troubled by a section of Murray’s contract that said the doctor was to “Perform the Services reasonably requested by the Producer,” which was AEG.

That meant Murray was “responsible and accountable to a third party, namely AEG Live,” Wohlgelernter said, not his patient, leading to a conflict of interest.

The expert witness said only anesthesiologists administer propofol because the patient can stop breathing. He said he had never heard of the anesthetic being used at home or to treat insomnia, as Murray had.

Asked if he had ever administered propfol, Wohlgelernter replied, “Not nowhere, not nohow.

The cardiologist said he is paid $4,250 for half a day of expert testimony and $450 an hour to prepare for testifying.

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Judge Ito said he is having lunch with Jackson Judge Yvette Palazuelos. Direct Examination of Sankey continues at 1:30p.
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At about 10:40a, OJ Judge Lance Ito entered the courtroom and sat in the gallery. He asked ABC7 Miriam Hernandez trial details.
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Lunch Break...When Mrs. Jackson left, fans stood and told her they were parying for her and that they loved her.
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Producers expressed concern on MJ rehearsal attendance by the beginning of June. Sankey was worried.
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Sankey suggested MJ stretch, have a barre installed at his house, and pilates to get 50 year old body in shape for tour.
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In June, MJ kids came to rehearsal. Paris had a purse with candy and pix of MJ. She asked Sankey not to tell MJ about the candy.
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She spoke to MJ's assistant because she noticed MJ had holes in the soles of his dancing shoes.
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Sankey was at a wardrobe meeting with MJ when he said to her she looked good..Had she lost weight? She said she works out. MJ nice to all
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Sankey said she say MJ for the first time after being hired on the last day of dancer auditions. He looked thin.
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Sankey testified that the "This is It" tour was to revive MJ's career. She the audience something they had never seen before.
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Dancer auditions started April 6th 2009 and hundreds tried out. They hired about 100 (huge show)!!!
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Sankey said she was hired at the Associate Producer for "This is It" by AEG. She had worked with Producer Kenny Ortega many years.
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key said that was the best job she ever had because she go to watch MJ create and see his Genius up close. It has inspired her.
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Her first encounter with MJ he asked her who did her eyes? She said she did and then she wanted to Melt!
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She first Met MJ working for him as a dancer on the Smooth Criminal music tour. She blew the first audition but got a call back anyway.
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She was nervous because she has never testified at a trial before.
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Alif Sankey is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Producer. She was hired the Associate Producer for "This is It"
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Mrs. Jackson has arrived with her nephew Trent Jackson. She has a purple dress and jacket on. the fans are standing.
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Good Morning. Court is about to start with Producer/Dancer Alif Sankey set to take the stand. She was on "This is It" with MJ.
 
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She also worked with him at a couple live performances, but never went on tour with Jackson. She was later hired to work on “This Is It.”
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Sankey says it took around three months to shoot “Smooth Criminal” music video. Says watching Jackson work influenced her creative process.
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Panish then shows a February 1987 photo of Jackson and Sankey. They have their arms around each other, and Jackson is smiling.
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Panish only plays the 3 mins and 30 seconds of “Smooth Criminal.” Sankey shows jury another moment where she dances in video.
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A few moments into the video, Sankey points out she’s the woman in the brown dress to the right of Jackson.
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Plaintiff’s attorney Brian Panish played “Smooth Criminal.” He paused it occasionally so Sankey could explain her role.
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Sankey worked with Jackson on “Smooth Criminal” video, which she says was her first big music video. #JacksonTrial
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First witness is Alif Sankey, a choreographer, dancer and producer. She spends early part of her testimony describing her experience.
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Katherine Jackson and Trent are here for the morning proceedings. Court took up some scheduling matters before testimony.
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Dancer tells jury she expressed concerns about Jackson's health that went unanswered: http://yhoo.it/18ZrRC7 (update to come)
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Heading back into the Jackson civil trial shortly -- so far no sign of Mrs. Jackson or other family. #JacksonTrial
 
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