It occured to me that plaintiffs are putting much more effort trying to prove how much MJ would have earned (in case they win and damages would high) than they try to prove AEG hired CM.
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Panish: Who put the bullets in the gun?
Briggs: I believe he said it wasn't an appropriate question.
Panish: The witness wants to argue with me and not answer the quesitons.
Judge: He's answering the questions.
Tactics from Panish, and foolish one too.
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Judge: Mr. Panish, why are you gesturing me?
Panish: Ms. Strong is making faces at me, I didn't want to say anything.
Jurors groaned...
Strong: There has been many misrepresentations against me and my colleagues.
Judge: I don't think making faces is something I should even have to acknowledge it. Just ignore it.
Panish concluded his cross examination
Jurors can see Strong's face whether she was making faces at Panish, and if they don't see her doing it, they are not going to like Panish.
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LaPerruque: I was in my room, received phone call from hotel security that someone had called 911 from MJ's hotel room, like young children.
LaPerruque: I grabbed Mr. Jackson's keys and found Prince and Paris crying. They were crying saying they couldn't wake up daddy.
LaPerruque: I was able to go into the room, had called security partner to meet at the room as well to take the two children to nanny's room
LaPerruque: I found Mr. Jackson in the hallway in the suite proned, unconscious.
LaPerruque: I had to check for pulse, turned him over, shook him, ultimately was breathing. I was able to wake him up, took him to his room.
Putnam: Did you have to do mouth-to-mouth?
LaPerruque: I did
P: Did you see any drugs?
LP: No
P: Alcohol?
LP: Not that I recall
This is just heartbreaking for his kids to find their father unconscious and not being able to wake him up
I quess this is what defense meant when they said MJ could have happened anytime before the trial started, and they had MJ security man to testify for it.
Waiting for media news about this, and they will be salivating with it the whole weekend.
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Putnam: Did you speak with anyone about that incident before?
LaPerruque: No
P: Did you ever consider letting the tabloids know?
LP: No
Is this a lie as? Didn't he talk about this on Access H show, or did we hear about it from Ivy's deposition?
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LaPerruque remembers in 2001 Jackson family attempting an intervention. MJ asked him to come up to the ranch right away.
LaPerruque: He told me that his family would be coming over to the rancho to speak with him and asked me to interface with his relatives.
"It was requested by Mr. Jackson," LaPerruque said.
Putnam: He wanted to make sure his family members didn't come thru?
LaPerruque: Yes
LaPerruque: I was at the front gate, saw private helicopter flying very low over Neverland. Randy Jackson was in the helicopter.
"He demanded to see Michael," LaPerruque recalled. "I told him that MJ said he didn't want to see any of his family members at the time."
I'm sorry but Randy is just too hilarious. He does nothing what normal people would do. What is wrong to taking a car and driving in? Did he think that if he arrives with car, MJ won't let him in, but if he comes on helicopter, he is allowed to see MJ:doh:
Too funny that they big mouths are going to sink their own case against AEG. AEG is doing exactly what they said in their opening statements.
"Putnam says Michael even withdrew from his own family and even his family did not know what was going on at that time. Putnam says at various times Jacksons tried to do interventions but they failed. He says Michael was an addict and no matter how much you want to help an addict you can’t help them unless they want to help themselves. Putnam says the jury will hear Jacksons testify that Michael told them he was fine and they too thought it was true."
I don't know if jurors know the real reason MJ not wanting to see his family. it wasn't like MJ withdraw from his family because he wanted to hide his addiction from family, but he just didn't want to see or hear them begging him to do thing he didn't want to do.
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He stopped in the beginning of 2008. Work began in August of 2007, got paid in September and didn't get paid anymore until 2008.
LaPerruque spoke with MJ. "He said he was very embarrassed not being able to pay me, he said he was going to make it right, apologized."
This was in November 2007. He still didn't get paid.
Didn't security told to Kai C when she wasn't being paid, that not to mentioned to MJ?
MJ wasn't able to pay his staff, but KJ said MJ didn't have money problems and she was happy camper as long as she got her support.
Btw, LaParraque mentioned that kids nanny was traveling with them. I thought that seemingly 2001-2004 was bad time for MJ (in regards drugs). I see the only side who doesn't want to see Grace on stand is plaintiffs. Makes me wonder the reason of her disappearance, especially when she disappeared after what happened to Paris?
