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There is no reason to play my deposition on video. I am ready and willing to testify.
Randy you are an idiot th: and should keep his mouth shut! errin: uke:
- Randy Jackson ?@randyjackson8 8h
There is no reason to play my deposition on video. I am ready and willing to testify.
The intervention thing is a freaking lie, Michael barely had contact with his sibblings for them to dare making that claim. A drug addict can't be healthy, the autopsy report doesn't lie.
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Randy Jackson Testifies About Prescription Drug Concerns At AEG Trial
August 9, 2013 7:33 PM
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LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — A jury heard videotaped testimony Friday from Randy Jackson, who described more than half a dozen interventions his family attempted to try to get Michael Jackson to stop taking prescription medications.
Randy Jackson, the pop superstar’s younger brother, said several of his siblings were involved in the efforts, and they occasionally brought interventionist doctors to try to convince their brother to go into rehab. The superstar always refused and kept his family at a distance in the final years of his life, Jackson said.
His one hour and twenty minute videotaped testimony was played for jurors by lawyers for AEG Live LLC, which is being sued by Jackson’s mother, Katherine. She claims the company negligently hired the doctor convicted of giving the “Thriller” singer a lethal overdose of an anesthetic in June 2009.
AEG denies it hired the physician, Conrad Murray, and its attorneys have said Jackson made choices that led to his death. Their case has already featured testimony from several medical professionals who treated the singer, including one who gave him an implant to block the effects of opiate drugs.
Randy Jackson says the interventions took place in various locations including New York, Las Vegas, Jackson’s Neverland Ranch and Taiwan and dated back to the mid-1990s.
Reporting for CBS2, Randy Paige said Randy Jackson testified that he and his siblings staged at least seven interventions.
He said almost every time he tried to intercede it was after a call from a nanny who cared for Michael Jackson’s children and told him the singer was over using prescription drugs. He said he never saw his brother take drugs but twice saw him in a condition where he was slurring his speech. He said he later fired the nanny after he encountered her at a pharmacy picking up prescriptions for the singer.
Randy Jackson said he never heard of the drug Propofol until after his brother died from an overdose of the anesthetic.
However, he said he did not talk to his brother much in the five years before his death and was unable to get into his rented mansion during the period before he died because security guards blocked his access.
“Michael didn’t want to be around the family too much because he didn’t want them to see him like that,” Randy Jackson said. “He was hiding from me.”
He said most of the interventions were attended by his sisters Rebbie and Janet and his brothers, Tito, Marlon, and his father, Joe Jackson. But he said his mother only came along once or twice. He said she was unwilling to accept that Michael was addicted and he felt “she was in denial. She just didn’t want to believe.”
Randy Jackson also testified that at one point he wrote a letter to his entire family, including his mother, saying they needed to help Michael.
“He’s an addict, and he isn’t responsible. The family has to step in and do something about it,” Jackson testified.
He also said his brother refused repeatedly to go to rehab.
“I told him I was taking him to rehab and he said he’s not going. I told him, ‘Yes, you are.’ And he would say ‘No, I’m not,’” Randy testified.
Katherine Jackson testified earlier in the trial that she asked her son once about his prescription drug use, but he denied he had a problem.
Randy Jackson said his brother was terrified during the run-up to his 2005 child molestation trial in Santa Maria. At one point Randy Jackson said he had to take his brother to a hospital because “he was under the influence of something.”
He said he had no idea what drugs Jackson was taking.
“He was very frightened, and I had to get him to court,” Randy Jackson said.
Outside court, Katherine Jackson’s lawyer, Brian Panish, said that Randy Jackson’s testimony showed “what everyone knew, that Michael Jackson had a problem with prescription medications. Apparently the only ones that didn’t know that were the people at AEG.”
Randy Jackson is the third member of his famous family to testify in the case, which concluded its 15th week on Friday. Michael Jackson’s mother and his son Michael Joseph “Prince” Jackson Jr. have also testified.
I totally agree and it's a serious, desperate threat, I believe. That stunt of theirs pulling Katherine out of the Calabasas house--the Grandma-napping incident--and then the failed caper following that event to remove the kids with their passports from the Calabasas house shows not only the evilness lurking behind the scenes, but what drastic measures they will take to get what they want.
I am worried for Michael's children and if this case fails, the risk to their personal safety & welfare goes up exponentially. imo
who cares , there was no doctor , if Randy Jackson knew Murray was getting 150000 a month to administer propofol he would have done it himself .
You do know 99% of his testimony is a lie , the only good thing that came out of it he confirmed what we have been saying for years he was behind the 2007 drug story which was leaked less than ten days after MJ accused him of conspiring against him . He also confirmed that MJ knew he was behind it . That's what we all need to know .
I do believe he was the one behind the paternity stories after MJ's death ,Lester said he was still talking to Randy after he claimed he was the biological father .
The kids know , MJ knew we also knew . One day the public will get to know the whole story (hopefully) .
By the way he could not resist attacking Branca and Maclain , 48 hours after MJ's death at that time no one heard a word from Branca no one knew he was the executor ,while MJ was still under the coroner's knife Katherine and Joe were begging the court to put them in charge of his money because Katherine had pending electricity bills she was afraid no one was going to pay if the court did not allow her to get his money .
Pathetic greedy liars .
All of that confirms that he sold the story about Grace to Roger Friedman in 2007.
Didn't KJ testify that she didn't know MJ was on drugs or that there were any real interventions? Doesn't this deposition from RJ contradict her testimony? As I recall she said she heard vague stuff from her children (cubs) but when she asked MJ he denied it and she sort of believed him and sort of didn't?? I mean, if this was really going on (7 interventions, trying to get MJ to rehab, which we know did not happen, but if it did), how could Mrs. J be so in the dark and out of the loop? Is it more "no bad news" syndrome?
There is something wrong here with this--the "so concerned" sibs and the rather laid back (I asked him, what more could I do) mother.
Who in that family actually loved MJ? they all resented him and continue to do so because he was better than them. He had successful career and was adored by millions, including heads of states of different countries around the world.
They now resent his kids because they're not black enough. but they are forced to play nice with them because that's where the money is. Hope the kids run away as soon as they hit the big 18. Paris is already wanting out of that mess. she's smart enough to know where her real future lies.
^^They forgot about those e-mails it seems. They made a big fuss about getting them and then rested their case without it.
So basically this judge has a motion filled with legal citations that support why the case should be dismissed, and she will let it linger due to its high profile state? I wonder if she says no, if AEG will go directly for an appeal. Whether it is dismissed or not Michael has already been degraded & defiled, because the majority of the private information is already out. There is nothing worse any family member, or expert can say at this time. It is indeed a pity that a case that initially lacked sufficient proof for the allegations was allowed to remain in court for 4+ months.
Bubs;3885388 said:Can you point me where did he admitted that he was behind 2007 story and what was the drug story?
What was the story?
I would like to hear others thoughts of this part of Randy's depostion:
Randy: My dad and I tried to get the house at Carolwood. They wouldn't let me through. My brother didn't want me to see him like that.
I would like to hear others thoughts of this part of Randy's depostion:
Randy: My dad and I tried to get the house at Carolwood. They wouldn't let me through. My brother didn't want me to see him like that.
Soundmind;3885408 said:This is the article Randy leaked to Roger , pay very close attention to the sequence of events that year . It was published 12 days after MJ called out Randy , please don't forget that Leonard Rowe and the family were already pressuring MJ to tour in March , 2007 , the first time an article was published on their reunion tour managed by Rowe was in March . Everything in this article he repeated in his deposition with AEG , he was behind it . From the article clearly he considered the people who helped MJ keep his assets enemies they did not allow him to defraud him .
***** Family's Urgent 'SOS' to Lawyer
By Roger Friedman
<time itemprop="datePublished" pubdate="" datetime="2007-06-29T09:54-04:00">Published June 29, 2007</time>FoxNews.com
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/06/29/michael-jackson-family-calls-for-help/#ixzz2be9Pk3HB
Michael Jackson’s siblings — including Janet — and his parents are so worried about the failing pop star that they’ve sent out an emergency 911 call.
Sources tell me that the Jacksons are in the process of contacting Thomas Mesereau, the superstar criminal lawyer who won Jackson an acquittal two years ago in his child molestation trial.
The word from the Jacksons is that they’ve met several times as a family and discussed bringing Mesereau in for an intervention to save Michael.
Mesereau, who did not return calls to this column, is said to be open to finding out what Jackson’s true mental and health status is at this point. If he doesn’t like what he sees, the Jacksons will ask him to do something legal to save their brother’s life.
Jackson, according to insiders, is in perilous health right now. There is talk that his liver is damaged and that he’s been seen vomiting blood, although there’s no confirmation of that.
What has been confirmed is that Jackson — whose penchant for prescription meds and alcohol is well-known — is depressed, alone and mixing ingredients instead of making a new album or working.
But it’s the two-year isolation from friends and family that worried the Jacksons enough to consider including Mesereau in the conversation, sources tell me. The culprits are said to be publicist/manager Raymone Bain and aide de camp/nanny Grace Rwaramba.
For instance: this column has now learned that Bain has brought Rev. Jesse Jackson on in some kind of executive capacity in Michael’s businesses.
Bain and Jesse Jackson have a long relationship, so this is no surprise. But two years ago, Mesereau — sensing trouble — removed Bain and asked Jesse Jackson to leave after he arrived in Santa Maria, Calif., to grandstand at Michael’s trial.
It was Jesse Jackson who two years ago caused an avalanche in Michael’s finances. Jesse Jackson, sources say, interfered in Michael’s business by attempting to call Bank of America president Ken Lewis to complain that Michael was being “ripped off” in some way over his $270 million.
Lewis refused to speak with Jesse Jackson. He was so annoyed by Jackson’s interference that he ordered the banker in charge of the account to sell the loans to Fortress Investments.
The result was a sale and subsequent refinancing that put Jackson another $50 million in the red. Jesse Jackson at the time had convinced Michael that business partners Alvin Malnik and Charles Koppelman’s plan to bail out the singer was no good.
But in hindsight, he was wrong. Under the original plan, Jackson would only have sold half his interest in the Beatles’ catalog to Sony. Now, next May, thanks to the Fortress deal, he will have to dispose of all of it.
I know Randy is talking shite, and it was all about Allgood thing that family was after, but I'm more interested hearing what you thought of Randy's words "My brother didn't want me to see him like that."
Food for the thought for jurors. If Randy says MJ hid his condition from family, wouldn't he hide it from AEG too?
I know Randy is talking shite, and it was all about Allgood thing that family was after, but I'm more interested hearing what you thought of Randy's words "My brother didn't want me to see him like that."
Food for the thought for jurors. If Randy says MJ hid his condition from family, wouldn't he hide it from AEG too?
Somebody needs to get a copy of those Allgood court trancripts. I'm dying to see and know what was stated. I've never seen so much family betrayal in my entire life. I'm speechless right now over what Randy has said and done and he is now getting a way with no rebuttals.
Butterfly26;3885437 said:Randy is now using this as an opportunity to cover the real reason with this whole intervention b.s. You see he is trying to re- write the past and what he's done. MJ's not here to speak out and he thinks no one will challenge his information publically. He knows, the media will run with it and in his little bitter mind his new story will override the actual truth. Thank GOD we have people who will not let the lie survive and the truth die.
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Randy: He would get physical with me, I wouldn't be afraid to say no. But he was 90 pounds, it wouldn't do much.
That link didn't work. If you don't mind I re-post it here
http://mjandjustice4some.blogspot.ie/2012/07/randy-jackson-one-side-of-coin.html
Randy Jackson: One Side of the Coin
I thought it was important that a timeline of Randy Jackson was brought up and discussed. The information on this particular blog merely questions the actions of Randy. We of course, all know that Randy joined the Jackson brothers when Jermaine left the group. We will begin in 1980, when Randy Jackson was involved in a car accident. Although the cover of Jet above states that Randy Jackson walks again, the two reports I read state that Jackson broke his ankle and that he had to be freed from the car with the jaws of life. Here are the two links: http://tinyurl.com/2f33b5r and: http://tinyurl.com/23g4knu
I did find an excerpt of Randy's interview with Jet, that stated that because his leg had been crushed so badly in the car accident, doctors said that the leg most likely would have to be amputated. After three surgeries though, Randy recovered and was well enough to tour with his brothers. Link: http://tinyurl.com/2644yxh
The rumor around the internet was that Randy had metal plates put in his head and that he was really never the same, but I could not find an article to attest to that.
Randy was arrested in 1988 for driving without a license and a warrant for a failure to appear on a minor traffic offense. Jackson posted $262 and was released. http://tinyurl.com/2elxzsf
After the Jacksons went their own ways, Randy formed the band Randy and the Gypsys. They put out an album in 1989, and above is the cover. Here is a link to an interview that a L.A. Time reporter did with Randy right after the album was released. The reporter stated that Randy had mostly one word answers to his questions and that Randy felt that his leg injury still hampered him at that time. Link: http://tinyurl.com/2eybbqy
In 1991, Randy was arrested for a misdemeanor battery charge with Eliza Jackson, his wife. Eliza alleged that Randy had hit both her and her daughter, Steveanna. Randy pled guilty to one count of battery, was placed on two years' probation and ordered to attend domestic violence classes, however Randy did not comply with the d.v. class requirement. Eliza called the police again, because she said the violence had not stopped and Randy was arrested again. Link: http://tinyurl.com/24kt5lh
This time, Randy was ordered to Pine Grove Hospital to take his domestic violence classes. http://tinyurl.com/29kzjwu
Pine Grove Hospital is a psychiatric facility.
In 1996, Randy Jackson filed for bankruptcy. However, he pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud in 2001 because he failed to report a 1995 Chevrolet Suburban that he owned. He was fined $21,100. Link: http://tinyurl.com/24ft4cx (Scroll down to see article)
In 1997, Randy was named to the Board of Directors of Modern Records. Randy bought out the majority share of stock from Paul Fishkin. http://tinyurl.com/2926852 There are reports that Modern Records, under Randy Jackson, leaked information that stated that the Jacksons would sign with the label, but were vague regarding Michael's signature. Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito were hired as consultants in 1998. http://tinyurl.com/28mjf3t By 1999, Randy was in trouble again with bankruptcy court. "According to reports, Jackson failed to turn in nearly 12 million shares of Modern Record, Inc., a company he runs with members of the Jackson family." http://tinyurl.com/2ao7jdn
By the year 2000, Modern Records sued Randy for mismanagement of funds. Modern alleged Randy "failed to pay quarterly employee withholding taxes and health insurance premiums. The suit also alleges that Randy misspent promotions money - most notably on apartments for him and a girlfriend, and to pay off the charges the couple ran up on their credit cards. And the suit says, he failed to disclose that he previously filed for bankruptcy." The new Board of Directors ousted Randy, but it took a lawsuit for Randy to finally recognize that his stint at Modern Records was over. http://tinyurl.com/27kcqfg
In 2001, both Randy and Jermaine were quoted as saying that they would not participate in the 30th Anniversary Special at Madison Square Gardens. They cited the reasons were that there was no charity marked for some of the proceeds, despite the fact that the tickets were going for as high as $5000. They also felt that the payment of $1200 for each of the performers, including Jermaine and Randy, was too low. http://tinyurl.com/29qb5qj (We now know, of course, that both brothers participated in the MSG performance. There is also an interesting skirmish that occurs between Randy and Michael during the ABC song of the 30th anniversary. Check it out on youtube.
By 2004, Randy was helping to manage Michael's finances. Michael was in the horrific position of defending himself against false child molestation charges and needed someone to trust implicity while he was busy in court.
Feb. 2004 ~ Al Malnik and Charles Koppelman back a $70 million loan payment that is due to Bank of America. This puts MJ at ease until December of 2005. Prior to that, Randy announced to both Malnik and Koppelman that he had found an investment group that would back the entire amount of $270 million to Bank of America. However, at the last minute, Randy announced that the deal had fallen through. Michael was smart enough to go with Malnik and Koppelman or he may have defaulted on his Bank of America loan. http://tinyurl.com/lfd7gu
August 2004 ~ Randy, who has taken over the daily operations for Michael, stops the payments to people who have contracts with Michael. Randy stops the payments to both Dieter Wiesner and Mark Schaffel. (Hey I could care less whether Wiesner or Schaffel were paid, but the point is, that Michael had contracts with them to pay, and when Randy stopped the payments, Michael was forced into yet, more lawsuits which cost more money.) Schaffel sued Michael for $4 million later that year. http://tinyurl.com/yd2mntv
March 2005 ~ Michael's Neverland operating accounts have run dry. The funds are mysteriously missing. Michael's accountant calls Joe to report this. Rumors fly that since Randy has taken over operations, he has bought himself a penthouse in Miami and has had one of Michael's Bentley's removed from Neverland and placed in the Miami penthouse. Rumors also fly that Michael is furious over the missing money and that Randy is making deals behind Michael's back.
April 2005 ~ Michael has fired Randy and things are very tense between them. Michael also finds out that there are missing funds with regard to the Neverland payroll. A storage unit had not been paid. Michael fixes his finances at the last minute, but he is furious with Randy.
May 2005 ~ The site http://www.mjjsource.com/, a site that Randy and his "team" (including girlfriend Taunya Zilkie) set up and charged a $50 fee per member, disappears for 12 days. Wonder how many people joined that site only to lose their money? And, the key question is, where did that money go? The site returns, but fans are suspicious.
June 2005 ~ Judge Melville gives a gag order to the court. Tom Messereau issues one statement which is supposed to be a blanket statement representative of Michael Jackson. Messereau states that noone but the Mezz is authorized to make any statement regarding Michael Jackson. However, Randy, on http://www.mjjsource.com/, makes a misleading statement causing confusion for fans and grief for Messereau. This is five days before Michael is to be acquitted of all charges.
Roger Friedman writes, "You see, we are playing Neverland: The Board Game. This is a game where grown people continue to jockey for position, even though at any moment the whole enterprise could be exploded by a guilty verdict.
It's a game in which a scheming younger brother plays a bad game of chess, trying to manipulate the pieces while his older brother, the family cash cow, remains in isolation and pain as his future is debated by 12 strangers."
Lastly, when Michael died at 100 North Carolwood Drive, there were many reports that Randy was there on 6/24 and 6/25. There were reports that Randy was standing in the driveway waiting for the ambulance to come. There were reports that Randy was actually with Michael when he collapsed. Those stories have now disappeared from the internet. Here is one of the articles I could find, this one states that Randy was in the ambulance with Michael: http://tinyurl.com/nata2s.
This one states that Randy told Brian Oxman Michael collapsed in his home: http://tinyurl.com/2awvvcc
Yes, we can attribute this to tabloid journalism or the frenzy that occurred after Michael Jackson's death.
Someone once said that the greatest predictor of future behavior is how someone has behaved in the past. I have to wonder if Randy Jackson actually did have Michael's best interests at heart. Judging on his past behavior, I would think others would be wondering the same thing.
Randy said in Taiwan they visited him, gave him family love, wanted to make him feel comforted so he wouldn't think about doing those things
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