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Diana Ross???

Yup. If MJ's mom dies, DR is supposed to take over. Wouldn't she make a great mom?

Good thing the chilluns aren't really young.

The right questions are finally being asked. Hopefully the horse isn't too far from the barn yet.

Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death
By LINDA DEUTSCH and THOMAS WATKINS
Associated Press Writers

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.

Why didn't police seal the mansion where he had been living? Why didn't they get immediate search warrants? Why did they tow away a doctor's car right after the death but not declare the home a crime scene? And why was Jackson's sister Janet allowed to move possessions out of the mansion two days after the death, before police searched it?

Los Angeles police say proper procedures were followed based on the circumstances officers encountered when they were called to the home at 12:21 p.m. on June 25. A doctor was attending to Jackson and stayed with him when he was placed in an ambulance at 1:07 p.m. There was no sign of foul play.

Others say police should have assumed it was possible a crime occurred and taken precautions to ensure the scene was not disrupted so evidence wasn't lost or tainted.

"If I was the chief detective on the case, I would have said, 'We don't know what's going on. We should seal the scene,'" said defense attorney Harland Braun, who has represented celebrities including Robert Blake, Roseanne and Gary Busey. "You always have to think of the worst-case scenario and you have to think fast. I would have sealed the scene just because it was Michael Jackson."

Whether the Jackson probe turns into a criminal investigation hinges on what evidence emerges involving the drugs. Charges could be brought if authorities determine Jackson had been overly prescribed medications, if he had been given drugs inappropriate for his medical needs, or if doctors knowingly prescribed Jackson medications under an assumed name.

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His dermatologist, mom Debbie Rowe's former boss. One might guess they were already... acquainted. Pleasure after work.

justine wrote:

Exploited in life. Exploited in death.

iSeamas wrote:

He did a fair share of exploiting himself.

ALWAYS tried to make a scene when out in public. He LIVED for that crap. You see it all over that documentary that backfired on him. Outside the courthouse, dangling the baby.
Media hog.

Are you kidding??, When it comes to being in the limelight he was very reclusive. How many times do you see other stars on TV, at award shows, late night shows?. The list goes on.  He gets a lot of media attention when he's out because he's so reclusive. Not counting all the the millions of fans that adore him and don't get to see him. When these fans do see him, it becomes a mega crowd with MJ fans. The thing is the Media is the same ol' media always looking for the negative in any and everybody. They see the crowds and start with putting everything Michael does under a microscope for the negative.

CG5Addict wrote:

Like I stated before nobody who was not there know the real facts. People are very money hungry. If one person yells he did so and so to my child, others will play follow the leader and say "ya... he did it to my child also" just to get money from a superstar. Adults can be very greedy, and if physiologists can get greater fame for themselves they may ask questions to get a child say what they want to hear.
Parents are very influential to their child, and can get children to say what they want them to say. Kids want approval and love from their parents and will do things just to please their parents.

iSeamas wrote:

B.S.

The parents have no idea he's going to make a financial settlement. Saying there is a financial motive is a stretch.

Oh ya, I believe when the parents saw all of this they didn't think they could some money from a mega-star.

iSeamas wrote:

Please.
The accusation was already out and public.

Thanks for making my point.

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less so in that pic, however.

The video of MJ's Pepsi commercial 'hair on fire' has been found. Some think it the initiator of his 25 year downward spiral.

Yeah, I did. The Today show footage, incl. Dr. Nancy talking pain meds, is at the link.

AP source: Jackson doc gave him anesthetic drug before death
July 27, 2009, 5:12 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Monday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, also provided a glimpse inside Jackson's rented mansion, describing the room Jackson slept in as outfitted with oxygen tanks and an IV drip. Another of his bedrooms was a shambles, with clothes and other items strewn about and handwritten notes stuck on the walls. One read: "children are sweet and innocent."

The official said Jackson regularly received propofol to sleep, relying on the drug like an alarm clock. A doctor would administer it when he went to sleep, then stop the intravenous drip when he wanted to wake up. On June 25, the day Jackson died, Dr. Conrad Murray gave him the drug through an IV sometime after midnight, the official said.

Though toxicology reports are pending, investigators are working under the theory propofol caused Jackson's heart to stop, the official said. Jackson is believed to have been using the drug for about two years and investigators are trying to determine how many other doctors administered it, the official said.

Murray, 51, has been identified in court papers as the subject of a manslaughter investigation and authorities last week raided his office and a storage unit in Houston. Police say Murray is cooperating and have not labeled him a suspect.

Using propofol to sleep is a practice far outside the drug's intended purpose. One doctor said administering it in a home to help a person sleep would constitute malpractice.

A little knowledge is dangerous. Money and 'knowing' only that you'll die young and like Elvis is really dangerous.

user wrote:

malpractice (which isn't necessarily manslaughter)

Malpractice that results in death, tho...

I can think of quite a few scenarios where he's culpable without trying too hard. It's up to those with more info, tho, as it should be.

Last edited by Bat (2009-07-29 6:47 am)

CG5Addict wrote:

Are you kidding??, When it comes to being in the limelight he was very reclusive. How many times do you see other stars on TV, at award shows, late night shows?. The list goes on.  He gets a lot of media attention when he's out because he's so reclusive. Not counting all the the millions of fans that adore him and don't get to see him. When these fans do see him, it becomes a mega crowd with MJ fans. The thing is the Media is the same ol' media always looking for the negative in any and everybody. They see the crowds and start with putting everything Michael does under a microscope for the negative.

How is DANCING on top of his LIMO during a trial count for not being a media hog?

How about encouraging people to make a big scene when at that Las Vegas shopping spree  when he was doing that Martin Bashir interview?
Dangling an infant over a balcony?
He had a ton of these instances whenever he was in Paris and other European cities.


There is a reason he never did the talk show circuit, he always wanted complete control of content. Other stars aren't  the megalomaniac as he was. Just take a look at his weird fascistic promotion of HIStory, etc.

Now, this is who an addict wants for a doctor... unless he actually wants to live.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dr. Conrad Murray needed a big payday when he became Michael Jackson's personal physician last spring.

The Las Vegas cardiologist owed at least $780,000 for settlements against his business, outstanding mortgage payments on his house, delinquent student loans, child support and credit cards. And that doesn't include the $68,000 the distributor of an energy drink says Murray, a one-time business associate, owes for skipping out on payments.

Court records chronicling Murray's woes in Las Vegas, where authorities searched his home this week as part of their manslaughter investigation into Jackson's death, help explain why — beyond basking in a celebrity's aura — Murray might have jumped at the $150,000-a-month Jackson's promoter was prepared to pay him to keep the star healthy through a series of concerts in London.

Murray hooked on with Jackson in May, as his bleak financial picture threatened to worsen. He already was under court orders to pay more than $363,000 for equipment for his heart clinic and $71,000 in student loans dating to the 1980s, a judgment that hit in April. Two lawsuits claiming he owes $240,000 more for unpaid equipment are pending in Nevada courts.

And Murray had appeared unable or unwilling to settle more modest debts — a nearly $3,700 judgment for not paying child support and two recent credit card company claims totaling $2,600.

Murray's 5,268-square-foot home near the 18th hole of a golf course offers no refuge — he's in "pre-foreclosure" after failing to make payments on his $1.66 million loan, records show. He stopped paying the $15,000-per-month mortgage in December and could lose the home by November, said Mary Hunt, the foreclosure officer handling the case for Stewart Title company.

Authorities investigating Jackson's death at his rented Los Angeles mansion believe Murray gave the star a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Propofol is commonly used for surgeries and is not meant as a sleep agent or to be given in private homes. Because of its potency, only trained anesthesia professionals are supposed to administer it and patients are to be constantly monitored.

My bold.  Money-troubled doctor found lifeline in Jackson