Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
[video] Prosecution's Statement on Conrad Murray Verdict
Los Angeles - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley and prosecutors in the Conrad Murray trial held a news conference following the guilty verdict. "We are gratified the jury saw the overwhelming evidence in this case ... that Dr. Murray is guilty of involuntary manslaughter," District Attorney Steve Cooley said. He later added, "Finally, we want to extend our personal sympathies to the Jackson family, especially to (Jackson's children) Prince, Paris and Blanket."
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
[video] Michael Jackson's Autopsy Doc MJ Didn't Kill Himself
The doctor who declared Michael Jackson's death a homicide claims it's extremely unlikely the singer killed himself with a deadly dose of Propofol -- insisting Dr. Conrad Murray is more likely to blame.
Dr. Christopher Rogers just testified -- Murray's description of the final moments leading up to Michael's cardiac arrest just doesn't add up.
Murray claims he left for two minutes to go to the bathroom -- and when he returned, Michael wasn't breathing. The defense will argue MJ self-administered a deadly dose of Propofol in that time.
But Rogers insists ... Murray's scenario is nearly impossible -- because in that two minute window, MJ would have had to wake up (under the influence of several powerful sedatives) and skillfully administer the deadly dose ... which would then have had to travel to his brain, causing him to stop breathing.
What's more likely, according to Rogers -- Murray administered several doses of Propofol in the hours leading to Michael's death without properly measuring them out ... resulting in an overdose.
UPDATE-------------------------
4:05 PM: Rogers seemed to soften his initial position during cross-examination -- claiming it's unlikely MJ injected himself with a deadly dose of Propofol ... but it's still possible.
Smokey Robinson I DID NOT Imply that Murray is Innocent!
Earlier this week, Smokey told Access Hollywood ... "I actually feel sorry in a way for the doctor ... he was just under the influence of being so happy to be around Michael Jackson."
Now, Smokey says he does not want anyone to be confused about his stance on the manslaughter case -- telling TMZ, "Let me be clear, I believe Dr. Murray is responsible for Michael Jackson's death through his absolute negligence.”
Smokey adds, "I knew Michael Jackson since he was 10 years old and loved him like a little brother. His untimely death was one of the most tragic events in my life."
Expert: 6 ways Dr. Murray messed up
Powerful testimony today from cardiologist Dr. Alon Steinberg who said that leaving a sedated patient alone is like leaving a baby on a kitchen countertop: it's possible it will turn out OK, but nobody should ever do it.
Dr. Steinberg says that in his review of Dr. Conrad Murray’s treatment of Michael Jackson for the California Medical Board he found six ways in which Dr. Murray "extremely deviated" from the standard of care.
1. The use of propofol for treating insomnia. The drug is used for short diagnostic procedures only.
2. Administering propofol in Jackson’s home. The drug can only be administered in a hospital setting with the proper equipment, staffing and physical observation of the patient.
3. Failing to plan for an emergency. Doctors must always plan for the worst, especially when administering dangerous drugs to their patients.
4. Not following appropriate protocol when Jackson went into respiratory arrest. Dr. Steinberg says the first thing Dr. Murray should have done was call 911 and the chest compressions he performed were counterproductive, because Jackson’s heart was beating.
5. Failing to summon emergency help when necessary. There was a significant delay in calling 911 and instead of calling for emergency help, Dr. Murray called Jackson’s assistant.
6. Failing to maintain proper medical records. There were no records of Jackson’s vitals or medications that had been administered. Therefore, at the emergency room Dr. Murray didn’t have the necessary information to help the physicians.
Complete courtroom coverage of the Conrad Murray trial airs live on HLN from gavel to gavel. It’s also on In Session on truTV from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET every weekday.
[video] Doc: MJ would be alive if Conrad called 911 sooner
Expert witness Dr. Alon Steinberg testified Michael Jackson would still be alive if Dr. Conrad Murray had just called 911 right away when he noticed Jackson wasn’t breathing. Phone records indicate Dr. Murray called Jackson’s assistant for help instead. At times, defense attorney Michael Flanagan’s questioning of Dr. Steinberg bordered on contentious. Flanagan tried repeatedly to find flaws in the doctor’s conclusions, but the cardiologist defended himself well enough that our Ryan Smith labeled him the State's star witness.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Jurors Hear about Drugs Recovered from Michael Jackson Home
Jurors Hear about Drugs Recovered from Michael Jackson Home: MyFoxLA.com
Los Angeles - A Los Angeles County coroner's investigator testified today that she retrieved 12 vials of the anesthetic propofol, along with a variety of prescription drugs, lotions and medical supplies, from Michael Jackson's rented Holmby Hills estate after the singer died. Jackson died June 25, 2009, from an overdose of the powerful sedative at age 50. Testifying in the involuntary-manslaughter trial of Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, Los Angeles County coroner's investigator Elissa Fleak said she went to Jackson's home the night he died, and found various medications on a nightstand and glass table next to the singer's bed. She said she also found a largely empty 20-milliliter bottle of propofol on the floor under the nightstand. Fleak testified that she also discovered prescription bottles of drugs including diazepam, Flomax and Lorazepam, several types of lotions and creams, oxygen tanks, latex gloves, alcohol swabs, an IV stand, catheters and a jug of urine, along with a syringe with the needle missing. Fleak told the seven-man, five-woman jury that she went back to the home on June 29, 2009, after Murray had been interviewed by police, and found three bags on the top shelf of a cabinet in the bedroom closet. The coroner's investigator testified that she found a largely empty 100-milliliter bottle of propofol that was inside a saline bag when she opened one of the bags -- a blue Costco bag -- along with a 20-milliliter bottle of propofol that was essentially empty. In a light blue and brown Baby Essentials diaper bag, she found two 100-milliliter vials of propofol that appeared to be full and seven smaller 20-milliliter vials -- three of which were opened, Fleak testified. Under questioning by Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, the coroner's investigator agreed that one of the open vials was about 20 percent full, another was a little less than half full and a third was 15 to 20 percent full. She told jurors that she also found numerous other medical supplies inside the bags, including five of Murray's business cards from his Houston clinic, a pulse oximeter, a plastic bag containing empty medical packages, three bottles of Lidocaine and two more bottles of Lorazepam. Thirty-six tubes of prescription lotion were also found in the cabinet, she said. Fleak -- who is due back on the stand Thursday for more questioning -- said she also collected a saline bag and IV tubing from an IV stand in Jackson's bedroom on June 29, 2009, that she had seen four days earlier. One of Jackson's employees, Alberto Alvarez, testified last week that Murray grabbed vials from a nightstand and directed him to put them in a bag and then put that bag inside another bag. He also testified that Murray directed him to retrieve an IV bag from the IV stand and to put it into a blue bag, noting when he was shown a bottle of propofol in court that he believed it was the one he had seen inside the IV bag. Paramedic Richard Senneff, who treated Jackson after 911 was called, testified that he saw Murray with a bag in his hand, picking up items from the bedroom floor near a nightstand as paramedics were preparing to take Jackson to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where the singer was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. Another paramedic, Martin Blount, told jurors he saw Murray scoop up three bottles of Lidocaine from the bedroom floor and put them in a black bag. When Jackson died at age 50, the cardiologist was working for him at the rented mansion in Holmby Hills, where the pop star was staying while rehearsing for his 50 sold-out concerts in London dubbed "This Is It." Prosecutors contend Murray gave Jackson propofol and then failed to monitor him, leaving his bedroom for at least 45 minutes to make phone calls and send emails. Defense attorneys maintain that Murray was weaning Jackson off the medication and that he gave him only a small amount of propofol, but Jackson "self-administered" a larger dose, killing himself instantly after the doctor left the room.
Jury Hears Murray's Police Interview
Jurors in the involuntary-manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician began listening today to an audiotape of the doctor being interviewed by police two days after the singer died from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic…
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight
Music video by Michael Jackson performing "Hollywood Tonight." (C) 2011 Optimum Productions
Michael Jackson Pepsi Generation
[video] Michael Jackson - The Making Of Hollywood Tonight
Music video by Michael Jackson performing The Making Of Hollywood Tonight. (C) 2011 Optimum Productions
[video] Michael Jackson - Ghost
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Ghost. (C) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Michael Jackson – The Behind The Mask Project
Music video by Michael Jackson performing The Behind The Mask Project. (C) 2011 Optimum Productions
A few months ago Sony Music and the Michael Jackson Estate requested that fans from all over the world submit their best homemade video performing the MICHAEL album cut “Behind The Mask”. The collaborative collage visual is finally done and here it is. No other artist had the global impact, and fan base that MJ has. Watch the international celebration of his legacy now
Recorded audio of Michael Jackson's slurred / drugged voice from Conrad Murray Trial
This was a clip used in the opening statements of the trial for Conray Murray in the death of Michael Jackson. It was the recorded voice of Michael Jackson from May 2009 that, according to prosecution, says Murphy knew the effect of propofol had on Jackson but he still continued to use it.
[video] Conrad Murray trial wraps first week
Opening statements and dramatic testimony about Michael Jackson's death capped week one of the Dr. Conrad Murray trial.
[video] Body language expert observes Dr. Murray
[video] Jackson was "non-breathing, non-moving"
Michael Jackson was described as being "non-breathing, non-moving" when paramedics arrived at his home, according to testimony Friday from emergency responder Martin Blount. He also told the court that Dr. Conrad Murray told paramedics that Jackson was not taking any medications.
[video] Ex-Murray patient: I was getting the best care in the world, until...
On the witness stand this morning, a former patient of Dr. Conrad Murray said that he felt like he was getting the best care in the world. But Robert Russell says that changed in June of 2009. Dr. Murray, a cardiologist, performed two procedures on Russell’s heart, including a stent operation. After those procedures, Russell said he undertook an intense course of rehab and therapy. During a follow-up visit, Russell testified that Dr. Murray told him he was planning to leave his practice in Las Vegas to be Michael Jackson’s personal doctor. He scheduled an appointment with Russell to discuss his therapy and a referral to a new doctor on June 15, 2009. Russell said that appointment was canceled and rescheduled for June 22. But that meeting was also canceled. At that point, Russell said he felt frustrated, as if he were playing second fiddle. Russell said he called Dr. Murray’s office looking for answers on June 25, the day Jackson died. Prosecutor Debra Brazil played a voice message from Dr. Murray that had been left on Russell’s phone that morning. Dr. Murray said he was sorry for the cancellations and that he was going on sabbatical. Russell testified that he thought the message was weird, because Dr. Murray said he was happy his heart was repaired. Russell was under the impression his heart was still a long way from fixed. On cross-examination, Russell agreed with defense attorney Ed Chernoff that Dr. Murray was a caring doctor. He testified it was "fabulous" that Dr. Murray would take the time to call him at home to discuss his treatment. Chernoff asked Russell about his current health status, and Russell said his current cardiologist believes he is in good shape. Complete coverage of the Conrad Murray trial live on HLN from gavel to gavel and on In Session from 9a to 3p ET every week day.
Opinion: Michael chose the wrong doctor
