These
are the shocking images which further detail Michael Jackson’s tragic
spiral into prescription pill dependency, revealed as his family pursue a
lawsuit against his concert promoters. The evidence pictures, released
by the Los Angeles Police Department this week, show numerous pill
bottles, oxygen tanks and medical supplies littered around the
superstar’s bedroom at the time of his death on June 25, 2009.
One
image, which was not among the dozens of pictures shown as part of the
Conrad Murray manslaughter trial, reveals a metal stand with a hanging
bag of intravenous fluids attached. In the background are numerous
portraits of unidentified babies along with a small picture of Charlie
Chaplin. Several canisters of what appears to be oxygen stand next to a
wooden dresser topped with gilded mirror. More...
Michael
Jackson’s mother Katherine is suing AEG Live, claiming it failed to
properly investigate her son’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, and
missed warning signs about his failing health. Murray was convicted of
involuntary manslaughter in 2011 after giving Jackson a lethal dose of
the anesthetic propofol.
In
the new photo collection, prescription pill bottles are seen lined up
on a nightstand alongside over-the-counter products and a bottle of
water while empty containers roll around on the floor. Along with
propofol, the names of drugs Diazepam and Lidocaine are marked on some
bottles’ labels.
In
one telling image, which appears to have been taken in a car, there is a
list of nearby 24-hour pharmacies and the phone numbers. Conrad
Murray’s medical bag is also indicated in one picture, according to
RadarOnline, stashed high in a closet in the superstar’s dressing room.
There are also similar images from Murray’s trial including shots of
Jackson’s iconic embroidered jackets hanging in a closet and stacks of
movies on a nightstand.
The
shocking new set of images came as jurors in the Jackson case were
shown an email on Monday in which the top executive at AEG Live LLC
expressed grave concerns about treatments Jackson was receiving from his
longtime dermatologist. The email sent by AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips
said the company was ‘scared to death’ of drug injections given to
Jackson. Phillips told jurors that the email was a response to a $48,000
bill that Jackson’s manager received for the treatments by Dr Arnold
Klein. ‘He scares us to death because he is shooting him up with
something,’ Phillips wrote.
The
email was sent to Jackson’s business manager Michael Kane after a
meeting was held at the singer’s house to address his health and missed
rehearsals. The treatments included numerous shots of cosmetic drugs
such as Restalyne and botox, as well as other unidentified intramuscular
shots, Phillips said, citing the bill. Klein’s attorney has defended
the doctor’s treatment of Jackson.
AEG
denies any wrongdoing, and Phillips and other executives have testified
during the trial that it would have been inappropriate to ask about or
intervene in Jackson’s medical care. Phillips was told by a judge to
answer questions posed by a lawyer for Katherine Jackson without arguing
and that his demeanor might be hurting his case.
Jurors
were sent from the courtroom before Superior Court Judge Yvette
Palazuelos addressed Phillips, who has sparred with attorney Brian
Panish throughout his testimony. The lawyers have been repeatedly warned
by the judge about the behavior. ‘Arguing with the lawyers isn’t really
going to help,’ Palazuelos told Phillips. ‘It’s not going to help your
case. It’s not going to help anybody.’ Phillips said Panish was
repeatedly asking him questions about the same subject. ‘I’m just trying
not to say the wrong thing,’ Phillips said. The admonition by the judge
came after Panish asked Phillips about characterizations of Murray that
Phillips made in an email sent five days before the singer died.
Phillips
acknowledged that some of the statements – including that AEG Live had
checked out Murray and that the former cardiologist didn’t need the job –
turned out not to be true. When Panish asked if Phillips had
acknowledged that some of his statements to the director of Jackson’s
This Is It shows weren’t true, the executive said: ‘Honestly, only to
stop you from badgering me, yes.’ Palazuelos briefly stopped the
testimony and issued the warning. Jessica Stebbins Bina, a defense
attorney for AEG Live, said some of Panish’s questions had been
argumentative. The judge disagreed.
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