Michael Jackson Trial Will Highlight Struggles

Michael Jackson Trial Will Highlight Struggles


Largely off-limits testimony about the King Of Pop's
addiction issues is about to be heard as a civil trial gets under way.


2:56am UK,
Monday 29 April 2013

Michael Jackson was preparing to perform in the UK when
he died

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  Detailed accounts of Michael Jackson's final months are set to be
  heard during a civil trial that will pit the singer's family against the
  organisers of an ill-fated comeback tour.
  
  
  Lawyers for Jackson's family will try to convince a jury in Los Angeles that
  the company promoting the King of Pop's 2009 comeback concerts is responsible
  for his untimely death.
  
  
  They will attempt to prove that AEG Live hired and controlled Conrad Murray,
  the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter over Jackson's demise.
  
  
  AEG Live denies any wrongdoing. It contests it did not hire or supervise
  Murray and claims that Jackson had prescription drug problems for years before
  entering into any agreement for the "This is It" London concerts.
  
  
  It also argues it could not have foreseen that Murray posed a danger to
  Jackson.
  Dr Conrad Murray is serving a four-year prison
  sentence
  
  Jackson, 50, died of an overdose of the powerful surgical anesthetic propofol
  and a cocktail of other sedatives in Los Angeles in June 2009.
  
  
  A jury of six men and six women has been selected to decide the civil
  case.
  
  
  Opening statements later today will provide a roadmap for the trial that
  promises to delve into Jackson's addiction struggles and issues previously
  unexplored in the criminal case.
  
  
  Many of those in the singer's inner circle are expected to testify during the
  trial, which could last around three months.
  
  
  Some of the stars listed on the witness list include Quincy Jones, Diana
  Ross, Lou Ferrigno and Spike Lee. Both of Jackson's ex-wives, Lisa Marie Presley
  and Debbie Rowe, and his three children - Prince, Paris and Blanket - are also
  listed as potential witnesses.
  Jackson's children Prince, Blanket and Paris
  could testify
  
  Murray is not being sued but is also on the witness list, although he has
  said in prison that he will refuse to answer questions for fear of jeopardising
  his
  appeal process.
  
  
  Unlike Murray's trial, which was broadcast live, the civil case will play out
  without cameras in a courtroom with only 45 public seats.
  
  
  AEG Live has said in court filings that Jackson's family is seeking $40bn in
  damages, but one of the family's lawyers denied that figure.
  
  
  "We've never asked for $40 billion," attorney Brian Panish said. "The jury is
  going to decide what the loss is."
  
  
  Mr Panish accused AEG Live of trying to "prejudice everybody against the
  Jacksons", adding that the case is not about money.
  
  
  He said: "It's about getting the truth. We'd like to get out all the
  evidence. The evidence is going to speak for itself that AEG had a lot of
  involvement and they completely deny responsibility."
  

Hmmm - it seems to me that it's an attempt to blame everyone except those actually responsible - now where have we heard that one before?

It's as obvious as the bizarre nose on his face that Michael had some serious psychiatric issues. I put the blame squarely on all the so-called doctors who agreed to change his appearance from that of a perfectly normal guy to that of a circus freak - not to mention his relatives who insisted there was nothing wrong with what he was doing.

Not Born Yesterday wrote:Hmmm - it seems to me that it's an attempt to blame everyone except those actually responsible - now where have we heard that one before?

It's as obvious as the bizarre nose on his face that Michael had some serious psychiatric issues. I put the blame squarely on all the so-called doctors who agreed to change his appearance from that of a perfectly normal guy to that of a circus freak - not to mention his relatives who insisted there was nothing wrong with what he was doing.

For all his talent Michael never enjoyed a normal childhood or adolescence so it's no wonder he never grew up to be a normal adult.His children seem O.K. but how will they turn out?
It's very sad that they are growing up in a dysfunctional Family and having to see and read all the dirty linen about their Father being in the public domain.

Not Born Yesterday wrote:Hmmm - it seems to me that it's an attempt to blame everyone except those actually responsible - now where have we heard that one before?

It's as obvious as the bizarre nose on his face that Michael had some serious psychiatric issues. I put the blame squarely on all the so-called doctors who agreed to change his appearance from that of a perfectly normal guy to that of a circus freak - not to mention his relatives who insisted there was nothing wrong with what he was doing.

I agree. Michael, imo, was a very attractive young black person, but he came to look like a macabre, very pale, skeletal white person.