or hired by certain people

apprently when you cash and you have someone who has you'd be willing to do whatever it takes to get the cash.

Michael was a drug addict. Murray was an enabler. plain and simple.

The mockery continues

Arrest His ass already....Shady as hell.




Michael Jackson's doctor left singer alone after giving him powerful drug

sources say

August 13, 2009 | 6:00 am

Michael Jackson smiles for cameras at the announcement of nominations for the 1995 MTV Video Awards on July 25. Jackson's video for "Scream'' was nominated for 11 awards that year.

Michael Jackson’s personal physician left the performer alone and under the influence of a powerful anesthetic to make telephone calls the morning the pop singer died, according to three people familiar with the investigation.

By the time he returned, Jackson had stopped breathing, the sources said.

Dr. Conrad Murray, identified in court records as a suspect in a police manslaughter investigation, legally acquired the operating room drug, propofol, from a Las Vegas pharmacy and gave it to Jackson as treatment for insomnia, said the sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because the investigation is ongoing.

In an interview with Los Angeles police detectives two days after Jackson’s death, Murray acknowledged obtaining and administering the medication, the sources said. He reportedly told police that the singer had returned to his rented Holmby Hills mansion in the early hours of June 25 exhausted from a lengthy concert rehearsal but was unable to sleep.

Jackson had been using propofol as a sleep aid on and off for a decade, according to one law enforcement source. Murray told investigators that he had given Jackson doses of the drug repeatedly since taking a $150,000-a-month job as his doctor in May, the sources said.

The 51-year-old cardiologist told detectives that because there had never been a problem in the past, he felt comfortable leaving Jackson alone to place calls on his cellphone, the sources said. It’s unclear how long Murray was out of Jackson’s bedroom.

When Murray returned, the 50-year-old pop star was not breathing. Murray performed CPR on Jackson, and another person called 911. Paramedics arrived and rushed Jackson to UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.

Murray has maintained that he did nothing wrong. His attorney, Edward Chernoff, has repeatedly declined to say whether his client gave Jackson propofol. Asked Wednesday about the version of events outlined by the sources, the lawyer said: “I’m not going to dispute the police officers' claims in that regard. They were there at the interview, and Dr. Murray did not lie to them. But they are not telling the whole story.”

Chernoff confirmed that the doctor had spent time on the phone talking to family members and employees in his medical offices before he discovered Jackson stricken in a bedroom. Investigators pursuing the case have focused on whether Murray’s use of propofol outside the hospital setting and his decision to leave Jackson alone rose to a level of negligence required for an involuntary manslaughter charge.

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has concluded its investigation into Jackson’s death but, at the request of the LAPD, has not released its findings. Evidence gathered during the investigation suggests that the propofol admission alone might not be enough to charge Murray with manslaughter.

Other prescription drugs, including an anti-anxiety medication, were found in Jackson’s system along with a limited amount of propofol. The law enforcement source said the presence of the other drugs without a massive amount of propofol could complicate any prosecution.

The other drugs may have amplified the effect of the anesthetic and depressed Jackson’s breathing, sources said. Another factor is Jackson’s history of drug addiction and his prior use of propofol in particular. In an interview Wednesday, Chernoff suggested that Murray did not realize what he was signing up for when he agreed to become Jackson’s doctor.

“When he accepted the job, he was not aware of any specific requirements regarding medications that Michael Jackson was taking or any addictions that he was suffering from,” Chernoff said.

But after relocating to Los Angeles, “he realized that Michael Jackson had some very unusual problems,” the lawyer said.

Chernoff criticized what he called selective leaks by investigators and said they had rushed to portray Murray as guilty and the anesthetic as the cause of death. “From the beginning, they leaked that propofol killed him. It has appeared the investigation was designed to support a conclusion they already made with regard to Dr. Murray,” the lawyer said.

He said it was evident from their searches of Murray’s properties in Las Vegas and Houston that investigators thought drugs other than propofol played a role in the death. Investigators were looking for evidence that the doctor prescribed Jackson the other medications, he said.

“I have no doubt they came up completely empty in that regard,” he said.

Murray is one of at least five doctors whose conduct is being examined by the LAPD with the aid of the Drug Enforcement Administration in connection with Jackson. Although several have had records subpoenaed by the coroner’s office, Murray is the only one to be publicly identified as a suspect.

Dmitry Gorin, a defense lawyer who was a deputy district attorney, said that to prove involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors would have to show that Murray’s conduct was reckless to the point that no reasonable physician would consider such a course of treatment.

“They’d use medical experts to show that the lack of monitoring equipment, lack of staff and leaving the room was so beyond the pale of what a professional would do,” Gorin said.

-- Harriet Ryan, Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein


[Edited 8/13/09 13:42pm]

I heard from people who were his friends said that they think michael hired that doctor to take him out because he was tired of living

No I rather they had arrested him weeks ago.

Yes, MJ was a junkie who placed his life in the hands of a financially-strapped, unethical doctor who was fully aware that you can't use an addictive pre-surgical drug like Propofol as a sleep aid.

the quicker they done the faster the case would have been a mistrial. let them take their time and make sure everything is done right.

You're kidding.

Yes, MJ was a junkie who placed his life in the hands of a financially-strapped, unethical doctor who was fully aware that you can't use an addictive pre-surgical drug like Propofol as a sleep aid.

sense from a MJ fan.

Damn if you, damn if you don't.

no need to insult.

And a doctor who just committed perjury.

why would u give to someone as a doctor knowing how dangerous it is or that it doesn't help insonmia? Malpractice, BOTTOM LINE. I remember seeing a video online from Good Morning America and that drug does not help with sleeping at all...makes the person more drowsy and doesn't realize natural elements required when sleeping. well we will just see when the toxicology reports are realized.

apprently when you cash and you have someone who has you'd be willing to do whatever it takes to get the cash.

Michael was a drug addict. Murray was an enabler. plain and simple.

apprently when you cash and you have someone who has you'd be willing to do whatever it takes to get the cash.

Michael was a drug addict. Murray was an enabler. plain and simple.

I hope that is not true ,I keep hearing things like he wasn't happy etc but who knows

You have to take everything you hear (especially suicide attempts) with grains of salt.

no need to insult.

apprently when you cash and you have someone who has you'd be willing to do whatever it takes to get the cash.

Michael was a drug addict. Murray was an enabler. plain and simple.

True, there are dozens and dozens of 'appropriate' sedatives out there he could've written for. Propofol isn't even at the bottom of the list... it just isn't on the list at all.

Michael probably just stopped breathing, and by Dr. Murrays own admission, he came back into the room and found him unresponsive. When working with a drug like Propofol, the patient needs to be monitored closely and on a respirator.

I don't care if Michael asked for a 'Cyanide Milkshake' as a Doctor, Murray should have refused, instead he gave it to him, and now it'll cost him his license and livelyhood.

it's refreshing to see someone say something logical about his death, that's based in the reality of drug abuse.

if i went out tonight or tomorrow and died of a meth overdose, is it my fault or my dealers?

True, there are dozens and dozens of 'appropriate' sedatives out there he could've written for. Propofol isn't even at the bottom of the list... it just isn't on the list at all.

Michael probably just stopped breathing, and by Dr. Murrays own admission, he came back into the room and found him unresponsive. When working with a drug like Propofol, the patient needs to be monitored closely and on a respirator.

I don't care if Michael asked for a 'Cyanide Milkshake' as a Doctor, Murray should have refused, instead he gave it to him, and now it'll cost him his license and livelyhood.

True, there are dozens and dozens of 'appropriate' sedatives out there he could've written for. Propofol isn't even at the bottom of the list... it just isn't on the list at all.

Michael probably just stopped breathing, and by Dr. Murrays own admission, he came back into the room and found him unresponsive. When working with a drug like Propofol, the patient needs to be monitored closely and on a respirator.

I don't care if Michael asked for a 'Cyanide Milkshake' as a Doctor, Murray should have refused, instead he gave it to him, and now it'll cost him his license and livelyhood.