Week 2: Day 7 Witness Testimonies
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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On Wednesday, Sally Hirschberg from Sea Coast Medical, a pharmaceutical company, testified concerning the specifics of Murray's Medical supply orders placed with her company through Consuela Ng, the medical volunteer at Murray's Las Vegas office.
Invoices presented to the jury showed that between April and June 2009, Murray's office ordered from Sea Coast Medical, supplies
Was it unusual for a cardiology clinic to order Lidocaine? Had Murray ordered Lidocaine before?' Hirschberg was asked, to which she responded: "Not unusual, just not a lot."
Murray's attorney pointed out that the doctor had ordered IV administration sets as far back as October 2007.
Hirshchberg testified that she spoke with Ng about an order for an IV infusion set
Hirschberg said she refused to ship the IV stand to the California address, adding that all previous orders had been shipped to Murray's Las Vegas office, and that this one, as well as future orders continued to be sent there.
Hirschberg also testified that the day after Jackson died, she received a call from his office asking for an order for medical supplies, apparently intended for Mr. Jackson, be cancelled.
Stephen Marx, a DEA computer forensics examiner who extracted and analyzed data from Conrad Murray's iPhone, is the next witness to take the stand.
Marx testified Wednesday that he retrieved recordings and other files from Murray's iphone
Marx testified about several email messages that he received from his medical assistant Connie NG concerning a patient named Omar Arnold, believed to be an alias used for Jackon.
When shown several email attachments concerning Omar Arnold regarding medication logs, patient notes and test results dating back to the year 2007, Marx testified that he was in fact, able to recover the attachments that were viewed by Murray.
The court also heard a voicemail sent to Murray by Jackson's former manager, Frank Dileo, the day after Jackson experienced an unsettling incident.
"Dr. Murray, it's Frank Dileo, Would you please call me?" Dileo asks in the message, time-stamped June 20, 2009 -- days before Jackson's June 25 death. "I'm Michael's manager. I'm the short guy with no hair. I'm sure you're aware [Jackson] had an episode last night; he's sick … I think you need to get a blood test on him today; we gotta see what he's doing."
In testimony last week Kenny Ortega, the director of Jackson's "This Is It" comeback tour, told the court that,at his June. 19 rehearsal, the singer appeared unwell both physically and psychologically.
"My friend wasn't right," Ortega testified, "There was something going on that was deeply troubling me."
According to Ortega, during an emergency meeting at Jackson's home the following day, Murray dismissed his concerns about the singer's well-being.
"He said I should stop trying to be an amateur doctor and psychologist and be the director and allow Michael's health to him," Ortega said
The complete audio recording of the May 10, 2009, soliloquy of a seemingly incoherent Jackson was played for the first time today. A portion of the recording was played last week during the prosecution's opening statement.
The more than four-minute audio recording was found on Murray's cell phone by Marx.
In a slow, slurred voice, clearly under the influence of something, Jackson spoke about leaving a performance legacy bigger than Elvis or The Beatles, and building a fabulous hospital for children with proceeds from his highly anticipated "This Is It" comeback concerts.
"Elvis didn't do it. Beatles didn't do it. We have to be phenomenal." Jackson is heard saying on the tape.
Jackson, known for donating huge amounts to children's charities, said his vision was driven by his love of children. In his ramblings, he envisioned the hospital would be big enough to aid a million children, with a movie theater and game room.
"That will be remembered more than my performances," he says. "My performances will be up there helping my children and always be my dream. I love them. I love them because I didn't have a childhood ... I feel their pain. I feel their hurt. I can deal with it."
With Murray murmuring agreement, Jackson referred to the children of the world as "angels" and said, "God wants me to do it. I'm gonna do it, Conrad."
Murray replied, "I know you would."
And, as he had done long ago with his Neverland ranch, he spoke of a place to raise children's spirits. "They're sick because they're depressed," he said
Toward the end of the recording, there is a period of silence before Murray asks, "You OK?"
Eight seconds pass then Jackson mumbles, "I am asleep."
The tape was played by prosecutors to show that Murray knew for weeks how Jackson was reacting to heavy sedatives, There was no indication why Murray made the recording.
The recording was significantly longer than the clip played for jurors in opening statements last week. It ends ominously, with defendant Dr. Conrad Murray heard asking Jackson whether he was OK after his voice trailed off.
"I am asleep," Jackson is heard saying.
Following Jackson's death, investigators retrieved several medical substances and medical equipment in the bedroom where he was found as well as from a nearby closet.
Elissa FLeak a coroner investigator with the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, took the stand to detail the many items she found in Michael Jackson's bedroom hours after the singer's death.
Fleak testified on Wednesday she found a large collection of drugs and medical paraphernalia scattered throughout Jackson's bedroom as well as an adjoining walk-in closet. They included vials of propofol and the sedative lorazepam.
Arriving in Jackson's bedroom, hours after the singer's death, Fleak testified, she discovered a nearly-empty 20-milligram vial of propofol on the floor by the singer's bedside, as well as an empty bottle of flumazenil, which is used to treat benzodiazepine overdoses.
Fleak also testified to finding a small pharmacy of prescription medications in Jackson's room, including diazepam, lorazepam, Flomax, clonazepam (used to treat seizures and panic attacks), the anti-insomnia drug temazepam, and the anti-depressant trazodone.
There were also other drugs in a wicker basket near Jackson's bedside prescribed to Jackson's aliases "Mick Jackson" and "Omar Arnold" that were prescribed by doctors other than Murray.
Also, seated on a chair in the bedroom: A "jug full of urine", next to some medical pads.
Fleak said she and other investigators returned to Jackson's home four days later on June 29 to check a second bedroom in the home. Authorities say the return trip was prompted by details Murray offered to detectives during a volunteer interview on June 27, 2009
On a shelf in a large dresser, Fleak said, she found a blue Costco bag, a black bag and one small duffel bag decorated with a polka dotted bow labeled "Baby Essentials" -- each containing more drugs.
The "Baby Essentials" duffel contained propofol, the drug Jackson referred to as his "milk." The black bag contained three bottles of lidocaine, two of them essentially empty, while the blue Costco bag contained a saline bag which had been cut open, with an empty bottle of propofol placed inside.
Last week during the trial, Jackson's former security guard, Alberto Alvarez, testified that on the day of Jackson's death, Murray instructed him to stash a number of vials, plus a saline bag with a propofol bottle in it, in a series of bags.
Deputy D.A Walgren removed 37 bottles of propofol and other medications from evidence bags and placed them on the edge of the prosecutors table. By the end of the afternoon, jurors were able to view the bottles, which formed two long rows.
Fleak also identified a graphic photo of Jackson's lifeless body lying on a emergency room gurney. She confirmed that she took the photograph of Jackson after he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The photo was presented to the jury when the trial began on September 27 and shown again on Wednesday, during which the singer's brother, Jermaine, reportedly broke down and wept quietly, wiping his eyes with tissues. After the noon break, Jermaine failed to return to the courtroom.
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