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Message From MJ Estate : "Regarding Michael's Wishes - Children's Charities"
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Message From MJ Estate : "Regarding Michael's Wishes - Children's Charities"
We all know how much Michael cared about children and children’s charities, among his many causes, and we also know that many of Michael’s fans want to honor him by making charitable donations or volunteering their time to help others. We have received many inquiries from concerned and caring fans looking for information to help them in making their choices in this regard.
Although we are not at liberty to provide any details at the present time, we can say that the Executors are very much looking forward to sharing with the fans (and the world at large) the way in which they intend to implement Michael’s wishes under his will to have a certain portion of his estate benefit children’s charities. The process is underway but there are many steps that have to be taken before the announcement can be made. Bear with us, keep your faith, commitment and patience.
Just know that this is an important concern and focus for the Estate.
Conrad Murray Trial Week 2: Day 4 Witness testimonies
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Dan Anderson, continuing his testimony from yesterday, confirmed under-cross examination that toxicology tests quickly raised red flags about propofol.
Defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan questioned Anderson, “You came tο a quick judgment that propofol was the most vital drug in this case?”
“Yes I dіd,” Anderson answered.
"Did you think that (the medication) lorazepam was not significant in this matter?" Flanagan asked.
"I think it has its importance, but it's not the red flag that caught my eye," Anderson said.
Flanagan pressed Anderson, suggesting that there were high levels of lorazepam in Jackson's system.
"Actually, that's not what my testimony states," Anderson responded. "I said they're within therapeutic range."
"Well, the propofol is within therapeutic range also, isn't it?" Flanagan asked.
"That's not what I said either," Anderson said. "I said it's within a therapeutic range in a proper setting. This is not a proper setting."
On thе stand Thursday, Anderson tοld thе seven-man, five-woman jury thаt toxicology tests detected seven drugs іn Jackson’s system, counting propofol.
Thе οthеr drugs wеrе lidocaine, diazepam (Valium), nordiazepam (a metabolite οf Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), midazolam (Versed) аnd ephedrine, hе ѕаіd.
Propofol аnd lidocaine wеrе detected іn a syringe collected frοm a table near Jackson’s bed, whіlе propofol, lidocaine аnd flumazenil wеrе detected іn a additional syringe аnd IV tubing collected frοm thе singer’s bedroom four days аftеr hіѕ death, Anderson testified.
Hе ѕаіd thе coroner’s office dіd nοt quantify thе amount οf propofol іn thе syringe аnd IV tubing, noting under cross-examination thаt hе сουld nοt determine proportions οf thе propofol, lidocaine аnd flumazenil.
Propofol thаt wаѕ detected іn a bottle οf urine retrieved frοm Jackson’s bedroom сουld hаνе bееn recent οr сουld hаνе bееn frοm a couple days before, Anderson ѕаіd, noting thаt hе dіd nοt even know іf іt hаd bееn collected frοm Jackson. Hе ѕаіd hе аlѕο сουld nοt tеll іf thе lorazepam hаd bееn injected οr taken іn a pill form аnd hοw long іt hаd bееn taken before Jackson died.
Under questioning bу thе prosecutor, Anderson ѕаіd thеrе wеrе nο positive test consequences fοr Demerol іn Jackson.
In hіѕ opening statement last week, attorney Edward Chernoff tοld jurors thаt раrt οf Jackson’s inability tο sleep сουld bе blamed οn Dr. Arnold Klein, a Beverly Hills dermatologist whο evenly treated thе entertainer аnd gave hіm shots οf thе pain killer Demerol, tο whісh thе singer became addicted.“That’s not what I said either,” Anderson said. “I said it’s within a remedial range іn a proper background. This is not a proper background.”
Anderson said that in his experience “drug levels can be detected in the stomach that were not given orally.”
Pressed by defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan to explain given the specific properties of lorazepam, the witness demurred, saying he preferred “to leave it to the many experts who are going to march up here after me.”
Flanagan persevered, pressing Anderson on details including the absorption time of lorazepam and whether it was subject to “postmortem redistribution.”
Flanagan, however, was less successful in trying to rattle Anderson who told the lawyer several times he was uncomfortable offering opinions.
“I personally would rather leave this to a pharmacologist who would be coming,” he said.
On Friday, jurors finally got to hear from the doc himself... in what's considered one of the most important pieces of evidence in the trial.
Detective Scott Smith introduced a two-hour audio recording of an interview he conducted with Murray,in which the doctor admitted to giving propofol to Michael Jackson on the morning of his death.
As Los Angeles Police Department detective Scott Smith -- who was present for the interview -- sat on the stand, the court heard a snippet of the interview, which took place at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey on June 27, 2009, two days after Jackson's death.
In the first few minutes of the tape, Murray's defense attorney, Ed Chernoff, stressed that he wished to keep the contents of the interview out of the media.
Smith attempted to reassure Chernoff, telling him, "I hope you understand that none of the circus that's been going on has been coming from us."
In the interview, Murray told police that he first attended to Jackson in 2006, on the recommendation of the son of one of his patients, who was on Jackson's security detail. Murray was called in due to a flu that was affecting Jackson and his family.
After treating Jackson on and off for a few years, Murray said, he was called by the singer about two months before his death, to attend to him during a string of upcoming comeback concerts in London. Murray noted that, while Jackson hired him, he later learned that he was to be paid by concert promoter AEG.
Murray then walked the detectives through the treatments he gave the singer on the day he died, including doses of the sedatives lorazepam and Versed.
Jackson remained awake for hours after returning home around 1 a.m. on June 25, 2009 following rehearsals for a series of comeback concerts. "It was 4 o'clock in the morning, and then he complained," Murray said. "'I've got to sleep, Dr. Conrad. I have these rehearsals to perform.'"
In a calm, slightly accented voice, Murray told detectives that the singer remained awake and continued to complain about his lack of sleep. It was then, Murray said, he gave Jackson a small amount of propofol. (The singer was determined to have died from "acute propofol intoxication." Lethal levels of the anesthetic were found in his body.)
All this, despite earlier testimony from paramedics responding to the 911 call at Jackson's house, and the attending physician at UCLA Medical Center, that Murray didn't mention propofol when asked what drugs Jackson had been given.
After Jackson was "asleep," Murray stated he went to the bathroom for two minutes. When he returned, the doctor claimed he was "surprised" to see that Jackson had stopped breathing.
Throughout the recording, Murray never mentioned that he was on the phone with friends on the day of Jackson's death. Witness Sade Anding testified earlier in the week that she was on the phone with Murray around the time Jackson died.
Murray claimed that after finding Jackson unresponsive, he gave the singer flumazenil, a drug designed to reverse the effects of benzodiazepines. (There is no antidote for propofol.)
Throughout the interview, Murray said that he did not call 911 because because Jackson did not have a land-line in his home. Murray had two cellphones on him on the morning of June 25, 2009, which he used to call Jackson's personal assistant, Michael Amir Williams, after finding the singer in his bed, not breathing.
Murray then told detectives that he didn't call 911 because, while he knew Jackson's home address, he did not know the zip-code.
"To speak to a 911 operator would be to neglect [Jackson]," he said.
According to Murray, he "took all precautions that were available" in dosing Jackson — keeping oxygen and a pulse monitoring machine nearby — and had been trying to "wean" Jackson from propofol in the three days before his death. (LOL yeah, your pulse ox with no alarm -- making it utterly useless -- and the oxygen tank with no oxygen! Just brilliant. By the way, how does one "wean" a person off of anesthesia? It is not addictive, doesn't create a physical dependence or tolerance, etc.)
Prosecutors contend that Murray was reckless by giving Jackson propofol outside a hospital setting and without the proper monitoring equipment. Defense attorneys say Jackson gave himself the lethal dose after Murray left the room. Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. If convicted, he could face up to four years behind bars and the loss of his medical license.
During the two-hour interview, Murray also claimed that Jackson had received propofol as a sleep-aid from a Las Vegas physician, Dr. David Adams, who came to Murray's office and put Jackson to sleep for hours with the anesthetic. Adams is slated to testify later in the trial.
Adams' lawyer, Liborius Agwara, appeared on HLN Friday evening to state that his client was "furious" with Murray's claims and intended to sue him. Adams previously said that he'd only administered propofol to Jackson to assist a dental surgeon in 2008, in a controlled, medical setting.
"My client has put many people to sleep and they all woke up" Agwara stated!
Jurors are expected to hear the remaining audio bits of Murray's interview when the trial resumes on Tuesday morning.
Week 2: Day 7 Witness Testimonies
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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.
Week 2: Witness Testimonies Day 6
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Day 6 of The People VS. Dr. Conrad Robert Murray focused more on four women, including one who testified Monday, whom prosecutors allege, were among the distractions preoccupying Murray during Michael Jackson's final hours of life.
In the hours preceding Jackson's death, Murray was reportedly communicating with four women: Sade Anding, Nicole Alvarez, Michelle Bella and Bridgette Morgan. Phone records show he made several calls during the critical period during which Jackson should have been closely monitored, prosecutors argue.
Stacey Ruggle, Murray's personal assistant since 1997 was first on the stand today. Ruggles, who could be seen in front of the court house earlier in the week carrying her placard in support of Dr. Murray, was called by the prosecution to testify about talking to her boss on the phone on the day of Michael Jackson's death.
Ruggles testified that she spoke to her Murray, her employer for about 8 1/2 minutes, starting at 10:34 a.m., the day Jackson died and spoke to him briefly again at 11:07 a.m. to let him know she had sent an email.
Under cross-examination by defense attorney Edward Chernoff, Murray's Ruggles said she helped Murray open an office in the Acres Home area of Houston in memory of his father.
"Most of them were indigent, on fixed incomes, unable to afford a physician," Ruggles said, noting that Murray was not profiting from that cardiology clinic.
She said she believes Murray told her in April 2009 that he was planning to go to work for Jackson.
Michelle Bella, an exotic Dancer Murray met at a social club was next on the stand.
Bella answered yes and no to the prosecution's questions about her relationship and meeting with Murray.
When asked if she received a text message from Murray on June 25, the day of Jackson's death, Bella Answered "Yesssss".
The defense objected to Bella being asked whether or not Murray made plans to meet with her sometime later.
Bella answered yes and no to the prosecution's questions about her relationship and meeting with Murray.
When asked if she received a text message from Murray on June 25, the day of Jackson's death, Bella Answered "Yesssss".
The defense objected to Bella being asked whether or not Murray made plans to meet with her sometime later.
Houston cocktail waitress Sade Anding, who met Murray in February of 2009, took the stand.
Prosecutors asked her about the odd phone call she had with Murray on the day of Jackson's death, during the moment when prosecutors believe Murray discovered Jackson had stopped breathing.
Anding said Murray called her at 11:51 a.m. on June 25, 2009. About five or six minutes into their call is when she noticed Murray was no longer paying attention to her.
" I said how are you doing? I haven't spoken to you in a while" and he said 'well.'
"There was a pause," Anding said. " So I said, well let me tell you about my day and I started telling him about my day...that's when I realized he was no longer on the phone … I was just talking and the next thing you know I said, 'Hello? Hello?' and I didn't hear anything. That's when I pressed the phone on my ear and I heard mumbling of voices … I heard coughing and nobody answered."
“It sounded like the phone was in his pocket or something.” Anding recalled.
Was it Murray’s voice or someone else’s voice, Deputy District Attorney Deborah Brazil asked.
“I didn’t recognize the voices at all,” Anding said.
According to prosecutors, this was the moment when Murray realized Jackson was in distress.
The fourth witness to be called to the stand is Nicole Alvarez, the mother of Murray's seventh child.
Alvarez told jurors during the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray that the doctor had first told her that he was Jackson's personal physician a year before the singer's June 2009 death.
Alvarez,who says she is an actress registered with the Screen Actors guild since 1998 told prosecutors her duties as an actress consisted of taking care of her "Instrument", going on casting calls, taking classes and meeting with casting directors.
"As an actor, your instrument is yourself," Alvarez told the prosecution when asked what she means when she says "instrument".
Alvarez beamed with excitement as she described meeting Jackson for the first time (a surprise that was arranged by Murray) She said Murray told her he had someone he wanted her to meet, she said she had no idea who she was going to see.
"I was speechless," Alvarez said. "I couldn't believe I was meeting Michael Jackson."
Alvarez said she and Murray met Jackson several other times, including after the birth of the couple's young son.
"Mr. Jackson was very interested in the baby and wanted to schedule visits to see my son." Alvarez testified.'
Dr. Murray is accused of delivering 7 packages of propofol to Alvarez's apartment.
Alvarez says that while she lives with Murray that she is not involved in his business matters. However, after being shown a series of Federal Express shipping receipts ranging from April to June 2009, Alvarez confirmed that she signed for and accepted delivery for several shipments. noting that any UPS or Fed Ex shipments that may have come in, if they were propofol, she didn't know because she didn't look.
Alvarez also said the shipments were sometimes left in the common area of her apartment building where anyone would have access.
The proceedings became a little heated when Alvarez could not remember whether or not she received a fax of Murray's contract and was not aware of how Much Murray was to be paid as Jackson's personal physician.
Prosecutor Debra Brazil questioned Alvarez " Ms. Alvarez, do you remember testifying in a January preliminary hearing, that you received a fax of Murray's contract for providing medical services to Jackson. In that hearing, you said that you noticed that the contract said Murray would be paid $150,000. Do you recall that testimony?" Prosecutor Brazil asked.
Alvarez responded that it has been 2 years and today,she doesn't know how much Murray's contract with Jackson was, even if she received a fax of the contract at her home. Alvarez said she learned the contract was $150,000 later through news media.
Alvarez also testified that after April 2009, Murray would frequently leave her apartment at night around 9:00 p.m. and return early the next day between the hours of between 6 a.m. or 10 a.m. She said she knew Murray was working as Jackson's personal doctor while the singer prepared for a series of comeback concerts.
"I thought I was going to get to see the show" Alvarez said and testified that she planned to accompany Murray to London and expected to be there until November or December, "just before the holidays."
Alvarez, who confirmed that she currently lives with Murray, and that he pays her rent, approximately $2,500 a month, also recalled speaking to Murray briefly on the day of June 25,2009, as Murray accompanied Jackson in the ambulance en route to the UCLA hospital.
"I remember him telling me that he was on the way to the hospital in the ambulance with Mr. Jackson and for me not to be alarmed. He knew that I would be worried because I would learn about this through the news," Alvarez testified.
The last Witness to take the stand is Pharmacist Tim Lopez.
Lopez, owner of Applied Pharmacy Service [now out of business]
told prosecutors that Murray first contacted him in November 2008 to ask about acquiring the skin-whitening cream benoquin, to treat his patients' vitiligo. Lopez eventually located the source materials for the cream in March 2009, and Murray placed an order.
Murray said he had a lot of African American "patients" who suffered from "Vitiligo" -- the same skin condition Michael Jackson was diagnosed with. By 2009 Murray was inquiring about Propofol.
"He asked me specifically to find pricing and availability of Propofol and normal saline," Lopez told the court.
Murray placed an initial order on April 6, 2009, for 10 100-milliliter vials and 25 20-milliliter vials of the anesthetic, to be shipped to his Las Vegas office. When the courier arrived with the order, however, Murray removed several bottles of Propofol and asked that the rest be shipped to his Santa Monica, Calif. "office" which prosecutors believe to be the address of the home he shared with Nicole Alvarez.
Three weeks later, on April 28, Murray placed another order -- which was quadruple the size of his initial order. Lopez testified that, on the 28th, Murray ordered 40 100-milliliter vials of Propofol, plus 25 more 20-milliliter vials of the drug, to be delivered to his Santa Monica office.
After calling to tell Lopez how pleased he was with the order, Conrad made another request, according to Lopez.
"He asked me specifically to find pricing and availability of Propofol and normal saline," Lopez told the court.
Murray placed an initial order on April 6, 2009, for 10 100-milliliter vials and 25 20-milliliter vials of the anesthetic, to be shipped to his Las Vegas office. When the courier arrived with the order, however, Murray removed several bottles of Propofol and asked that the rest be shipped to his Santa Monica, Calif. office -- a request Lopez honored.
Three weeks later, on April 28, Murray placed another order -- which was quadruple the size of his initial order. Lopez testified that, on the 28th, Murray ordered 40 100-milliliter vials of Propofol, plus 25 more 20-milliliter vials of the drug, to be delivered to his Santa Monica office.
After calling to tell Lopez how pleased he was with the order, Conrad made another request, according to Lopez.
"He asked me specifically to find pricing and availability of Propofol and normal saline," Lopez told the court.
After assuring Murray that he could accomodate his request, Lopez stated that Murray placed the first of what would become several orders for the drug.
Murray placed an initial order on April 6, 2009, for 10 100-milliliter vials and 25 20-milliliter vials of the anesthetic, to be shipped to his Las Vegas office. When the courier arrived with the order, however, Murray removed several bottles of Propofol and asked that the rest be shipped to his Santa Monica, Calif. "office" --believed to be the address of the apartment he shared with Nicole Alvarez.
Lopez testified that initially, Murray would make payment and pick up his order in person. Later on he informed Murray that most clients keep a credit card on file and have the orders shipped. Lopez also testified that at the initial pick-up, Murray's credentials and licensure as a physician was verified.
Three weeks later, on April 28, Murray placed another order -- which was quadruple the size of his initial order. Lopez testified that, on the 28th, Murray ordered 40 100-milliliter vials of Propofol, plus 25 more 20-milliliter vials of the drug, to be delivered to his Santa Monica office.
Dr. Murray began ordering propofol regularly after that Lopez said.
"I was traveling to Los Angeles International Airport once and I offered to deliver one of the orders to Murray's Santa Monica office personally in order to save him the shipping charge, but Dr. Murray told me to continue using the delivery service."
Lopez testified, in total, Murray ordered 255 vials of Propofol, 20 vials of the anti-anxiety medication Lorazepam, and 60 vials of the anesthetic Midazolam from Lopez between April and Jackson's death in June.
Lopez also told the court that, at no time during their business transactions did Murray disclose that he was Michael Jackson's physician, nor did he disclose the identities of any of his patients.
After assuring Murray that
* Murray's first order of Propofol, in April of 2009, included 35 vials in total -- 10 bottles of 100 ml. and another 25 units of 20 ml. bottles.
* Lopez told prosecutors Murray kept some of the vials, then asked the rest be sent to an address in Santa Monica ... likely Nicole Alvarez's apartment.
* Murray ordered another 65 vials that same month to the Santa Monica address.
* On April 30, Murray ordered 10 vials of Lorazepam and another 20 vials of Midazolam -- another sedative.
* On May 12, 2009, Dr. Murray stocks up on 65 more vials of Propofol, 20 vials of Midazolam and 10 vials of Lidocaine cream -- used to numb the skin before sticking the needle.
* On June 10, Murray put in another order ... 25 vials of Lidocaine, and 90 vials of Propofol.
* On June 15th, yet another order ... 10 vials of Lorazepam, 20 vials of Midazolam, and 12 saline bags.
* Murray called Lopez on June 25th, the day MJ died... Lopez said he couldn't hear him because there was " a lot of noise in the background."
* In total, Lopez shipped Murray 225 vials of Propofol, 20 vials of Lorazepam, and 60 vials of Midazolam.
* During cross examination, Lopez told defense attorneys Propofol is NOT a controlled substance.
Week 2: Day 5 Bomshells
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1. Emergency Room Physician Richelle Cooper said Murray told her Jackson's cardiac arrest began after Murray gave him two doses of the sedative lorazepam, but Murray did not mention Jackson's use of propofol.
2.Representatives from two cell phone companies ( AT&T and Sprint/Nextel) confirmed that calls and data were made and sent from Murray's cell phone during the hour before emergency services were summoned to Jackson's home.
3.Critical Care unit Cardiologist Dr. Thao Nguyen testified that in a "desperate" but "futile" attempt to save Jackson's life, ER doctors tried to resuscitate him [Jackson] and restart his heart with a balloon pump, after discussing the procedure with Murray.
- "Dr. Murray did ask me one thing ... that we not give up easily, and try to save Mr. Michael Jackson's life,"
- "Even before the balloon pump placement, we made an agreement with Dr. Murray that this would be the last attemped procedure on Mr. Jackson," Nguyen added. "We'd like to prepare Dr. Murray mentally to accept the fact that Mr. Jackson could not be rescued and would allow Mr. Jackson to depart in peace and with dignity. So we proposed that if this would not work, we would call it stop. We would not try other procedures."
- When Jackson was brought into the hospital and she asked him what had occurred, he told her he gave Jackson two separate, two-milligram doses of Ativan -- also known as lorazepam -- via IV to help him sleep. Murray said that he momentarily left Jackson's bedroom, and discovered that the singer had stopped breathing.
-However, Murray could not say when he administered the doses. Nor could he answer when he discovered that Jackson had stopped breathing, or how long it was between when Jackson went down and when the 911 call was placed.
-"He said he did not have any concept of time. [that] he did not have a watch," Nguyen testified.
-"Dr. Murray answered negatively to my question as to whether there were any sedatives or narcotics involved." Nguyen added.
4.Volunteer medical assistant Consuelo NG, stated tho not one of the three people working in Dr. Murray's Office (including herself) was a licensed nurse.
Food For Thought Discussion:
Why did Dr. Murray repeatedly not mention the fact that he had given Michael propofol? Was it because he was aware that propofol is not used to treat insomnia? Was it because he knew it was not to be used outside of a medical facility and he did not want to raise any eyebrows?
Murray appeared to be clearly concerned and devastated over the inability to resuscitate Michael so Why did he not call 911 immediately upon discovering that Michael was in distress? Why did he not have the proper resuscitation equipment to resuscitate Michael himself? did the fact that he had previously filed for bankruptcy and the fact that he was being sued multiple times for child support, cause him not to be able to afford the proper equipment? What equipment was he using in his offices for his patients or were all of his procedures performed at hospitals?
Why was Murray making calls and sending data? Had he become so used to giving Michael propofol and other sleep medications that it had become routine for him. Had this routine become so natural for him that he had no cause to think that something would go wrong THIS time? How often was Murray administering these drugs to Michael?
Why is there a discrepancy in Murray's version of events amongst the two attending ER physicians? Why did he tell Cooper he was there to witness the arrest and tell Nguyen that he returned to find Michael not breathing? Did he intentionally mislead these physicians or was he caught up in the moment and just had a momentarily memory lapse.
Why did Murray not have a licensed nurse working at his doctors office? Were the assistants he had working for him licensed in any capacity to provide the procedural assistance that they sometimes provided?
Witness Testimonies: Week 2: Day 5
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Monday's courtroom activity commenced with testimony by Dr. Richelle Cooper, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center emergency room doctor who pronounced Jackson dead.
Cooper told the jury on Friday that Jackson appeared to be "clinically dead" when he arrived at the hospital. She also said she had been in contact with a nurse who had spoken to the paramedics who treated Jackson at his home. The two EMTS, Richard Senneff and Martin Blout, said that the singer was in cardiac arrest when they arrived at his home at 12:26 p.m. and showed no signs of life.
"I did not personally ever confirm a pulse. "Mr. Jackson had already been dead for some time when he became my patient," Dr. Richelle Cooper said Monday under cross-examination from the defense.
"Mr. Jackson was my patient and I didn't really have an explanation for why he was dead," Cooper said "In my mind it was a coroner's case."
Cooper also said Murray told her Jackson's cardiac arrest began after Murray gave him two doses of the sedative lorazepam, but Murray did not mention Jackson's use of propofol.
"I did go to check on the children at that time" Cooper stated, when asked what the children were doing at that time, cooper responded "they were crying, fairly hysterical being comforted by someone referred to as their nurse."
Representatives from two cell phone companies confirmed that calls and data were made and sent from Murray's cell phone during the hour before emergency services were summoned to Jackson's home.
The Next Witness to take the stand is Edward Dixon, Senior network engineer at AT&T.
Dixon reviewed mobile phone records belonging to Dr. Conrad Murray. Dixon testified that the uniformity of the timestamps of Murray''s phone records shows that Murray was constantly receiving Pull data notifications( messages sent automatically to his phone at regular intervals) from some web source directly to his phone.
Dixon also stated that looking at various records he could tell whether a particular call was answered, whether it went to voice mail and whether or not the voice mail was answered; however, while he could would be able to identify whether or not a text message was sent, he would not be able to tell whether or not the text message was viewed.
Dixon confirmed that Murray was his phone for 32 minutes on The Day Michael Jackson lost his life. The call that began at 11:18, the critical time when Jackson went into distress.
Dixon reviewed mobile phone records belonging to Dr. Conrad Murray. Dixon testified that the uniformity of the timestamps of Murray''s phone records shows that Murray was constantly receiving Pull data notifications( messages sent automatically to his phone at regular intervals) from some web source directly to his phone.
Dixon also stated that looking at various records he could tell whether a particular call was answered, whether it went to voice mail and whether or not the voice mail was answered; however, while he could would be able to identify whether or not a text message was sent, he would not be able to tell whether or not the text message was viewed.
Dixon confirmed that Murray was his phone for 32 minutes on The Day Michael Jackson lost his life. The call that began at 11:18, the critical time when Jackson went into distress.
Jeff Strohm, custodian of records for Sprint takes the stand.
Strohm verified that the subcriber of the Sprint cell phone number ending in '3747' was Conrad Murray,confirming the fact that Murray had two mobile phone which he used on June 25, 2009, the last day of the singer's life.
When questioned as to whether or not Murray answered a particular call(lasting 7 seconds) or the call went to voicemail, Strohm replied that he can tell if the call went to voicemail, which it did not in this case, but he would not be ableto verify whether or not the call was answered or the phone just rang for 7 seconds.
Next witness to take the stand was Dr. Thao Nguyen, Cardiologist/scientist in the cardiac critical care unit at UCLA medical center.
Nguyen testified that the ER team used a balloon pump to try to restart Jackson's heart, and that Murray "appeared devastated" when ER staff couldn't revive the singer.
After Jackson was brought into the emergency room, doctors in the emergency room tried to resuscitate him and restart his heart with a balloon pump, after discussing the procedure with Murray. Nguyen called this procedure a "desperate" but "futile" last attempt to revive the singer.
"Dr. Murray did ask me one thing ... that we not give up easily, and try to save Mr. Michael Jackson's life," Nguyen said. "It was not too little too late," she said. "It was a case of too late. I feared that time was not on Mr. Jackson's side. "It seems like a case of too late because Dr. Murray was not able to give me the time, or the time interval. What I feared was that time was not on Mr Jackson's side, that we were running too late."
"Even before the balloon pump placement, we made an agreement with Dr. Murray that this would be the last attemped procedure on Mr. Jackson," Nguyen added. "We'd like to prepare Dr. Murray mentally to accept the fact that Mr. Jackson could not be rescued and would allow Mr. Jackson to depart in peace and with dignity. So we proposed that if this would not work, we would call it stop. We would not try other procedures."
Murray, she said, "sounded desperate and he looked devastated." She said that Murray had told another doctor that he found a pulse on Jackson, but that the hospital physicians could not find one.
Nguyen also stated said that, when Jackson was brought into the hospital and she asked him what had occurred, he told her he gave Jackson two separate, two-milligram doses of Ativan -- also known as lorazepam -- via IV to help him sleep. Murray said that he momentarily left Jackson's bedroom, and discovered that the singer had stopped breathing.
However, Murray could not say when he administered the doses. Nor could he answer when he discovered that Jackson had stopped breathing, or how long it was between when Jackson went down and when the 911 call was placed.
"He said he did not have any concept of time. [that] he did not have a watch," Nguyen testified.
Nguyen also confirmed previous witness testimony that Murray never mentioned propofol to her.
Upon cross-examination, Nguyen stated she had no conversation with Richelle Cooper, the attending ER physician, other than to say Hi and to be introduced to Dr. Murray.
When asked why she did not talk to Cooper first, "I went to Murray because he was the primary source, the plan was to speak to Dr. Cooper next." Nguyen answered.
Nguyen also confirmed that she knew the patient was Michael Jackson because when she received the page summoning her to the trauma unit, it was for a VIP patient named Michael Jackson.
Nguyen testified that Murray told her " MR. Jackson was having difficulty sleeping, was tired from preparation, practice, rehearsal tour in england and asked for some sleeping aid to help him sleep.
"Dr. Murray answered negatively to my question as to whether there were any sedatives or narcotics involved." Nguyen added.
Flanagan asked whether 20 mg of Adivan would be enough of the drug to kill a person to which Nguyen responded "Adivan does not cause respiratory depression, it acts on the brain and makes u sleepy, the brain would be so sleepy that it would not tell the diaphragm to breath and that patient will go into sleep apnea."
SHe also testified that Murray was concerned for Jackson saying "Please do not give up easily, please try to save his life"
Nguyen testified that the ER team used a balloon pump to try to restart Jackson's heart, and that Murray "appeared devastated" when ER staff couldn't revive the singer.
After Jackson was brought into the emergency room, doctors in the emergency room tried to resuscitate him and restart his heart with a balloon pump, after discussing the procedure with Murray. Nguyen called this procedure a "desperate" but "futile" last attempt to revive the singer.
"Dr. Murray did ask me one thing ... that we not give up easily, and try to save Mr. Michael Jackson's life," Nguyen said. "It was not too little too late," she said. "It was a case of too late. I feared that time was not on Mr. Jackson's side. "It seems like a case of too late because Dr. Murray was not able to give me the time, or the time interval. What I feared was that time was not on Mr Jackson's side, that we were running too late."
"Even before the balloon pump placement, we made an agreement with Dr. Murray that this would be the last attemped procedure on Mr. Jackson," Nguyen added. "We'd like to prepare Dr. Murray mentally to accept the fact that Mr. Jackson could not be rescued and would allow Mr. Jackson to depart in peace and with dignity. So we proposed that if this would not work, we would call it stop. We would not try other procedures."
Murray, she said, "sounded desperate and he looked devastated." She said that Murray had told another doctor that he found a pulse on Jackson, but that the hospital physicians could not find one.
Nguyen also stated said that, when Jackson was brought into the hospital and she asked him what had occurred, he told her he gave Jackson two separate, two-milligram doses of Ativan -- also known as lorazepam -- via IV to help him sleep. Murray said that he momentarily left Jackson's bedroom, and discovered that the singer had stopped breathing.
However, Murray could not say when he administered the doses. Nor could he answer when he discovered that Jackson had stopped breathing, or how long it was between when Jackson went down and when the 911 call was placed.
"He said he did not have any concept of time. [that] he did not have a watch," Nguyen testified.
Nguyen also confirmed previous witness testimony that Murray never mentioned propofol to her.
Upon cross-examination, Nguyen stated she had no conversation with Richelle Cooper, the attending ER physician, other than to say Hi and to be introduced to Dr. Murray.
When asked why she did not talk to Cooper first, "I went to Murray because he was the primary source, the plan was to speak to Dr. Cooper next." Nguyen answered.
Nguyen also confirmed that she knew the patient was Michael Jackson because when she received the page summoning her to the trauma unit, it was for a VIP patient named Michael Jackson.
Nguyen testified that Murray told her " MR. Jackson was having difficulty sleeping, was tired from preparation, practice, rehearsal tour in england and asked for some sleeping aid to help him sleep.
"Dr. Murray answered negatively to my question as to whether there were any sedatives or narcotics involved." Nguyen added.
Flanagan asked whether 20 mg of Adivan would be enough of the drug to kill a person to which Nguyen responded "Adivan does not cause respiratory depression, it acts on the brain and makes u sleepy, the brain would be so sleepy that it would not tell the diaphragm to breath and that patient will go into sleep apnea."
SHe also testified that Murray was concerned for Jackson saying "Please do not give up easily, please try to save his life"
Houston-based doctor, Joanne Bednarz-Prashad testified that she consulted with Murray over the treatment of one of his former patients by phone on June 25, 2009, the day Michael Jackson died while under his care.
Prashad told jurors she called Murray the morning of Jackson's death to inquire whether it would be safe to operate on a patient whom Murray had treated. Prashad said she was surprised that Murray remembered the patient and the exact dosage of medicine that he was taking.
Murray's lead defense attorney Ed Chernoff asked Prashad whether Murray's recall was unusual for a doctor. She said yes. "He seemed to know exactly who I was speaking of"
Prashad went on to say that most Doctors say they don't have the patient's files in front of them and will give you a call when they get back to the office or they haven't reviewed the patient's files in a while. She stated some are even unable to remember the patient at all.
"When I called Dr. Murray he made it vey clear that the patient should continue taking the medication[Plavix]as he hadn't finished the 6 months yet and the surgery should be postponed."
"I was impressed," Prashad said.
Former patient of Dr. Conrad Murray, Antionette Gill takes the stand
Gill, a self-employed cosmetologist residing in Las Vegas Nevada, testified that she first came to know Dr. Murray after being referred to him by a client of hers.
Gill recalled that she called Murray's mobile phone on June 25,2009 after having received a letter stating that he would be closing his practice.
Gill recalled that while she was able to reach Dr. Murray, she does not remember what they conversed about. Gill did, however, remember that it was a "normal" conversation.
Consuelo Ng, who volunteered at Murray's Office in Las Vegas, was next to take the stand.
Ng,who came to know Dr. Murray when he saved her grandmother's life, testified that she wanted to know what it was like to work as a medical assistant so she asked Murray if she could volunteer in his office and he agreed.
When asked why she chose Dr. Murray, Ng stated "I saw how he was with my grandmother, he was always nice and helpful, he would visit my grandmother and talk to her, I was the translator"
Ng further testified, that she along with 2 other assistants were responsible for handling the day to day activities of Murray's office.
After stating the layout of Murray's office, she was then asked if any of the assistants were licensed to which Ng replied "no."
Ng stated that Murray usually worked alternating weeks at his Las Vegas and Houston offices and usually set aside one day per week to perform procedures.
Ng testified that in Murray's absence, the office remained open with the assistants performing minor procedures such as echo cardiogams and ECP tests.
When asked who performed these procedures, Ng responded that an echo technician would come to the office and perform the echo cardiogram while she, or one of the other assistants would perform the ECt test which consisted of attatching electroded to the patient and the hooking them up to a machine. Ng noted that all of the assistants were cross-trained to perform most of the duties of the office.
Ng testified that Murray informed them that he would be leaving to become Michael Jackson's personal physician.
The office would remain open during Murray's absence and she, as well as the other assistants, would consider working. NG said Murray told them he would hire a competent physician to take on his patients while he was away. She also noted that he said he would probably return at the end of the year.
When asked whether the office had a physician in place, Ng responded "not yet".
Ng said Murray would often call the office when he was absent. On the morning of June 25, 2009, Ng said she did not speak with Murray but it was possible that one of the other office assistants could have spoken with him.
Ng testified that she was aware of the trouble with Jackson and was infomed of Jackson's death by one of their billers.
The last witness to take the stand today is Bridgette Morgan, ex-girlfriend of Dr. Conrad Murray.
Morgan testified that she met Murray in a social setting in 2003 and formed a relationship with him lasting until 2009.
Morgan recalls phoning Murray on the morning of June 25th, 30 minutes before Jackson's arrest, but she was unable to reach him.
Testimony will resume tomorrow with the remaining ladies in Conrad Murray's life scheduled to take the stand.
Although the way Murray met the ladies he was involvement will not be mentioned, they will play an important part in backing up the prosecutions claim that Murray was on the phone when Mr jackson went into destress.
The People VS. Conrad Murray Day 4
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Robert Johnson, an executive with the company that made the the medical device that Dr. Conrad Murray allegedly snapped onto Michael Jackson's finger claims it was the wrong device to monitor MJ.
The pulse oximeter that Murray was using was the wrong model for the job Johnson testified. The device Murray used, the Nonin 9500 pulse oxymeter was "designed for spot checking of vital signs" and was "specifically labeled against continuous monitoring."
The $275 device did not have an audio alarm, requiring someone to constantly keep an eye on the tiny screen, Robert Johnson testified. Murray would have been better equipped with his company's table top version that would cost $1,200, Johnson said.
The model Murray used to monitor MJ had no alarm, so if anything went wrong, Murray wouldn't know.
Dr. Conrad Murray's former patient Robert Russell testified today... he felt like Murray abandoned him when the doctor suddenly closed his Las Vegas practice to care for Michael Jackson.
Russell testified that Murray operated on him twice in March and April 2009 to install several stents in his heart after he suffered a heart attack -- and Russell was pleased with the results.
"He saved my life" Russel told the jury "not only with the medical care but also with the advice that he gave me after surgery"
But Russell claims it went downhill from there -- when Murray canceled two follow-up appointments in June 2009.
Russell claims Murray finally called and left a voicemail at 11:49 AM on June 25th -- about 30 minutes before Alberto Alvarez dialed 911-- explaining he would be leaving the country.
After Murray canceled the appointments, Russell claims he never saw the doctor again. He said he was so upset that he even considered going to court to prevent Murray from leaving the country.
Richard Senneff, a paramedic who answered the 911 call at Michael Jackson's home on the day of the singer's death, told the court during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial Friday that the situation "did not seem normal" when he arrived at the scene.
Senneff of the Los Angeles Fire Department, detailed multiple red flags that he noticed on the June 25, 2009 call, including Murray's responses to his questions.
Senneff testified that upon entering Jackson's bedroom room, he was able to see the patient who looked to be extremely underweight. When he asked Murray what Jackson's underlying health issue was, Murray failed to respond the first two times he asked, and eventually responded that there was no underlying issue.
"Simply, that did not add up to me -- doctors in the house, IV pole, IV hooked up to the patient -- it simply did not seem normal" that there would be no underlying condition, Senneff testified.
As expected, Senneff also testified that, when he asked Murray what medications Jackson had been taking, there was no mention of Propofol, which was found to have contributed to the singer's death.
"He said, 'No he's not taking anything,' then he followed that up by saying, 'I just gave him a little bit of Lorazepam to help him sleep," Senneff told the court.
Eventually, Murray told Senneff that he'd been treating Jackson for dehydration and exhaustion.
Senneff also noted that, when he asked when Jackson went down, Murray told him that it had occurred just as he had placed the 911 call -- which gave Senneff the impression that "we had a good chance of saving" Jackson. However, when paramedics hooked up an EKG, he was flatlining, and the drugs paramedics gave Jackson in order to re-start his heart had no effect.
According to Senneff, Murray also told responders that he had felt a pulse in Jackson's right femoral region, though when Senneff checked the heart monitor, it only indicated signs that Jackson had been given CPR.
Senneff also told the court that, the second time that paramedics attempted to administer starter drugs to Jackson, they weren't able to find a vein -- which suggested that blood circulation might have stopped earlier than expected.
Said Senneff of Jackson's condition, "When I first moved the patient, his skin was very cool to the touch and his pupils were dilated."
Senneff further testified that, when he contacted the hospital at UCLA, they were prepared to call time of death at 12:57 p.m., due to the two unsuccessful efforts to resuscitate him with starter drugs. However, Dr. Murray asked to take over responsibilities for the patient and as such, Jackson was still being ventilated as they transported him by ambulance to UCLA medical center.
Asked if he noticed any sign of life in Jackson the entire time he was with him, Senneff replied, "No, I did not."
Martin Blount, the second paramedic who rushed to resuscitate Michael Jackson on June 25th 2009 just took the stand. Blount said when he entered the room he immediately knew that the patient was Michael Jackson. According to Blount's testimony, Murray was in a hectic state as emergency responders arrived in the bedroom.
"He was a little flustered; he was sweating profusely and he was agitated," Blount told the court. He was yelling, "He needs help! Can you help him please?"
Blount described Jackson's eyes as "fixed and dilated" when paramedics arrived.
"I felt he was dead, ma'am," Blount told the prosecutor when asked what he thought of Michael's condition.
Blount also testified that there were three open vials of the anesthetic lidocaine in Michael Jackson's bedroom when they arrived at the scene.
Blount described how the vials were scattered on the floor of the room. He also testified that, when asked by fellow paramedic Richard Senneff about drugs that he administered to Jackson, he made no mention of lidocaine.
Blount also testified that he saw Murray scoop up three of the bottles and put them into a black bag as they prepared to transport Michael to the hospital.
According to Blount, Murray made a phone call in the ambulance as they transported Jackson to the hospital at UCLA.
"It's about Michael, and it doesn't look good," Blount recalled Murray saying.
According to Blount, Murray made a phone call in the ambulance as they transported Jackson to the hospital at UCLA.
"It's about Michael, and it doesn't look good," Blount recalled Murray saying.
The final Witness to take the stand on Friday was Dr. Richelle Cooper, the attending physician at UCLA Medical Center emergency room on the day of Michael Jackson's death, testified that Murray made no mention of Propofol -- which contributed to Jackson's death -- when quizzed about medications that the singer had taken.
Cooper testified that Murray said he had merely given Jackson the anti-anxiety medication Lorazepam -- a two-milligram dose via IV, followed by a second two-milligram dose -- after which Jackson went into arrest.
Asked what medications Murray took regularly, Murray told Cooper that he took the anti-anxiety medication Valium, and Flomax, which treats symptoms related to an enlarged prostate.
According to Cooper, Murray told her that Jackson had no history of cardiac trouble, blood clots or drug use, and hadn't complained of chest pain or exhibited seizure activity. Cooper further told the court that she witnessed no signs of physical trauma on Jackson's body.
Murray told Cooper he had been treating Jackson for dehydration, as he had been working long hours, according to the physician's testimony.
Asked by prosecutors what Jackson's condition was when he arrived at the hospital, Cooper concurred with what emergency responders had testified earlier in the day -- that Jackson was already gone.
"His condition was as described by the paramedics -- he was clinically dead," Cooper testified. "He did not have a pulse … his eyes were fixed and dilated."
Dr. RIchelle Cooper is scheduled to take the stand and resume her testimony on Monday, October 3, 2011 when The People Vs. Dr. Conrad Robert Murray Manslaughter trial resumes.
