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they held one another's hands they were stunned what somebody dies to go through
a shock then you go to anger then you go through a warning then you're back to
anger and you end up with shock that's the only way here I think that it works
I had warned every single member of this family that Michaels drug abuse was
going to harm him and that one day Michael Jackson was going to wake up
dead Michael Jackson has this afternoon at UCLA Medical Center he was 50 years
old all right my brother the legendary King of Pop Michael Jackson passed away
on Thursday June 25th 2009 and 226 p.m. there was a sort of stillness of silence
you wanted him to have to repeat that just to make sure that you heard it
right the King of Pop Michael Jackson is dead it is the mean he slept with
cardiac arrest in his home however the cause of his death was unknown until
results of the autopsy are known that day I was walking around in a haze It
was as if I was on another planet in another world I was stunned
Oh
I received calls from Suarez South Africa Turkey China
he was mourned around the world we all kind of grew up with him and I think
that that's why I became so personal I wanted to wake up Anthony tell me this
isn't real this has got to be the worst day of my life right now
uh-huh he was part of my life I'm 3/4 his part of my entire life Michael
Jackson made culture except a person of color
way before Tiger Woods where he proper went three way before Barack Obama
Michael Jackson was a trailblazer about four o'clock this afternoon
robbery-homicide division was notified of this incident and directed by the
chief of police to come out and handle the death investigations the LAPD found
lots of different vials of medication prescribed to him and prescribed to
people and alias names it was made aware of my name being listed on prescription
list and I just I lost it why would someone do that that really made me feel
you
and here to announce that the coroner has concluded the autopsy for mr.
michael jackson the cause of death has been deferred which means that the
medical examiner has ordered additional testing there was no indication of foul
play on the body of mr. Jackson some family members felt differently Latoya
said that her brother had injection marks all over his body in between his
toes on his neck and his fingers in his groin
these are major points where drug abusers inject themselves with drugs the
family really have appeared to take a stand that someone caused Michael
Jackson's death this was not natural causes why do so many people believe in
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prior to January 1984 Michael Jackson never took any kind of drugs after he
was burned in the software commercial things changed he was severely burned he
was severely hurt a lot more so than the public initially thought they're trying
to do skin grafts and hair transplants and things like that but we have a scar
like that and that big there's not much it can do there was very sad thinkers
had heard him a lot he told me that when he was offered pain medication he turned
it down he didn't want it but then the pain was
so bad he decided to take it the drugs came as a surprise to a lot of people I
wouldn't call it the straight out addiction as I would an over dependency
but then in 1993 the first allegations in Shaa molestation happen and that's
when I think the addiction began you had such a huge huge star being hit with
allegations so fallacious so disgusting that naturally it brought worldwide
attention was like nail driven into the solar plexus
they categorized him as a child molester he was somebody who had an odd sort of a
attitude aspect appearance and it sort of confirmed to a lot of people that he
was a strange strange fellow and I think I'm not pointing on he was often taking
a lot more medication than he needed to it started slowly and gradually built up
where Michael couldn't function without them he had checked into rehab several
times unsuccessfully every time he'd be let out just days or weeks later he'd
become dependence again ten years went by and just as he was beginning to sort
of emerge from that trauma the next set of allegations occurred and this time it
ended up in a trial and I watch this so the disintegration of this this person
take place
to have to withstand a worldwide media event which continued to say Michels
guilty Michaels no good he's a bad person he's a monster just had a killer
we saw a very very embattled and beat up Michael Jackson during that trial and he
looked at his eyes and you knew that this was a person who was heavily under
the influence of something by the end when all of the not guilty verdicts came
down he was a shell of the man that we first saw Frank DeLeo told me on verdict
day it's not going to get over this I think that Frank was right I don't think
Michael ever got over it apparently Michael kept reaching for
pain killers and you know after a while obviously it wasn't working they was
trying to find a way to manage it chronic pain emotionally and physically
so he graduated to the next more powerful thing and it continued to be a
gradual process where he would climb the ladder with different powerful drugs
I've seen reports and I have talked to sources that say it was not unusual for
him to take dozens of pills 4050 pills a day
incredibly this is an amount that would kill a normal person if they took it but
I believe his body was so used to the medication he needed more and more every
single day everyone in the family was concerned everyone from Joe Jackson -
Latoya - Jermaine everyone had expressed their views on the subject matter so it
wasn't something which was hidden there was something which was talked about but
nevertheless wasn't anything that anyone could do anything about they were
worried they didn't have the specifics they didn't know what they were dealing
with but they knew that something was wrong
and they suspected that it was drug-related but they couldn't really
figure it out because they didn't have access to him all the time and they
tried I did talk to the family about intervention
I talked to his father this elder sister Reba and I spoke to his younger brother
Randy I told him that I strongly believe that Michael was abusing drugs all of us
was on the same page and we was getting ready to move in and try to do something
about it I think Michael Jackson just sort of wore his body out from work and
stress and medication for years and years and years add that anorexia lupus
that'll I go all these autoimmune disorders it really is a wonder if you
lived as long as you
we spent about a week last time I saw and he was living there yes thank you
after Michael Jackson died his father would come out and backslap with the
reporters and do little interviews that you're supposed to be in mourning this
is a time of mourning not a time to get your face on camera but that's what Joe
did three days after Michael Jackson dies his father is on the red carpet at
the Det Awards the last couple of days I know it's been really tough for you guys
and yeah it has it has been really tough remember we just lost the biggest star
in the world super saw in the world so there's been -
I believe that Michael's death while it was a shock to him created and Joe this
need to get out there and say look I'm still in the music business
but I want to make this statement this is a real good safer year Washington
died if they we own the record company go get
grants record what an inappropriate thing to do and if you wanted to go to
the BT Awards and be honored as the father of Michael Jackson that's fine
but that's not what Joe Jackson went for Joel seized opportunity at doTERRA to
announce something that he had coming up and it was probably uh appropriate to do
it but I don't think he meant no harm I know Joe took his son's death hard he
mourn and grieves in his own way but he was not gonna be on TV crying Joseph
Howard grief different he didn't want to talk about it I really think that most
of the problems that Michael had with Joseph had to do with his childhood when
Michael became the star of the Jackson 5 and had to really perform and beat on
his mark Joe expected an adult Joe expected Michael Jackson and tenor
eight-year-old boy to perform like an adult and Michael did but he did it with
a lot of trepidation a lot of fear a lot of intimidation by his father Joe
Jackson was on him sing longer dance faster be better keep working go at it
he practices with a built in his hand and if you miss a step
expected the he would tear you up Joseph had a big vision for his kids but his
methodology was kind of screwy throwing up against the wall on Horace he could I
just remember hearing my mother scream Joe you're gonna kill him you're gonna
kill him stop it you gotta kill him people don't realize back in those days
when Michael was growing up kids were hit and it was a regular thing
so I think the idea that Michael was abused is something that's been blown
way out of proportion I don't think he realized to this day
how scared scared I'm scared so scared that we regurgitate
because Joe was the way he was and dealing with Michael Michael was
consequently shy he became introverted he had a nurturing loving mother and a
father who was Godzilla sometimes I remember when we were about 19 maybe 20
years old and I was at the house and I asked Michael why do you call your
father Joseph why don't you contact it was unusual for me to hear them refer to
their father as Joseph or Joe and refer to their mother as mother they could not
attach themselves to their father like they wanted to once Michael got to
Motown and he saw how the real world worked
he realized I'm the star and pretty soon I'll be able to get away from my dad and
strike out on my own when Michael fired his father as his
manager it was an emotional thing he had to cut that cord and for Joe acaba was
viewed as a slap in the face after all he's the one that really found Michael
Jackson his father was very angry that he was no longer in control of Michael's
crew Joe knew what he brought to the table he knew what has accomplished I'm
sure he wasn't pleased with it Joe had kind of slipped away he'd started a
different life in Las Vegas so much when Michael had kids of his own he began to
think differently about Joseph began to think well you know what my dad's been
kind of a jerk but it's not easy raising kids maybe
Joseph did a lot of the wrong things for the right reasons and maybe I should
just give him a break they started communicating more Michael
and Joseph had in a differences but when it came down to father and son there was
a great love I think you can't understand a person's
relationship with this parent I think you just have to just accept it for what
it appears to be and where Michael and Joseph was concerned you know it was
difficult but that doesn't mean that they didn't love each other boy he knew
is that a very Katherine who was the matriarch of the family who is the head
of the money who would be the one to take care of Michael's three children
the big shocker of course was the secondary custodian was Diana Ross I
don't even think Diana Ross knew she was named in this well he had always been
fascinated with Diana Ross and she was almost a mother figure and has within
herself and and so he adored that quality Donna Ross is a very good friend
of the family she's a wonderful wonderful human being
but she is a friend she's not family
the memorial was extremely uplifting emotional and a wonderful tribute to
Michael the entire world was watching you could see four blocks just the racks
of media networks that beaming live and I said to myself only Michael could have
made the whole world stop Joe was sitting in the front row at the memorial
I can't answer to why Joe didn't go on stage at the end but it certainly didn't
matter when you saw a little Paris Jackson give her a short speech about
her father I just wanna say ever since I was born
daddy has two dead father's you can ever imagine
she said what everybody was really tried to say he was my dad this was a human
being I I don't care what you say I lost my
father and I think it shamed everybody that had tried to make Michael all of
these different things for their own purposes good or bad his friends that
tried to make him or God his enemies that try to make him a demon Paris made
him a human being and I think everybody had to say wow he loved his kids and he
spent the last five years of his life really devoting himself to his children
that was for you to learn about perseverance company the true meaning of
success to just love and I love you they wanted to make sure that they were going
to never be able to say to any other person have you seen my childhood
Michael was the breadwinner at 9:00 and his responsibility was a lot he didn't
get a chance to play he didn't get to shoot basketball with the brothers and
hang out because if Michael broke a leg does the end of the show you don't have
a childhood you have a business and you are the business as he got older he
became a young kid you know he sort of had that weird sort of manchild thing
going for him he always was real attracted to children it's a funny thing
about kids people I understand Michael believed in
their innocence and her honesty they like to make kids laughing give them the
things he didn't have Michael Jackson would surround himself with little boys
he would say it's time to go to bed we have to sleep Michael said I'll sleep on
the floor and you guys can sleep in my bed no no no we want you to sit up here
and sleep with us so like a big kid that he was he slept with him Michael talked
publicly about sleeping with children in his bed certainly not in any *** way
and in fact he seemed pretty disgusted by the thought that he would even be
capable of doing something like that when he was asked do you think it's
anything wrong with a grown man sleeping with little boys he's innocent pure
answer was no Michael unfortunately was an easy mark and people try to take
advantage of there have been many disgusting statements made recently
concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part gave statements about
me are totally false the first public allegations of molestation it really
tarnished Michaels image I am hoping for a speedy in to this horrifying
horrifying experience to which I have been subjected he settles the case for
over 20 million dollars and it gets people are talking wait a minute
he paid out that much money and it must be something to this welcome back
Michael may 26 1994 smack in the middle of the child molestation allegations
Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley Lisa Marie came into the picture
really surprisingly and suddenly she loved Michael Jackson she was great
about him he could not wait to have the grandchildren of the king of rock they
always wanted to have trouble the time when it managed the mini ating he would
ask me questions about Al I raised my own children and what I thought is what
it was like I think of a beginning Lisa thought that may be possibility but they
never actually slept and I think somewhere along the line she
realized if we're not sleeping together I don't want to have children with him
On January 18th 1996 they're divorced didn't last very long Michael wanted to
have children very badly and so he hooked up with Debbie Rowe Debbie Rowe
worked for Michael's dermatologist dr. Arnold Klein Michael was enamored with
her when he first met her he thought she would be a suitable mother she was
certainly someone who dr. Klein recommended to Michael when Michael
expressed the desire to have children and someone that both dr. Klein and
Michael felt very comfortable with and thought really could be trusted as a
gift to him she agreed to have that one but two of the children she loved him
like crazy she believed he deserved to have children and he was so happy with
the opportunity to have kids and he let her do it the arrangement was simple she
was going to give Michael Jackson kids she was not going to be a part of me
alive Michael would pay her a certain amount of money to compensate her and
that was going to be in I believe Debbie Rowe absolutely completely unabashedly
was in love with Michael Jackson she gave those children to Michael
Jackson because that's what he wanted and she wanted to please him in the
1990s he decided that he was going to marry her and he didn't love her don't
get me wrong but Michael never lived with Debbie Rowe they always understood
what their relationship was after three years of marriage
Michael and Debbie divorced on October 8 1999 three years later Jackson had a
child with a surrogate he raised all three children on his own by all
accounts from those of her how Michael he was a really good father parents want
to run okay they loved him everything was about
daddy daddy does daddy that daddy yes thank you for any age to not signing
the rules and I love it he made sure that they always called him
daddy they never called him Michael not like he called his dad Joseph he wanted
his kids to think of him as daddy and they did tell me are you ready to fire
your children are you ready get your butt kicked
don't touch me Debbie are you willing to take a cash settlement for the kid
following Michael's death rumors circulated that Debbie Rowe may be going
after custody of the children on August 3rd a judge made that decision
Katherine will be the person responsible for raising those children debbie is not
going to contest Katherine Jackson guardianship and Debbie will at least
get to see the kids from time to time three children will only know one person
is daddy the rest of their life that's Michael Jackson he changed their diapers
he fed them he was with them 24/7 Paris print and blank his father is Michael
Jackson that is where it begins that is where it ends a lot of people get you a
bus somewhere so now
nearly two months after Michael Jackson's death these court documents
were filed and the public could finally read them to kind of gauge their own
judgments about what happened the night that he died the last 12 hours of
Michael's life were the most confusing hours he ever lived dr. Conrad Murray
had been slowly trying to wean Michael Jackson off of propofol
according to the affidavit between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. dr.
Murray was giving Michael Jackson an assortment of drugs
it started with *** those drugs didn't work and he asked for more and
more and more finally at 10:40 a.m. when dr. Conrad
Murray distributed 25 milligrams of propofol Michael Jackson went to sleep
according to the affidavit dr. Murray left the room for about one to two
minutes to use the restroom when he came back Michael wasn't breathing according
to the police report between the hour of 11:18 a.m. and 12:05 for 47 minutes
Conrad Murray made three phone calls police say that Conrad Murray found
Michael Jackson unconscious at 11:00 and his lawyer is saying that's not the case
Murray's lawyers they're saying that he did exactly what he should have done
that he had a patient who was involved in lots of different drugs that dr.
Murray gave him appropriate medication it had a bad result but that it's not
his fault
paramedic 33 what is your emergency I need an ambulance as soon as possible
sir the whole scene around the 911 call is fascinating to me because there's a
security guard on the line not the doctor
dude he might see him yeah we have a personal doctor your witness sir the
other doctor there yes but he's not responding to anything doctor Mary
should have been on the phone with 911 discussing what exactly is going on with
his patient you know how can we we help how can we save this guy he's on the
floor for his yet right now he's on the bed sir hedonic okay let's get him on
the floor any school kid knows that you don't do CPR and a bed you put him on a
hard surface so that if you push down on him you won't just get pushed back by
the Maverick we don't know exactly when Michael Jackson was found dead whether
he was alive when the ambulance was called we've heard that he was already
dead when they got there
police raided dr. Murray's storage facility and clinic in Houston a few
days later that is the same thing in Las Vegas
the DEA Las Vegas office is assisting da la and a Los Angeles Police Department
in a search warrant here at dr. Murray's office the toxicology reports revealed
that there were multiple drugs found in Michaels system when he died Michael
Jackson was someone who publicly said that I went to rehabilitation for a
problem with prescription drug use there by telling every doctor in the universe
that this is an addict I think the whole situation surrounding Michael's death is
very suspicious the only two people are know exactly what happened to Michael
it's Michael and dr. Murray because of all that is going on
I am afraid to return phone calls or use my email please don't worry as long as I
keep God in my heart and you in my life I will be fine I have done all I could
do I told the truth and I have faith the truth will prevail
on August 24th the Los Angeles coroner's office ruled Michael Jackson's death was
a homicide
On February 8 2010 after an 8-month investigation prosecutors charged Conrad
Murray with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death Murray surrendered the
same day and caps away for the reading the boy say my rights we're going to
wait so reading in the complaint judge just inter-are me if not yielded to that
complaint right not guilty plea is entered Murray was released on $75,000
bail if convicted he could receive a maximum four year prison term the case
is pending I just hope that their thought is I able to really get down to
the bottom of Michael's death to find out really what happened to Michael and
who's responsible this case ain't going away anytime soon it will be the most
thorough most complex most documented case in American judicial history
Michael Jackson's life was so interwove intrusive de will be learning more about
the Michael Jackson death for years to come
so hard for the family to understand and the fans to accept and it's hard to say
now that he's dead no one was really there for Mike died a lonely man a very
frail person the only thing that kept them living the last few years of his
life was his children Michael's death caused chaos in the world his fans and
family just messed up messed up it's the tragedy that should never happen but it
did if people that surrounded Michael really
had his best interests at heart I know Michael will still be alive right
now he could have been saved you