K. Jackson-Klage gegen AEG- Der Prozess- Nur News -Keine Diskussion

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Achtung TMZ, ob das so stimmt? Wir werden ja die Aussage von Debbie erleben und können den Wahrheitsgehalt prüfen. Immerhin nahm sie ja vor kurzem TMZ in Schutz und bezeichnete sich als Freundin von Harvin Levin.

Demnach wird Debbie am Dienstag oder Mittwoch von AEG in den Stand berufen und sie wird aussagen, dass sie wusste das MJ in der 80er und 90er einige Medikamente missbrauchte, aber nicht das es außer Kontrolle war.
Sie würde den Finger auf A. Klein zeigen. Sie wird aussagen, dass Klein eine ständige Anweisung hatte MJ Demerol and Vistaril (verstärkt den Effekt von Demorol) zu spritzen sobald er in die Praxis kam. Sie wird sagen, dass sie das Ausmaß des Missbrauch vor ihr geheim hielten. Rowe wird aussagen, dass sie MJ einige Tage vor seinem Tod auf einem TMZ-Video aus Kleins Praxis kommen sah und er war off. Sie habe Klein einige Tage nach Michaels Tod angerufen und gesagt "Was zum Teufel hast Du ihm gegeben? Er ist tot und es ist Deine Schuld" und hing ein.
Sie wird zudem sagen, dass sie die einzige Person in Michaels Umfeld, die ihn kontrolieren konnte und die einzige war (eingeschlossen seiner Familie), die Nein sagte.


DEBBIE ROWE
To Testify About
MJ's Shocking Drug Use

EXCLUSIVE

Debbie Rowe will testify in the Michael Jackson wrongful death case that MJ was a SECRET, hardcore drug addict for decades -- testimony that could severely damage the Jackson's case.

Sources connected with the trial tell TMZ ... Rowe will be called by AEG Live Tuesday or Wednesday ... and she'll testify that in the '80s and '90s ... she knew Michael was abusing some prescription meds, but had no idea his habit was so out of control.

We're told Rowe will point the finger at her former boss, MJ's go-to doc, Arnie Klein. Rowe will testify she learned after the fact that Klein had a standing order ... when Michael came to the office he should be injected with Demerol and Vistaril (which makes the Demerol stronger).

Rowe will say Michael kept the extent of his drug abuse a secret from her -- something that will clearly help AEG, because the company is arguing it had no reason to know Michael was a drug abuser.

Rowe will say she saw Michael on TMZ coming out of Klein's office days before he died -- looking totally out of it. We're told she will say she called Klein after Michael died and said, "What the f**k did you give him? He's dead and it's your fault." She then hung up on him.

Rowe's testimony will further help AEG because she'll say she had no idea Michael was secretly going to surgical offices specifically for the purpose of getting high and going to sleep.

She'll also say she's the only person in Michael's world who could control him -- that she's the only one (including Michael's family) who would say "NO."

The testimony could be critical. If the jury believes Michael could hide his hardcore drug use, AEG would have no reason to sound an alarm or take preventative action.

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Nurse details anesthetic treatments for Jackson

http://news.yahoo.com/nurse-details-anesthetic-treatments-jackson-214613416.html

Associated Press ANTHONY McCARTNEY 43 minutes ago
HealthCelebritiesMichael JacksonDavid FournierKatherine Jackson
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1998 file photo, U.S. pop star Michael Jackson waves after arriving at the Kimpo Airport in Seoul to attend the inauguration ceremony for President-elect Kim Dae-jung and also discuss plans for a benefit concert to aid starving North Korean children. David Fournier, a nurse anesthetist who treated Jackson between 1993 and 2003 told a Los Angeles jury on Thursday July 25, 2013, in a civil case against AEG Live filed by Jackson’s mother, that the singer had a high tolerance for anesthesia and was not always forthcoming with his medical history. Fournier said he stopped working on Jackson after the singer seemed unfit to undergo cosmetic surgery in 2003. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File).
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1998 file photo, U.S. pop star Michael Jackson waves after arriving at the Kimpo …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson had a high tolerance for certain drugs and wasn't always forthcoming with his medical history, a nurse anesthetist who treated the singer testified Thursday.

Witness David Fournier told jurors he had worked with Jackson for a decade until the relationship ended in 2003, when Fournier refused to participate in a medical procedure.
Zeuge David Fournier sagte den Juroren er habe für Jackson ein Jahrzehnt bis 2003 gearbeitet als die Beziehung endelte nachdem Forunier verweigerte an einer medizin. Behandlung teilzunehmen.

Jackson was acting "goofy" and was slow to respond to standard questions before a scheduled cosmetic surgery that was canceled after Fournier refused to administer an anesthetic, he said.
Jackson benahm sich "doof" und war langsam darin Standardfragen zu beantworten, vor einer angesetzten kosmet. Operation, die gecancelt wurde als Fournier verweigerte Betäubungsmittel zu geben.

The incident came a few months after Fournier said he had to help Jackson breath while undergoing another procedure and later determined that Jackson had not disclosed a new medical condition.
Der Vorfall kam ein paar Monate später nachdem Fournier sagte, er habe Jackson beatmen müssen, während er sich einer anderen Prozedur unterzog und später festgestellt wurde, dass Jackson nicht eine andere med. Behandlung offenbart hatte.


"He wasn't honest with me," Fournier said without detailing the change in Jackson.
"Er war nicht erhlich mit mit" sagt Forunier

At the time, Jackson had an implant in his abdomen to block the effects of Demerol and other opiate drugs.
Zu der Zeit hatte Jackson ein Implantat in seinem Bauch, dass die Auswirkungen von Demerol und anderen Opiaten blockierete.

Fournier testified that he had given the singer a relatively large dose of a powerful anesthetic and needed to know how Jackson was going to react.
Fournier bezeugte, dass er dem Sänger eine relativ große Dosis eines starken Betäubungsmittel gab und wissen musste, wie Jackson reagieren würde.

A judge ruled that Fournier couldn't testify about the implant because he learned about it from Jackson's dermatologist, and it was a hearsay statement.
Ein Gericht entschied das Forunier nicht über das Implantant aussagen durfte, weil er von Jacksons Hautarzt davon erfuhr und es ist ein Hörensagen-Statement.

Jurors, however, had heard about the device through videotaped testimony of another Jackson doctor on Wednesday.
Juroren allerdings erfurhen vom Implantat durch eine Videoaussage eines anderen Arztes am Mittwoch.

Fournier testified as a defense witness in a negligence case filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC, the promoter of Jackson's comeback shows.

Katherine Jackson claims the concert promoter failed to properly investigate the doctor who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid in 2009.

AEG denies it is liable for Jackson's death. Its lawyers have said Jackson hid his prescription drug use from nearly everyone.

Fournier said his incomplete medical records show he administered propofol to Jackson at least 14 times between 2000 and 2003. He estimated he gave the singer the drug numerous other times over the years for a variety of cosmetic and dental procedures.
Fournier sagte, seine unvollständigen medizinischen Aufzeichnungen zeigen, dass er Propofol verabreicht hat an Jackson mindestens 14 mal zwischen 2000 und 2003. Er schätzte,er gab dem Sänger das Medikament zahlreiche weitere Male im Laufe der Jahre für eine Vielzahl von kosmetischen und Zahnbehandlungen.

He noted in his records that Jackson had a high tolerance for certain drugs, which Fournier said could be attributed to a variety of factors, including genetics.
Er bemerkte in seinen Aufzeichnungen, dass Jackson eine hohe Toleranz für bestimmte Medikamente hat, die Fournier sagte könnten von einer Vielzahl von Faktoren, wie Genetik zugeschrieben werden.


During cross-examination, Fournier said Jackson never requested any specific drugs, including propofol, during procedures or asked to be sedated for longer than was necessary. He said the singer didn't exhibit any drug-seeking behavior or signs that he was doctor-shopping.
Während des Kreuzverhörs sagte Fournier Jackson habe nie spezifischen Medikamente wie Propofol angefordert oder erbeten bei Behandlungen länger als nötig sediert zu werden. Er sagte, die Sängerin zeigte kein Drogensucht Verhalten oder Anzeichen dafür, dass er Doctor-shopping machte.


Fournier said he knew that Jackson had received an above-average number of anesthetic treatments over his lifetime, and many were related to procedures needed after Jackson was badly burned in a shoot for a Pepsi commercial in 1984.

Fournier sagte, er wisse, dass Jackson eine überdurchschnittliche Anzahl von Narkose Behandlungen im Laufe seines Lebens erhielt, und viele Verfahren wurden benötigt im Zusammenhang der Verbrennung nach einem verungkückten Shooting für einen Pepsi-Werbespot 1984.


Fournier said it was not common to administer an anesthetic during cosmetic procedures, but the ones done on Jackson were complex and involved dozens of injections. Some of the procedures were near Jackson's eye and sedation was necessary to keep him still, Fournier said.
Fournier sagte, es sei nicht üblich, ein Anästhetikum während kosmetischen Eingriffen zu geben, aber die, die bei Jackson gemacht wurden waren komplizierter und komplexer und erforderten Dutzende von Injektionen. Einige der Verfahren waren in der Nähe von Jackson Auge und eine Sedierung war notwendig um ihn still zu halten, sagte Fournier.


Fournier also said he never had any indication that the singer was using propofol as a treatment for insomnia.
Fournier sagte auch, er hatte nie irgendwelche Anzeichen dafür, dass der Sänger Propofol zur Behandlung von Schlaflosigkeit verwendete.


Jackson's physician Conrad Murray had been giving the singer nightly doses of propofol as Jackson prepared for his ill-fated "This Is It" shows.

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 53 – July 22 2013 – Summary

Katherine Jackson Testimony


AEG Cross


Putnam explained to Mrs. Jackson about the discovery process, where both sides have to exchange documents related to the case. (ABC7)

Putnam asked two lines of questions _ about how she came to file the lawsuit and what documents she turned over in discovery. Putnam asked whether Katherine Jackson turned over emails or records of her son’s payments to her. She said no. Katherine Jackson’s attorney Brian Panish objected to the questions, but the judge allowed them. Panish said Mrs. Jackson doesn’t use email. Mrs. Jackson said her son paid for most of her expenses directly. He gave her cash, but she didn’t keep records of it. Putnam asked about Mrs. Jackson’s assistant, Janice Smith, questioning whether she logged payments from MJ. Answer was no. Katherine Jackson: “My son took care of me. He paid for everything. Food. Shelter. Clothing.” (AP)

Mrs. Jackson said MJ would give her money in cash, but she would not write down the amounts. The matriarch has a secretary, Janice Smith, who works for her for anywhere between 15-20 years. She has an office in Encino, CA (ABC7)

Putnam asking about the house in Gary, Indiana. It's been 44 years since she left and moved in to the Hayvenhurst house. Mrs. Jackson lives now in a gated community in Calabasas. Hayvenhurst house is under renovation. (ABC7)

At times her anger toward AEG attorney Marvin Putnam flared, and she refused to answer some questions. Putnam tried to parry with her at least once. She had a hard time recalling how long her assistant had worked for her but corrected Putnam over how long it had been since she had lived in Gary, Indiana. After a small portion of her deposition was shown to the jury, her temper erupted.“Why are you doing this to me?" she asked. "You’re asking me the same question 50 times, but you’re just rephrasing them." (LaTimes)

. "It was a gift," Mrs. Jackson said about the money she received from Michael. Putnam asked if she reported/recorded anywhere. "My son took care of me, food, shelter, clothes," Mrs. Jackson explained. "When he gave me cash, it was a gift, I didn't think I needed to report to anyone," Mrs. Jackson said. Putnam asked again if there was any record of the money MJ gave her. She replied she didn't think she needed to. (ABC7)

Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson had a bank account back in 2010 when she filed her lawsuit. She said she doesn't recall. (ABC7)

Regarding Michael having money problems, Mrs. Jackson said : "My son made a lot of money, he had people working for him."
Putnam: Where you aware MJ was having financial difficulties when he passed away? Mrs. Jackson: Yes, I've heard from some people
"They have been saying it for 15 years," Mrs. Jackson said. "People were taking money from him also, stealing I should say."
Mrs. Jackson testified she heard stories about it. Putnam: Who did you hear that from? Mrs. Jackson: Just different people
She also said MJ told her too that people were making deals on his behalf.
"They were being offered money under the table, that's what I heard from my son," Mrs. Jackson testified. And Mrs. Jackson asked: "What does this have to do with the death of my son?"
Putnam: You heard about MJ having money problems? Mrs. Jackson: I heard for years Michael Jackson was broken and he wasn't
Putnam: Did you ever ask MJ about having money problems? Mrs. Jackson: No, because I didn't believe it. Because he wasn't. (ABC7)

Putnam also asked Katherine Jackson about her son's payments to her over the years. She said he directly paid many of the expenses on her home and would occasionally give her cash as a gift. Katherine Jackson said she didn't keep track of the payments and appeared to grow annoyed at the questions. "What does this have to do with the death of my son," she asked Putnam. (AP) Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson whether she was aware of her son’s financial difficulties before his death. She said yes. Katherine Jackson: "They’ve been saying for years, last 15 years that Michael Jackson is broke." She said she knew that wasn't true. (AP)

Putnam asked several more questions about what Katherine Jackson knew about her son Michael’s financial situation. There were objections. At one point, Mrs. Jackson told Puntam, “I think I answered that.” Judge allowed multiple questions about what she knew of MJ’s finances. Katherine Jackson said she was aware of people trying to make deals on her son’s behalf. She said her son would sometimes tell her about it. She said through the years, she heard about people taking money from her son. “Stealing, I should say.” Putnam again asked about the stories she’d heard. “I’d heard for years that Michael Jackson was broke, and he wasn’t,” she said. Katherine Jackson said she never discussed it with her son because she knew he wasn’t broke. (AP)

"I don't want to get into this," she said when asked about her superstar son's finances. The lawyer for AEG Live reminded Katherine that it was his job to ask questions because she wants a mountain of money for the claim AEG negligently hired Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physican now serving four years for overdosing her son. (NYDailyNews)

Putnam asked about the damages Mrs. Jackson asked for in her lawsuit. MJ's mother responded that he could ask her attorneys about it. (ABC7) Putnam then asked Mrs. Jackson about the amount of damages she was seeking from AEG Live. “You can talk to my lawyer about that,” Katherine Jackson said of the damages estimates. Putnam cited figure of $1.5-$1.7 billion. Panish objected and said it was improper to ask Katherine Jackson about the estimates. The attorneys went into a sidebar with the judge. When they returned, Putnam asked about Mrs. Jackson whether she’d heard about various claims of damages. She said yes. (AP) Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson has been here most of the days over the past 12 weeks. (ABC7)

That’s when Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson whether she thought her son bore any responsibility for his death. “No, I don’t,” she replied. Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson if she agreed that she never believed her son was responsible for his death. “Correct,” she replied. (AP)

Putnam: Do you believe that your son is in any way responsible for his passing? Mrs. Jackson: No I don't
Putnam: You never believed your son had any part in his own death? Mrs. Jackson: Correct!
Putnam: Do you believe your son MJ knew Dr. Murray was giving him Propofol? Panish: Objection, calls for speculation
Putnam: Do you remember MJ asking for Propofol? Panish: Calls for hearsay response
Putnam: Did you hear from the criminal trial that your son asked Dr. Murray to give him Propofol? Mrs. Jackson: I have heard
Mrs. Jackson said she had not heard that MJ asked other doctors for Propofol. Putnam asked if that came to a surprise for her. She said yes. "Conrad Murray, even if he asked, he could've said no," Mrs. Jackson opined. (ABC7) Katherine Jackson said she believes AEG Live hired Murray, not her son. She said she never heard of the cardiologist until her son died, and indicated that she felt Murray bore responsibility for her son's death."Even though he asked for it, he could have said no," Katherine Jackson said of Murray. (AP)

Putnam asked about Murray’s criminal case, and whether Mrs. Jackson helped the prosecutor, David Walgren. She said she didn’t remember. (AP) When questioned by AEG lead counsel Marvin Putnam, she "did not remember" if she attended Murray's manslaughter trial and assisted the prosecution in that case. (NBC)

The lawyer asked about what Mrs. Jackson recalled hearing during the criminal trial about her son’s use of propofol. She said she remembered hearing about him asking for the drug, but she didn’t recall testimony about him discussing it with other doctors. Katherine Jackson had her head down during some of the questions. “Even though he asked for it, he could have said no,” she said of Murray. (AP)

Putnam: Do you believe your son hired Dr. Murray? Mrs. Jackson: No I don't
Putnam: You heard testimony MJ hired Dr. Murray in Las Vegas? Mrs Jackson: He had doctors for his children, I don't know if it was Dr Murray
Putnam asked if MJ ever paid Dr. Murray. She answered it was to treat the children.
Putnam asked if she heard testimony from Prince saying he would give Dr. Murray stacks of money in a rubber band.
"He didn't say stacks, he measure with his fingers," Mrs. Jackson explained.
Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't believe that MJ hired Dr. Murray because of what she's been listening here in court. She said from hearing the emails, AEG said they had hired him and that Randy Phillips went on TV saying they hired him.
Mrs. Jackson: I had heard they had hired and there was the doctor there so I thought MJ had hired him, not knowing the facts. (ABC7)

Putnam asked how she remembers it when she said her memory wasn't very good. "I didn't say I didn't remember anything, I said I'm 83, I would 't remember everything," Mrs. Jackson responded. Mrs Jackson said that's all that's been talked about in the trial and that she remembers emails, Phillips' interview saying AEG hired Murray (ABC7) Despite the fact that she is “83-year-old and may not remember everything clearly,” Katherine testified that she distinctly remembers that AEG hired Murray--not her son. (NBC) Katherine also said she did not know that her son used Propofol and that he gave Murray money "because he felt bad for [him] because he didn't have no money--not because he had hired him." She had no idea the doctor spent six nights a week at her son's home. (NBC)

Putnam then asked Mrs. Jackson whether she believed her son hired Conrad Murray. She said she didn’t think he hired the doctor. She said she knew her son had doctors for his children. She said she didn’t know if that was Murray or not. Putnam asked about Prince Jackson’s testimony that he’d given Murray money that his father handed him. Putnam called it “stacks of hundreds” Katherine Jackson corrected him, saying it wasn’t stacks. She said the money was because her son felt bad for the doctor. Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson whether she knew about the payments to Murray before the trial. She said no. Putnam then asked her about an instance in which Mrs. Jackson said she thought her son Michael hired Conrad Murray. Katherine Jackson: “I may have said it once and you’ll probably bring that up.” (Her statement was during a Dateline interview.) Putnam wants to play the Dateline interview, but Panish objected, saying he hadn’t seen it. Judge told Putnam to hold off on playing the Dateline interview for the jury until it could be reviewed. Katherine Jackson said he now understood that AEG Live had hired Murray, but she hadn’t heard that before. “At the time I hadn’t heard it,” Katherine Jackson said. “I thought that maybe Michael had hired him. I said it not knowing the facts.” Putnam indicated the Dateline interview was done 8 weeks before Katherine Jackson filed her lawsuit in September 2010. (AP)

Putnam: Do you recall why you said your son hired the doctor and that your son could've prevented his own death?
"I don't think he could've prevented his own death," Mrs. Jackson testified. "I just said I thought he hired the doctor. I do recall that."
Mrs. Jackson said she can't recall exactly what was said in the Dateline interview, but she does remember saying MJ hired the doctor. (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson said she had not heard about Dr. Murray prior to MJ's death. Her son did not discuss what treatments he was having with her.
Putnam: Prior to your son's death, did you know your son had a doctor spending the night at the house? Mrs. Jackson: No
Putnam: Did you ever have conversation with your grandchildren prior to trial about the doctor spending the night at the house? She said no
Putnam asked if Prince testified a doctor was spending the nights at the house. Mrs. Jackson: I don't remember him saying that
Putnam: Do you remember him (Prince) saying he (the doctor) spent 6 nights a week? Mrs. Jackson: No, I don't remember that (ABC7)
Putnam also grilled Katherine on the timing of her lawsuit, which was filed a year before Murray's 2011 criminal trial. "Prior to the trial...did you ever talk to your grandchildren about the fact that Dr. Murray treated Michael Jackson upstairs in a bedroom behind locked doors," Putnam asked. "No," she replied. "Mrs. Jackson, you do believe that Dr. Conrad Murray has some responsibility for your son's death, do you not?" he asked. "Of course," she said. (NYDailyNews)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson whether she knew that Conrad Murray was staying at her son’s mansion 6 nights a week in 2009. She said she didn’t know anything about her son’s doctors. Putnam asked if she discussed with her grandchildren, and she said no. Katherine Jackson’s brow was furrowed through this questioning. Panish objected, saying Putnam was trying to get into attorney-client issues. Putnam was allowed to question her about her knowledge of Murray’s doctor visits, as long as Mrs. Jackson didn’t relay any info that she received from conversations with her attorneys. (AP)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson's search for the truth and if she thought it would be important to know whether the doctor spending the nights. "It would've been important but I told you I didn't talk to my grandchildren about that," Mrs. Jackson responded. Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson talked to her grandchildren about Dr. Murray treating MJ in a locked, upstairs bedroom. She answered no. (ABC7)

Putnam: You do believe Dr. Murray has some responsibility for your son's death? Mrs. Jackson: Of course
Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson if Dr. Murray was convicted in the criminal trial. She said yes.
He asked if the doctor is now in jail. "I hope he is," she responded. (ABC7)

Putnam inquired about Mrs. Jackson asking the District Attorney to drop the $100 million restitution against Dr. Murray. Mrs. Jackson said yes, that Dr. Murray has children and has no money. "Because I felt his children needed him to take care of them," she explained. "He didn't have any money."
Putnam: You asked the DA to drop the $100 million restitution claim against Dr. Murray?
Mrs. Jackson: I asked them to drop it because of his children, he has quite a few children, 7 or 8, I don't know.
Mrs. Jackson said she believes the DA may have dropped the $100 million restitution claim.
Putnam: Did you drop the restitution claim so you could file this lawsuit? Mrs. Jackson: No (ABC7)

She said she asked prosecutors to drop a $100 million restitution claim against Murray because he has several children. "His money should go to the children," she said. (AP) Going back to updates from the morning session. Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson about dropping the $100 million restitution claim against Murray. Mrs. Jackson said, “I felt that his children needed it.” She mentioned she knew Murray had 7 or 8 children. Putnam questioned whether the decision was made in consideration of the civil case. Mrs. Jackson said no. “I never gave it a thought.” (AP)

The lawyer then asked whether Mrs. Jackson ever saw her son when she thought he was under the influence of any drug. She said no. (AP) Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson ever saw MJ under the influence of any drug. She said no, that it's something she never saw during his lifetime.She would show up at the house unannounced and said she never saw her son "loopy".
Putnam: Did you ever speak with your son on the phone when he was out of it? Mrs. Jackson: No. Out of what?
Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson's children told her MJ was under the influence of something. She said yes.
"A couple of children came to me and told me they had heard about it," Mrs. Jackson said. She had conversation w/ MJ about it in Las Vegas. (ABC7)

She provoked laughter when answering a question about whether her son had ever seemed "out of it" when she spoke to him on the phone. "Out of what?" she said, before Putnam explained the meaning of the phrase. (AFP)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson is she remembers her son's criminal trial in 2005. She said yes, and that she attended the trial every day. Putnam inquired if MJ left the country after the trial. She said yes. When MJ came back he lived in Las Vegas never lived in Neverland again. Mrs. Jackson spoke with Michael about what she heard of him using prescription drugs. "I've heard that something had happened to him," Mrs. Jackson described. (ABC7)

Putnam: When you said that, he denied it, right? Mrs. Jackson: Yes he did"I was his mother, I imagined he'd deny it," Mrs. Jackson explained. "No child is going to admit it, if I heard something bad about them." Mrs. Jackson said she didn't know MJ was taking pain pills, she couldn't prove it, that's what she had heard. Mrs. Jackson: It didn't surprise me, I'm the mother, he would not want his mother to worry about him. Putnam: If you knew your son was going to deny it, why did you ask him? Mrs. Jackson: I'm not answering that question. Because to me it doesn't make sense. I didn't know he was going to deny it. "It's because he didn't want me to worry," Mrs. Jackson said. "I just talked to him about it." Mrs. Jackson to Putnam: I don't think it's that serious that you have to drill it like that on me. Mrs. Jackson: My child, he respected his mother he didn't want to hurt if it was bad.Putnam: He wasn't a child but 50 years old? Mrs Jackson: He was still my child, I'm still his mother and he wants to hold his respect for me.Mrs. Jackson: You're just trying to confuse me so that you can come back with something. Mrs. Jackson: You do understand (the answer) and you keep asking the same question. (ABC7)

Putnam continued to ask a series of questions about Jackson’s prescription drug use and his denials. Putnam: “If you knew your son was going to deny it, why did you ask him?”
Mrs. Jackson: “I’m not answering that question.”
Putnam: “Why?”
“To me, it doesn’t make sense,” Katherine Jackson said. “I didn’t know he was going to deny it. But he did it.”
After a few more questions, Mrs. Jackson told Putnam she didn’t have to either “drill me” or “grill me” like this. She likened her son’s denial to a young child who went out and disobeyed his mother and then denied it. “I’m sure you understand,” she said. “He respects his mother, he don’t want her to think that he’s doing something that bad,” Mrs. Jackson said. “He’s still my child,” she replied. She added, “He’d still want me to hold his respect.” (AP)

There were more questions about Michael Jackson’s prescription drug use. Putnam said he was trying to understand the testimony. “You keep asking the same questions and I’ve answered it,” Mrs. Jackson said. Putnam asked if there was ever a time she believed her son was abusing prescription meds. “No,” she said. “I knew he was taking it. I didn’t think he was abusing it,” Katherine Jackson said about her son Michael's prescription drug use. (AP)

The attorney also asked about Katherine Jackson about conversations she had with her son about prescription drug use. She said she asked him about it when he lived in Las Vegas and he denied he was abusing prescription medications. "I'm a mother, quite naturally he denied it," she said. "He wouldn't want me to think that." She said she was aware her son took medications for pain in his back and scalp after he sustained injuries over his career. She said she never saw signs that her son was abusing medications, including when she and several of her children went to the singer's Neverland Ranch for an intervention. Her son was fine but upset that they thought he had a problem.(AP) He also quizzed her at length about a family "intervention" in 2002, when she and various children including Janet and Rebbie went to confront Jackson about his reported drug problems at his Neverland ranch. But the confrontation came to nothing, she said, after the singer appeared upset when he realized why they were there. "We just saw that he was okay and he was upset, so we didn't talk about it," she said. (AFP)

Katherine also recalled joining her daughter Janet and other relatives for a surprise intervention at Neverland Ranch in 2002. She said Michael was upset by the intrusion and appeared to be sober. "There were no deep discussion or anything like that. When we got there, he was okay, he was upset," she recalled. "It was kind of embarassing." (NYDailyNews)

Asked about reports that she and her other children had staged an intervention effort at Michael’s Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County in 2002, Katherine Jackson testified that her son didn't know why his family had driven there and made it sound as if the visit had turned into a social gathering.“We just saw he was OK and was upset, and ... there was no deep discussion or anything," she said under questioning.She said that neither she nor her other children questioned the singer about his use of prescription medication. (LAtimes)

Mrs. Jackson was asked about the 2002 intervention attempt at Neverland Ranch. Mrs. Jackson said her son was fine. “When we got there, there was nothing wrong with him,” Mrs. Jackson said. She said he was upset that his family came for an intervention, but there wasn't any “deep discussion” about it. Putnam asked about Katherine Jackson’s deposition, when she recalled her son saying, “’I’m not on it.’” Today, Katherine Jackson said she didn’t recall whether he said that phrase or not. “I wasn’t trying to lie,” she said. “I was just tired of you,” Katherine Jackson said of Putnam. Mrs. Jackson said she recalled Putnam “asking me the same question about 50 times and rephrasing them differently.” (AP)

Testifying for the second day in her family's wrongful-death suit against entertainment giant AEG Live, the family matriarch said the conversation occurred as she was getting ready to leave her son's house in Las Vegas, where Michael Jackson lived from 2006 to 2008. She said she told Michael that she had heard he was using prescription drugs and that she didn't want him to end up "like all the others." On the stand Monday, Katherine Jackson said she knew her son was using prescription pain pills for burns he suffered to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and for a back injury and said that she figured he would deny any drug abuse because he didn't want her to worry. "If a child goes out to play and does something real ugly, and a parent asks them about it, he’s gong to deny it,” she said.
“If you knew your son was gong to deny it, why did you ask him?” Putnam asked. “I’m not answering that question ... because to me it doesn’t make sense," Jackson said."I didn't know he was gong to deny it, but he did.” (LAtimes)

Katherine Jackson said he denied abusing pain pills during their one and only private conversation on the topic in Las Vegas. The famous music matriarch lost her cool when a lawyer for the concert promoter she's suing for more than $1 billion asked her repeatedly about the date and details of the mother-son meeting in Vegas. "I'm not answering that question," she shot back at one query she felt "didn't make sense." She then accused the lawyer of intentionally trying to trap over the exact wording of the confrontation. "You're just getting me confused so you'll have something to come back on," the 83-year-old said sternly. (NYDailyNews)

Mrs. Jackson mentioned that her other children told her they believed Michael Jackson had a problem with prescription meds. Putnam then asked about Mrs. Jackson’s conversation with her son in Las Vegas regarding his prescription drug use. Katherine Jackson said she and her son stepped into a theater at the home that was near the front door and talked about it. She said she asked him about his prescription medication use. Mrs. Jackson said her son denied he had a problem. Katherine Jackson: “I’m a mother, quite naturally he denied it. He wouldn't want me to think that.” (AP)

Putnam: Has there ever been a time you believe your son was abusing prescription drugs? Mrs. Jackson: No
"I believe he was taking it, but I don't believe he was abusing it" Mrs Jackson said. "I just asked him the question, I wanted to make sure". Even tough Mrs. Jackson didn't believe MJ was abusing prescription drugs she was part of an intervention at Neverland. She doesn't remember all the siblings present, but probably Janet, Rebbie and Randy were there. She said there was a person who came along that Janet brought specialized in intervention. Putnam: Do you recall this taking place in 2002? Mrs. Jackson: Yes Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't believe MJ knew why they were there. Putnam asked if MJ was mad they came for an intervention. Mrs. Jackson: Yes, because when we got there, there was nothing wrong with him"We asked if he was okay, he got upset and we didn't talk about it," Mrs. Jackson explained. "He didn't deny anything, he was ok," Mrs. Jackson said. There was no deep discussion, we got there and he was ok, he was upset." Mrs. Jackson: It was kind of embarrassing, because they didn't see anything. Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson saw him upset. "If I said he was upset, I did see it," she responded. Putnam: After he got upset, did he say to you "I'm not on it, I'm not on anything?" Mrs. Jackson: He didn't say that.Putnam played part of Mrs. Jackson's deposition where she said she knew MJ was upset, by the way he talked, said "I'm not on it," that's all.Putnam asked if at the intervention MJ denied he was on influence of prescription drugs? Mrs. Jackson: To tell you the truth, I don't know.Mrs. Jackson said she was upset with Putnam during deposition. "I was just tired of you asking the same question 50 times in different ways".Putnam: Do you remember in your deposition you didn't know whether to believe your son at all?. "I knew he was on prescription drugs, but he was not abusing it," Mrs. Jackson said. After intervention at Neverland in 2002 Putnam asked if her mind changed about MJ abusing drugs. She said she didn't know one way or another (ABC7)

Katherine said that she never saw her son under the influence of drugs and never saw him “loopy, or out of it," even on the telephone. But, after her other children told her they believed he was addicted to prescription drugs and Michael denied it to her, she participated in an intervention at the Neverland ranch in 2002. “I knew he was taking them (pain pills) but I didn’t know he was abusing them,” Katherine told the jury. She said Michael was upset when the family staged the intervention "because when we got there, there was nothing wrong with him.” The intervention, she added, didn't really take place because he was upset and yelled at them and she became embarrassed to be there, she testified. (NBC)

Putnam showed a letter on People Magazine (Sept. 7, 2007) the family sent about MJ not addicted to pain killers and alcohol. Mrs. Jackson: We were not trying to take away the business or anything like that. That's a lie. Mrs. Jackson said she never attempted to take her son's business. Just because it's in the magazine tabloids doesn't make it true, she said."There are lies, these are all lies," Mrs. Jackson said. "We didn't try to take his business away." Tito, Marlon, Jackie, Jermaine, Katherine signed this letter. Putnam asked why she signed it if it wasn't true, she said I wanted it to stop.Mrs. Jackson: As far as the tabloids, I didn't waste my time because I know all they do is to try to make money
Putnam: Isn't it true your son MJ asked you to sign this? Mrs. Jackson: I don't remember my son asking me to sign this
Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't' remember MJ being involved in the draft of the letter. She doesn't know who asked her to sign it.
Putnam showed Mrs. Jackson Randy's deposition saying MJ asked her to sign the letter. She said it doesn't refresh her recollection about it. (ABC7)

She then was asked about an open letter to the media that she signed in 2007 along with several of Michael's siblings. It denied Michael had a drug problem and any history of a family intervention. "Why would you sign it if it wasn't true?" Putnam asked. "I wanted (to stop) things that weren't true," she said, appearing confused. (NYDailyNews)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson several questions about a letter she and other Jackson family members signed regarding an intervention. The letter was regarding reports about her son’s prescription drug use. I believe it was from 2007. Putnam at one point brought up Randy Jackson’s deposition and asked Mrs. Jackson if she had read any of her children’s depos. She said no. Putnam was able to show Mrs. Jackson her son Randy’s deposition after saying he would call him as a witness later. Depo wasn’t shown to jury (AP)

AEG's lawyer showed Katherine an open letter to the media she signed and released in 2007 denying there was ever a family intervention and also denying that Michael Jackson was addicted to drugs and alcohol. The lawyer also played a 2010 Oprah interview in which Katherine admitted that Michael was an addict. (AP)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson if she was aware of her son’s statement at the end of the “Dangerous” tour indicating a prescription drug problem. She said she hadn’t heard about it or seen it before it was played in court. She said she didn’t watch much television. Putnam: “Mrs. Jackson on Friday, you mentioned that you shut your ears to bad things. Do you remember saying that?” “I probably said it, but I don’t remember saying it,” Mrs. Jackson said, adding, “I don’t like to hear bad news.” Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson shut out hearing bad news about her son ending the Dangerous tour. She said she didn't remember how it ended. (AP)

Putnam: Were you aware your son MJ had gone to rehab before?
Mrs. Jackson: I had heard that, that Elizabeth Taylor had something to do about drugs but I don't watch television that much.
Mrs. Jackson: My children probably didn't want me to know about it.
Mrs. Jackson said she did not discuss with MJ about it and had never heard MJ's 1993 announcement he was going into rehab. MJ's mother said she never heard before tour had been canceled because of MJ's rehab. She said it doesn't mean it wasn't but she didn't know (ABC7)

On Monday, she seemed unfamiliar with some of the details of Michael’s life. She told the court she didn’t know her son's "Dangerous" tour had come to an early ending in 1993 when Elizabeth Taylor flew to Mexico City to take the singer to a rehab program in London.
Katherine Jackson testified that she’d she heard that Taylor had said something about her son going into rehab but didn't seem particularly curious about it.“Nobody came to me and said anything about it," she said. "My children probably didn’t want me to worry.”She said she didn't know that her son’s worldwide tour had been cut short. "I don't like to hear bad news," she said. (LATimes)

Putnam asked about whether she shut her ears to bad things. "I may have said that but I don't remember," Mrs. Jackson responded. Mrs. Jackson: I don't like hearing bad news. (ABC7)

Putnam asked about the attempted intervention in 2002. He asked about Dr. Farshchian treating MJ's addiction to Demerol. Mrs. Jackson said he doesn't recall Dr. Farshchian and does not recall any phone call with any doctor about MJ's addiction to Demerol. Putnam showed Mrs. Jackson transcript of Dr. Farshchian's deposition and asked if that refreshed her recollection. She said it doesn't. Putnam asked if Dr. Farshchian testified he spoke with her because she wanted to know all the details of her son's Demerol use. "I don't remember who Dr. Farshchian is and I don't remember treating Michael for Demerol," Mrs. Jackson said.
Putnam: Do you remember testimony about MJ having an implant to treat Demerol? Mrs. Jackson: I don't know anything about that
Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't remember discussing the implant in 2002. Mrs. Jackson said she does not remember MJ showing her a Narcan patch. (ABC7)

After the lunch break, Putnam asked about an implant that Michael Jackson apparently had to keep any addiction to Demerol in check. Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson if she ever saw the implant or talked to the doctor who put it in her son. Mrs. Jackson said she didn’t remember. Katherine Jackson said she didn't recall the doctor and didn't remember seeing the implant. She said she would have remembered seeing it. (AP)

As to Louis Farrakhan -- she met him, but doesn't remember seeing him at Neverland. (ABC7)

Putnam asked if Mrs Jackson knows there were a number of doctors who testified in this case. She said she didn't know, didn't see deposition (ABC7)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson about a Nov. 2010 interview with Oprah Winfrey. After a few questions, Putnam played the clip. In the clip, she said she was aware her son was taking prescription meds after his Pepsi commercial accident, but it was a long time before she heard he was addicted to them. She also discussed an intervention attempt by her children. Oprah asked Mrs. Jackson about her conversation with her son and asked if she believed his denials. She told Oprah she didn't believe him. In court, Katherine Jackson clarified. “I kind of believed him and I didn't believe him. I didn't know what to believe,” she said. (AP)

Putnam asked if she recalls sitting down for interview with Oprah Winfrey in the fall of 2010. Mrs. Jackson said yes.Oprah's interview aired about a month after the the lawsuit was filed. She watched it when it aired at the Hayvenhurst house. Putnam: Did you try to tell the truth in that interview? Mrs. Jackson: YesPutnam: You said you believed your son was addicted to drugs? Mrs. Jackson: I told Oprah that.Mrs. Jackson: I told you MJ was on painkillers, but I don't think he was abusing it.In Oprah's interview, Mrs. Jackson said it was a long time before she knew MJ was addicted to painkillers. She also said about the family's attempted intervention: the children told her to take MJ to rehab and kind of clean him up. Mrs. Jackson told Oprah she didn't want to hear MJ had overdosed. MJ kept saying he wasn't on it, and that his own mother didn't believe him.Mrs. Jackson: I kind of believe it and didn't believe it, hearing from my children, hearing from other people. "I didn't know what to believe," Mrs. Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson conceded she denied this morning that her son was abusing drugs. (ABC7)

Putnam: Do you think your son was abusing painkillers? Mrs. Jackson: I don't know. "I didn't know what to believe," she said. "I went to Neverland because my children kept asking me and I was concerned." Putnam: Was there a time you were concerned with MJ using painkillers? Mrs. Jackson: I can't say I weren't concerned.Putnam: Was there any time during the criminal trial that you were concerned MJ was under the influence of something? Mrs. Jackson: No (ABC7) Putnam asked whether during her son’s criminal trial whether she ever thought her son was on medications. She said no. (AP)

Katherine Jackson said she never discussed any concerns about her son's medication use with his lawyers or managers. Katherine Jackson said she occasionally talked to Jackson’s managers, including Frank Dileo. She wasn’t thrilled when Dileo came back. “They keep hiring all these people that Michael had fired. That’s what bothered me,” Katherine Jackson said. Putnam asked about the letter her son signed regarding Dileo. She said he told her he was only back in her son’s life for the tour. (AP) Mrs. Jackson said she never discussed with her son's attorneys or managers about her concerns.Mrs. Jackson said she had many conversations with Frank DiLeo and they were all friendly.She remembers answering the phone when Frank DiLeo went back to work for Michael. Mrs. Jackson wanted to know why people kept re-hiring people Michael had fired. Putnam asked if it was someone other than MJ who hired DiLeo. "I think so, Michael didn't want him back," she said. Mrs. Jackson: Michael and DiLeo told me he was back for the This Is It tour. (ABC7)

Katherine Jackson said she never relayed any concerns about her son’s prescription drug use to anyone at AEG Live. (AP)

Putnam: Did you tell Mr. DiLeo you were concerned that your son was abusing painkillers? Mrs. Jackson: No, since he had just come back
Mrs. Jackson said she never told AEG Live or Randy Phillips about MJ having drug problem. (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson testified she was receiving money from MJ and also from Janet Jackson. At first, it was not on a monthly basis, but it became that way, Mrs. Jackson explained. Janet sent her $10,000 a month. Mrs. Jackson said she was receiving that amount when MJ died. The money went to her assistant Janice at the office. Mrs. Jackson said she told Janet she didn't have to continue to send her money after MJ died. (ABC7)

Putnam then asked about financial support Janet Jackson was providing her mom. She was giving $10k a month to support her mother. This money was coming in for several years before Michael Jackson’s death, but Mrs. Jackson said she eventually told her daughter to stop. (AP)

Jackson redirect

Putnam ended his questioning, and Panish took over. He asked about Michael’s support. Mrs. Jackson said he was paying for her necessities. (AP)

In re-direct, Panish asked if before MJ died, was he paying for everything? Mrs. Jackson: Yes, paying for everything
Panish: Did you rely on him (MJ) for all necessities of life? Mrs. Jackson: Yes (ABC7)

Panish inquired if Putnam asked during deposition personal question? Mrs. Jackson: Yes, he asked 'did your husband beat you'? (ABC7)

Panish: Farrakhan and Nation of Islam, does that have anything to do with your son's death? Mrs. Jackson: No P: Were you upset? Mrs. J: Yes (ABC7)

Panish asked whether Mrs. Jackson used email or a computer. She said she was computer illiterate. He also asked Katherine Jackson if she was a lawyer or a private investigator. The answers were no, obviously. The lawyer asked who she hired to find out the truth about her son’s death. Mrs. Jackson said she hired Panish’s firm. (AP)


Mrs Jackson said she doesn't know anything about computers, it's not a lawyer or investigator. Her highest level of education is high school. Panish asked what she did to go about this case. "I hired your firm," Mrs. Jackson said. "Why," Panish asked. "I wanted to find out what really happened to my son," Mrs. Jackson responded. (ABC7)

Phillips and Gongaware never called/send card to Mrs. Jackson after MJ died, Mrs Jackson said. Kenny Ortega went to see her, she said. (ABC7)

Panish asked about testimony that AEG Live execs Randy Phillips and Paul Gongaware loved her son. She said they never called her to express their condolences. They never sent a card. Mrs. Jackson said Kenny Ortega did come to see her after her son’s death. (AP)
He asked her about emails that had been displayed in court, ones Panish said she never would have seen if not for the lawsuit. In response several of Panish’s questions, she said she didn't know her son was losing weight or tour workers thought he was deteriorating. “I learned it here in court,” Mrs. Jackson said of the emails, other details about her son’s health. (AP)

Panish: Did you know your son was sleep-deprived for 60 days? Mrs. Jackson: No, I didn't
Panish asked if she knew Hougdahl wrote an email to AEG that MJ was deteriorating in front of his eyes? Mrs. Jackson: No
Mrs. Jackson said she learned about MJ's condition in court, that AEG never told her MJ was deteriorating, paranoia, losing weight, rambling. "The could've called me, he was asking for his father, he was scared, he was asking for Joseph," Mrs. Jackson said, crying. (ABC7)

“They could have called me,” Mrs. Jackson said. “He was asking me for his father. My grandson told me that his daddy was nervous and scared” (AP) Clutching a tissue and hanging her head at times, Katherine Jackson said she didn't know the extent of her son's weakness until after the start of her trial against AEG Live LLC. "They watched him waste away," she said after her attorney cited several emails from top workers preparing for the "This Is It" shows. The messages described her son's condition as deteriorating and cited his inability to rehearse. "They could have called me," Katherine Jackson, 83, said. "He was asking me for his father. My grandson told me that his daddy was nervous and scared." (AP) She said if the family had known, Joe Jackson would have stepped in. “They watched him waste away,” she said of AEG’s execs. (AP)

After Panish asked about an email in which an AEG corporate lawyer called her son a freak, Mrs. Jackson was crying. (AP)

Panish: Did AEG ever tell you they called your son a freak? Mrs. Jackson: No P: And that it was creepy meeting your son? Mrs. J: No (crying).Mrs. Jackson: They were there, without calling somebody. My husband and I would have been there in a second (crying)."They watched him waste away and waited, I know they did it," Mrs. Jackson said, crying. Panish showed picture of MJ in June 09 and asked if she ever saw her son like that. "Never," said Mrs. Jackson crying, wiping her eyes. (ABC7) She also said that she didn't see a photograph of her son shot six days before her his death until after the trial started. Katherine Jackson at first didn't seem to want to look at the photo, which has been repeatedly displayed during the trial and shows her son wearing a T-shirt, his arms thin and bones visible in his upper chest. (AP) Panish showed Mrs. Jackson the picture of her son taken on June 19th in which he looks extremely thin. She looked away at first. Panish asked if she’d ever seen her son look like that. “Never,” Katherine Jackson replied. (She’d never seen the photo before the trial.) (AP)

Mrs. Jackson was asked about the $100 million restitution figure. She said she didn't set the amount, but told the DA not to pursue it. (AP) Panish: Issue of restitution was the state decision and you told them not to do it, correct? Mrs. Jackson: Yes. Panish asked if the figure for restitution was set by the state. Mrs. Jackson said yes. (ABC7)


AEG recross

Putnam then took over questioning again. He showed the clip from the Dateline show that was discussed before lunch. (AP) In re-cross, Putnam showed a video where Mrs. Jackson said "It could've been prevented, he hired a doctor to take care of him." (ABC7)

Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson talked to her grandchildren about Dr. Murray in search of the truth."I could, but I didn't want to bring that up with them," Mrs. Jackson answered. Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson spoke with Sister Rose, the kids' nanny. "She told me that MJ was very weak, and she told me that she talked about what went down at the practice, they had to hold him up" she said. Mrs. Jackson doesn't know why Sister Rose is called sister and Brother Michael is brother. (ABC7)

an attorney for AEG Live had questioned why the Jackson family matriarch —if her purpose for filing the lawsuit was to find out the truth about her son's death, as she had testified — hadn't read through thousands of pages of deposition testimony, or asked her grandchildren about what happened in her son's rented mansion before his June 2009 death. She later said that while she could have asked her grandchildren about some issues, she didn't want to bring it up with them. (AP)

Putnam: Did I say anything improper in the deposition regarding the Nation of Islam? Mrs. Jackson: You were asking me question about it (ABC7)

He then asked Mrs. Jackson if she had ever met Paul Gongaware. She said she hadn't. “No, but that shouldn’t have stopped him from saying, ‘I’m sorry for what happened to your son,’” she said. (AP) Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson knows Gongaware. "No, but that shouldn't have stopped him, to say I'm sorry what happened to your son" she said (ABC7)

Putnam asked if AEG put together a Memorial Service for MJ. She said yes. Mrs. Jackson said AEG told her if she did the memorial service at the Staples Center it would be free (she wanted to do it at the Coliseum) (ABC7) Putnam asked about the Staples Center memorial service. Mrs. Jackson said she wanted to hold it at the LA Coliseum, which is much bigger. She said she was told that if it was held at the Staples Center, the family wouldn't have to pay for it. (AP)

Jackson redirect

Panish took over again and asked Mrs. Jackson whether she received condolence cards from strangers. She said she got 1000s of them. (AP) In re-re-direct, Panish asked: They still didn't send a card, did they? Mrs. Jackson: No. Thousands and thousands of people sent her card. (ABC7)

She's a Jehovah's Witness and there's a difference between her religion and the Nation of Islam. (ABC7)

Regarding the interview, Mrs. Jackson said she just assumed, she didn't know whether MJ had hired Dr. Murray. (ABC7) Panish played the clip of Randy Phillips in which he was interviewed by Sky News a few days after Michael Jackson’s death. Phillips said in the interview that that Dr. Murray was hired by AEG at the request of Michael Jackson. (AP) Panish showed video of Phillips saying they hired him. Panish: Did Sister Rose discuss with you about AEG pressuring MJ? Mrs. Jackson: Yes (ABC7)

Panish: There was a suggestion in this trial you hired Kai Chase back so she can testify in your favor? Mrs. Jackson: Kai Chase has been working for me not quite a year yet Panish: Did you hire Kai Chase so she would testify in your favor? Mrs. Jackson: No, not at all. The children knew her, they wanted her, that's why. (ABC7)


AEG recross

Putnam asked about why Katherine Jackson didn’t bring up what happened in the Carrolwood house with her grandchildren. Mrs. Jackson said she could have asked them, but didn’t bring it up with them. She also said she didn’t discuss it with Kai Chase. (AP)

In re-re-cross, Putnam inquired Phillips said 'we hired him' and Mrs. Jackson said 'Michael' hired him. Mrs. Jackson: Like I said, I didn't know who hired him at that time. Putnam said one of them was not right in their interview. Mrs. Jackson answered: "I'm not correct." (ABC7) Putnam said based on the clips showed in the Dateline interview and Phillips’ Sky News interview, someone was wrong about who hired Murray. Katherine Jackson said she was wrong in her interview, that she assumed her son had hired Conrad Murray. (AP)


Jackson redirect

Panish came back up one more time and asked whether Katherine Jackson expected the CEO of AEG Live to know who hired Murray. (AP) In re-re-re-direct, Panish asked: Who do you think it's in a better position to know who hired the doctor, you or the CEO of AEG? Mrs. Jackson: The CEO of AEG (ABC7)


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Judge told jury we are now moving to defendants' case, even though plaintiffs have not yet rested their case in chief.

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John Meglen (AEG Witness) Testimony

AEG direct

AEG's attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina did direct examination.

John Meglen is a concert promoter, works at AEG Live, he's the president and CEO of Concerts West. Paul Gongaware is co-CEO of Concerts West with Meglen. He described his extensive background in the business. Meglen said he went to Veterinarian school initially. "I feel like I work with animals some times," he joked. (ABC7)

Bina talked about rivalry between AEG Live and Live Nation. Meglen said he doesn't think being the number 1 is necessarily a good thing. He explained it is the difference between quality and quantity. (ABC7)

When they created Concerts West, Meglen said their first tour was Andrea Bocelli. They promoted first tour of Mariah Carey. (ABC7)
Meglen worked with MJ prior to "This Is It" once. He was a consultant to a firm in Japan that promoted two MJ shows in 1986 around Christmas.Meglen watched both shows and said it was great. Marcel Avram was the promoter. They both sold half house, he said, which is half of the tickets available. Meglen said they hid he empty seats so it wouldn't show. Bina asked if Wikipedia was wrong in saying the shows were sold out. "I don't use Wikipedia as source for my business," Meglen said. (ABC7)

Meglen said he next met MJ in 2007 with Peter Lopez, MJ's attorney at the time at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. The meeting was to let MJ know what AEG was about, Meglen said. Gongaware, Raymone Bain (MJ's manager), Lopez, MJ were present. MJ recognized Gongaware, Meglen said. He came out of the bedroom, "Whenever I see Paul Gongaware I know everything is going to be all right".Meglen said MJ asked Gongaware about Brigitte, his girlfriend at the time. They wanted MJ to choose them for a comeback tour. "He was very excited," Meglen said. "He was great, full of energy, seem taller, firm handshake, he was there, he was very, very excited." (ABC7)

Meglen said almost immediately Gongaware took the lead on the MJ's This Is It project, since he had prior experience with MJ. Meglen said the expense of the show production falls under the artist to pay.

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Outside the presence of jury, Panish said Deborah Chang spoke with Grace Rwamba's lawyer and he doesn't' know where she is. Plaintiffs want to bring Rwamba to testify before they rest their case. They still need to finish Ortega's testimony too.

Zusammenfassung von Ivy, MJJC #56
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Zusammenfassungen der vorangegangenen gerichtstage:
Day 1 - 50
Day 51 - zeuge Dr. Emery Brown Video Deposition; zeuge Peter Formuzis
Day 52 - zeugin Katherine Jackson

Exklusiv transcripts eröffnungsstatements u.a. (MJJC #1 ff.)
Zeugenaussage von Prince Michael Jackson Jr.; exklusiv transcripts von MJJC # 7
Deposition transcripts filed with the court.
Note : these are not the full depositions, they are only the portions played in the court.
Dr. Stuart Finkelstein Deposition video transcript
Dr. Earley Deposition video transcript
Tim Leiweke Deposition video transcript
Randy Phillips Deposition video transcript
Quelle Ivy, MJJC #50

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Und ein weiterer Artikel zur Farschian-Aussage. Übersetzung hier von @Maja5809 übernommen.


Katherine Jackson knew about son's drug issues, doctor says -exclusive

Katherine wußte über den Medikamentengebrauch ihres Sohnes, sagt ein Doc -
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?sectio…article-9184234

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- There's a major development in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial regarding the singer's use of drugs. Newly revealed testimony appears to contradict the recent testimony of Jackson's mother, who claimed to have no knowledge of her son's past addiction.

Jurors heard the most explicit details yet of Jackson's treatment for addiction. It was 2002, seven years before Jackson's death from the anesthetic propofol. Jackson's youngest son had just been born. Dr. Alimorad Farschian said Jackson wanted off of the painkiller demerol.
Vor 7 Jahren, als Blanket gerade geboren war, sagt Dr. Farschian, dass Jackson vom Schmerzmittel Demerol weg wollte.

"Blanket was just born and that was Why he wanted to, what he phrased, 'a monkey on his back,' he wanted to just not deal with it anymore," Farschian said in a video deposition.
In the video, Farschian states Jackson's family was pressuring the artist. The doctor's statement conflicts with the testimony of Katherine Jackson, who said under oath that she had no personal knowledge that her son struggled with dependency. The doctor said he talked to her directly about the singer's detox treatment.
"I think she wanted to know all about it, what was going on," said Farschian.

„Blanket war gerade geboren, und deshalb wollte er das, was er als „a monkey on his back“ beschrieb (das heisst „etwas an den Nagel hängen“, oder auch „eine Manie haben“) Er wollte einfach nichts mehr damit zu tun haben." sagt Farschian in seiner Vid-Deposition.
Im video sagt Farschian, Jacksons Familie setzte den Künstler unter Druck. Das Statement des Docs widerspricht der Aussage Katherines, die unter Eid sagte, dass sie persönlich keine Kenntnis darüber hatte, dass ihr Sohn an einer Abhängigkeit litt. Der Arzt sagt, er habe direkt mit ihr über die Entgiftung des Sängers gesprochen.
“Ich denke, sie wollte alles darüber wissen, was gemacht wurde,“ sagt Farschian.

Farschian described implanting Michael Jackson with a type of demoral antidote. Naltrexone, also known as narcane, is a tiny tube inserted under the skin to block the euphoric effect of opiates. The doctor said he implanted Jackson five times over nine months and that he personally witnessed Mrs. Jackson examining her son's incision.
"I remember that was in Neverland. Michael did show the implant to his mother. Just his mother was there. She was very happy," said Farschian.

Farschian beschreibt, dass er MJ eine Art Demerol-Antidot implantierte. Naltrexone, auch Narcan genannt. Es ist ein kleines Röhrchen, das unter die Haut gepflanzt wird, um den euphorisierenden Effekt des Opiates zu blockieren. Der Doc sagt, er implantierte MJ 5 mal über 9 Monate und dass er persönlich sah, das Katherine die Wunde ihres Sohnes untersuchte.
"Ich erinnere mich, dass ich auf Neverland war. Michael zeigte das Implant seiner Mutter. Es war nur seine Mutter da. Sie war sehr froh." sagt Farschian

Katherine Jackson is suing AEG Live, alleging that the tour promoters hired and failed to supervise Conrad Murray, the physician linked to the singer's propofol overdose. Her attorneys assert that Jackson's health was deteriorating from anxiety and sleep deprivation in the two months before his death.
Jurors heard from Farschian that Jackson suffered from insomnia years earlier. The doctor's theory is that it was linked to cosmetic surgery: a key part of Jacksons nose was missing.
"It is possible that you produce what they call empty nose syndrome and producing insomnia," said Farschian.

Zu MJs Schlaflosigkeit äussert Farschian noch die Theorie, das es mit kosmetischen Ops zusammenhängen könne: ein wichtiger Teil der Nase fehlte. „Es ist möglich, dass man das bekommt was man „empty nose syndrom“ nennt und Schlaflosigkeit auslöst.“ sagt Farschian.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Nose_Syndrome

About the plaintiffs claim that Jackson was emaciated, the autopsy recorded he was 136 pounds when he died. Farschian testified that Jackson weighed 128 when he treated him.
Darüber, dass Mj bei der Autopsie 136 pfund wog sagt Farschian, dass Jackson 128 Pfund wog, als er ihn behandelte.

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Spectator banned from Jackson trial over photo.LikeANTHONY McCARTNEY 9 hours ago
SocietyMichael Jackson.LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spectator attending the civil trial over Michael Jackson's death was banned Wednesday by a judge after he snapped a photo in a courthouse hallway that included jurors hearing the case.

Earlier on Wednesday, jurors watched the videotaped testimony of a physician who said he treated the late singer to help him stop taking Demerol.

Bailiffs confiscated William Wagener's cellphone and ordered him to return on Thursday to find out whether the ban will remain in place or other disciplinary actions will be taken.

Wagener said he inadvertently snapped the photo on his smartphone while riding an escalator. He cooperated with bailiffs to retrieve the photo and said he did not send it to anyone.

The photo is the latest incident that has raised concerns about the security around jurors hearing the negligence case filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC. Two alternate jurors were approached by a woman last month who told them not to award any money to the Jackson family.

In recent days, tiny windows on the courtroom door were blocked after jurors reported seeing someone press a camera to the window and snap a photo during the proceedings. Videotaping and photography in the courthouse are banned without a court order, and a judge blocked a request by news outlets to broadcast the trial.

Bailiffs or a court clerk give daily reminders of the courtroom's rules, which include a ban on any transmissions from inside the trial or loud outbursts during the testimony.

Wagener, 67, said he posts updates on the trial on Facebook and YouTube and has sold rights to videos he made during Jackson's 2005 criminal trial. He said if he's banned from the trial, it will hurt his ability to cover the case. He said being in the courtroom is the only way to hear the inflection of lawyers and witnesses and get a full sense of the proceedings.

Earlier, in a videotaped testimony, one of Jackson's former physicians described how in 2002 he placed an implant in Jackson's abdomen to block the effects of opioid medications such as Demerol.
Vorher in einem videoaufgezeichneten Zeugnis, beschrieb ein ehemaliger Arzt Jacksons, wie er ihm 2002 ein Implantat den Bauch setzte, um die Auswirkungen der Medikamente wvon Opioiden wie Demerol zu blockieren.


Dr. Alimorad Farschcian said Jackson told him that he wanted to stop taking Demerol for the sake of his children. The Miami-based physician became close to the entertainer after treating him for a sprained ankle, spending time at Neverland Ranch and meeting Jackson's mother on Christmas Day in 2002.
Dr. Alimorad Farschcian sagte Jackson sagte ihm, dass er die Einnahme von Demerol zum Wohle seiner Kinder stoppen wollte. Der in Miami ansässige Arzt kam dem Entertainer nahe bei der Behandlung ihn für einen verstauchten Knöchel, verbrachte Zeit auf der Neverland Ranch und traf Jacksons Mutter am Weihnachtstag im Jahr 2002.



Farschcian said the implant kept the singer off of Demerol for at least nine months and Jackson's mother Katherine seemed pleased when he described it to her and her son showed her the device.
Farschcian sagte das Implantat hielt den Sängerin von Demerol ab für mindestens neun Monate und Jacksons Mutter Katherine schien erfreut als er es beschrieb und ihr Sohn zeigte ihr das Implantat.

Katherine Jackson testified on Monday that she never saw the device and could never prove her son abused prescription medications.
Katherine Jackson sagte am Montag, dass sie nie das Implantat sah und sei konnte nie beweisen, dass ihr Sohn verschreibungspflichtige Medikamente missbrauchte.


The Jackson family matriarch is suing AEG Live, claiming it negligently hired another doctor, Conrad Murray, who was convicted of administering Jackson a fatal dose of anesthetic in 2009. No trace of Demerol was found in Jackson's system when he died.

AEG Live denies it hired Murray, and its attorneys have said Jackson hid his addiction struggles, and the company bears no responsibility for his death.

Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos said she would consult with another judge about how to handle Wagener and the photo of jurors.

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Anthony McCartney can be reached at http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP


Zudem besagt der Artikel noch, dass der Prozessbeobachter Wagner unerlaubt ein Foto von der Jury nahm und daher gestern vom Gericht verwiesen wurde. Er muss heute wiederkommen, wenn das Gericht entschieden hat was für disziplinar. Maßnahmen gegen ihn ergriffen werden.

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Dr. Farshchians Aussage vom August 2012.
Video wurde in der Verhandlung gezeigt.
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Dr. Farshchian: Once at Neverland Michael showed his mother the implant. She was very happy about it.
[B]Einmal, auf Neverland, zeigte Michael seiner Mutter das Implantat. Sie war sehr glücklich damit./B]


Dr. Farshchian: Yes, I don't recall the conversation, but once she understood the procedure he said she was happy
Dr. F.: Ja, ich kan mich nicht an das Gespräch genau erinnern, aber als sie die Prozedur verstand, war sie froh, sagte er.


Did you understand Mrs. Jackson was concerned about his health?
Hatten Sie den Eindruck Mrs. Jackson war wg. seiner Gesundheit besorgt?


Last time he spoke with MJ on the phone was in the Winter of 2004. His first impression was that he wanted to get better for the kids' sake.
Das letzte Mal sprach er im Winter 2004 mit Michael am Telefon. Sein erster Eindruck war, dass er wollte, dass es ihm der Kinder wegen besser geht.


Michael called Mrs. Jackson and Dr. Farshchian said he was treating MJ for addiction to Demerol.
Michael rief Mrs. Jackson an und Dr. F. sagte, er behandelte MJ wg. seiner Demerol-Abhängigkeit.


He said he also had a phone call with Mrs. Jackson where she wanted to know about the implants.
Er sagte, er hatte auch ein Telefongespräch mit Mrs. Jackson, sie wollte über die Implantate informiert werden.


Last time Dr. Farshchian spoke with Mrs. Jackson was at the funeral. Before he spoke with her at a 2002 Christmas at Neverland.
Das letzte Mal sprach Dr. F. auf der Beerdigung mit Mrs. Jackson. Davor sprach er mit ihr 2002 an Weihnachten auf Neverland.


Dr. Metzger-- yes, heard being MJ's physician in LA, might have spoken to him. Spoke about implants, what to do about it, how he should look
Dr. Metzger ---ja, ich hörte, dass er MJs Arzt in LA war. Möglich , dass ich mal mit ihm über die Implantate gesprochen habe, was zu tun sei, wie er es sieht.


Dr. Steven Hoefflin -- Dr. Farshchian doesn't know him
Dr. Steven Hoefflin --- Dr. Farshchian kennt ihn nicht.


Dr. Murray -- Dr. Farshchian doesn't know him Dr. Arnold Klein -- yes, I heard about him through the media
Dr, Murray - nein kennt er nicht, auch Dr. Klein nicht ---aber er hörte von ihm durch die Medien.


MJ was seeing other doctors in CA. List of other doctors: Dr. William Van Valin -- Dr. Farshchian doesn't know him
MJ sah andere Ärzte in Kalifornien. Liste der Ärzte: Dr. Willian Van Valin --- Dr. F. kennt ihn nicht.

Dr. Farshchian said he didn't know why MJ became addicted or started taking Demerol. The doctor said MJ did not abuse other drugs or alcohol
Dr. F. sagte, er weiß nicht warum MJ abhängig wurde, oder wann er anfing Demerol zu nehmen. Er sagte MJ hätte keine anderen Medikamente oder Alkohol missbraucht.

"Monkey on his back" was Demerol use, Dr. Farshchian said.
Das Problem war das Demerol .


Dr. Farshchian said when MJ's third child, Blanket, was just born, there was 'a monkey on his back', he didn't want to do it anymore.
Dr. F. sagte, gerade als MJs 3. Kind Blanket geboren war, hatte er dieses Problem, er wollte das nicht mehr.


Dr. Farshchian is not aware of MJ doing any other outpatient treatment.
Dr. F. weiß von keiner anderen ambulanten Behandlung.


Putnam asked if the intervention was in the Spring of 2002. Dr. Farshchian said it might've been after or before, not sure.
Putnam fragte, ob die Intervention im Frühlung 2002 war.
Dr. F. sagte, möglicherweise davor oder danach, er ist sich nicht sicher.

Dr. Farshchian: There was an attempt intervention by the family but MJ was very difficult to get to, bodyguard, so it may not have happene
Dr. F.: Es gab da einen Interventionsversuch der Familie, aber an MJ war nur schwer ranzukommen, die Bodyguards, so hat dieser evtl.. nicht stattgefunden.


Putnam: How was he doing? Dr. Farshchian: Not too good Putnam: Was he using drugs again? Dr. Farshchian: No
Putnam: Wie ging es ihm?
Dr. F.: Nicht sehr gut.
Putnam: Hat er wieder Tabletten genommen?
Dr. F.: Nein.

The next time Dr. Farshchian saw Michael was the weekend after he was arrested.
Das nächste Mal sah Dr. F. Michael an dem WE an dem er verhaftet wurde.

Patient can follow up with local physician at this point. Dr. Farshchian said he thought it was enough, the treatment was done.
Der Patient kann nun von seinem örtlichen Arzt weiterbehandelt werden. Dr. F. sagte, er war der Meinung, dass es genug war, die Behandlung war abgeschlossen.

7/2/03 -- patient returned for another implant, sober for almost 9 months, good with 12 step program
2.7.03 -- Patient wieder da für ein anderes Implantat, nüchtern/clean seit 9 Monaten, alles bestens mit dem 12-Schritte-Programm.

4/3/03: patient returns for another implant, sober for almost 6 months following 12 step program at least once week w/ private social worker
3.4.03 -- Patient wieder da für ein anderes Implantat, clean seit 6 Monaten, 12-Schritte-Programm einmal die Woche mit privatem Sozialarbeiter.


1/20/03 -- patient returns for another implant, been sober for more than 2 months, states been following the 12 step program Weight: 135 lbs
20.1.03 -- Patient wieder da für ein anderes Implantat, clean für mehr als 2 Monate, Gewicht: 135 lbs.


12/4/02 record: Narcan implant at its place Exercised the 12 steps with him
4.12.02 -- Narcan Implantat an seinem Platz. Ging mit ihm die 12 Schritte durch.


Dr. Farshchian said he converted his garage into a bedroom for MJ. He never treated MJ at the house.
Dr. F. sagte, er funktionierte f. MJ seine Garage in ein Schlafzimmer um.Er hat MJ nie zu Hause behandelt.

He lives in North Miami Beach, Bay Harbor Island. Grace Rwamba might've stayed at the house as well.
Er lebte in Nord Miami Beach, Bay Harbor Island. Grace R. war anscheinend auch dort ..


There was a period of time MJ stayed with Dr. Farshchian. He stayed over two times, the children one time.
In einer Zeit hat MJ bei Dr. F. übernachtet. 2 x, die Kinder 1 x.

Dr. Farshchian: Each of the steps is somewhat connected of asking God to help you get strength to battle addiction.
Dr. F.: Jeder der Schritte ist so etwas wie Gott um Hilfe zu fragen, um Kraft für den Kampf gegen die Abhängigkeit zu bekommen.


12/2/02 record -- feel very good, sleeping well Patient sober, now going over the 12 steps with him
2.12.02 -- fühlt sich sehr gut, schläf gut, Patient clean, nun machen wir die nächsten 12 Schritte


Dr. Farshchian: My practice is completely orthopedic regeneration. He said he treats arthritis and orthopedic conditions.
Dr. F. hat eine orthopädische Praxis.


11/29/02 record -- feels very good, sleeping well. No sign of opiate withdrawal.
Aufz. 29.11.02 -- fühlt sich gut, schläft gut. Keine Entzugserscheinungen.


11/27/02 record: Abdomen implant well placed Naltrexone implant: continue current treatment, patient sober x 20 days
Abdomenimplantat gut platziert: weiterführen der aktuellen Behandlung, Patient seit 20 Tagen clean.


11/26/02 record -- second procedure of Naltrexone 11/27/02 -- no nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
26.11.02 -- 2. Einsetzen von Naltrexone
27.11.02 -- keine Übelkeit, Erbrechen, Durchfall


Michael really wanted to do this, he came back to get the procedure done, Dr. Farshchian said.
Michael wollte das wirklich, er kam zurück damit wir den Eingriff wiederholten.


Dr. Farshchian said Michael had a local doctor who didn't know what the patch was and removed it. MJ would itch it, had some skin rash.
Dr. F. sagte, Michael habe einen Arzt vor Ort gehabt, der nicht wußte um was es sich handelte u. hat es entfernt. Es hätte MJ gejuckt, hatte Hautausschlag.


11/26/02 record -- ankle wound is better, but he had taken the implant out by a physician at home, wishes to do another implant
Aufz. 26.11.02 -- Knöchelwunde ist besser, aber er hat sich das Implantat von einem Arzt zu hause entfernen lassen, wünscht ein anderes Implantat.


Putnam: Parts of his nose were missing? Dr. Farshchian: Portions of his nose were take out Two days later, MJ reported good nights.
Putnam: Teile seiner Nase waren nicht mehr da?
Teile aus seiner Nase wurden entfernt. 2 Tage später berichtete MJ über gute Nächte.



Dr. Farshchian said MJ always had trouble sleeping. "To me his insomnia was caused, possibly, you have this area inside the nose...called turbinates, if you reduced it's called empty nose syndrome, to me that was the cause of that.
Dr. F. sagte, MJ hatte ständig Schlafprobleme. " Für mich kam diese Schlaflosigkeit möglicherweise von dieser Stelle in der Nase, die Nasenmuschel, wenn man sie verkleinert, nennt man das das "leere Nase Syndrom", für mich war das der Auslöser.


"MJ was very private with everything," Dr. Farshchian said. At the time, he was complaining of insomnia. He was seeing a herbologist for it.
"MJ war mit allem sehr diskret/privat," sagte Dr. F. Zu dieser Zeit klagte er über Schlaflosigkeit. Er ging zu einem Herbologisten deswegen.


Dr. Farshchian said it was a 10 hour production to go from Neverland to Miami. MJ said he was going to see a psychologist.
MJ sagte, er wollte zu einen Psychologen gehen.


11/06/02 record -- phone call, states he's doing well tolerating minimum agitation, little insomnia
6.11.02: Anruf, bestätigt, dass es ihm gut geht, gute Verträglichkeit, etwas Unruhe u. Schlaflosigkeit


Dr. Farshchian used local anesthesia with lidocaine 1%, done as outpatient in doctor's office in Miami.
Lokale Anesthäsie mit Lidocaine 1%


11/04/02 record -- MJ's weight was 128 -- pre-procedure, cut the skin, insert implant chip of Naltrexone.
Aus der Krankenakte: MJs wiegt 128 -- Vorbereitung, Hautschnitt, Einfügen des Implantates Naltrexone.


Dr. Farshchian said MJ was adamant about not going to rehab facility. He was concerned about his privacy and paparazzi.
Dr. F. sage, MJ sei sehr hartnäckig abgelehnt in eine Reha zu gehen. Er war besorgt über seine Privatsphäre u. die Paparazzi.

Record: He does not wish to go to an outpatient rehab facility despite the pressure from family. Discussed with him option of Naltrexone
Aus der Krankenakte: Er wollte nicht in eine Reha-Einrichtung gehen, trotz Druck von der Familie. Diskutierte mit ihm die Möglichkeit von Naltrexone.


10/20/02 record -- patient states he need some help him with his addiction problem.
Bericht 20.10.02 -- Patient bestätigt, er brauche Hilfe bei seinem Abhängigkeitsproblem.


MJ had some sort of infection on his leg, he was going to Germany at the time, so Dr Farshchian went with him for treatment of his condition
MJ hatte eine Infektion an seinem Bein, er war dabei nach Deutschland zu gehen, Dr. F. ging mit ihm zur Behandlung seines Leidens.


7/21/02 record -- sent more information about Buprenex, since did not get any respond (sic) from him and his attempt to intervene
aus der Krankenakte 21.7.02 -- Informationen über Bubrenex gegeben, keine Antwort von ihm erhalten...


Dr. Farshchian: It's usually placed in the abdomen lower than belly button, right or left side, and removed after 90 days.


Dr. Farshchian said MJ's skin would have allergy from the patch, he wouldn't be very comfortable with it.
Dr. F. sagte, MJs Haut reagierte allergisch, er vertrug es nicht so gut.


The doctor said carrying an implant in you, you carry a risk of infection. That could be a reason they don't do it that much.
Der Arzt sagte, ein solches Implantat in sich zu tragen, erhöhe das Risiko einer Infektion. Das mag ein Grund dafür sein, dass man es nicht so oft macht.


Dr. Farshchian: The implant, back then it was more popular, not doing as much anymore.
Dr. F. : Das Implantat war damals viel populärer, jetzt wird es nicht mehr so oft eingesetzt.

MJ had patch implanted 5 times. Dr. Farshchian said in training in family medicine, he learned about psychiatry and drug dependency.
MJ bekam 5 x diese Implantate.


Dr. Farshchian said he implanted more than one patch of the drug in MJ. It normally lasts 60-90 days in the body.
Dr. F. sagte, er implantierte mehr als ein Stück des Medikamentes. Es bleibt normalerweise 60-90 Tage im Körper.


I chose Naltrexone, Dr. Fashchian testified. The drug inhibits the effects of the narcotics, if you take it it stops giving you the euphoria
Ich wählte Naltrexone. Das Medikament verhindert die Effekte von Narkotika, es stoppt die euphorisierende Wirkung.


Dr. Farshchian: To treat Michael for that problem, I thought that because he travelled quite a bit he needed something to be on him.


Putnam: Did he seek treatment with you? Dr. Farshchian: Eventually



Putnam: Did MJ tell you he was addicted to Demerol? Dr. Farshchian: Not in certain words
Putnam: Sagte MJ ihnen, dass er von Demerol abhängig war?
Nein, nicht konkret.


Dr Farshchian: When I got to know him I visited him at the hotel, read a little about him on the internet, then realized was ongoing problem
Als ich ihn besser kennenlernen wollte, besuchte ich ihn im Hotel, las über ihn im Internet, lernte dann über sein Probleme.


At that time, Dr. Farshchian said he wasn't following MJ on the media. At that point, to me he was just a regular patient.
Dr. F. sagte, zu dieser Zeit habe er MJ nicht in den Medien verfolgt. Zu dieser Zeit war er für mich wie ein ganz normaler Patient.


Dr. Farshchian said MJ's main concern was his kids, always his kids, I'd do for my kids, and to spend more time with his kids.
Dr. F. sage, MJs Hauptsorge seien seine Kinder gewesen, immer seine Kinder. Ich werde es für meine Kinder tun u. um mehr Zeit mit ihnen zu verbringen.


"He was trying to get off Demerol," Dr. Farshchian said. MJ told him he had a problem with the drug.
"Er wollte von Demerol loskommen,". MJ erzählte ihm, dass er ein Problem damit habe.


Putnam: Do you remember the first time he told you he wanted to clean himself up from drugs?


Putnam asked if MJ wanted to get off drugs, if that happened at the hotel in a second meeting with the doctor. He said yes.
Putnam fragte, ob MJ von den Medis wegkommen wollte, ob es das war, warum sie sich ein 2. Mal im Hotel trafen. Er sagte ja.


"He made an appointment like everybody else," Dr. Farshchian said.
"Er machte einen Termin bei mir, wieder jeder andere auch."


Dr. Farshchian: And he had an ankle issue that was more like a sprained ankle that was not healing and he had to continue to dance on it.
Dr. Farshchian said MJ was having an issue with his ankle, he was supposed to performed at Madison Square Garden, had to rehearse.
Dr. F. sagte, MJ habe Probleme mit seinem Fußgelenk gehabt, er sollte im MSG auftreten u. mußte proben.
Die Fußgelenkprobleme seien ähnlich eines verstauchten Fußes, der nicht heilen wollte, er mußte trotzdem damit tanzen.


Dr. Farshchian treated MJ in April 2001 and stopped in 2003. 'I was one of his doctors," he said.
Dr. F. behandelte MJ von April 2001 bis 2003. "Ich war einer seiner Ärzte," sagte er.

Dr. Farshchian is not board certified. Center for Regenerative Medicine is his practice in Florida. He's the medical director.

He then did residency in internal medicine and family medicine, went to private practice.

He went to medical school in Saint Lucia in 1987. After that he did cardiac research at SUNY in Brooklyn. He did that for 3-4 years.

Deposition was in August 2012. Marvin Putnam did the questioning. Dr. Farshchian went to Rutger's University, graduated in 1983 with pre-med

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Aus der gestrigen Aussage von John Meglan geht u.a. hervor, dass AEG dem Jackson-Estate nach Michaels Tod 60 Mio. für eine 10-jährige Show in einem Las Vegas-Hotel anboten, basierend auf den Songs von MJ. Sie boten weitere 40 Mio. um die Show zu kreieren. John Branca kam ledigl. zu einem Angebotsgespräch, sagte aber ab und hat sich für die Zuammenarbeit mit Cirque entschieden. Die Jacksons hatten die Las Vegas-Show in ihren Berechnungen zum Verdienst von MJ aufgeführt.

AEG offered Michael Jackson estate $60 million for Las Vegas show

By Jeff Gottlieb
July 23, 2013, 1:21 p.m.
An AEG Live executive testified Tuesday that the firm offered Michael Jackson's estate a guarantee of $60 million over 10 years in a deal that included a Las Vegas theatrical show based on the pop star's songs.

John Meglen said the proposal included a "Michael Jackson campus" at the Planet Hollywood Hotel that would have included the singer's artifacts, two restaurants, a nightclub and stores to sell merchandise.

The show would have been directed by Kenny Ortega, the director of the ill-fated "This Is It" 50-concert comeback tour Jackson was preparing when he died in 2009.

The AEG executive testified his company would have paid an additional $40 million to create the show.

"The $40 million gets you to opening night," he said.

Meglen, dressed in a dark blue suit and a white shirt open at the collar, said this would have been AEG's first shot at creating what he called a "conceptual show," rather than one where a live performer is the main attraction.

Conceptual shows, he said, are riskier.

“With the headliner, you have a certain track record of how many tickets they’re going to sell … but if you do a show based on Elton’s music or Celine’s music, it depends on how good the show is, I guess,” said Meglen referring to Elton John and Celine Dion, singers who have done extended runs at Las Vegas hotels.

Meglen said that hearing that Cirque du Soleil was talking to the Jackson estate is what led AEG to make its pitch.

He said they had a meeting with the estate's co-executor, John Branca, in his conference room. Meglen said AEG did a "B-minus, C-plus pitch. In my opinion, they were already down the road and they wanted to do the show with Cirque.”

The Circue du Soleil tribute to Jackson is playing at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, with shows scheduled to open soon in China, Australia and New Zealand.

Meglen said AEG never made Jackson an offer for a conceptual show while he was alive.

“We thought if we could create the show with Michael’s catalog that that could be very successful, but it’s risky,” Meglen said.

The court is hearing the wrongful death case filed by Jackson's mother and three children against AEG Live.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...0,605986.story

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The Jacksons vs. AEG Live — Zeugen der Jacksons, 38. Teil

23. Juli 2013

Am Sonntag haben wir über den ersten Tag der Zeugeneinvernahme von Michael Jacksons Mutter Katherine berichtet. Dabei haben wir auch zum ausführlichen Protokoll verlinkt. Für diejenigen, die nicht viel Zeit haben/hatten, das Protokoll zu lesen, hier ein Artikel von CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/22/sh...iref=allsearch über den Inhalt von Katherines emotionalen Aussagen und Geschichten über ihr und Michaels Leben. Brian Panish, Anwalt der Jacksons, sagte einführend: “Ich möchte, dass die Geschworenen sehen, dass Menschen mit diesem Fall verbunden sind. Wir haben viele Aussagen über Zahlen und E-Mails gesehen, aber dahinter stehen Menschen”.

Wie berichtet, begann am Freitagnachmittag das Kreuzverhör von Katherine Jackson durch AEG Anwalt Marvin Putnam. Die Befragung wurde jedoch kurz später abgebrochen, nachdem Katherine der Richterin sagte, dass sie müde sei. Gestern wurde Katherine Jacksons Befragung fortgesetzt.

Katherine Jackson hat in ihrer Aussage zu verstehen gegeben, dass Conrad Murray nur eine Teilschuld am Tod ihres Sohnes habe. AEG Live hätte kaltschnäuzig zugesehen, wie Michael in den Tagen vor seinem Tod “verkümmerte” und sie hätten vernachlässig, Unterstützung von aussen zu holen. “Sie hätten mich anrufen können. Er hatte nach seinem Vater gefragt. Mein Enkel sagte mir, dass [Michael] verängstigt war; er hatte nach Joseph gefragt”, erzählte Katherine unter Tränen.

Katherine sagte auch aus, dass sie nicht glaube, dass ihr Sohn unter Medikamentenmissbrauch gelitten hatte und dass sie ihn nie “loopy” gesehen hätte. Als sie mit ihrem Interview aus 2010 mit Oprah Winfrey konfrontiert wurde, worin sie Oprah gegenüber sagte, dass sie die Behauptungen Michaels, dass er vollkommen “clean” gewesen sei, nicht abnahm, gab sie zu, dass sie “nicht wusste, was sie glauben sollte”. Als Putnam Katherine Jackson zu ihrem einzigen Gespräch mit Michael über seinen Medikamentengebrauch befragte, sagte Katherine, dass sie diese Frage nicht beantworten werde und beschuldigte Putnam, dass er beabsichtige, sie aus dem Konzept zu bringen. “Sie versuchen bloss, mich durcheinander zu bringen, damit Sie später etwas haben, worauf sie zurückkommen können”, so Katherine zu Putnam.

Als Katherine zum ersten Mal vernahm, dass ihr Sohn Conrad Murray um Propofol bat, war sie überrascht. Sie sagte aber auch, dass auch wenn Michael Murray um Propofol gebeten hatte, dieser hätte nein sagen können.

Man kam auch auf die Intervention der Jackson Familie auf Neverland im 2002 zu sprechen. Katherine sagte, Michael wäre nüchtern und aufgebracht gewesen über diese Aktion. “Es gab keine tiefgründige Diskussion oder so. Als wir dort ankamen, ging es ihm gut und er war verärgert. Es war etwas peinlich”, so Katherine. Putnam befragte Katherine dann zu einem offenen Brief, den die Familie im 2007 an die Medien geschrieben und den sie mitunterzeichnet hatte. In jenem Brief verneinte die Familie, dass Michael ein Medikamentenproblem hatte und dass es je zu einer Intervention gekommen sei. Wieso sie den Brief unterzeichnet hatte, wenn es nicht wahr war, fragte Putnam sie. “Ich wollte Sachen, die nicht der Wahrheit entsprachen, [ein Ende setzen]“, sagte sie und erschien dabei leicht verwirrt.

Putnam befragte Katherine Jackson auch zu ihrer Klage (gegen AEG), die sie ein Jahr vor dem Strafprozess gegen Conrad Murray eingereicht hatte. “Vor dem Prozess… sprachen Sie da jemals mit Ihren Enkelkindern über die Tatsache, dass Dr. Murray Michael Jackson im Schlafzimmer hinter verschlossenen Türen behandelt hatte”, fragte Putnam. “Nein”, antwortete Katherine. “Mrs. Jackson, Sie glauben doch, dass Dr. Conrad Murray teilweise verantwortlich ist am Tod Ihres Sohnes, nicht wahr?” “Natürlich”, sagte Katherine.

Später sagte Katherine den Geschworenen, dass einige Fragen von Putnam während der eidesstattlichen Zeugeneinvernahme vor Prozessbeginn sie verärgert hatten. Unter anderem die Frage, ob ihr Mann, Joe Jackson, sie geschlagen hatte.

Am Ende des Prozesstages sagte Putnam der NY Daily News gegenüber, dass er glaube, Katherine Jackson sei vor Michaels Tod im 2009 in der gleichen, uninformierten Position gewesen wie AEG Live. “Wie Katherine Jackson nun ausgesagt hat, war sie bezüglich des jahrzehntelangen Medikamentengebrauchs ihres Sohnes Michael Jackson im Dunkeln und sie ‘schliesst ihre Ohren’ wann immer jemand etwas Negatives über ihn sagt. Sie will nicht, dass irgend jemand oder irgend etwas die idealisierte Erinnerung durcheinander bringt, die sie von ihrem Kind, das sie verloren hat, hat. Wer kann es ihr verübeln?”

Quellen: jackson.ch, nydailynews.com, cnn.com

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2. "It would've been important but I told you I didn't talk to my grandchildren about that," Mrs. Jackson responded.

"Es könnte wichtig sein, aber ich sprach nicht mit den Enkeln darüber, sagt sie.

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2. Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson's search for the truth and if she thought it would be important to know whether the doctor spending the nights.
3. Putnam fragt ob es für Mrs. Jackson`s Suche nach Wahrheit wichtig sein könnte zu wissen ob der Arzt die Nächte dort verbrachte.
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5. Putnam: Do you remember him (Prince) saying he (the doctor) spent 6 nights a week? Mrs. Jackson: No, I don't remember that
6. Putnam: Erinnern Sie sich das Prince sagte das der Arzt 6 Nächte die Woche da war? Mrs. Jackson: Nein, ich erinner micht nicht.
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8. Putnam asked if Prince testified a doctor was spending the nights at the house. Mrs. Jackson: I don't remember him saying that
9. Putnam fragt ob Prince aussagte der Arzt verbrachte die Nächte im Haus. Mrs Jackson: Nein. Ich erinner mich nicht das er es sagte.
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11. Putnam: Did you ever have conversation with your grandchildren prior to trial about the doctor spending the night at the house? She said no
12. Putnam: Haben Sie jemals eine Unterhaltung mit den Enkeln vor dem Prozess gehabt darüber, dass der Arzt die Nächte im Haus verbrachte? Sie sagt nein
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14. Putnam: Prior to your son's death, did you know your son had a doctor spending the night at the house? Mrs. Jackson: No
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16. Mrs. Jackson said she had not heard about Dr. Murray prior to MJ's death. Her son did not discuss what treatments he was having with her.
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18. Mrs. Jackson said she can't recall exactly what was said in the Dateline interview, but she does remember saying MJ hired the doctor.
19. MRs. Jackson sagt sie kann sich nicht exakt an das Dateline IV erinnern, aber ich sie erinnert sich, dass sie sagte das MJ den Arzt anstellte.
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21. "I don't think he could've prevented his own death," Mrs. Jackson testified. "I just said I thought he hired the doctor. I do recall that."
22. "Ich denke nicht er hätte seinen Tod verhindern können, ich sagte nur ich dachte er stellte den Arzt an. Ich erinner mich daran."
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24. Putnam: Do you recall why you said your son hired the doctor and that your son could've prevented his own death?
25. Putnam: Erinnern Sie sich das sie sagten, dass Ihr Sohn den Arzt anstellte und das Ihr Sohn seinen Tod hätte verhindern können?
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27. Mrs Jackson said that's all that's been talked about in the trial and that she remembers emails, Phillips' interview saying AEG hired Murray
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29. "I didn't say I didn't remember anything, I said I'm 83, I would 't remember everything," Mrs. Jackson responded.
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31. Putnam asked how she remembers it when she said her memory wasn't very good.
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33. Mrs. Jackson: I had heard they had hired and there was the doctor there so I thought MJ had hired him, not knowing the facts.
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35. She said from hearing the emails, AEG said they had hired him and that Randy Phillips went on TV saying they hired him.
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37. Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't believe that MJ hired Dr. Murray because of what she's been listening here in court.
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39. "He didn't say stacks, he measure with his fingers," Mrs. Jackson explained.
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41. Putnam asked if she heard testimony from Prince saying he would give Dr. Murray stacks of money in a rubber band.
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43. Putnam asked if MJ ever paid Dr. Murray. She answered it was to treat the children.
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45. Putnam: You heard testimony MJ hired Dr. Murray in Las Vegas? Mrs Jackson: He had doctors for his children, I don't know if it was Dr Murray
46. Putnam: Sie hörten Aussagen, das MJ Dr. Murray in Las Vegas anstellte? Mrs. J: Er hatte einen Arzt für die Kinder, weiß nicht ob es Dr. Murray war
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48. Putnam: Do you believe your son hired Dr. Murray? Mrs. Jackson: No I don't
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50. "Conrad Murray, even if he asked, he could've said no," Mrs. Jackson opined.
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52. Mrs. Jackson said she had not heard that MJ asked other doctors for Propofol. Putnam asked if that came to a surprise for her. She said yes.
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54. Putnam: Did you hear from the criminal trial that your son asked Dr. Murray to give him Propofol? Mrs. Jackson: I have heard
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56. Putnam: Do you remember MJ asking for Propofol? Panish: Calls for hearsay response
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58. Putnam: Do you believe your son MJ knew Dr. Murray was giving him Propofol? Panish: Objection, calls for speculation
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60. Putnam: You never believed your son had any part in his own death? Mrs. Jackson: Correct!
61. Putnam: Sie haben nie geglaubt, dass Ihr Sohn Anteil an seinem Tod hat? Mrs. J. Correct
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63. Putnam: Do you believe that your son is in any way responsible for his passing? Mrs. Jackson: No I don't
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65. Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson has been here most of the days over the past 12 weeks.
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67. Putnam asked about the damages Mrs. Jackson asked for in her lawsuit. MJ's mother responded that he could ask her attorneys about it.
68. Putnam fragt nach dem Schadensersatz den Mrs. Jackson für sich in der Klage erfragt. Sie sagt, dass er ihre Anwälte fragen könne.
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70. Putnam: Did you ever ask MJ about having money problems? Mrs. Jackson: No, because I didn't believe it. Because he wasn't.
71. Putnam: Fragten Sie jemals MJ ob er Geldprobleme hat? Mrs. Jackson: Nein, weil ich es nicht glaubte. Weil er nicht.
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73. Putnam: You heard about MJ having money problems? Mrs. Jackson: I heard for years Michael Jackson was broken and he wasn't
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75. And Mrs. Jackson asked: "What does this have to do with the death of my son?"
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77. "They were being offered money under the table, that's what I heard from my son," Mrs. Jackson testified.
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79. She also said MJ told her too that people were making deals on his behalf.
80. Sie sagte auch, dass MJ ihr sagte das Leute Geld mit ihm machten.
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82. Mrs. Jackson testified she heard stories about it. Putnam: Who did you hear that from? Mrs. Jackson: Just different people
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84. "They have been saying it for 15 years," Mrs. Jackson said. "People were taking money from him also, stealing I should say."
85. "Sie sagten dies seit 15 Jahren." Leute nahmen Geld von ihm, stohlen es, sollte ich sagen."
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87. Putnam: Where you aware MJ was having financial difficulties when he passed away? Mrs. Jackson: Yes, I've heard from some people
88. Wussten Sie das MJ fnanz. Schwierigkeiten hatte als er starb? Mrs. Jackson."Ja ich hörte es von einigen Leuten."
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90. Regarding Michael having money problems, Mrs. Jackson said : "My son made a lot of money, he had people working for him."
91. Bzgl. Geldproblemen von MJ. "Mein Sohn hat sehr viel verdient, er hatte Leute, die für ihn arbeiteten."
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93. Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson had a bank account back in 2010 when she filed her lawsuit. She said she doesn't recall.
94. Putnam fragt ob sie ein Bankkonte in 2010 hatte als sie die Klage erhob. Sie sagt sie erinnert sich nicht.
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96. Putnam asked again if there was any record of the money MJ gave her. She replied she didn't think she needed to.
97. Putnam fragt wieder ob es Aufzeichnungen gibt darüber das er ihr Geld gab. Sie antwortet, sie denkt nein.
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99. "When he gave me cash, it was a gift, I didn't think I needed to report to anyone," Mrs. Jackson said.
100. Wenn er mir Cash gab, war es ein Geschenk, ich musste es nirgendwo festhelten oder jemand berichten."
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102. "My son took care of me, food, shelter, clothes," Mrs. Jackson explained.
103. Mein Sohn sorgte für mich, Essen, Kleider...."
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105. "It was a gift," Mrs. Jackson said about the money she received from Michael. Putnam asked if she reported/recorded anywhere.
106. Es war ein Geschenk, sagt Mrs. Jackson über das Geld was sie von Michael erhielt. Putnam fragt ob sie es irgendwo angab/aufzeichnete
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108. Mrs. Jackson lives now in a gated community in Calabasas. Hayvenhurst house is under renovation.
109. Mrs. Jacckson lebt nun in Calabasas. Hayvenhurst ist unter Renovierung.
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111. Putnam asking about the house in Gary, Indiana. It's been 44 years since she left and moved in to the Hayvenhurst house.
112. Putnam fragt über das Haus in Gary. Es ist 44 Jahre her, dass sie es verließ und sie nach Hayvenhurst zog.
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114. Mrs. Jackson said MJ would give her money in cash, but she would not write down the amounts.
115. Mrs. Jackson sagt MJ gab ihr Geld in Cash, aber sie führte nicht Buch über die Beträge.
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117. Putnam explained to Mrs. Jackson about the discovery process, where both sides have to exchange documents related to the case.

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   Katherine Jackson back on the stand for cross examination. Session began at 9:55 am PT. Marvin Putnam, for AEG, doing the questioning.

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And that ended Day 53 of the trial. We hope to see you tomorrow for all the details of John Meglen's testimony. Have a great night everybody
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Plaintiffs want to bring Rwamba to testify before they rest their case. They still need to finish Ortega's testimony too.
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Outside the presence of jury, Panish said Deborah Chang spoke with Grace Rwamba's lawyer and he doesn't' know where she is.
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Meglen said the expense of the show production falls under the artist to pay. Judge adjourned until tomorrow at 9:45 am PT.
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Meglen said almost immediately Gongaware took the lead on the MJ's This Is It project, since he had prior experience with MJ.
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"He was very excited," Meglen said. "He was great, full of energy, seem taller, firm handshake, he was there, he was very, very excited."
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Meglen said MJ asked Gongaware about Brigitte, his girlfriend at the time. They wanted MJ to choose them for a comeback tour.
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MJ recognized Gongaware, Meglen said. He came out of the bedroom, "Whenever I see Paul Gongaware I know everything is going to be all right"
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The meeting was to let MJ know what AEG was about, Meglen said. Gongaware, Raymone Bain (MJ's manager), Lopez, MJ were present.
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Meglen said he next met MJ in 2007 with Peter Lopez, MJ's attorney at the time at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Bina asked if Wikipedia was wrong in saying the shows were sold out. "I don't use Wikipedia as source for my business," Meglen said.
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They both sold half house, he said, which is half of the tickets available. Meglen said they hid he empty seats so it wouldn't show.
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Meglen watched both shows and said it was great. Marcel Avram was the promoter.
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Meglen worked with MJ prior to "This Is It" once. He was a consultant to a firm in Japan that promoted two MJ shows in 1986 around Christmas
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When they created Concerts West, Meglen said their first tour was Andrea Bocelli. They promoted first tour of Mariah Carey.
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Meglen said he doesn't think being the number 1 is necessarily a good thing. He explained it is the difference between quality and quantity.
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Bina talked about rivalry between AEG Live and Live Nation.
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Meglen said he went to Veterinarian school initially. "I feel like I work with animals some times," he joked.
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Paul Gongaware is co-CEO of Concerts West with Meglen. He described his extensive background in the business.
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John Meglen is a concert promoter, works at AEG Live, he's the president and CEO of Concerts West.
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AEG's attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina did direct examination.
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AEG called their next witness, John Meglen.
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Judge told jury we are now moving to defendants' case, even though plaintiffs have not yet rested their case in chief.
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Mrs. Jackson: The CEO of AEG

Mrs. Jackson was then excused. She went home for the rest of the day to rest.
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In re-re-re-direct, Panish asked: Who do you think it's in a better position to know who hired the doctor, you or the CEO of AEG?
Im re-re-re-direct Panish fragt: Wer denken Sie ist in der besseren Postition zu wissen wer den Arzt anstellte, Sie oder CEO oder AEG?
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Putnam said one of them was not right in their interview. Mrs. Jackson answered: "I'm not correct."
Putnam sagt eines von beiden ist nicht richtig in ihrem IV: Mrs. Jackson antwortet: "Ich bin nicht korrekt."
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Mrs. Jackson: Like I said, I didn't know who hired him at that time.
Mrs. Jackson: Wie ich sagte, ich wusste damals nicht wer ihn anstellte.
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In re-re-cross, Putnam inquired Phillips said 'we hired him' and Mrs. Jackson said 'Michael' hired him.
Im Re-Re-Cross Putman sagt Phillips sagt wir heuerten ihn und Mrs Jackson sagt Michael heuerte ihn
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Mrs. Jackson: No, not at all. The children knew her, they wanted her, that's why.
Nein, Die Kinder kannten sie, wollten sie.
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Mrs. Jackson: Kai Chase has been working for me not quite a year yet
Kai Chase arbeitet seit 1 Jahr für mich nun

Panish: Did you hire Kai Chase so she would testify in your favor?
Panish: Heurten Sie Kai Chase damit sie zu Ihren Gunsten aussagt?
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Panish: There was a suggestion in this trial you hired Kai Chase back so she can testify in your favor?
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Panish showed video of Phillips saying they hired him.
Panish zeigt Vide Phillips sagend das sie ihn heuerten.

Panish: Did Sister Rose discuss with you about AEG pressuring MJ?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes
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Regarding the interview, Mrs. Jackson said she just assumed, she didn't know whether MJ had hired Dr. Murray.
Bzgl. des Interviews. sagt sie, sie nahm nur an, dass er ihn heuerte, sie wusste nicht ob es MJ war der Dr. Murray heuerte.
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She's a Jehovah's Witness and there's a difference between her religion and the Nation of Islam.
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In re-re-direct, Panish asked: They still didn't send a card, did they?
Mrs. Jackson: No. Thousands and thousands of people sent her card.
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Mrs. Jackson said AEG told her if she did the memorial service at the Staples Center it would be free (she wanted to do it at the Coliseum)
Mrs. Jackson sagte AEG sagte ihnen, wenn sie es im Staples Center machen wäre es kostenlos (sie wollte es im Coleseum machen.)
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Putnam asked if AEG put together a Memorial Service for MJ. She said yes.
Putnam fragt ob AEG das Memorial Service für MJ machte. Sie sagt ja.
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Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson knows Gongaware. "No, but that shouldn't have stopped him, to say I'm sorry what happened to your son" she said
Putnam fragt Mrs. Jackson ob sie Gongaware kennt. "Nein aber das hätte ihn nicht abhalten sollen zu sagen, dass es ihm leid tut war mit ihrem Sohn geschah", sagt sie
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Putnam: Did I say anything improper in the deposition regarding the Nation of Islam?
Putnam: Sagte ich etwas unangemessenes in der Depsition bzgl. Nation of Islam?
Mrs. Jackson: You were asking me question about it
"Sie fragten mich Fragen darüber
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Mrs. Jackson doesn't know why Sister Rose is called sister and Brother Michael is brother.
Mrs Jackson weiß nicht warum Sister Rose Schwester und Brother Michael Bruder ist
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"She told me that MJ was very weak, and she told me that she talked about what went down at the practice, they had to hold him up" she said
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Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson spoke with Sister Rose, the kids' nanny.
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"I could, but I didn't want to bring that up with them," Mrs. Jackson answered.
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Putnam asked if Mrs. Jackson talked to her grandchildren about Dr. Murray in search of the truth.
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In re-cross, Putnam showed a video where Mrs. Jackson said "It could've been prevented, he hired a doctor to take care of him."
In Re-Cross Putnam zeigt ein Video wo Mrs. Jackson sagt "Es hätte verhindert werden können, er stellte den Arzt an um für ihn zu sorgen."
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Panish asked if the figure for restitution was set by the state. Mrs. Jackson said yes.
Panish fragt ob die Zahl für die Wiedergutmachung vom Staat festgesetzt wird. Mrs. J:Ja
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Panish: Issue of restitution was the state decision and you told them not to do it, correct?
Panish: Thema der Restitution war eine Staatsentscheidung und Sie sagten Ihnen es nicht zu tun, richtig?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes
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Panish showed picture of MJ in June 09 and asked if she ever saw her son like that. "Never," said Mrs. Jackson crying, wiping her eyes.
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"They watched him waste away and waited, I know they did it," Mrs. Jackson said, crying.
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Mrs. Jackson: They were there, without calling somebody. My husband and I would have been there in a second (crying)
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Panish: Did AEG ever tell you they called your son a freak?
Mrs. Jackson: No
P: And that it was creepy meeting your son?
Mrs. J: No (crying)
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"The could've called me, he was asking for his father, he was scared, he was asking for Joseph," Mrs. Jackson said, crying.
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Mrs. Jackson said she learned about MJ's condition in court, that AEG never told her MJ was deteriorating, paranoia, losing weight, rambling
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Panish asked if she knew Hougdahl wrote an email to AEG that MJ was deteriorating in front of his eyes?
Mrs. Jackson: No
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Panish: Did you know your son was sleep-deprived for 60 days?
Mrs. Jackson: No, I didn't
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Phillips and Gongaware never called/send card to Mrs. Jackson after MJ died, Mrs Jackson said. Kenny Ortega went to see her, she said.
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"Why," Panish asked. "I wanted to find out what really happened to my son," Mrs. Jackson responded.
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Panish asked what she did to go about this case. "I hired your firm," Mrs. Jackson said.
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Mrs Jackson said she doesn't know anything about computers, it's not a lawyer or investigator. Her highest level of education is high school
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Panish: Farrakhan and Nation of Islam, does that have anything to do with your son's death?
Mrs. Jackson: No
P: Were you upset?
Mrs. J: Yes
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Panish inquired if Putnam asked during deposition personal question?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes, he asked 'did your husband beat you'?
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Panish: Did you rely on him (MJ) for all necessities of life?
Panish: Haben Sie sich verlassen auf ihn (MJ) für alle Notwendigkeiten des Lebens?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes
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In re-direct, Panish asked if before MJ died, was he paying for everything?
Panish fragt, zahlte MJ für alles?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes, paying for everything Ja er bezahlte alles
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Mrs. Jackson said she told Janet she didn't have to continue to send her money after MJ died.
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Mrs. Jackson said she was receiving that amount when MJ died. The money went to her assistant Janice at the office.
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At first, it was not on a monthly basis, but it became that way, Mrs. Jackson explained. Janet sent her $10,000 a month.
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Mrs. Jackson testified she was receiving money from MJ and also from Janet Jackson.
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Mrs. Jackson said she never told AEG Live or Randy Phillips about MJ having drug problem.
Mrs. Jackson sagt sie hat nie AEG oder Phillips etwas über Mediprobleme von MJ gesagt.
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Putnam: Did you tell Mr. DiLeo you were concerned that your son was abusing painkillers?
Putnam: Haben Sie Mr. Dileo gesagt, dass sie besorgt sind, dass ihr Sohn Schmerzmittel nimmt?
Mrs. Jackson: No, since he had just come back
Nein, weil er gerade erst zurück kam.
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Mrs. Jackson: Michael and DiLeo told me he was back for the This Is It tour.
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Putnam asked if it was someone other than MJ who hired DiLeo. "I think so, Michael didn't want him back," she said.
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Mrs. Jackson wanted to know why people kept re-hiring people Michael had fired.
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She remembers answering the phone when Frank DiLeo went back to work for Michael.
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Mrs. Jackson said she had many conversations with Frank DiLeo and they were all friendly.
Mrs. Jackson sagt, dass sie viele Unterhaltungen mit Dileo hatte und sie waren alle freundlich
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Mrs. Jackson said she never discussed with her son's attorneys or managers about her concerns.
Mrs. Jackson sagt, dass nie mit den Anwälten oder Managern des Sohnes über Drogenprolbeme sprach.
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Putnam: Was there any time during the criminal trial that you were concerned MJ was under the influence of something?
Mrs. Jackson: No
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Putnam: Was there a time you were concerned with MJ using painkillers?
Mrs. Jackson: I can't say I weren't concerned
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"I didn't know what to believe," she said. "I went to Neverland because my children kept asking me and I was concerned."
Ich wusste nicht was ich glauben sollte. Ich ging nach Neverland weil meine Kinder mich fragten und ich besorgt war
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Putnam: Do you think your son was abusing painkillers?
Putnam: Denken Sie Ihr Sohn hat Schmerzmittel missbraucht?
Mrs. Jackson: I don't know
Ich weiß es nicht
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"I didn't know what to believe," Mrs. Jackson said.
"Ich wusste nicht was ich glauben sollte"

Mrs. Jackson conceded she denied this morning that her son was abusing drugs.
Mrs. Jackson gibt zu, dass sie diesen Morgen verneinte das ihr Sohn Medikamente missbrauchte
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Mrs. Jackson: I kind of believe it and didn't believe it, hearing from my children, hearing from other people.
Mrs: Jacksin: Ich glaubte es und glaubte es nicht, hörend von meinen Kindern, von anderen Leuten
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Mrs. Jackson told Oprah she didn't want to hear MJ had overdosed. MJ kept saying he wasn't on it, and that his own mother didn't believe him
Mrs. Jackson erzhlte Oprah sie sagte MJ sie wolle nicht das er overdosed wird. MJ sagte er wäre auf nichts und seine eigene Mutter würde ihm nicht glauben
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She also said about the family's attempted intervention: the children told her to take MJ to rehab and kind of clean him up.
Sie erzählte auch über Familieninterventionen, dass die Kinder ihr sagten sie versuchen MJ zur Reha zu bringen, ihn clean zu machen
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In Oprah's interview, Mrs. Jackson said it was a long time before she knew MJ was addicted to painkillers.
Im IV sagte sie, es war eine lange Zeit davor bevor sie wusste, dass MJ abhänig war wegen Schmerzmittel
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Mrs. Jackson: I told you MJ was on painkillers, but I don't think he was abusing it.
Mrs. Jackson: Ich sagte Ihnen MJ war auf Schmerzmedikamenten, aber ich denke nicht er missbrauchte sie.
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Putnam: You said you believed your son was addicted to drugs?
Putnam: Sagten Sie, dass Sie glaubten das ihr Sohn abhänig von Drogen war?
Mrs. Jackson: I told Oprah that
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Putnam: Did you try to tell the truth in that interview?
Putnam: Sagten Sie die Wahrheit im IV?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes
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Oprah's interview aired about a month after the the lawsuit was filed. She watched it when it aired at the Hayvenhurst house.
Oprahs IV wurde 1 Monat danach aussgstrahlt als Kathrine die Klage einreichte.
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Putnam asked if she recalls sitting down for interview with Oprah Winfrey in the fall of 2010. Mrs. Jackson said yes.
Putnam fragt ob sie sich erinnert zum IV bei Oprah gesessen zu haben im Herbst 2010. Sie sagt Ja
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Putnam asked if Mrs Jackson knows there were a number of doctors who testified in this case. She said she didn't know, didn't see deposition
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Mrs. Jackson said she does not remember MJ showing her a Narcan patch.
Mrs. Jackson kann sich nicht erinnern das MJ ihr ein Narcan _implantat zeigte
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As to Louis Farrakhan -- she met him, but doesn't remember seeing him at Neverland.
Sie traf Louis Farrakhan, aber erinnert sich nicht an ein Treffen in Neverland
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Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't remember discussing the implant in 2002.
Mrs. Jackson sagt sie erinnert sich nicht daran mit ihm über ein Implantat in 2002 gesprochen zu haben
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Putnam: Do you remember testimony about MJ having an implant to treat Demerol?
Putnam: Erinnern Sie sich über das Zeugnis das MJ ein Implantat gegen Demorol hatte?
Mrs. Jackson: I don't know anything about that
Mrs. Jackson: Ich weiß nicht darüber
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"I don't remember who Dr. Farshchian is and I don't remember treating Michael for Demerol," Mrs. Jackson said.
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Putnam asked if Dr. Farshchian testified he spoke with her because she wanted to know all the details of her son's Demerol use.
Putnam sagt, dass Dr. Farshchiam aussagte er sprach mit ihr weil sie alle Details über den Demerol-Gebrauch ihres Sohnes wissen wollte.
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Putnam showed Mrs. Jackson transcript of Dr. Farshchian's deposition and asked if that refreshed her recollection. She said it doesn't.
Putnam zeigt Mrs. Jackson Transcript von Dr. Farshchians Aussage und ob es ihre Erinnerung zurückholt. Sie sagt nein.
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Mrs. Jackson said he doesn't recall Dr. Farshchian and does not recall any phone call with any doctor about MJ's addiction to Demerol.
Mrs. Jackson sagt sie erinnert sich nicht an Dr. Farshchian und kann sich an kein Telefonat mit einem Arzt über MJs Abhänikgeit zu Demorol erinnern
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Putnam asked about the attempted intervention in 2002. He asked about Dr. Farshchian treating MJ's addiction to Demerol.
Putnam fragt über Interventionen in 2002. Er fragt über Dr. Farshchians Behandlung wegen MJs Demorol-Abhänigkeit
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Mrs. Jackson wore black and white print long jacket with fuchsia flowers, with cranberry top and skirt.
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Mrs. Jackson: I don't like hearing bad news.
Mrs. Jackson: Ich mag keine schlechten Nachrichten hören
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Putnam asked about whether she shut her ears to bad things. "I may have said that but I don't remember," Mrs. Jackson responded.
Putnam fragt ob sie die Ohren verschließt gegenüber schelchten Nachrichten. " Ich mag dies gesagt haben, kann mich aber nicht erinnern, sagt sie
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MJ's mother said she never heard before tour had been canceled because of MJ's rehab. She said it doesn't mean it wasn't but she didn't know
MJ`s Mutter sagt sie hat niemals über die Tourcancelung gehört weil MJ auf Reha ging. Sie sagt, dass heißt nicht, dass es nicht wahr ist, aber sie weiß es nicht
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Mrs. Jackson said she did not discuss with MJ about it and had never heard MJ's 1993 announcement he was going into rehab.
Mrs. Jackson sagt sie redete nicht mit MJ darüber und hörte niemals über MJs 1993 Ankündigung, dass er in Reha geht
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Mrs. Jackson: My children probably didn't want me to know about it.
Mrs. Jackson: Meine Kinder wollten wohl nicht, dass ich darüber weiß
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Mrs. Jackson: I had heard that, that Elizabeth Taylor had something to do about drugs but I don't watch television that much.
Mrs. J: Ich hörte das E.T. etwas mit Drogen zu tun hat, aber ich schaute nicht viel fern
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Putnam: Were you aware your son MJ had gone to rehab before?
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Putnam showed Mrs. Jackson Randy's deposition saying MJ asked her to sign the letter. She said it doesn't refresh her recollection about it.
Putnam zeigte Mrs. J. Randy`s Aussage wo er sagt, das MJ Kathrine fragte den Brief zu unterzeichnen. Sie sagt das holt nicht ihre Erinnerung darüber zurück
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Mrs. Jackson said she doesn't' remember MJ being involved in the draft of the letter. She doesn't know who asked her to sign it.
Mrs. J. sagt sie kann sich nicht erinnern das MJ beim Entwurf des Briefes involviert war. Sie weiß nicht ob er fragte, dass sie unterzeichnete.
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Putnam: Isn't it true your son MJ asked you to sign this?
Mrs. Jackson: I don't remember my son asking me to sign this
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Mrs. Jackson: As far as the tabloids, I didn't waste my time because I know all they do is to try to make money
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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 52 – July 19 2013 – Summary

Katherine Jackson Testimony


Jackson direct

She states her full name: Katherine Esther Jackson. She said her date of birth is May 4, 1930, which makes her 83 years old. She said she's a little hard time hearing. Mrs. Jackson said this is the first time she's testified in court and she is a little nervous. (ABC7)

Panish: Did you get a lot of sleep last night?
Mrs. Jackson: No (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson testified she's a private person, she's always in the background of her children. (ABC7) "I leave the spotlight for my children," she said. (AP) "The most difficult thing is to seat there in this court and listen to all the bad things they say about my son," Mrs. Jackson explained. "They are not true," she said. "He's not here to speak for himself."(ABC7) "A lot of the things that have been said are not the truth," Katherine Jackson said. "He's not here to speak for himself" (AP) Panish asked if she was here to speak on his behalf. "I will do my best," she answered. (ABC7) “The most difficult thing is to sit here in this court and listen to all the bad things they say about my son,” she said, later adding. “A lot of the things that have been said are not the truth. And he’s not here to speak for himself.” “Are you here to speak for your son Michael?” Panish asked.“I’ll try my best,” she replied. (LAtimes) "The most difficult thing is to sit here in this court and listen to all the bad things they've said about my son," she said in her soft, barely audible voice. "None of the things are the truth." (NYDailyNews)

"I want to know what really happened to my son and that's why I am here," Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7)

Panish: How does he make you feel that they said they were going to say you son was a bad person?
Mrs Jackson: My son was a very good person. He gave to charity, is on the record for giving to charity. I'm so nervous, I'm so sorry. (ABC7)

"I know my son was a very good person," she said. "He loved everybody. He was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the entertainer who gave the most to charity.” (People)

Katherine Jackson She was born in Alabama. Her father’s name was Prince and she described his singing talents. Mrs. Jackson explained that when MJ named his son Prince, it wasn’t a King of Pop reference. It was a family name. (AP)

Mrs. Jackson said MJ named his son Prince because of her family. "He loved my father," she said.
Panish: When you learned MJ was going to name his son Prince, were you happy?
Mrs. Jackson: Very! (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson testified the musical talent came from her grandfather on her mother's side, Columbus Brown. She said her mother would open the windows and his song rang over the valley. "My father taught us to play the guitar," Mrs. Jackson said. Her sister played the cello. "We always had music around the house." Mrs. Jackson said she had polio as a child, Infantile Poliomyelitis. "I wore a brace on left leg from age 7 to 9," she said. "I was shy." Mrs. Jackson said Michael loved all children, especially those who had something wrong with them: orphans, hospitals for disable children. Michael would spend the day with Make a Wish foundation. (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson married Joseph Jackson when she was 19 and he was 21. They lived in Gary, Indiana. They bought a house on Jackson Street. "It was a coincidence," she said. It looked like a garage in a way. It was a 4 room, 2 bedroom house. She raised 9 children: Rebbie , Jackie, Tito , Jermaine, LaToya, Marlon, Michael, Randy and Janet. Mrs. Jackson said they had bunk beds. Jackie was the oldest, he got his own bunk. Randy was baby, slept in Katherine and Joe's room. Mrs. Jackson said that sometimes she would wake up to them harmonizing singing. Joe worked in a steel mill, was sometimes laid off 2-4 weeks She took a job, between Randy and Janet, since there was a 5 year gap. She was a clerk at Sears and Roebuck. (ABC7)

Panish: Did you always have a lot of money?
Mrs. Jackson: No, not at all
Mrs. Jackson: I made a lot of clothes, watch the newspaper, bought a lot of things on sale, went down to Salvation Army to get shoes. (ABC7)

"I had to live payday to payday," Mrs. Jackson explained. "The money was scarce, we had to eat." She said they didn't want to go on welfare. "We picked vegetables, fruits, keep in the freezer and that's how we survived."
Panish: Are you a good cook?
Mrs. Jackson: The kids think so
"I know how to prepare a potato every way you can think of," Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7)

She said she enjoyed having a large family and lived in a cul de sac near little league field. Jackie and Tito played baseball. Michael would spend his money with candy and cookie, Mrs. Jackson said. He would set up a store to sell them. (ABC7) Panish also showed a photo of the Jackson’s home in Gary, Ind. & pics of Jermaine and Tito on their Little League team, the Katz Kittens. The team was named after the mayor at the time, who sponsored the team, Katherine Jackson said. The mayor was in the photo, next to her sons. She said Michael Jackson would save money to buy candy at the Little League field. But he didn't eat it all. Instead, she said Michael Jackson would the candy and play “Store Man,” a game in which he was merchant. (AP)

The pop star’s mother spent much of the morning talking about raising her nine children with husband Joe in a four-room house in Gary, Ind. Money was tight, she said, particularly when her husband couldn’t find work at the steel mill. Katherine Jackson recalled making her children’s clothes, cutting coupons from newspapers — even picking vegetables she would preserve. Katherine Jackson said that both she and her husband came from musical families and that their talents were passed on to their children. She recalled going to sleep at night — she and Joe in one of the bedrooms, her sons sharing a triple bunk-bed in the other — and waking up to the children “harmonizing and singing.” (LATimes) She described moving the family to Gary Ind. after marrying Joe Jackson. They moved into a home on Jackson street, a coincidence. She also described the family’s hardscrabble years as they struggled to scrape by. “I picked vegetables, I canned food,” Mrs. Jackson said. She said every year she’d buy ¼ or ½ a cow for food. “That’s how we would survive.” (AP)

"I was always close to God," Mrs. Jackson said. "II raised my children the best I can with spiritual guidance." She was raised Baptist, then became Lutheran and wasn't satisfied with that. When old enough to understand started searching. "I searched and found the true religion: Jehovah Witness," Mrs. Jackson testified. Jevohah's witnesses don't celebrate birthdays or other dates. They celebrate one day, that's Jesus last supper. Some became Witnesses, Michael, Rebbie and LaToya. The others are not. Her husband wasn't a witness, so they didn't stop holidays right away.(ABC7)

Picture of Katherine Jackson during her high school years. "Oh my God, that's me," a shy Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7)

Michael was born Aug 29, 1958. As to this photo: "It shows my sweet little boy to me," Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7) Panish showed a photo of Michael as a toddler, smiling at the camera. He asked what it showed. “It shows him as a sweet little boy to me,” Katherine Jackson said. “My baby.” (LATimes)

Michael was always sensitive and loving, Mrs. Jackson said. One day, when his brother was sick, Michael was holding his hand and cried.(ABC7) Michael didn’t let the fame go to his head, she said. Katherine Jackson told stories earlier in the morning of her son as a child, crying because one of his other brothers was sick. “Michael has always been sensitive and loving,” she said. (LATimes)

Panish asked when MJ showed he loved music. "He was born dancing," Mrs. Jackson said. "He was in my arms and couldn't be still, was dancing". Mrs. Jackson told a story when she had a Maytag with roller that squeezes water out. It was old and rusty and it would make a squeaky noise. MJ would be dancing to the squeaking noise. "He was dancing and sucking in bottles," Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7) Michael, she said, “was born that way.” “When all the kids were dancing around, he was in my arms and he couldn’t be still. He was dancing to the music,” she said. “And when he started to talk, he would still dance.”Her washing machine, she said, used to rattle to a rhythm. She recalled finding her seventh children standing next to the machine, “dancing, sucking on the bottle, to the squeaking of the washer.” The jury laughed. “He just loved music,” Katherine Jackson said. “He loved to dance.” (LATimes)

The children loved the Temptations and imitated them all the time, Mrs. Jackson said. Panish asked if they had television in the house. Mrs. Jackson: We had an old TV, TV would break, had a TV man take it away and sometimes didn't have money to get it back. (ABC7)
The children would sing and dance, she said. "We always had music in the house." They were very young, they danced and sang. Michael was 5 years old, they went on to contests at school, then professional. There was not a lot to do in Gary, Mrs. Jackson said. So the high school had events and the boys would win every time there was a contest. Michael won every contest. When the other kids knew the Jacksons were coming they were Oh my God!, Mrs. Jackson said. Originally, the name was Jackson Brothers Five, but the name was too long, so they cut it short to Jackson 5. Mrs. Jackson: Michael was 5 and the sang Climb Every Mountain. He started singing, my father and I cried like a baby. (ABC7) Katherine Jackson said she and her children would listen to country music — something her father played when she was a girl — and her older sons began singing in competitions at local high schools. Michael was about 5, she said, when he sang at his own school program. She said she went to the school with her father-in-law to watch her son sing “Climb Ev'ry Mountain.” “I was so nervous when he walked out on the stage because he was always shy,” she said. “And he started singing the song and he sang it with such clarity. … Joe’s father sat there and cried like a baby. He looked around, and I was crying too.”“He got a standing ovation for his performance, and he wasn’t nervous, and I was shocked,” she continued, saying she thought he “felt more at home when he was on stage.” (LATimes)

Panish: How did that make you feel?
Mrs. Jackson: I cried (ABC7)

Michael joined his brothers’ group soon after, she said, and the boys would rehearse at home, pushing the furniture back toward the walls of the living room and dancing in the middle of the floor. They kept singing at local contests, only losing once, she said with a chuckle. “I think they were sick of seeing the Jacksons win,” she said. (LATimes) Jackson 5 lost a contest once to a boy who lived next door and won that year. The boys rehearsed at the house. "We saved money to buy amplifiers," Mrs. Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson said she made the suits. She said they were called "Homemade suits" (the jury laughed). (ABC7) Panish showed videos and photos of the Jackson 5, featuring a young Michael smiling as he sang and danced with his brothers. The attorney asked Katherine Jackson what type of suits her son wore in one black-and-white photo. “Homemade suits,” she responded, drawing laughter. (LATimes)

Mrs. Jackson: When Gladys Knight and Temptations would ask for us to be on stage with them and they got paid that way. They signed with Motown in 1968. The boys moved first to California, Katherine came four months later. "I had always wanted to live in California," Mrs. Jackson explained, since Gary, Indiana was so cold and snowed. Jackson 5 started making records when they signed with Motown. The first 4 singles became number one records, Mrs. Jackson recalled. Mrs. Jackson explained the Jacksonmania that happened at this time. Shes said there was so many girls around the house she got tired of it. "They'd come and stay all day and sometimes they stayed so late I had to drive them home," Mrs. Jackson remembered. Panish showed video of their early life in Gary, Indiana, dancing at 5, Motown, audition, ABC song, TV show, Motown 25. (ABC7) The boys’ careers took off – they singed a record deal with Motown in 1968 -- and Katherine Jackson talked about moving to California with her family. Girls swarmed their home, she said. “I got so tired of it,” she laughed. (LATimes)

Panish: As mother, when you saw MJ perform like that, how did you feel?
Mrs. Jackson: I felt very proud (ABC7)

Special performances surprised Mrs. Jackson. When he was 14 he sang solo in the Academy Awards shows. "I was very proud of him," she said.
Panish: Were you nervous about it?
Mrs. Jackson: I was a little bit, but he did well (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson said MJ liked rats. One time they went to Beverly Hills to have dinner and he kept putting crumbs in his pocket to feed the rat. Michael didn't like dogs, Mrs. Jackson said. She recalls one day of a dog bite and Michael been afraid ever since. Despite that, Michael got a chocolate Labrador for the children, named Kenya. They had a turkey, a parrot, ferrets, mice, cats. (ABC7) Katherine Jackson also related why her son disliked dogs. She said it was because one badly bit his brother Randy when they were children. It was a friend’s pit bull that they were watching, and the dog bit off a chunk of Randy’s arm, Katherine Jackson said. (AP)

Michael was a very good artist, Mrs. Jackson said. He did a lot of art in school and some of this pictures have been sold. He'd write songs. Katherine said Michael didn't seat and watch TV. She said it's very hard for her to seat and watch them talking about Michael being lazy. "My son was not lazy," Mrs. Jackson said. "That is the biggest lie around." (ABC7) On the witness stand, she said an email written by Paul Gongaware, a top AEG Live executive, that described her son as lazy was especially hurtful."My son is not lazy. You don't get to be the biggest," she said, pausing, "by being lazy." (AP) Panish asked Katherine Jackson whether her son sat around and watched TV. No, she said. “My son is not lazy,” Katherine Jackson said. “You don’t get to be the biggest” _ she paused for several seconds _ “by being lazy.” She told the jury that her son liked art and that some of his drawings had been sold. She mentioned his songwriting as well. (AP)

Katherine Jackson said her grandson Prince is a better student than Michael was, though. Panish played a clip from “The Wiz.” (AP). MJ was a straight A student. He liked movies, Katherine named a few: The Wiz, Sidney, 12 Angry Men. Panish show snippet of The Wiz. Jurors were highly entertained at this point. Some smiled, some pursed their lips as if they were trying not to smile. Katherine said Michael and Quincy Jones got along very well, worked together in various projects: Thriller, Bad, Off the Wall.(ABC7)

Panish then asked her about MJ’s practice of writing notes. He “wrote notes to himself all the time,” she said. Michael Jackson would write notes about how many records he wanted to sell from each album. She said his notes would come true. (AP)

Panish: When Michael was 21, did he write down what his goals were?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes, Michael wrote notes to himself (ABC7)

She said he'd write where he wanted to be at certain time, how he wanted an album to sell. He was still living at home in Hayvenhurst. He wanted to be known as MJ, not little Michael or little Jackson, Mrs. Jackson explained. (ABC7)

Panish showed video of the first time MJ did the Moonwalk (Billie Jean song). Jurors smiled. He used to practice all the time, Mrs.
Jackson said. He has a room over the garage where he danced two hours straight without stopping. The sequined silver jacket MJ was using in Billie Jean was Katherine's. He went into her closet, got it before the show, never gave it back. (ABC7)

She mentioned that Michael lived at the family home at Hayvenhust until he was 30 years. He practiced dancing in a room above the garage. Panish asked whether success got to her son’s head. “No,” she replied. “Michael was the most humble person around.” She discussed her son remodeling Hayvenhurst for her, and taking family photos and blowing them up to hang in his dance rehearsal space. Mrs. Jackson said he surprised her by fixing up that room in that way. He also put up a plaque with a poem to his mom that's still there. (AP)

MJ continued to live with Mrs. Jackson until her was 30. "When he became 18, he wanted to buy me a house," she testified. But by that time houses had gone up to millions of dollars, so he decided to rebuild the house. "The way you see Hayvenhurst is the way he rebuilt it," Mrs. Jackson said. He had a room upstairs he didn't want anyone to go in. He then got all the pictures and put them on the wall instead of wallpaper. He said 'here's your surprise,' she said. Panish showed video of the room. "He gave this to me," Mrs. Jackson said. Even the ceiling has pictures. "Everything is covered." (ABC7)

She recounted a couple incidents in which her son Michael disguised himself and she didn’t realize it was him. One time was on the set of his short film “Ghost.” She visited the set and was greeted by a white man. It was MJ, in makeup. He also wore a disguise when they went out to speak to people about being Jehovah’s Witnesses, Katherine Jackson said. Katherine Jackson said she didn’t recognize him until he said, “It’s me mother.” They then went out and knocked on people’s doors. Panish: “Did he get the door slammed in his face?”
Katherine Jackson: “Lots of times. They never knew who it was.” (AP)

Panish: Did MJ like music videos?
Mrs. Jackson: Oh yes. They were like short movies, Thriller. He invited me down while doing movie "Ghost."
Mrs. Jackson: I was seating at the set, a white male man came to me and I said I'm here to see my son. He said 'mom, it's me!' (ABC7)

Michael was involved in the Jehovah Witness for a while, did "filed service." He had to disguise himself, wore a fat suit.(ABC7)

In 1988, Michael purchased Neverland. Panish showed video of it, the animals, roller coast, poem written by Michael, movie theater. "He finally got a candy store," Mrs. Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson said Michael made the ranch available to people. He opened it to disable children, would invite classes of children. In the movie theater, Katherine said they had special chair for sick children who couldn't seat in regular seats. (ABC7) After this, Panish showed a clip of Neverland Ranch, complete with music that played at the property. The video showed the rides, zoo. It also featured the candy stand. Mrs. Jackson said that her son finally had his candy stand, an allusion to his childhood game. The Neverland video also showed the train station, which Michael Jackson named Katherine in honor of his mother. (AP)

Panish: Did it have a train station?
Katherine: Yes
P: What is it called?
Mrs. J.: Katherine (ABC7)

Katherine said the children loved Neverland. They were homeschooled. The kids would go to Chuck & Cheese and other kids would ask do you have animals? They would say elephant, giraffes, Mrs. Jackson recalled. One lady once told Grace 'don't they have great imaginations,' she said. (ABC7) Mrs. Jackson said her grandchildren loved Neverland. Strangers didn’t believe them when they said they had giraffes and elephants as pets. (AP)

The questioning then turned to darker issues, with Panish asking Mrs. Jackson about her son’s pain and medical conditions. She mentioned that Michael Jackson’s scalp had been burned, he had back pain. She also mentioned his Vitiligo. She said her son trusted his doctors and mentioned Dr. Allan Metzger was one of his primary care physicians. (AP)

Mrs. Jackson said Michael had been burned, badly burned, and was in a lot of pain. He had a balloon under the scalp. Mrs. Jackson: He took that money from Pepsi settlement and donated it to the children's burn center. He had back injury too, she said. He had vitiligo, a disease that turns the skin white. "He just wanted to get it over with" she explained. He didn't talk much about his insomnia, Mrs. Jackson said. He couldn't sleep at all at night when he was at home. (ABC7)

Panish: Did you ever see Michael abuse drugs or medications?
Mrs. Jackson: No, I never saw
Mrs. Jackson: I know he was taking pain medications. Many times I went to his room unannounced and I never saw him that way. (ABC7)

Panish asked whether she ever saw her son abuse medications. She said she didn’t, but she heard about it from her other children. Mrs. Jackson said she knew he was taking pain pills. She said she dropped in on him unannounced and never saw any signs of misuse. She said she went to his house one time because her children were pushing for an intervention. She didn’t want to go, she said. “When we went out there, Michael was fine,” Katherine Jackson said. She said she could never prove that he had a problem. She mentioned speaking to him again about it when he was living in Las Vegas. “He promised, he kept saying, ‘I’m OK,’” Mrs. Jackson said. (AP)

She said she tried an intervention because she heard from the other kids but didn't think he was abusing drugs. The other children told her it would mean much more if she went. "When we got there, Michael was fine," Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7) Katherine Jackson also told the jury she had heard from her other children about concerns that Michael Jackson was abusing prescription medications, but he seemed fine when they tried to intervene. (AP) She went to MJ's Las Vegas home and talked to him about drug abuse. Michael said "Mom, I'm okay, I'm okay." Mrs. Jackson: Sometimes a mother is the last to know... and sometimes you are embarrassed. (ABC7) She said she also heard from her other children that Michael Jackson was abusing prescription medication, but she didn't know what to believe. She said she visited him in Las Vegas a few years ago to ask him about it. "He promised, he kept saying, 'I'm OK,'" she told the jury. "Sometimes the mothers are the last to know," she said. She said she told her son, "I don't want to hear on the news that you're not here anymore." Katherine Jackson did not say when the meeting with her son occurred. (AP)

Panish asked Mrs. Jackson about seeing her son at a party in May 2009. It was billed as a 60th anniversary party for her and Joe Jackson. It wasn’t actually their anniversary, she said. “I think Janet just named it that so we could have a party,” she said. She said she didn’t notice that her son was especially thin, but added that he was wearing a jacket at the party. (AP) Katherine Jackson's 60th anniversary in May 2009. Mrs. Jackson: At time time to me Michael looked ok. Later, I saw he was thin, he was dressed in jacket and all, I didn't notice he was thin. (ABC7) "Then I saw he was thinner. I didn't notice at first because of how he was dressed. He had a jacket on," she said. (Reuters)

"Michael and I were very close," Mrs. Jackson said. He was the son -- a mother wouldn't want a better son than Michael. He was very shy." (ABC7)

Poem Michael wrote to his mother.
Panish: How did that make you feel?
Mrs. Jackson: It made me cry for one thing... I felt very loved.
"Mother, My Guardian Angel" -- by Michael Jackson
Panish: When you received that, how did it make you feel?
Mrs. Jackson: I cried (ABC7)

He then asked whether she was financially dependent on her son. “Michael took care of me, my every need, my every want,” she said. “He gave me everything,” she said. Panish asked about gifts. Cars, jewelry and a mobile home were mentioned as MJ's gifts to his mom. (AP)

Panish: Did he give you gifts?
Mrs Jackson: All the time. He gave me everything, the necessities of life, gifts, cars, jewelry, mobile homes (ABC7)
Panish: Did he give you money?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes, cash. Michael never wrote checks (ABC7)

Panish then asked Mrs. Jackson about losing her son and she started to break down. “That’s the worst thing that can happen to a person.” Katherine Jackson looked pained as she described her son as humble. Panish asked if she was OK. She said yes. (AP)

As to how she's affect by the loss of love, support: Mrs. Jackson: No one knows until it happened to someone. Mrs. Jackson: That's
the worse thing that could happen. When I lost Michael I lost everything. He was the most loving, very, very humble. "When a mother loses a child," Mrs. Jackson said crying "that's the worse than can happen to a person." Mrs. Jackson said she lost the best thing ever as she wiped out tears. (ABC7)

Katherine Jackson wept on the witness stand Friday as she described her relationship with her son Michael, saying that when he died, she “lost everything.” The 83-year-old matriarch said she and her seventh child were “very close,” saying “a mother wouldn’t want a better son than Michael.” He took care of her “every need, my every way,” Katherine Jackson said, for example by remodeling her Hayvenhurst home, covering the walls of a room with enlarged pictures of their family. He also wrote her poetry, she said. After Michael Jackson died, his older brother Jermaine found another handwritten poem to his mother and had it framed. Katherine Jackson said she cried when she read the words. “All my success has been based on the fact that I wanted to make Mother proud,” the poem ends. “To win her smile of approval.” When attorney Brian Panish asked how she had been affected by her son’s death, Katherine Jackson broke down. “When a mother loses a child,” she said, crying. “No one knows until it happens to them. That’s the worst thing that could happen to a person, losing a child. “I lost my mother, my father and my sister … but when I lost Michael, I lost everything,” she said. (LATimes)

He moved on, asking her about a deposition clip that was played in which she described her son saying he didn’t want to be on stage at 50. She said she thought it was funny, but it was just a joke. She said 50 isn’t that old, and you necessarily don’t feel old at 50. It was then that Panish asked Mrs. Jackson about whether her son could perform the 50 scheduled “This Is It” shows. Katherine Jackson: “He couldn’t do every other night like AEG wanted him to do at first.” She said she called AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips and Tohme Tohme and told them he couldn’t do the shows the way they had them scheduled. (AP) She said she heard about the This Is It tour through Grace Rwamba. She said he was joking when he said he didn't want to do the Moonwalk at age 50. "He used to think that 50 was really old.” Mrs. Jackson said she didn't think her son could do 50 shows every other night as was planned. She called Randy Phillips and Dr. Tohme. (ABC7) Katherine Jackson said she called the CEO of promoter AEG Live LLC to express her view that her son could have done 50 shows, but not if they were spaced closely together. "He couldn't do every other night like AEG wanted him to do at first," Katherine Jackson said. She said she called AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips and her son's manager, Tohme Tohme, to express her concerns about the "This Is It" schedule.. (AP)

Panish asked whether Katherine Jackson ever visited the Carrolwood Drive mansion. She said yes, and she went into his bedroom. “Every time I went there, I went into his bedroom,” she said. She said she and her nephew Trent would watch movies with Michael Jackson in his bedroom at the Carrolwood mansion. (AP)

Michael’s then doctor, Conrad Murray was “pacing the floor,” in the hospital, and Katherine testified she had never seen him before. (Radar) Mrs. Jackson didn't know who Conrad Murray was until after MJ died. She didn't know MJ had died when she arrived at the hospital. She said she had been out on field service and she said one of the fans said they brought someone out on a gurney completely covered up. "Later on I got a call to go to the hospital, I thought he was just sick," Mrs. Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson said she saw many people who worked with Michael at the hospital, like Frank DiLeo. Dr. Murray was pacing back and forth. Mrs. Jackson: Nobody wanted to tell me, I was seating and waiting, I guess they were back debating. "Michael had a reaction," they told Mrs Jackson. "I said how is he? Did he make it? Did he make it? And Frank said no," she recalled, crying. (ABC7) She broke down as she described the day her son died. She said she was told by another of her son's managers, Frank Dileo. "I just started screaming," she said, crying and clutching a tissue in one of her hands (AP)

Katherine Jackson, a Jehovah’s witness, said she was out in “field service” — going door to door to share her faith — and returned home to a message from her husband on that June 2009 day. One of the fans who had gathered outside Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch had called Joe Jackson, saying someone had left on a gurney “completely covered up,” she testified. “Later on I got a call to come to the hospital, so I thought maybe he was just sick,” she said. Katherine Jackson said she arrived to find Jackson’s staff and a man she later learned was “packing back and forth.” Someone took her to a room where she waited, she said, until her son’s manager approached. “Frank DiLeo came and told me that Michael had a reaction, and I said, ‘Well how is he?’ ” she said. “And nobody said anything.” “I said, ‘Did he make it? Did he make it?’ and Frank said no,” she said, her voice breaking. Katherine Jackson continued to cry on the stand as she described her reaction. “I just started screaming.” Jackson said she was then taken to another room, where she was attended to by nurses and later met with her grandchildren. Paris Jackson, she said, was particularly emotional. “She was screaming, looking up at the sky and said, ‘Daddy, I want to go with you.' ” Katherine Jackson said. When it came time to leave the hospital, the family matriarch said, her granddaughter turned to her.“Grandma, where are we going?” she recalled Paris asking. “And I said, ‘You’re going home with Grandma.” (LATimes)

Mrs. Jackson didn't see the children until later. "I was crying so hard," she said. "Paris was saying 'dad I want to do with you (crying), I can't live without you' that's what she kept saying." Mrs. Jackson: They were there hugging and saying 'Daddy, I love you!' "I never went down to the morgue, never wanted to see Michael like that," Mrs. Jackson testified, crying. When they left, Paris said 'grandma, where are we going?' Mrs. Jackson told her 'you are going home with grandma.' (ABC7) Katherine Jackson said her granddaughter Paris Jackson was inconsolable at the hospital and was looking skyward saying, "'I can't live without you'" and "'I'm going with you.'" (AP)
Panish asked about the adjustment without their father. She said the two boys I can say fine. Paris is having the hardest time. Paris had 5 big pictures of Michael in her room and Mrs. Jackson said she wondered how she could do that, she saw them and felt so sad. Paris' whole room is a collage of picture just like MJ had, Mrs. Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson said Paris was looking for a special heart. She found a broken heart, hung one part in Michael's neck and she put on the other. Prince is affected by not spending time with his father, Mrs. Jackson said. Paris took MJ's pajama top, didn't want anyone to wash it. She sat it on her bed. Panish asked how Paris is affected. "Oh My God! She wanted to go where daddy was," Mrs. Jackson said. Blanket doesn't want to cut his hair. Daddy loved his hair, so he doesn't want to cut it. (ABC7) Paris, 15, has had the hardest time dealing with her father’s death, compared to siblings, Prince Michael, and Blanket. Jackson’s only daughter, has a pair of her father’s pajamas, and never wants them washed because “she wanted his scent,” Katherine told jurors. (Radar) Wiping her face with a tissue, Katherine said the adjustment has been hard for Paris, who put photos of her father all over her room. "I thought she was the bravest. She had a very hard time at first." (NBC)

“My nephew and I and Paris and her brothers … went everywhere trying to find this special heart, and it was a broken heart,” Katherine Jackson said. “When she got it, she went to the morgue and she hung one heart around her father’s neck.” Paris kept the other half, her grandmother said. Paris also kept a pajama shirt of her father’s, Katherine Jackson said, putting it on a pillow on her bed. She hung photos of him in her bedroom, later covering a wall with more pictures. “I was wondering how could she do that because I didn’t want to see him,” Katherine Jackson said. “Every time I saw him I felt so sad.” Katherine Jackson acknowledged that Paris had received medical help following her father’s death, including a hospital stint. The girl has said “that she wanted to go where Daddy was,” she testified. Though her grandsons are more subdued, Katherine Jackson said, they also miss their father. The youngest, Blanket, keeps his hair long -- he “doesn’t want to cut it because that’s the way Michael liked it,” she said. Katherine Jackson said her son changed after his children were born, describing his songs “more loving, more meaningful.” “It just changed his life,” she said of fatherhood. (LATimes)

Panish showed a picture of Blanket with long hair. Mrs. Jackson said he doesn’t want to cut it because that’s the way his dad liked it. Katherine Jackson: “He’s 11 but he’s going to cut it sooner or later,” she said. (AP)

"Michael was one of the best fathers," Mrs. Jackson said. "You'd be surprised what a good father he was." Mrs. Jackson said MJ's writing changed, he was more loving and meaningful, he wrote from his heart more. "Words could not describe the love for his children," Mrs. Jackson described. (ABC7)

Panish: Mrs. Jackson, do you miss your son?
Mrs. Jackson: Words can't explain (ABC7)

Recounting the day Michael died, Katherine became extremely emotional. “Do you miss your son?” Jackson’s attorney Brian Panish asked. Choking back tears, Katherine said: “There are no words.” (Radar)


AEG cross

On cross examination, Katherine admitted it was her choice alone to bring this lawsuit against AEG. She said it was hard sitting in court "listening to people call her son a freak ... it hurts to sit in court and hear all these things. It’s hard for me listening to how sick my son was. (NBC)

Putnam asked if Katherine saw all the exhibits that were going to bed shown in court today. She said yes. (ABC7)

Putnam: You initiated this lawsuit against AEG Live?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes (ABC7)

She doesn't remember when it was filed, brought it on her behalf and the children. It was her choice to bring this lawsuit. She never talked to MJ's children about it, discussed with her children after, but not with Joe. (ABC7) He asked Mrs. Jackson about dates of the suit, Conrad Murray trial. She didn't recall them. (AP)

Putnam only had a few minutes, and he asked Katherine Jackson about who she consulted with before filing her lawsuit.
She said she didn't consult with her children before filing the case.
Putnam: "This was your descision alone?" "Yes," Mrs. Jackson replied.
Katherine Jackson said she didn't discuss it with her grandchildren either. Or Joe Jackson, _ she told jurors he doesn't live with her. (AP)

Putnam asked her about her decision to sue AEG Live in September 2010. She said she didn't discuss with her children or her grandchildren before filing the lawsuit. "This was your decision alone," Putnam asked. She said it was. (AP)

Putnam asked her that despite being very private person she brought on this lawsuit and has lived a very public life for the past 40 years. "My family is famous, I was always on the background," Mrs. Jackson explained. Putnam asked her if she gave interviews to Dateline, 20/20, Oprah (after my son died). She said yes . "My life is as private as much as I can keep it private," she said. She said she was nervous being in front of people she doesn't know. (ABC7)

"I wanted to find out, I think I owe it to my son to find out what really happened to him," Mrs. Jackson said. "I heard stories and I heard from my grandson he was being pressured, that he was asking for his father, that Joe would know what to do." Mrs. Jackson: My son was sick and Kenny Ortega said nobody gave him a cup of tea. Nobody said call the doctor, let's see what's wrong w/ him. Mrs. Jackson: It hurts to seat here in court and hear how sick my son was and no one was trying to help him. (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson said it was hard for her to be sitting here in the courtroom and listening people "call my son a freak, saying he is lazy." "This week I had to listen how broke his was, he didn't take a dime home," Mrs. Jackson said. "Why he didn't take a dime home? Because he was giving it to charity." (ABC7)

Putnam asked her about things that were said in the case that weren't true. She cited the Gongaware "lazy" email. Putnam asked whether Mrs. Jackson said heard Gongaware's explanation that her son didn't like to rehearse. She said no. Katherine Jackson said she closed her ears to some things said during the trial, including Gongaware's explanation of his "lazy" remark. She also mentioned that an AEG executive had called her son a "freak."
"It hurts to sit here and listen to all these things," she said.(AP)

Putnam said Gongaware explained lazy was because her son was late for rehearsal. “He was not lazy," Mrs. Jackson said. "Mr. Jackson was sick, he couldn't rehearse." Putnam: He didn't like 2 rehearse in prior tours. "Michael didn't have to rehearse a lot, he knew the moves, he helped create them" she said (ABC7) Putnam asked her about testimony by tour director Kenny Ortega earlier in the trial, who used the word "lazy" in the sense that Jackson was reluctant to rehearse. "He knew what he was doing. He didn't need that much rehearsing," she said, adding that, in June 2009, her son "was sick and couldn't rehearse." (AFP)

Putnam then asked: But the witnesses called were by your attorney, right? Mrs. Jackson responded yes.
Putnam asked about Dr. Murray: "My son needed another doctor, a real doctor," Mrs. Jackson said. Mrs. Jackson: The doctor was for his children but I didn't know who he was. Later I heard it was Dr. Murray. (ABC7) "My son was sick... and they knew he was sick, and nobody said 'call the doctor.'" she testified, adding that she didn't know who Murray was until after Jackson'w he was sick, and nobody said 'call the doctor.'" she testified, adding that she didn't know who Murrays death. "That doctor was for his children, I didn't know who it was," she said, adding: "My son needed another doctor." (AFP)

Under cross-examination from AEG attorney Marvin Putnam, she grew frustrated and confused and ultimately asked to stop shortly after a lunch break. She returns to the stand on Monday. When Putnam asked why she filed the lawsuit in 2010, she responded: "I want to find out what happened to my son." "My son was being pressured," she added. "He asked for his father. My son was sick. Nobody said 'Call the doctor. What's wrong with him?' Nobody said that."When Putnam said he did have a doctor, Jackson said: "My son needed another doctor, an outside doctor, not Dr. Murray." (Reuters)

"I want the truth on what happened," Katherine testified. Putnam asked what was untrue and bad things said in the trial. Mrs. Jackson said 'they called him freak, having a chance to meet the freak.' Putnam asked if this was sent by someone who is not a party to this lawsuit, sent to AEG Live. Mrs. Jackson: I don't remember who sent it, I know it is hard to seat here and listen to it. He's not a freak. "My son is dead, so anything about him said that is bad, it hurts," Mrs. Jackson explained. (ABC7) "It's hard for me sitting in court and listening to people call my son a freak, saying he was lazy," she said, staring intently at Putnam. "He was not a freak," she added. (AFP)

Putnam: It was very hard hearing all the bad things said about your son for the past 40 years?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes (ABC7)

Putnam questioned the fact that Mrs. Jackson's attorneys didn't deny the fact that her son had problems with drugs. "My son was on prescription drugs, that doesn't make it true about other drugs they said he was on," Mrs. Jackson said. (ABC7)

Putnam asked if she sued Kenny Ortega as well. She said she doesn't' remember, there was a list of people in the suit. The attorneys stipulated that Mrs. Jackson dropped the lawsuit against Kenny Ortega. Then there was lunch break. (ABC7)

Putnam asked Mrs. Jackson about suing Kenny Ortega. He asked her whether she was informed when he was dismissed from the case. She looked down and said she forgot whether she had been informed. Putnam asked other questions about Ortega, and Panish objected. Panish noted that they'd addressed the issue when Ortega was on the stand.
The judge sustained the objection. (AP)

"Forget it," she said as she stopped before answering Putnam's question about why she initially included, and later dropped show director Kenny Ortega as a defendant in her lawsuit.
"Forget what ma'am?" Putnam asked.
Jackson remained silent for about a minute, staring back at Putnam.
Would it help to reread the question, he asked.
"No, it wouldn't be helpful," Jackson answered curtly.
The judge finally ordered the question stricken from the record because the answer involved privileged discussions with her lawyers. (CNN)

Putnam: Bringing lawsuit, hadn't spoken with grandchildren or children before filing the suit?
Mrs. Jackson: Yes (ABC7)

Putnam asked if it was before or after the criminal trial of Dr. Murray. She said she did not remember. Mrs. Jackson was at the criminal trial almost every day. (ABC7)

Putnam: Is it fair to say the criminal trial didn't play in this lawsuit?
Panish: Objection, attorney/client privilege. (ABC7)

Putnam: Is there anything you thought about other than the discussion with your attorneys that you consider in deciding to bring lawsuit?
Mrs. Jackson: Before the Conrad Murray trial? I don't remember
There's no dispute as to the dates of Murray's criminal trial, Panish said. (ABC7)

Putnam asked if she provided any documents to her attorneys to give to them (defendants)?
Panish: Objection -- attorney-client privilege (ABC7)

Mrs. Jackson said "yes." Putnam understood she was answering yes to him. "I'm not saying yes for you," she responded. Everyone laughed. At this point, Mrs. Jackson spoke quietly to the judge and judge decided to end the day short, since she was too tired to continue. (ABC7) Questioning of Michael Jackson's mother has been suspended after a judge determined she needed a break for the weekend. Katherine Jackson testified for about 10 minutes in an afternoon session before Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos questioned whether she could continue. (AP) Mrs. Jackson testified for about 10 mins before judge recessing for the weekend. The judge conferred with Mrs. Jackson after she had difficulty answering several questions from Putnam. (AP)

Zusammenfassung von Ivy, MJJC #55

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Zusammenfassungen der vorangegangenen gerichtstage:
Day 1 - 50
Day 51 - zeuge Dr. Emery Brown Video Deposition; zeuge Peter Formuzis

Exklusiv transcripts eröffnungsstatements u.a. (MJJC #1 ff.)
Zeugenaussage von Prince Michael Jackson Jr.; exklusiv transcripts von MJJC # 7
Deposition transcripts filed with the court.
Note : these are not the full depositions, they are only the portions played in the court.
Dr. Stuart Finkelstein Deposition video transcript
Dr. Earley Deposition video transcript
Tim Leiweke Deposition video transcript
Randy Phillips Deposition video transcript
Quelle Ivy, MJJC #50

[Lena]

Als er Katherine fragen wollte, warum sie Kenny Ortega anfangs auf der Zeugenliste für die Jacksons hatte, dann aber strich, unterbrach ihn Katherine, dass er dies vergessen solle. Was solle er vergessen, fragte Putnam. Katherine Jackson blieb für ca. eine Minute ruhig und starrte Putnam an. Dieser fragte sie dann, ob es helfen würde, wenn er ihr seine Frage nochmals vorlesen liesse. Nein, das wäre nicht hilfreich, so Katherine. Die Richterin liess die Frage dann vom Gerichtsprotokoll streichen, da die Antwort privilegierte Gespräche mit ihren Anwälten betreffen würde.

Ortega war auf der Zeugenliste der Jacksons und wurde nicht gestrichen. Putnam fragte danach ob K. Jackson ursprünglich auch Ortega verklagte und ihn dann von der Klage entfernte. Die Frage wurde auch nicht gestrichen, sondern die Anwälte stipulierten (beide Seiten erkennen als Tatsache an), dass K. Jackson Ortega von der Klage entfernte

ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 10m
The attorneys stipulated that Mrs. Jackson dropped the lawsuit against Kenny Ortega. Then there was lunch break.
Die Anwälte stipulierten das Mrs. Jackson K. Ortega von der Klage entfernte.
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ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 10m
Putnam asked if she sued Kenny Ortega as well. She said she doesn't' remember, there was a list of people in the suit.
Putnam fragte ob sie K. Ortega auch verklagte. Sie sagt das sie sich nicht erinnert, es gab so viele Leute in der Klage.



Kathrine heute weiter im Stand.

Von unten nach oben

ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 7m
Katherine Jackson on the stand. Session about to begin. We'll bring you all the details as soon as possible.
Öffnen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 7m

Judge told attorneys none of the steps have been taken yet, which means it's probably very unlikely they'd be able to get Dr. Murray in.
Richterin sagt Anwälten das keiner der Schritte bis jetzt gemacht wurde was heißt das es sehr unwahrscheinlich sein wird Dr. Murray vorzuladen.
Öffnen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 9m

Putnam responded on Friday he has no intention of calling him. Judge said there are several steps needed to bring an inmate to testify.
Putnam sagte Freitag das er keine Absicht hat ihn zu rufen. Richterin sagt es benötigt einiger Schritte eine Insassen als Zeuge vorzuladen.
Öffnen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 10m

Judge Yvette Palazuelos asked AEG attorney Marvin Putnam again on Friday whether he intends to call Dr. Murray to testify.
Richterin fragte AEG-Anwalt Putnam am Freitag erneut ob er beabsichtigt Dr. Murray als Zeuge einzuberufen.
Öffnen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 11m

@lozie49 Thank you! Exciting day in the UK!!!! We're all anxiously waiting for the Royal baby too!
Gespräch zeigen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 12m

@_ValeJackson_ The latest estimate is mid-September. AEG attorney told judge he wants to conclude his case by the end of August.
Die letzte Schätzung ist Mitte September. AEG-Anwalt sagte dem Gericht das er seinen Fall Ende August beenden wird.
Gespräch zeigen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 12m

@THENOTORIOUSSS Session was set to begin about 20 minutes ago. It has not yet started.
Gespräch zeigen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 14m

They wanted to call Rwamba today, but they said she has a medical condition (lupus) that may prevent her from coming.
Sie wollten heute Grace einberufen, aber sie sagen sie habe ein medizin. Problem (Lupus), was verhindert hat das sie kommt.
Öffnen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 15m

The only witnesses remaining for the Jacksons are Kenny Ortega (who needs to come back for cross) and nanny Grace Rwamba.
Die einzigen Zeugen, die für die Jacksons verbleiben sind K. Ortega (der im Cross zurückkommen wird) und Nanny Grace
Öffnen
ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 15m

What are your thoughts so far about the trial?Jacksons' attorney, Brian Panish, said he's ending his case in chief.
Jackson-Anwalt Panish sagt das er heute seine Fallpräsentation beendet.

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The Jacksons vs. AEG Live — Zeugen der Jacksons, 37. Teil

21. Juli 2013

Seit Freitag ist Katherine Jackson, Michaels Mutter, im Zeugenstand. Ihre Aussage wird am Montag fortgesetzt und es wird angenommen, dass sie die letzte Zeugin der Jackson Seite sein wird. Anschliessend wird AEG Live seine Zeugen aufrufen. AEG Anwalt Putnam liess diese Woche verlauten, dass sie 30 Prozesstage dafür beanspruchen werden. Dh. der Prozess wird definitiv nicht Anfang August beendet werden, wie ursprünglich angenommen, sondern kann sich nun noch bis Mitte September ziehen.

“Am schwierigsten ist es, hier im Gerichtssaal zu sitzen und all die schlechten Dinge über meinen Sohn zu hören”, so Katherine. “Zahlreiche Fakten, die hier erzählt wurden, entsprechen nicht der Wahrheit”, sagte Katherine. Zum Beispiel stimme es nicht, dass Michael faul war, wie in einer E-Mail von AEG bezüglich Michaels Konzertvorbereitungen stand. Vor allem aber beanstandete Katherine eine E-Mail vom Leiter der Rechtsabteilung von AEG Lives Muttergesellschaft, in der dieser Michael “Freak” nannte.

“[Michael] ist nicht hier, um für sich selbst zu sprechen”, aber sie werde ihr Bestes tun, um dies für ihn zu tun. Als die Jackson Anwälte Katherine befragten und den Geschworenen ein Video von klein Michael gezeigt wurde, in dem er performte, hörten die Geschworenen aufmerksam zu.

“Wieso sind Sie hier”, fragte Brian Panish seine Zeugin. “Weil ich wissen will, was meinem Sohn wirklich zugestossen ist. Deshalb bin ich hier”, so Katherine. Wie sie sich gefühlt hatte, als sie bei der eidesstattlichen Zeugeneinvernahme vor Prozessbeginn während 12 Stunden AEG Anwalt Putnams persönliche und bohrende Fragen hatte beantworten müssen, fragte Panish. “Ich fühlte mich schlecht dabei, denn mein Sohn war ein sehr guter Mensch. Er liebte alle, er spendete für wohltätige Zwecke, er war im Guiness Book of World Records für seine Spenden”, so Katherine.

Marvin Putnam musste sich der Herausforderung stellen, bei seinem Kreuzverhör von Katherine nicht unfreundlich zu erscheinen, jedoch gleichzeitig für seine Seite ihre Zeugenaussage zu diskreditieren. Als er Katherine fragen wollte, warum sie Kenny Ortega anfangs auf der Zeugenliste für die Jacksons hatte, dann aber strich, unterbrach ihn Katherine, dass er dies vergessen solle. Was solle er vergessen, fragte Putnam. Katherine Jackson blieb für ca. eine Minute ruhig und starrte Putnam an. Dieser fragte sie dann, ob es helfen würde, wenn er ihr seine Frage nochmals vorlesen liesse. Nein, das wäre nicht hilfreich, so Katherine. Die Richterin liess die Frage dann vom Gerichtsprotokoll streichen, da die Antwort privilegierte Gespräche mit ihren Anwälten betreffen würde.

Nach der Mittagspause nahm Katherine wieder Platz im Zeugenstand. Kurz nachdem AEG Anwalt Putnam sie weiter befragte, sagte sie jedoch der Richterin, dass sie müde sei. Die Geschworenen wurden entlassen und Katherine Jackson kann am Montagmorgen mit ihrer Aussage weiterfahren.

Putnam hatte bereits in seinem Eröffnungsplädoyer angekündigt, dass sie den Fall der Jacksons als “lächerlich” bezeichnen und “nun werden wir damit anfangen zu zeigen, was hier wirklich passiert ist”. Wie die AEG Seite bei ihrem Eröffnungsplädoyer bereits angekündigt haben, werden sie “einige hässliche Sachen” aufzeigen und Michael Jacksons “tiefste und dunkelste Geheimnisse” an den Tag bringen.

Auf die Frage von Richterin Palazuelos betreffend Putnams Pläne in Sachen Conrad Murray, antwortete dieser am Mittwoch, dass er nicht vorhabe, Murray in den Zeugenstand zu rufen — obwohl sie dies anfangs nicht ausgeschlossen hatten — es sei denn, dies sei notwenig. Conrad Murray, so sei erinnert, würde sich aber in dem Fall ziemlich sicher auf sein verfassungsrechtliches Aussageverweigerungsrecht berufen. Seine Anwältin hatte beiden Seiten vor Prozessbeginn ein entsprechendes Statement ihres Klienten mit diesem Inhalt abgegeben.

Zu guter Letzt sei noch erwähnt, dass es am Dienstag wieder eine Kollision der beiden Anwälte, Brian Panish und Marvin Putnam, gab. Beide sprachen im Gang in ca. 5m Abstand zu einander mit der Presse, als sie plötzlich verbal auf einander los gingen. Ein Gerichtsbeamter unterbrach die hitzige Auseinandersetzung. Am nächsten Morgen rief die Richterin die beiden ins Richterzimmer und legte fest, dass diese inskünftig im Gang nicht mehr mit den Journalisten sprechen dürfen.

Für diejenigen, die interessiert sind an Katherines Gesamtaussage vom Freitag siehe hier http://de.scribd.com/doc/154896211/J...herine-Jackson für das Protokoll. An dieser Stelle möchten wir auf einen Spendenaufruf von teammichaeljackson.com aufmerksam machen. Die Protokolle werden privat verfasst. Dh. es reist jeden Prozesstag jemand vor Ort und notiert sich alles. Die Seite hat Tausende von Hits — da der Prozess nicht via TV übertragen wird, ist dies die einzige Möglichkeit, alles zu erfahren und sich einen eigenen Eindruck abseits der Medien zu verschaffen. Ohne Spenden, so kündigte teammichaeljackson.com an, werden sie nur noch die nächste Woche im Stande sein, vom Prozess zu berichten. Wer regelmässig Nutzen vom Service von teammichaeljackson macht, sei gebeten deren Aufwand mit einem finanziellen Beitrag zu unterstützen.
Siehe hier http://teammichaeljackson.com/archives/9022 für weitere Infos.

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Familienoberhaupt Katherine Jackson brach am Freitag während ihrer Zeugenaussage im Prozess um den Tod ihres Sohnes Michael vor Gericht in Los Angeles in Tränen zusammen
Als Katherine Jackson (83) am Freitag im Prozess um den Tod ihres Sohnes Michael(†50) vor Gericht aussagen musste, brach die 83-Jährige in Tränen aus.

Ihr Anwalt Brian Panish und ein Gerichtsdiener hatten der 83-Jährigen in den Zeugenstand helfen müssen. „Das Schwerste ist, hier zu sitzen und all die negativen Dinge über meinen Sohn mit anhören zu müssen. Vieles davon entspricht nicht der Wahrheit. Und er kann nicht selbst hier sein, um sich zu verteidigen“, sagte sie laut der „Los Angeles Times“.
„Sind sie hier, um für ihren Sohn zu sprechen“, fragte ihr Anwalt. „Ich werde mein bestes geben“, antwortete die Matriarchin. Auf die Frage, ob sie ihren Sohn vermisse, brach die 83-Jährige schließlich in Tränen aus und schluchzte, laut dem Internetportal „radaronline.com“, „das kann man nicht in Worte fassen.
http://www.bunte.de/newsline/katheri...aid_43748.html

Katherine Jackson, Mutter des toten Pop-Idols Michael Jackson, beklagt sich vor Gericht: Ihr Sohn sei vor seinem Tod 2009 schwer krank gewesen und habe niemals die notwendige Hilfe erhalten. "Es ist schwer, hier im Gerichtssaal zu sitzen und all diese Dinge hören zu müssen", sagte die 83-Jährige in Los Angeles. "Mein Sohn war krank und niemand hat versucht, ihm zu helfen", klagte sie. "Viele Dinge, die gesagt worden sind, sind nicht wahr. Und er ist nicht mehr da, um sich selbst zu äußern."

http://www.n-tv.de/leute/Niemand-hat...e11025486.html

„Mein Sohn war krank und niemand hat versucht ihm zu helfen“, klagte die 83-Jährige weiter. Als es in der Verhandlung um den Arzt Conrad Murray ging, der Michael Jackson mit einer Überdosis Propofol getötet haben soll, sagte sie, dass sie schon bei ersten Begegnung mit ihm das Gefühl gehabt habe, er sei nicht die richtige Person, um sich um Michael zu kümmern. Auch über den Suizid-Versuch ihrer Enkelin Paris sprach Jackson. Das Mädchen habe versucht sich umzubringen, weil sie bei ihrem Vater sein wollte, berichtete sie emotional.
http://www.focus.de/kultur/vermischt...d_1048950.html

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 51 – July 18 2013 – Summary

(source : ABC7)

Dr. Emery Brown Video Deposition Testimony

Dr. Brown is an anesthesiologist and practices in Boston, Massachusetts.He detailed his extensive background in the medical field. Dr. Brown is a practicing anesthesiologist, works at MIT in Massachusetts. Among many of his current jobs, Dr. Brown is an Associate Director at Institute for Medical Engineering Science at MIT. He's also on the faculty of Sleep Medicine Dept at Harvard, did his medical thesis under Dr. Czeisler, who testified earlier in the case. Dr. Brown is board certified in anesthesia. He belongs to several professional societies and publications in the field. The first 20 minutes of Dr. Brown's testimony was detailing his qualifications. He has written around 140 or so articles for professional journals on medical matters.

Dr. Brown billed $1,000/hour and asked to donate the funds to Mass General Hospital. The total: $75,000 donated to Mass General Hospital. Dr. Brown has given depositions before, but has not testified in court.

Anesthesia can be different, Dr. Brown said: general anesthesia/sedation and regional anesthesia. In MJ's case, it's a general anesthesia/sedation case. Dr. Brown: General anesthesia consists of 4 behavior and physiology status: unconscious, analgesia (no pain), not moving, amnesia. Dr. Brown said the heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and temperature are under control in order to go into surgery. "General anesthesia is a type of coma, it's a reversible coma," Dr. Brown said. Dr. Brown said coma is a state where patient is unable to receive and respond to stimulus. He said you give drugs to induce coma, more to maintain it during the surgery, then reduce to have patient come back. Dr. Brown said there's tendency to call general anesthesia sleep, but it's not sleep, you wouldn't be able to tolerate surgery under sleep.

Propofol is one of the anesthetics Dr. Brown uses. He reviewed MJ's autopsy and the drug was found in his system. Dr. Brown uses Propofol in almost all the patients he has. It's the most commonly used anesthetic all around the world.

Dr. Brown explained:
Induce anesthesia - put person in coma
Maintain anesthesia - as infusion maintains it
Sedative - manage level of pain

Dr. Brown said Propofol is quite potent on a cc to cc comparison with Valium and benzodiazepines.

He has been studying Propofol for the past 7 years. Dr. Brown doesn't think there's any other person who has studied the drug more than him. Dr. Brown said he published a paper regarding guidelines of use of Propofol.

MJ autopsy indicates the amount of medication (Propofol) is similar to what is found in general anesthesia.
Michael Koskoff: Do you agree with that statement?
Dr. Brown: In terms of levels that were there, I do.
Dr. Brown: The infusion rates found in MJ's autopsy are the same infusion rates when given Propofol for major abdominal procedure.

Dr. Brown is not board certified in sleep medicine. He said Dr. Czeisler is world renowned in sleep medicine and circadian rhythm.Dr. Brown studied the effects of Propofol in relation with sleep. One of the articles is "General Anesthesia, Sleep and Coma." No one had taken the time to put general anesthesia next to sleep next to coma to compare the relationship of the states, Dr Brown explained

Koskoff: Is the state of the brain under Propofol sleep?
Dr. Brown: It is not sleep

Dr. Brown said it's easy for doctors to tell patients they are going under sleep, but his article was exactly to clear up the language.
Koskoff: How about doctors using Propofol as an agent to produce sleep?
Dr. Brown: They would be tremendously mistaken

REM: eyes are moving, brain somewhat in a wake state, body somewhat paralyzed, heart beat irregular
Non-REM -- heart rate slower, breathing a little more regular
Sleep is two states: rem and non-rem
When you sleep, you go into non-REM stage 1, then stage 2 non-REM sleep, stages 3 (slow waves) and 4 sleep non-REM sleep and REM sleep.

Dr Brown: During sleep you have natural oscillation of states. On general anesthesia we bring you to a stage and hold you there for surgery. Dr. Brown said there's no way in the world that you can have the normal sleep patterns while under sedation.

Dr. Brown explained medical coma: you give enough drugs to go down to a state, hold you there to give a chance for the brain to heal.Dr. Brown: Once you are done, you bring them out of induced coma. Dr. Brown said sedation, general anesthesia, medical coma is not sleep. There's no REM or non-REM sleep under sedation or general anesthesia, Dr. Brown explained. Patients don't go under regular sleep patterns. Dr. Brown drew a picture how the sleep circuit works. To be conscious, you have to be awake and have to be able to process, Dr. Brown said.

In order to fall asleep, Dr. Brown said you need to shut the brain down. Dr. Brown: To REM sleep, all the circuits shut down. The control center tells the entire system to shut down; cycle takes roughly 7-8 hours.

Propofol will not produce sleep, Dr. Brown said. Dr. Brown: When you give Propofol, it comes in, knocks out all of the circuits, including respiratory circuit, and the cortex. "It overwhelms the sleep and respiratory circuit, cortex," Dr Brown explained. He said it's not possible to go between REM and non-REM sleep.

"The first criteria of being under sedation is to be unconscious that you can't be awaken," Dr. Brown said. Dr. Brown: You achieve unresponsiveness with Propofol. Dr. Brown: With Propofol you get unconsciousness, you get amnesia, you can't remember. For pain, you need an analgesic. Dr Brown explained for light procedures Propofol is sufficient to produce mild muscle relaxation. For surgery they add muscle relaxant too. "Propofol produces the unconsciousness state of general anesthesia," Dr. Brown said. "To be clear, Propofol can produce a small part of it (analgesia), makes you unaware," Dr. Brown explained. For colonoscopy, for example, the procedure is not that painful but uncomfortable, Dr. Brown said. The mild sedation makes patient unconscious, unaware, you can be unaware to pain, provides some component of analgesia, Dr. Brown said. "For surgery, need to add drug for pain," Dr. Brown explained.

Dr. Brown said patients commonly report feeling good, feeling refreshed after being administered Propofol. Propofol causes release of dopamine, Dr. Brown said. Dopamine is kind of like endorphin we hear, it gives you this good feeling.Brown: Propofol releases dopamine that can be interpreted as refreshed sensation of natural sleep. But Propofol cannot produce natural sleep.

In cross examination, Kathryn Cahan asked about the difference between euphoria and good feeling after using Propofol. Dr. Brown said he's trying to give a lay explanation of what the sensations are, so lay people can understand it. Dr. Brown said release of dopamine can cause what some people could interpret as refreshed, invigorated, some people say euphoria. Only now studies have been able to determine the release of dopamine associated with Propofol. The study was done in rats, not human. "Good feeling" reaction is a well-known effect of the Propofol, Dr. Brown said.

"He was not having a restful sleep if he was using Propofol as a sedative for sleep," Dr. Brown said. Dr. Brown said his understanding is that MJ was using Propofol for many days, so MJ must've had some perceived benefit. He said there have been a number of sources for this information, such as the press, high levels of Propofol in his blood at time of death.

"I was under the understanding the night he died was not the first night he used Propofol," Dr. Brown testified.One of the things Dr. Brown reviewed was Dr. Murray's interview with LAPD, in which the doctor said MJ was taking Propofol for 60 days. Dr. Brown said he believed Dr. Murray's statement that he only gave a small amount of Propofol to MJ the day he died to be false. The doctor said Dr. Murray's statement was not consistent with the autopsy levels.

Dr. Brown said he read Dr. Czeisler's trial testimony and in there the figure of 60 days, or two months, was mentioned. Dr. Brown said he doesn't know what the source was for Dr. Czeisler's 60 days figure. He also noted he's not a sleep expert.

Dr. Brown: One of the reasons I agreed to become part of this case was that I wanted to make it clear what the anesthetic does the brain.Dr. Brown: And I think I've done that. The effects of anesthesia and sleep are not under my purview. Dr. Brown said he has not queried his patients about their sleep pattern after anesthesia.

Dr. Brown explained the typical anesthetic has at least 10 drugs. To try to ascribe the effects of Propofol would be exceedingly naive. The implication of anesthetics as something that has implication on a patient's sleep if not under my purview, Dr. Brown explained.

Dr. Brown: I noticed some inconsistencies of what he (Murray) said we administer (Propofol) and what he said wasn't correct. Cahan asked if Dr. Brown believe Dr. Murray gave MJ Propofol for 60 days prior to his death, according to the LAPD interview. "I have no way of knowing what Dr. Murray did every night when he treated Michael Jackson," Dr. Brown said. Cahan: Have you been able to determine how much Propofol MJ was given in the months prior to his death? Dr. Brown: That's not something I've looked in to

Dr. Brown said he was asked to help understand the mechanism of how Propofol work, not asked to analyze Mr. Jackson's behavior.
Cahan: Can someone be in a profound coma and live?
Dr. Brown: Yes, many years, there are many cases of that
Cahan: And those people don't die as lack of sleep?

Dr. Brown said there's a difference between anesthetizing someone into a coma and someone being in coma from head injury. "You can be there for several days," Dr. Brown said regarding induced coma. In order to maintain sedation, Propofol is given to induce and retain sedation, then decreased to bring the person back, Dr. Brown said. Dr. Brown: You may have different levels of being awake. Dr. Brown: The person may not be the same as they went in. In fact, you don't want the patient to be awake like before a painful surgery. The effect of anesthesia could last several days, Dr. Brown said, and that's currently under study.

Dr. Brown doesn't know how much dopamine is released, but said he could check the numbers.

Dr. Brown said Jacksons' attorneys never told him to testify to something he wasn't comfortable with.

Koskoff talked about the police report where Dr. Murray said he gave MJ Propofol every night for 60 nights up until June 21st. On June 22nd, he started to wean him off, Koskoff said. That seems to be more accurate description to what was in the report, Dr. Brown said


Peter Formuzis Testimony


Jackson direct

Brian Panish did direct examination.

Dr. Formuzis has a Ph.D in Economics. He described his extensive background and qualifications in the field. Dr. Formuzis is a former Cal State Fullerton professor. He worked at the Federal Reserve in various capacities. Dr. Formuzis has consulted for the Los Angeles commission, several private banks, attorneys involved in wrongful death cases for 40 years. Dr. Formuzis has been qualified as expert witness in at least one thousand cases and had cases in several states in the US.

Dr. Formuzis has worked with Panish before. He testified for Panish between 20-30 times, was retained between 50-100 by Panish's firm. Has been retained against Panish's firm too, Dr. Formuzis said. Panish asked if he knows anyone more qualified than him to testify in his field. Dr. Formuzis said no.

Dr. Formuzis was asked to take the income projection created by Mr. Erk and to take those projections and discount them to present value

"Most individuals have capacity, or ability, to earn money," Dr. Formuzis explained. Dr. Formuzis: Some people have the power to make money, ability to make money, but are not doing so.

Dr. Formuzis is not giving an opinion on what loss would be regarding movies and other things Erk didn't calculate. Dr. Formuzis has been doing present value calculation for almost 50 years, about 40 years in wrongful death cases. Dr. Formuzis is only assessing present value of economic loss, not non-economic, like love, companionship. For present value calculation, Dr. Formuzis said you subtract interest and personal consumption to arrive at current figure. Dr. Formuzis used 7-10% discount rate. Panish said AEG has an expert calculating 18% discount rate.

AEG had invested approximately $34 million, so they had confidence they would get that money back, Dr. Formuzis said. The lower the discount rate, the more net money left. The lowest discount rate Formuzis used was 7%. He calculated 10, 15 and 18% as well.

Present value:
$108 ticket price
7% - 919,366,479
10% - 856,002,240 -- Dr. Formuzis chose
15% - 768,026,177
18% - 723,523,742

Total includes tour earnings, merchandising, endorsement, Las Vegas show, LV royalty, professional fees (at 15% rate), personal consumption

Tier 1 Range
$919,366,479 - $723,523,742 (7% to 18% discount rate)

Tier 2 range:
$187,564,227 to $101,639,514 (7% to 18% discount rate)

Dr. Formuzis did not calculate how much the loss of love, companionship to the children and Katherine Jackson.


AEG Cross

In cross examination, Sabrina Strong asked if Mr. Erk's projections are wrong, whether his calculations have no meaning. Dr. Formuzis said it depends how wrong the numbers are. "It would be a proportional degree of errors," he said. Strong then said she had no more questions to Dr. Formuzis. Cross examination lasted a couple of minutes.

Zusammenfassung von Ivy, MJJC #54
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Zusammenfassungen der vorangegangenen gerichtstage:
Day 1 - 50

Exklusiv transcripts eröffnungsstatements u.a. (MJJC #1 ff.)
Zeugenaussage von Prince Michael Jackson Jr.; exklusiv transcripts von MJJC # 7
Deposition transcripts filed with the court.
Note : these are not the full depositions, they are only the portions played in the court.
Dr. Stuart Finkelstein Deposition video transcript
Dr. Earley Deposition video transcript
Tim Leiweke Deposition video transcript
Randy Phillips Deposition video transcript
Quelle Ivy, MJJC #50