Michael Jackson Physician Says He Did Nothing Wrong; Other Docs Interviewed
Interviewed by police Los Angeles for about three hours on Saturday, Michael Jackson’s personal physician said he did nothing wrong concerning the famous pop singer’s sudden death last week, and there was “no red flag” indicating otherwise, an unidentified “source close to the investigation” tells the Los Angeles Times.
Media reports that Dr. Conrad Murray may have injected the world renowned pop singer with a prescription painkiller shortly before his death are “absolutely false,” Murray’s lawyer, Houston criminal defense attorney Edward Chernoff, tells the newspaper’s L.A. Now blog.
“There was no Demerol. No OxyContin,” Chernoff tells the newspaper, explaining that Murray “fortuitously” entered Jackson’s bedroom in his rented Los Angeles mansion and found the singer unconscious hours before he died on Thursday and immediately began administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
The previous day, Chernoff tells People, the physician had been invited by Jackson to spend the night at the mansion. On June 25, when Jackson was still in his bedroom after noon, Murray entered the bedroom. Although Jackson was, at that point, unconscious, he did have a faint pulse, the magazine recounts.
Meanwhile, as the day progressed, the newspaper’s L.A. Now blog reported in another post that the Los Angeles Police Department is interviewing other doctors who prescribed medication to the singer and has removed a significant amount of prescription medication from Jackson’s home.
Additional coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “As Michael Jackson Death Probe Begins, Attorney Recalls Famous Client”
Houston Chronicle: “Lawyer: Jackson, doc became ‘good friends’ “
FOX News: “King of Pop Almost Died Same Way Once Before, Joe Jackson Speaks Out”
New York Daily News: “Michael Jackson weighed 112 pounds at death, paper reports; four needle wounds found near heart”
Last updated at 7:41 p.m. to include additional information from subsequent L.A. Now post.
