Trial Recap

Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Defense Expert Conducted Beagle Propofol Tests


Posted on Oct 22, 2011 @ 03:00AM - 15 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor

Dr. Conrad Murray's lead defense attorney, Ed Chernoff revealed in court Friday afternoon, that their defense witness, Dr. Paul White had conducted oral ingestion of Propofol to Beagle dogs, RadarOnline.com is reporting.

As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported, Dr. Murrray's defense team commissioned a study on Beagle dogs to determine how much Propofol would have to be orally ingested to cause Michael Jackson's death.

One of Murray's lawyers revealed in open court last week that findings from the study revealed that taking Propofol orally would not cause death, and they wouldn't be pursuing the theory that Jackson overdosed  by his own hand.

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Prosecutors to Play Conrad Murray’s Interview With Cops


Posted on Oct 07, 2011 @ 01:10AM - Add a comment

By Radar Staff

For the first time, we will hear directly from Dr. Conrad Murray in his trial in Los Angeles on Friday.

Prosecutors will play a recording of a police interview conducted with the Houston-based cardiologist just two days after Michael Jackson’s shocking death in June, 2009.

For the first time, we will hear directly from Dr. Conrad Murray in his trial in Los Angeles on Friday.

Prosecutors will play a recording of a police interview conducted with the Houston-based cardiologist just two days after Michael Jackson’s shocking death in June, 2009.

The interview --  which lasted more than two hours -- has never been played in public before. It was conducted by two Los Angeles Police Department detectives.

RadarOnline.com will continue its gavel-to-gavel live stream coverage of the trial, beginning at 8:45am PT/11:45am ET Friday.

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Coroner’s Office Accused Of Making Mistakes


Posted on Oct 06, 2011 @ 04:38PM - 2 comments

By Radar Staff

The Los Angeles County Coroner's investigator who examined Michael Jackson’s body and bedroom has been accused of making “mistakes”.

Elissa Fleak was questioned in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday by lawyers acting for Dr. Conrad Murray – who is accused of the involuntary manslaughter of the singer in June 2009 – and was quizzed by defense attorney Ed Chernoff on some of her atypical practices.

After saying she always destroys her investigation notes, Elissa admitted she failed to dispose of her documents from a second trip to Michael’s house on June 29, four days after his death.

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Dr. Ordered 15 Liters Of Propofol


Posted on Oct 04, 2011 @ 07:30PM - 5 comments

By Radar Staff

Dr. Conrad Murray ordered 15 liters of Propofol from a pharmacist, a court heard Tuesday.

The physician – who is standing trial for the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson, who died of acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 – told pharmacist, Tim Lopez, that the powerful anesthetic was intended for a number of patients at a clinic he ran in Los Angeles when he contacted his specialty pharmacy, Applied Pharmacy Services in April 2009.

Authorities have said that Murray did not have a clinic in California.

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Dr. Had 'No Concept' Of Time During Michael Jackson Death


Posted on Oct 04, 2011 @ 03:38AM - 7 comments

By Radar Staff

A cocktail waitress who received a call from Dr. Conrad Murray around the time of Michael Jackson’s death is expected to take the stand Tuesday in the physician’s trial.

During proceedings on Monday, the court heard testimony that Murray "had no concept of time" in the lead up to  the singer’s death.

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A cocktail waitress who received a call from Dr. Conrad Murray around the time of Michael Jackson’s death is expected to take the stand Tuesday in the physician’s trial.

During proceedings on Monday, the court heard testimony that Murray "had no concept of time" in the lead up to  the singer’s death.

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Dr. Nguyen - who attended to the King of Pop when he was brought into the hospital - told the court that Murray explained to her he had given the star two separate doses of Ativan, which is also known as lorazepam, via an IV to help him sleep.

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: ER Doc Said Michael Jackson Was 'Clinically Dead' On Arrival


Posted on Oct 01, 2011 @ 04:55AM - 10 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor

Dr. Rochelle Cooper, the emergency room doctor that treated Michael Jackson when he arrived at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, on June 25, 2009, told jurors on Friday that the pop star was "clinically dead," but that  she still attempted to save his life.

The ER doctor testified that she asked Dr. Conrad Murray what medications he had given Jackson, and he told her that he had only given 4 milligrams of Lorazepam, and that Jackson had been suffering from dehydration. At no point, according to Dr. Cooper, did Dr. Murray admit that he had given Propofol to the King of Pop.

Paramedic Martin Blount also took the stand in Dr. Murray’s involuntary manslaughter trial, and testified that when he arrived at Jackson's house, Dr. Murray appeared "agitated" and asked "for help."

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Chef Was Told By Dr. Murray To Get Prince; Not Call 911


Posted on Sep 29, 2011 @ 10:00PM - 8 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor

Kai Chase, Michael Jackson’s personal chef took the stand Thursday to testify in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial. Recalling what happened in the moments after Jackson’s lifeless body was discovered laying on his bed, Chase testified that Murray ordered her to find Jackson’s oldest son, Prince and send him to his father’s room — but never once mentioned calling 9-1-1.

Chase recounted that she was preparing lunch for Jackson and his three children on June 25, 2009, when she says Dr. Murray came down the kitchen stairs shortly after 12:05 p.m., and told her: "Get help, get Prince, get security."

Chase said she went into the den and got Prince, and told him: "Hurry, Dr. Murray needs you, there may be something wrong with your father."

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Security Guard Says Helped Put Propofol Bottles In Bags


Posted on Sep 29, 2011 @ 02:00PM - 2 comments

By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor

Alberto Alvarez, a member of Michael Jackson's security team, testified Thursday that he helped Dr. Conrad Murray put bottles of Propofol in bags before he called 911, RadarOnline.com is reporting.

Alvarez was summoned to the bedroom where a lifeless Michael Jackson was. Alvarez told Deputy District Attorney Dave Walgren: "I helped Dr. Murray put the bottles and I.V. tubing in bags because I thought we were packing up to go to the hospital. I had no reason to believe that anything else was wrong."

Alberto claimed that Dr. Murray instructed him to help put Propofol bottles in bags, in the moments before medical help arrived.

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Conrad Murray Trial Recap: Michael Jackson’s Children Cried When He Was Found


Posted on Sep 29, 2011 @ 01:00AM - 4 comments

By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

The second day of testimony in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial concluded on Wednesday with emotional testimony from Michael Jackson’s former employees who detailed how his children handled the traumatic day that their father passed away.

In the Los Angeles Superior Court Jackson’s head of security, Faheem Muhammed, said that the singer’s two oldest children, Prince Michael and Paris stood in the doorway of their father’s bedroom crying as Dr. Murray tried to revive their father on June 25, 2009.

He testified that Paris was “on the ground, balled up and crying” and her older brother Prince Michael was “shocked and slowly crying.”

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Dr. Conrad Murray Trial Recap: MJ's Assistant 'I Was Never Told To Call 911'


Posted on Sep 28, 2011 @ 11:30AM - Add a comment

By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor

Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney David Walgren has been methodically laying out the events that led to the tragic death of Michael Jackson, and RadarOnline.com is right there reporting from the courthouse. This is the second day of testimony in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who is accused of causing the King of Pop's death by acute propofol intoxication.

Jackson’s longtime assistant, Michael Amir Williams testified Wednesday morning that in the moments after Michael Jackson was declared dead at UCLA, Dr. Murray asked him to take him back to the house because, "there was some cream in Michael Jackson's room that he wouldn't want the world to know about, and that he needed a ride back to the house."

However, Williams said he declined to do so after he consulted with Jackson’s security, and they told him to place the house on lock down and not let anyone, especially Dr. Murray, back onto the property.

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