EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Doctor Conrad Murray Gave Cops Wrong Timeline, Says His Lawyer
Posted on Feb 16, 2010 @ 11:20PM
Adding a surprising twist to the Michael Jackson homicide investigation Dr. Conrad Murray’s attorney Michael Flanagan tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that his client made a mistake when he was initially interviewed by the LAPD following Michael Jackson’s death in June 2009.
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"Dr. Murray's timeline of events that day when Michael Jackson died is wrong,” Flanagan says. “Doctors make mistakes, and that is what he did, and it was simply just that, a mistake.”
Dr. Murray changing the story that he initially told police in the aftermath of Jackson’s death is a significant event for both the prosecution and the defense.
According to police reports Dr. Murray initially told the LAPD that he administered the powerful sedative Propofol to Jackson at 10.50am, and that he then left Jackson alone for two minutes to go to the bathroom. Murray then went on to say that when he returned to Jackson’s room he wasn’t breathing and this is when he began CPR.
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However, the 911 call wasn’t actually made until 12.21 pm, considerably after Murray stated that he had discovered Jackson in distress and started CPR. In addition, a voicemail message was released Monday that Murray reportedly made at 11.54 am to another patient of his, Bob Russell. In the voicemail Murray sounds calm and collected as he informs his patient about the results of a heart scan. That’s a situation that seems incredible if Murray had in fact been performing CPR on Jackson for approximately an hour before the call.
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But now Flanagan says that Murray was wrong about the timing of events. He would not, however, get more specific about when Murray found Jackson in distress.
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The timeline of events surrounding the death of Jackson will most likely be central to the criminal case against Dr. Murray. Some reports say that both the defense and the prosecution plan to use the newly surfaced voicemail as a centerpiece to their case. Murray’s legal team aims to discredit cops' initial interviews with their client in a bid to convince a jury that they bungled the situation, according to some sources.
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But Flanagan, who still hasn't received formal discovery from the prosecutors, and hasn't heard the official voicemail
So if Murray did administer Propofol to Jackson at 10:50 am as he initially told police, it would be natural for cops to assume he did not come back and check on Jackson until several minutes after mid-day, when he rushed off the phone to go to Jackson’s aide. That would mean he most likely left Jackson alone for approximately 73 minutes – not two minutes as he claimed -- after administering Propofol, which would be extremely damaging to his defense. Murray’s calm phone call to a patient at 11:54 am would fit a police theory that he did not check on Jackson after administering Propofol.
Now, with Flanagan saying Murray was wrong about the timeline, it favorably (for Murray) explains why he was calm during the call to his patient and does not make it look like the doctor left Jackson alone for a long time after administering Propofol.
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100mg of Propofol is deadly. Dr Murray is a doctor, he would have known that. No equipment for resuscitation - has to be deliberate. Who wanted MJ dead - that's the question.
Posted Sat, 03/20/2010 - 2:41pm
Doctors make mistakes, you know? Murray never meant to say he'd been at Jackson's home at all. He meant to say he'd been at Regis Philbin's home that night. And diprivan? Murray said tylenol. He gave tylenol to Regis. What a victim Murray is.
Posted Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:00am
which ever way u look at it its mailicous negilance he is sooo guilty he should never have been allowed to adminster profrol it should only br used under strict supervision in a hospital
Posted Wed, 02/17/2010 - 5:44pm
The concentration of propofol in Jackson's body, meant he should have been on ventillator right after the injection, if he was to live.
Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 9:22pm
Then Jackson's family will sue for wrongful death; Murray should be sweating-Being that the Medical Association was at that hearing and wanted his license revoked and the judge stopped them-Murray your days as a MD are done!
Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 9:19pm
The man was negligent period-if he thinks that by changing the timeline and saying it was a mistake-Murray will loose his license regardless for administering a drug like profofol in a non hospital setting.
Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 9:17pm
Maryl, you're right about negligence. Problem is, things work funny in Nevada. A GI doc had nurses use filthy endocscopy scopes...people got Hep C...he didn't lose his license. Public was outraged.
Posted Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:03am
Fry him already. What a LIAR!
Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 8:53pm
You're right Chacooe, that alone should get him a lot of years.
Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 8:40pm
Conrad Murray has proven himself to be a liar.
I do not believe anything he says about what happened the day
he, Murray, says he killed Michael Jackson.
Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 6:02pm