>> the defense used the deposition of randy jackson, michael's brother, to argue that not only was michael addicted to drugs but he would have resisted any efforts at an intervention. >> aeg live said if the family can't help him, if the family can't stop him, how could we as concert promoters ever be expected to have done that? i think that was one of their strongest witnesses. >> michael jackson's two oldest children, prince and paris, were on the witness list to testify until -- >> paris jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of pop icon michael jackson, was rushed to a hospital in los angeles. >> in the midst of the trial, near tragedy. michael jackson's daughter, paris, was rushed to the hospital in june after cutting her wrists in an apparent suicide attempt. paris received medical attention and would no longer testify. however, jurors would still hear about her struggle through her mother and michael jackson's