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
do that s what we had to focus on. kevin smith echoed what aeg live said throughout the trial, michael jackson was a grown man responsible for his own decisions. michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. he was a big star. he had all these doctors who wanted to be his doctor and he could get what he wanted. and if anybody said no, they were out of the mix. he would find someone else. attorney kevin boyle spoke on behalf of the jackson family. we of course are not happy with the result as it stands now. we will be exploring all options legally and financially and make a decision about anything at a later time. dr. attorney marvin putnam was not surprised by the verdict. aeg live didn t do something wrong here and were not going to be shaken down. you can t do what they do for a living and let people knock on
limited to focus on specifically, was dr. murray at the time he was hired, fit and competent to be a general practitioner. and they said that was a conclusion that was supported by he had never been sued. he had been practicing for a while and went to a good school. of course, on the surface he was fit and competent. the verdict means that neither cat ran jackson nor michael jackson s children will get any money from aeg live. the family has played a major role in this trial. his oldest son, prince, took the stand in june. prince jackson made an impact on the jury, perhaps most importantly in humanizing the loss of michael jackson as a father. he described the life, the birthday parties. he described the fun and he described the sadness and the jury listened very closely.
me and people who love you. it was a side of michael jackson the world had rarely seen until now. for months a jury inside a courtroom watched private home videos, saw personal photos and listened to experts from friends and family. jurors were weighing whether aeg live was responsible for the death of michael jackson. michael s mother katherine and his children filed an 18-page complaint against aeg live. before the trial began i spoke to jackson family attorney kevin boyle about the family s lawsuit. why is mrs. jackson and the kids and the family suing aeg. well, it s very simple.
and about the conversations with the aeg live executives about what to do about michael. it was very revealing and key in this trial. jackson s attorney called a sleep expert, dr. charles sizeler, to explain michael s rapid decline in health. dr. sizeler testified that the 60 nights of propofol infusions conrad murray admitted to giving the star robbed him of r.e.m. sleep, the deep sleep needed for the brain to restore itself. michael jackson likely went 60 nights, 60 days, two months without getting any real sleep. aeg attorneys argued michael jackson was a drug addict who sought out doctors who would feed his addiction like conrad murray. they brought out a long parade of doctors who had given michael painkillers or had used propofol on michael jackson.