according to dr. murray and others who testified at the trial, jackson treated the problem by having doctors give him propofol. murray, himself, and mitts to give admits to giving michael propofol shortly after becoming his physician. because of the concept that he needed sleep to be ready for the performances and this is only because of the sleep. and the pressure was stepped up on murray to help him get the sleep he needed to perform. he said, i want 15 to 18 hours of sleep. that is what most doctors give me. give me ten minutes. give me 20 minutes. i said to him, why would ten minutes help you? how would 20 minutes make a difference? it will. it will.
really happened that fateful day. his relationship with jackson began in 2006 in las vegas when he made a house call to care for jackson s children. murray had been recommended by one of jackson s bodyguards. this is where i met him. i took care of his three children initially. and then we developed a relationship as that time on. the paparazzi was here, and everybody was around and everybody looking into the property. and the kids many of times, he would climb into the back seat and tell security don t follow. they have no authority. my heart pounded a little bit. but he liked those risks. i think that he kind of cheered it on. murray says that one thing he
and jackson had in common was difficult relationships with their fathers. he says that his father did not publicly acknowledge him until his mid-20s. in some ways there was a mirror part of our lives in that we didn t have full appreciation of the fathers. i had a dad who was affection for me, but i could not allow the affection to be known publicly, and of course, that was tough to handle. he had a dad who never hugged him. never hugged his own children. he cried so many times. i told him, it is okay. it is okay, michael. you can cry.
and murray says that when michael jackson arrived home, he was excited, but anxious to get his sleep for the next day s rehearsal. according to murray s police statement, at approximately 2:00 a.m. he gave michael valium and lorazepam, and heavy sedatives, but no propofol. at 3:00 a.m., the doctor gave him another sedative midazolam, and despite the drugs, jackson could not sleep. hours passed and murray says that he begged for propofol, and because of the milky color, jackson called milk. he was basically hysterical, he really could not sleep. and he begged and pleaded and asked me, please, please, dr. conrad. i need some milk so i can sleep. if i don t get any sleep today, i cannot perform. i cannot do anything.
me. paris screamed out daddy. i told security to get the kids away from there, and get the kids away from there because i did not want them to see their father having cpr or a resuscitative event. dr. conrad murray said don t let them see their dad like that. i proceeded to turn around to the children and kind of ushered them out and said, kids, don t worry, we will take care of it, everything is going to be okay. he says, oh, doctor, doctor, what happened? i need help. i am doing cpr and mr. jackson is not breathing. come in here, and get me help. call 911. i need you to call 911. what is your emergency? sir, we have a gentleman here who needs help, and he is not breathing. he is not breathing, and we are trying to pump him, but he is not. okay. in addition to me doing cpr, chest compression and trying to resuscitate this patient, he is,