Michael Jackson | The Final Days

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Michael Jackson | The Final Days

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Jackson Family vs AEG Live

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/519Azj0p-7I?rel=0" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/showbiz/jackson-death-trial" target="_blank">CNN</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span><b>ichael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, and children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, are sueing AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group) Live for Jackson’s death.</b><br /><br />AEG Live will defend itself by arguing that Jackson was responsible for his own demise.<br /><br />The Jackson team will argue that AEG Live is liable because the company hired and supervised Dr. Conrad Murray, who used a surgical anesthetic in a fatal effort to treat the singer’s insomnia as he prepared for the comeback concerts. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and is serving a prison sentence.<br /><br />Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos ruled in February that Jackson lawyers have shown enough evidence to warrant a jury trial on the negligent hiring case. She also ruled there was evidence to support the Jacksons’ claim that AEG Live executives could have foreseen that Murray would use dangerous drugs in treating the singer.<br /><br />"I don't know how you can't look to Mr. Jackson's responsibility there," AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam said. "He was a grown man."<br /><br /><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: left; font-family: museo-1,museo-2,helvetica; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 1em; margin: 30px 30px 30px -125px ! important; text-align: right; width: 295px;">“Mr. Jackson is a person who was known to doctor shop.”</span>"Mr. Jackson is a person who was known to doctor shop," Putnam said. "He was known to be someone who would tell one doctor one thing and another doctor something else."<br /><br />The child molestation trial is relevant because it "resulted in an incredible increase in his drug intake," Putnam said.<br /><br />The key to AEG Live's defense is its contention that Murray was never an AEG employee but rather was chosen and paid by Michael Jackson for nearly four years until Jackson died.<br /><br />Putnam pointed to the interview the doctor gave to police two days after Jackson's June 25, 2009, death. Murray told detectives it was his understanding that he was Jackson's employee, not AEG Live's, even though the concert promoter would be the party cutting his paychecks.<br /><br />"He was chosen by Michael Jackson," Putnam said. "He was brought to Los Angeles by Michael Jackson. He had been Michael Jackson's longtime physician and continued in that capacity and was directed by him and could only be fired at will by him."<br /><br />AEG Live became involved with Murray only after Jackson had persuaded him to join his "tour party" for the "This Is It" concerts, Putnam said. "Then what happens is AEG starts to go back and forth with him and his attorney [and] Dr. Conrad Murray, with drafts of contracts."<br /><br />Although Murray began treating Jackson six days a week in May 2009, it was only the night before Jackson's death that Murray signed a contract. AEG executives and Jackson never signed it, Putnam said. The Jackson lawyers will argue the signed contract was not necessary to establish employment.<br /><br />The unsigned contract and the oral understanding with Murray called for the doctor to be paid $150,000 a month while he served as Jackson's personal physician as the pop star performed 50 shows at London's O2 Arena in the second half of 2009 and into 2010.<br /><br /><b>AEG's role was like MasterCard, lawyer says</b><br />AEG Live's role with Murray was only to "forward" money owed to him by Jackson, just as a patient would use their "MasterCard," Putnam said. "If you go to your doctor and you pay with a credit card, obviously MasterCard in that instance, depending on your credit card, is providing the money to that doctor for services until you pay it back. Now, are you telling them MasterCard in some measure in that instance, did MasterCard hire the doctor or did you? Well, clearly you did. I think the analogy works in this instance."<br /><br />In fact, Putnam said, he learned during the discovery process that Michael Jackson was paying Murray during the last two months of his life.<br /><br />"He was paying for him during his entire time in Los Angeles and during the time we're talking about, Dr. Conrad Murray was being paid by Michael Jackson," he said. "We know this. We know this because the plaintiffs have said so."<br /><br />The revelation that Jackson paid Murray during that period has not been reported. Jackson lawyers declined to comment, citing ethical limitations to their ability to talk to the media about the case.<br /><br /><b>E-mails reveal AEG's involvement, Jacksons say</b><br />A cornerstone of the Jacksons' case is an e-mail AEG Live Co-CEO Paul Gongaware wrote 11 days before Jackson's death. The e-mail to show director Kenny Ortega addressed concerns that Murray had kept Jackson from a rehearsal the day before: "We want to remind (Murray) that it is AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary. We want to remind him what is expected of him."<br /><br />Jackson lawyers argue the e-mail is evidence that AEG Live used Murray's fear of losing his lucrative job as Jackson's personal physician to pressure him to have Jackson ready for rehearsals despite his fragile health.<br /><br />The AEG Live lawyers say the Jackson lawyers have "taken it completely out of context." Gongaware and the others were only concerned with making sure Murray had all the help he needed, such as perhaps a physical therapist or a nutritionist for his patient, Putnam said.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/showbiz/jackson-death-trial" target="_blank">Continue reading at CNN</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/who_your_daddy_xSgFH4zuGxH1BtuiYlMhIK" target="_blank">NY Post</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span><b>he $40 billion legal battle might finally settle a question: Who really fathered Michael Jackson’s children?</b><br /><br />Sources within AEG say that, despite the singer’s claims, only one of the kids is biologically his.<br /><br /><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: left; font-family: museo-1,museo-2,helvetica; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 1em; margin: 30px 30px 30px -125px ! important; text-align: right; width: 295px;">Who’s Your Daddy?</span>The company is prepared to uncover that only Blanket, 10, has the King of Pop’s DNA.<br /><br />His older siblings, Prince, 16, and Paris, 15, had a different sperm donor, the sources say.<br /><br />“There was a whole lot that Michael Jackson or his family wasn’t and isn’t being forthcoming about,” an AEG source said. “The drug use by Jackson, his use of alcohol, his relationship with his own family, and the identities of the children’s parents.”<br /><br />Among the evidence AEG could present are sworn affidavits, including one from a mystery woman identified only as “Helena,” who could be Blanket’s mother.<br /><br />Lawyers for the company also are prepared to present “irrefutable” proof that the Gloved One did not sire Prince and Paris, a source with direct knowledge of the case said. The company is poised to subpoena birth and other records.<br /><br />Jacko had always claimed to have used his own sperm to father his children. He acknowledged that the mother of Prince and Paris is his former nurse, Debbie Rowe.<br /><br />The identity of Blanket’s mother, believed to be a Hispanic woman living in the San Diego area, has never been revealed.<br /><br />But if AEG’s claims are true, the answer to who’s their daddy could come from a long list.<br /><br />The singer’s former doctor, Arnold Klein, has said he is the biological father of Jacko’s two oldest children. Former bodyguard and karate instructor Matt Fiddes began pressing the family for a DNA test of Paris shortly after the “Thriller” singer’s death. And former child actor Mark Lester claims that he may have fathered Paris.<br /><br />Jackson family members say they have little doubt who fathered Blanket.<br /><br />“Blanket looks just like him. There is no doubt that he is Michael’s,” said one relative.<br /><br />Blanket has even been treated for similar medical problems, including a skin condition, a family source told The Post. Jacko suffered from a disorder called vitiligo.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jackson-trial-20130409,0,5994885.story" target="blank">LA Times</a></b></span><br />Corina Knoll<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span><b>ttorneys for the plaintiffs have listed 97 possible witnesses and the defense 113, many of which overlap.</b><br /><br />Among those who could testify are Jackson’s mother, Katherine' two of his children; his ex-wives Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe; and nearly all of his siblings.<br /><br />Music industry heavyweights Prince, Diana Ross and Quincy Jones are also on the index of witnesses, as well as director Spike Lee and actor Lou Ferrigno.<br /><br />Dr. Conrad Murray is listed as a potential witness for both sides.<br /><br />Jury selection in the case began in early April, with potential jurors being asked if they could take off the four months the trial is expected to last. Questioning of potential jurors who pass that first test is scheduled to start April 15.</div>

Jackson Family vs AEG Live

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Life With La Toya

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Life With La Toya

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Paris Jackson | Daily Mail Interview

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgha7kBiYmdymyNiewOOkEZKQ0PX1C_O1OsVcVXHLqt9WrlO-RH07d10JMRnObhLTaAqetPK4NBjDQZYiJ1PX80DE3oU_2BfbI7xqDpkFbtn-vUe_0cnuJyhl1nuHSipm6skO1SjTqeYZs/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgha7kBiYmdymyNiewOOkEZKQ0PX1C_O1OsVcVXHLqt9WrlO-RH07d10JMRnObhLTaAqetPK4NBjDQZYiJ1PX80DE3oU_2BfbI7xqDpkFbtn-vUe_0cnuJyhl1nuHSipm6skO1SjTqeYZs/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2308275/Paris-Jackson-He-incredible-father--He-wanted-didnt-normal-childhood.html" target="blank">Mail Online</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">P</span><b>aris Jackson has spoken of the happy times she shared at Neverland with her father and wants to see part of her father’s billion dollar legacy used to restore the estate for sick children to enjoy.</b><br /><br />Paris said she plans to start the project as soon as she is an adult herself.<br /><br />She made an emotional pilgrimage to her childhood home two years ago and was dismayed to see its famous Ferris wheel had been removed. <br /><br />‘I cried and cried,’ said Paris. ‘It’s beautiful there. It still has good energy.' <br /><br />Her declaration will stun the superstar’s millions of fans around the world who have seen Jackson’s dreams for a place of eternal childhood fall into decay.<br /><br /><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: left; font-family: museo-1,museo-2,helvetica; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 1em; margin: 30px 30px 30px -125px ! important; text-align: right; width: 295px;">‘I want to have a normal high-school experience.’</span>Paris, now 15, also plans to pay tribute to her father by having the words of a loving note he wrote her tattooed on her wrist when she is old enough.<br /><br />And until recently she kept a ‘shrine’ to him on the wall of her bedroom in the sprawling home where she now lives with her brothers Prince, 16, and Blanket, 11, in the hills above Los Angeles.<br /><br />‘I have lots of memories of my father,’ says Paris. <br /><br />'He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death. <br /><br />'He’d try to educate us as much as he could and was always looking out for us. He was very protective.’<br /><br />She explained why Jackson made his children wear masks when they were out in public. <br /><br />‘He didn’t want anyone to see what we looked like. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1JYTz73oAqfC_FsO_4J5R_4HLBaQyKenBcLcAVCsjn8AKliJGSSfFqdQThLb7lunVbT0C_anCburvenrON1TMLVIwZSNG40Pg9j-nfXLb9iMuN4GaOA3v3OS6bWDzamifhCHe13XlY0/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1JYTz73oAqfC_FsO_4J5R_4HLBaQyKenBcLcAVCsjn8AKliJGSSfFqdQThLb7lunVbT0C_anCburvenrON1TMLVIwZSNG40Pg9j-nfXLb9iMuN4GaOA3v3OS6bWDzamifhCHe13XlY0/s1600/4.jpg" /></a></div>‘That way we could have what he didn’t, which was a normal childhood,’ she said.<br /><br />She spoke movingly of her father’s attempts to give his family an ordinary childhood even when he was on tour. <br /><br />This included turning hotel bedrooms into home cinemas with a portable projector and a bed sheet.<br /><br />Paris is funded by the Michael Jackson Family Trust which pays out on landmark birthdays and settles family expenses.<br /><br />It also pays for 15 full-time staff, including bodyguards, a personal chef, two nannies, maids, maintenance men and gardeners at the $26,000-a-month home. Neighbours in the heavily protected, paparazzi proof complex include Justin Bieber and Britney Spears.<br /><br />Despite her wealth and family name, Paris has started attending an ordinary school, she says: ‘I want to have a normal high-school experience.’<br /><br />She has been a cheerleader and played women’s football, and has also dabbled in photography. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oMgo7rY-5lnWVCe-CrburSLaGXm01e3waFZi_6DqFo6iUyfd3asTXZxab3YnbfkX1pVFx3AZvO1EMIXhyOEXxqnfvFZx7RhaiPLgpODtmOS0gR-1VYlA9OQUrLFJi54IkLcVEIslXzA/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oMgo7rY-5lnWVCe-CrburSLaGXm01e3waFZi_6DqFo6iUyfd3asTXZxab3YnbfkX1pVFx3AZvO1EMIXhyOEXxqnfvFZx7RhaiPLgpODtmOS0gR-1VYlA9OQUrLFJi54IkLcVEIslXzA/s1600/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paris in the living room of the current Jackson family home in Los Angeles</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;">She has inherited her father’s passion for music and revealed that he used to give her dance lessons. But she has no plans to follow him into show business.<br /><br />Her ambition is to be a heart surgeon.<br /><br />'I want to help people, that’s it,' she said.<br /><br />[Ed: April 15 tweet from <a href="https://twitter.com/ParisJackson/with_replies" target="_blank">Paris’s Twitter account</a> below:]</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNutfhC935iKLD_5J8dImWt977Oy4_HcwXo7ud-EfsTpr9DwU57nv2oYWBtKms-xl0-rixGgONAr0MI25XBUc-CLDmhnmKnVrRyIv4R25A2GXaei3gPjqD8VpAhV4EHHDaUMHotAmmDWY/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNutfhC935iKLD_5J8dImWt977Oy4_HcwXo7ud-EfsTpr9DwU57nv2oYWBtKms-xl0-rixGgONAr0MI25XBUc-CLDmhnmKnVrRyIv4R25A2GXaei3gPjqD8VpAhV4EHHDaUMHotAmmDWY/s1600/3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;">Paris spoke to Event as the Jackson family prepares to bring a staggering $40 billion wrongful death civil lawsuit against AEG, the promoter of the Thriller star's ill-fated ‘This Is It’ concerts in London’s O2 arena. <br /><br />In court documents Katherine Jackson accuses AEG of ‘putting its desire for massive profits from the tour over the health and safety of Michael Jackson’.<br /><br />She and her elder brother are expected to take the stand to reveal further details of their father’s private life when the case comes to court.<br /><br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9L-4uHk-JE8?rel=0" width="853"></iframe>

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Orphan Black | When Did I Become Us

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