LOL!:Michael Jackson Caused His Own Death?

Fresh facts have emerged in the law suit
jointly instituted by the mother of the late
American pop idol, Michael Jackson, and
his three children against AEG Live, the
erstwhile promoters of the deceased’s
planned comeback concert.

In the suit, Jackson’s mother, Katherine,
and his children had accused AEG Live of
complicity in the death of the singer on the
eve of his comeback tour.

The plaintiffs had claimed that the company
hired the deceased’s physician, Dr. Conrad
Murray, and pressured him to bend medical
rules in order to ensure the tour was not
cancelled.

Murray was subsequently found guilty of
providing Jackson with the surgical
anesthetic Propofil as a sleeping aid, which
a coroner found had caused Jackson’s
death.

But the defence counsel for AEG Live,
Marvin Putnam, told a Los Angeles court on
Thursday that Jackson’s relatives should
blame the departed singer for his causing
own death.

According to a report monitored online,
Putnam denied that the company had hired
Murray, noting that the latter had been
treating Jackson and his family for many
years before the tour.

“The evidence is very clear that Michael
Jackson was the one who hired Dr Murray.

Jackson was responsible for his own health,
certainly his own health care, and he’s
responsible for his own choices, no matter
how bad those choices turn out to be. The
truth here is a tragedy. It is a tragedy for
this family, for his mother and for his kids.

It’s horrible and it’s incredibly sad. But it’s
not a tragedy of AEG Live’s making,”
Putnam said.

The report said the lawyer insisted that
Jackson never told AEG Live about his
reliance on the dangerous medication.

“AEG would have never agreed to finance
this tour if they knew Mr Jackson was
playing Russian Roulette in his bedroom
every night,” he was quoted as saying.

Putnam’s defence of AEG Live’s position on
Jackson’s death has been consistent during
the five-month trial. The company had
always argued that it was Jackson who
hired Murray.

Murray is due to be released next month
after serving two years in prison, following
his conviction for what the Jackson
described as the wrongful death of the pop
star.

Jackson’s family lawyer, Brian Panish,
claimed in his closing arguments, that AEG
had known about Jackson’s past health
problems and was negligent in not
checking the background of Murray, who
was deeply in debt at the time and needed
the tour to go ahead to save him from
financial ruin.

Although Jackson’s family is asking for $
290m in personal damages from the
promotional firm for the late singer’s
mother and his three children, the report
says the charges have not been specified.