K. Jackson-Klage gegen AEG- Der Prozess- Nur News -Keine Diskussion

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"I am the CEO of the company it would remiss of me not to be there," Phillips explained.
"Ich bin der CEO des Unternehmens und es wäre nachlässig von mir wen ich nicht dort wäre", erklärte Phillips.

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Phillips arrived in London on March 5. He traveled with David Loeffler, since they were also producing the Lionel Ritchie tour.
Phillips kam nach London am 5. März. Er reiste mit David Loeffler, da sie auch bei der Produktion der Lionel Richie Tour waren



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Phillips said he was in the room for about 20 minutes watching TV and Dr. Tohme went to MJ's suite.
Phillips sagte, er sei in dem Raum für etwa 20 Minuten vor dem Fernseher gewesen und Dr. Tohme ging in die MJ-Suite.


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Phillips said he wanted to get to the arena early because of London traffic. "I assume Dr. Tohme would help get MJ ready," Phillips recalled
Phillips sagte, er wolle in die Arena früh kommen, wegem dem Londoner Verkehr. "Ich ging davon aus Dr. Tohme würde MJ helfen fertig zu werden", erinnerte sich Phillips


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Phillips said Dr. Tohme exhibited no concerns about getting MJ ready on time.
Phillips sagte Dr. Tohme zeigte keine Sorgen darum, dass MJ rechtzeitig fertig sei.

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Dr. Tohme was gone for what it seemed like an eternity, Phillips said.
Dr. Tohme ging, es schien für ihn wie eine Ewigkeit das er weg war, sagte Phillips.


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"Don't worry, he just needs a little more time," Phillips said Tohme told him. "I started to freak out."
"Mach dir keine Sorgen, er braucht nur ein wenig mehr Zeit", sagte Phillips was Tohme ihm gesagt habe "Ich fing an auszuflippen."

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"I am completely freaking out," Phillips said. "I was in the hallway pacing back and forth."
"Ich bin völlig ausgeflippt", sagte Phillips. "Ich war auf dem Flur ging hin und her."

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Tohme told Phillips: "We have a little issue. Michael got drunk, I think he said he was trying to sober him up, but he was going to be late"
Tohme sagte Phillips. "Wir haben ein kleines Problem, Michael ist betrunken, er sagte, er habe versucht, ihn nüchtern zu machen, aber er wird sich verspäten"

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Phillips said he became even more anxious. He was receiving emails and phone calls from people at the O2 arena.
Phillips sagte, er wurde noch ängstlicher. Er erhielt E-Mails und Anrufe von Leuten aus der O2 Arena.

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Phillips to Leiweke
MJ is locked in his room drunk and despondent. Tohme and I are trying to sober him up & get him to the press conference
MJ ist in seinem Zimmer betrunken und mutlos. Tohme und ich werden versuchen, ihn nüchtern zur Pressekonferenz zu bekommen


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"It didn't make me less freaked out; I needed to pass on what was happening to Leiweke" Phillips said. Leiweke responded: are you kiddng me?
"Es hat mich nicht weniger ausflippen lassen, ich musste weitergeben, was los war zu Leiweke" sagte Phillips. Leiweke antwortete: Machst Du Scherze?

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Phillips said he told MJ's bodyguard, Alberto Alvarez, that it was a crisis situation and needed to get into the room.
Phillips sagte, daß er MJs Leibwächter, Alberto Alvarez rief, dass es eine Krisensituation war und er in den Raum muss.
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"Time was slipping away, I was sweating bullets. For me at the time it felt like a crisis," Phillips remembered.
"Die Zeit war entgleitet, ich schwitzte Kugeln. Für mich fühlte es sich zu dieser Zeit wie eine Krise an" erinnert sich Phillips.

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Phillips said he received 25 phone calls in 5 minutes. Phillips entered MJ's room.
Phillips sagte, er erhielt 25 Anrufe in 5 Minuten. Phillips ging in MJs Zimmer.

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"He had a robe on, and his pants. I remember seeing an empty bottle of booze at the couch, maybe vodka or gin," Phillips recalled.
"Er hatte ein Gewand an und seine Hose. Ich erinnere mich an eine leere Flasche Schnaps auf der Couch, vielleicht Wodka oder Gin," sagt Phillips.

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"To me, he looked hungover," Phillips testified.
"Für mich sah er verkatert aus", sagte Phillips.

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Phillips: I said Michael, are you ok? That's when he said to me that he was really concerned no one was going to be there
Phillips: Ich sagte, Michael, bist du ok? Das war als er mir sagte, dass er wirklich besorgt ist, das niemand da sein wird.

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Phillips said he told MJ things were quite differently, there were 3,000 adoring fans waiting for him and all top news organizations.
Phillips sagte MJ, dass die Dinge ganz anders aussehen, da stehen 3.000 treue Fans, die auf ihn warten und alle Top-News Organisationen.

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Dr. Tohme talked about hiring or renting a crowd, we didn't do that, we just had to leak that MJ was coming and fans got the word.

Dr. Tohme sprach daüber eine (Zuschauer)Menge zu mieten, das haben wir nicht getan, wir mussten nur leaken, dass er kommt und Fans das mitbekommen

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MJ got up, Phillips said, and went to the bathroom with Dr. Tohme and makeup artist. The children were watching tv in another room.
MJ stand auf, sagte Phillips, und ging ins Badezimmer mit Dr. Tohme und Maskenbildner. Die Kinder waren vor dem Fernseher in einem anderen Raum.

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Phillips: MJ had black slacks on and boots, white V-neck shirt. Someone was holding 3 different shirts, one black, one blue and one red.
Phillips: MJ hatte eine schwarze Hose und Stiefel an, weißes V-T-Shirt. Jemand hielt 3 verschiedene Jacken, eine schwarze, eine blaue und eine rote.

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"They were asking me what he should wear, I suggested black since the background was red," Phillips recalled.
"Sie fragten mich, was er anziehen sollte, ich habe vorgeschlagen die schwarze zu nehmen, da der Hintergrund bei der PK rot war," hat Phillips zurückgerufen.


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Phillips described how MJ wanted to wear a sequin armband but didn't have a way to attach it to his arm. Phillips said he got angry.
Phillips beschrieb, wie MJ einen Pailletten-Armband tragen wollte, aber es nicht befestigt um seinen Arm bekam. Phillips sagte er wurde wütend.


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Phillips: I admit to being a drama queen. MJ wouldn't leave unless he had sequined armband on. At that point it was more than I could take

Phillips: Ich gebe zu eine Drama-Queen zu sein.. MJ würde nicht gehen bis er mit der Pailletten -Armbinde fertig war. An diesem Punkt war es mehr als ich verkraften konnte
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"I raised my voice and said guys, that's enough!" Phillips recalled.
"Ich hob meine Stimme und sagte: Jungs, das ist genug!"
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In the van ride, news helicopters were following and press could see he was coming, Phillips remembered.
In dem Kleinbus, News Hubschrauber folgten uns und die Presse konnte sehen, dass er kam, erinnerte sich Phillips.


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"He was chagrined, he knew that what he had done wasn't the coolest things," Phillips recalled.
"Er war verärgert, er wusste, dass das, was er getan hatte nicht die coolste Sache war ," sagt Phillips.
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The mood in the van changed, Phillips said. Michael was quite funny. He told Phillips the exec had lost a lot of weight.
Die Stimmung in dem Van änderte sich, sagte Phillips. Michael war ganz lustig. Er sagte Phillips der exec habe eine Menge Gewicht verloren.

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Phillips responded to MJ that he too would've lost weight if he were pacing in front of the hotel room like he was. Everyone laughed hard.

Phillips reagierte auf MJ, dass er gerne an Gewicht verlieren hätte als er vor seinem Hotelzimmer hing und her ging. Jeder lachte.

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Phillips said MJ was to write his own remarks the night before the press conference, but didn't do it. Phillips wrote a few lines for him.
Phillips sagte MJ wollte seine eigenen Bemerkungen schreiben in der Nacht vor der Pressekonferenz, aber tat es nicht. Phillips schrieb ein paar Zeilen für ihn

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"He started a little hunched over," Phillips said of MJ in the news conference. "When he went through that curtain, there was MJ."
"Er war ein wenig gebückt," sagte Phillips von MJ als er zur Pressekonferenz ging. "Als er durch diesen Vorhang ging, wurde es MJ."

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Putnam showed a clip of the press conference, where fans we're screaming and MJ was saying "This is it."
Putnam zeigte einen Clip von der Pressekonferenz, wo Fans wild schreien und MJ sagte "This is it."

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"He was so nervous and really concerned about how people would have reacting to him," Phillips said.

"Er war so nervös und wirklich besorgt darüber, wie die Menschen zu ihm reagieren würden", sagte Phillips.

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"He became MJ again, they were telling him they still loved him. It underscored that he was a human being," Phillips opined.
"Er wurde wieder zu MJ als sie ihm sagten, dass sie ihn immer noch liebten. Es zeigte, dass er ein Mensch war", meinte Phillips

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"I thought it came out fine," Phillips said about the press conference. They announced 10 shows initially.
"Ich dachte, es kam gut", sagte Phillips über die Pressekonferenz. Sie kündigten zunächst 10 Konzerte an.
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"I was ecstatic. He was elated," Phillips said. "Because his worse fears and trepidations, they didn't happen."
"Ich war begeistert. Er war begeistert", sagte Phillips. "Weil seine schlimmsten Ängste und Befürchtungen nicht eintrafen"

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They stayed in London to watch Oliver Twist. Phillips got MJ and his kids the best seats in the house.
Sie blieben in London um Oliver Twist zu besuchen. Phillips hat MJ und seinen Kindern die besten Plätze im Haus verschafft.

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"When we arrived at the theater, it was kind of pandemonium. When MJ walked in he received standing ovation," Phillips recalled.
"Als wir im Theater ankamen, war es eine Art Hexenkessel. Als MJ in das Theater ging erhielt er stehende Ovationen," sagt Phillips .
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Phillips said they had to have police on the way out due to the thousands of people in the streets.
Phillips sagte sie benötigten die Polizei auf dem Weg durch die Tausende von Menschen in den Straßen.

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Phillips was not concerned with MJ's physically. He said he was concerned the day before when MJ drank prior to the presser.
Phillips war nicht besorgt wegen MJs körperlicher Verfassuung. Er sagte, er war am Tag zuvor besorgt, als MJ trank vor dem Presseauftritt.


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Phillips: This wouldn't be the first time I'd dealt with an artist who had drank a little too much.
Phillips: Es war nicht das erste Mal, dass ich mit einem Künstler zu tun hatte der ein weinig zu viel getrunken hat.

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Per the contract, they had agreed upon 31 shows. The pre-registration kind of gave them first look of how the show would sell, Philips said.
Per Vertrag waren 31 Shows vereinbart. Die Vorregistrierung gab ihnen einen Überblick wie sich die Show verkaufen würde, sagte Philips.

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Paul Gongaware called him, Phillips said, alerting him that the shows were going to be sold out and needed to add more shows.
Paul Gongaware rief ihn an, sagte Phillips, alarmierte ihn, dass die Shows ausverkauft seien und Shows hinzuzufügt werden sollten.


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"Dude, we're going to sell out ridiculous amount of tickets," Gongaware told Phillips.
"Wir gehen zum vollständigen Ausverkauf der Tickets," sagte G. zu Phillips.


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Phillips called Dr. Tohme asking to add more shows, MJ agreed to 50 with two conditions. He wanted house out in countryside.
Phillips rief Dr. Tohme an um zu fragen, um weitere Shows hinzuzufügen, MJ stimmte bis zu 50 zu mit zwei Bedingungen. Er wollte ein Haus in der Landschaft.

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House needed at least 16 acres, rolling streams, horseback riders and wanted a guest house for the writers to work on Thriller 3D.
Haus benötigt mindestens 16 Hektar, Rollen-Streams, Pferde und er wollte ein Gästehaus für die Autoren um an Thriller 3D zu arbeiten.


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"He didn't want to be trapped in a hotel in London with the kids," Phillips said.
"Er wollte nicht in einem Hotel in London mit den Kindern gefangen sein", sagte Phillips.

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After the 50th show, MJ also wanted the world record to document his record, since he knew no one had done 50 shows, Phillips explained.
Nach den 50 Shows wollte MJ auch den Weltrekord um seinen Rekord zu dokumentieren, da niemand 50 Shows gemacht hatte, erklärte Phillips
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Putnam showed a frame of the video showing Phillips and MJ in the golf cart going to the presser.
Putnam zeigt in einem Video was Phillips und MJ zeigt wie sie vom Golfwagen zur Presse gehen

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Phillips said they had a meeting with Bravado regarding merchandising and were going to open a store at the arena to sell MJ's merch.
Phillips sagte, sie hatten ein Treffen mit Bravado über Merchandising und wollten ein Geschäft in der Arena um MJ Merchandaising zu verkaufen.


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Most meeting happened at MJ's house in Carolwood, some were at Center Staging, Phillips recalled.
Die meisten Treffen fanden im MJ Haus in Carolwood statt, einige waren bei Center Staging, erinnerte sich Phillips.
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Phillips said he had one meeting at Carolwood he went downstairs to the movie room when Michael showed him the movie Ghost he was working on
Phillips sagte, er habe ein Treffen in Carolwood gehhabt, er ging hinunter in den Kinosaal, als Michael ihm den Film Ghost zeigte woran-er arbeitete

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The exec went to the powder room and kitchen, but never went to the upstairs level of the house.
Die exec ging in die Gästetoilette und Küche, aber nie in die obere Ebene des Hauses.

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Phillips said he never saw MJ drink, under the influence, using prescription drugs, inebriated, hungover, slur speech during the TII period
Phillips sagte, dass er MJ nie trinken sah oder unter dem Einfluss von verschreibungspflichtigen Medikamenten oder betrunkenen, verkatert während des TII Zeitraum


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Did you at anytime have any reason to believe that MJ couldn't perform at the O2 arena?
Phillips: No
[B]Hatten Sie zu irgendeiner Zeit einen Grund daran zu glauben, dass MJ nicht in der O2 Arena performen würde? [/b]Phillips: Nein

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Phillips learned MJ wanted to bring his own doctor on tour. This was right at the beginning of rehearsals at the a Forum.
Phillips hat erfahren, dass MJ einen eigenen Arzt auf Tour mitbringen wolle. Das war gleich zu Beginn der Proben im Forum.

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Phillips expressed he was concerned not about the doctor, but the cost it would be to bring the physician on tour.
Phillips äußerte das er nicht über den Arzt besorgt war, aber über die Kosten, die wären für einen Tourarzt

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This was the time where Dr. Tohme was no longer in MJ's life, Frank DiLeo was back in the game, Phillips explained.
Dies war die Zeit, wo Dr. Tohme nicht mehr in MJs Leben war, Frank DiLeo war zurück im Spiel, erklärte Phillips.

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"It was probably kind of the most tense, one on one, phone call," Phillips testified. The exec said he told MJ that London had great doctors
Es war wahrscheinlich die größte Anspannung bei einem Telefonanruf," sagte Phillips Die exec sagte MJ, dass London große Ärzte hat

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"Would you consider that we hire a doctor, that you hire a doctor, in London for this tour?" Phillips said.
"Würden Sie in Betracht ziehen, dass Sie einen Arzt einstellen, für Sie einen Arzt einstellen für die Tour?" sagte P.

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Phillips said MJ told him his body is the machine and the engine of the machine drives this entire venture and needs a physician 24/7.
Phillips sagte MJ sagte ihm, sein Körper ist eine Maschine und der Motor der Maschine treibt das gesamte Unternehmen an und braucht einen Arzt 24/7.

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Phillips: It's Michael, when he wanted something, he wanted something, if he wanted his own doctor, I was in no position to tell him no.
Phillips: Es ist Michael, wenn er etwas wollte, wollte er etwas , wenn er seinen eigenen Arzt wollte, war ich nicht in der Lage ihm zu sagen das es nicht geht.

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"Tour was sold, there was no question if tickets were going to go," Phillips said, "I just wanted to keep the most money in his pocket."
"Tour war ausverkauft, es war keine Frage, ob Tickets gehen würden", sagte Phillips, "ich wollte nur das meiste Geld in seiner Tasche halten wollen"


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Phillips said AEG Live was advancing money to pay Dr. Murray, but they would recoup it 100%. He said it was MJ's money.
Phillips sagte AEG Live-streckte das Geld vor um Dr. Murray zu bezahlen, aber sie würden es zu 100% wieder hereinzuholen. Er sagte, es sei MJs Geld.


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"I thought I was going to be able to reason with him, but he insisted to have his own physician," Phillips said.
"Ich dachte, ich würde in der Lage sein, mit ihm zu argumentieren, aber er bestand darauf, seinen eigenen Arzt zu haben", sagte Phillips.


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Phillips said he didn't think it was red flag because it was MJ.
Phillips sagte, er dachte nicht das es eine rote Flagge war, weil es MJ ist.

"Because it was MJ's decision, MJ's money. I took my shot," Phillips said.
"Weil es MJs Entscheidung war, MJs Geld. Ich nahm meinen Schuss", sagte Phillips.
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After this, Phillips never again discussed Dr. Murray going to London with MJ.
Danach hat Phillips nie wieder mit MJ darüber diskutiert ob Dr. Murray nach London geht
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Phillips never had any discussions about an independent contract agreement for Dr. Murray.
Phillips hatte nie irgendwelche Diskussionen über einen unabhängigen Tarifvertrag für Dr. Murray.

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Phillips said Dr. Murray was going to be paid $150,000 a month plus expenses.
Phillips sagte Dr. Murray wollte $ 150.000 pro Monat plus Spesen haben
"I thought it was high, but not crazy," Phillips said.
"Ich dachte, es war hoch, aber nicht verrückt", sagte Phillips.


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Phillips said he never hired Dr. Murray and no one ever told him the deal was finalized..
Phillips sagte, dass er nie Dr. Murray angeheuert hat und niemand sagte ihm, das der Deal abgeschlossen wurde ..

Putnam showed the video of the Sky News interview. Jackson's attorneys objected, they went to Judge's chamber to talk.
Putnam zeigte das Video vom Sky News- Interview. Jacksons Anwälte erhoben Einspruch, gingen zum Richter Chamber-Talk
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In the interview, Phillips explained that Dr. Murray was MJ's personal physician and MJ wanted him on tour.
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Putnam: Did you hire Dr. Murray?
Phillips: No
Putnam: Haben Sie Dr. Murray angeheuert?
Phillips: Nein

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Putnam talked about a meeting at Carolwood with MJ, Dr. Murray, Gongaware, DiLeo, Ortega in May
Putnam sprach von einem Treffen in Carolwood mit MJ, Dr. Murray, Gongaware, DiLeo, Ortega im Mai.

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"I was concerned about Michael's weight, personally. I believe Kenny wanted him to show up at rehearsals more often," Phillips recalled.
"Ich war persönl. besorgt darüber das Michael das Gewicht nicht im Griff hatte. Ich glaube, Kenny wollte ihn öfter bei den Proben haben ," sagt Phillips

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Putnam: Was this an emergency meeting?
Phillips: No
Putnam: War dies eine Notfallsitzung?
Phillips: Nein

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Putnam asked if this was an intervention. Phillips said no, he used this term as idea for all to get together, but not related to drugs.
Putnam fragte, ob dies eine Intervention war. Phillips sagte, nein, er nutzte diesen Begriff als Idee für alle, um gemeinsam zusammenzukommen, aber nicht auf Medikamente bezogen.
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Dr. Murray was there because he was Michael's physician, Phillips said. The exec talked to Dr Murray about MJ losing weight, his only agenda
Dr. Murray war dort, weil er Michaels Arzt war, sagte Phillips. Der exec sprach mit Dr. Murray daüber das MJ Gewicht verlierft, sein einziger Agendapunkt

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"Michael said that he always had problem keeping his weight," Phillips recalled. "When he performed he lost 2-4 pounds, needed Dr. Murray"
"Michael sagte, dass er schon immer Probleme hatte sein Gewicht zu halten ," Phillips zurückgerufen. "Wenn er spielte verlor er 2-4 Pfund, er brauche Dr. Murray"

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"He had a high metabolism, he burned calories very quickly," Phillips said.
Dr. Murray told Phillips MJ was working out with Lou Ferrigno.
"Er hatte einen hohen Stoffwechsel, er verbrannte Kalorien sehr schnell", sagte Phillips. Dr. Murray sagte Phillips MJ arbeitete mit Lou Ferrigno.


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The doctor didn't tell Phillips he was going to the house every night and that he was giving him Propofol.
Der Arzt sagte Phillips nicht, dass er ins Haus gehe und jeden Abend Propofol gebe.
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Phillips said he never had conversation with Dr Murray about drug abuse of treatment of MJ.
"It was a very positive meeting," Phillips said

Phillips sagte, er hatte nie ein Gespräch mit Dr. Murray über eine Drogenmissbrauch- Behandlung von MJ.
"Es war ein sehr positives Treffen", sagte Phillips

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Phillips said he carry his business cards at all times and it's not abnormal for him to write his cell phone on the back of it.
Phillips sagte, er trage seine Visitenkarten zu jeder Zeit, und es ist nicht ungewöhnlich für ihn, sein Handy-Nummer auf die Rückseite zu schreiben
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Putnam: Do you think the fact Dr. Murray had your business card you hired him?
Phillips: No

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Phillips: Nein

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On June 19, MJ went to rehearsal but was sent home sick. The only concern Phillips said he had was with MJ's weight.
Am 19. Juni ging MJ zur Probe wurde aber krank nach Hause geschickt. Die einzige Sorge die Phillips hatte, das MJ das Gewicht nicht im Griff hatte.
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Phillips: There was a production meeting at Carolwood house, I noticed that Michael was sitting at the couch and starring at the dining room
Phillips: Es war ein Produkitonstreffen im Carolwood Haus, als ich bemerkte dass Michael auf der Couch saß und in den Speiseraum starrte.

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"He wasn't engaged," Phillips said. "I asked Michael Amir Williams what was going on, and he said he had seen Dr. Klein."
"Er war nicht engagiert", sagte Phillips. "Ich fragte Michael Amir Williams, was los war, und er sagte, er habe Dr. Klein gesehen."


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Phillips didn't think he was abusing prescription drugs at this point. Dr. Murray was not in this meeting.
Phillips glaube nicht, dass er verschreibungspflichtige Medikamente an dieser Stelle missbrauchte. Dr. Murray war nicht in dieser Sitzung.

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Phillips recalled receiving a chain of emails on June 19, Trouble at the Front.
Phillips erinnerte sich an eine Kette von E-Mails am 19. Juni, Ärger an der Front.
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The meeting Tim Leiweke requested didn't take place because if it was superseded by the June 20th meeting, Phillips explained.
Das Treffen was Tim Leiweke angefordert hat fand nicht statt, weil es durch das 20.Juni-Treffen abgelöst wurde, erklärte Phillips.

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Phillips talked about the chemical imbalance that happened with Britney Spears and that she was treated for that during one of her tours.
Phillips sprach über die chemischen Ungleichgewichte, was mit Britney Spears geschah und das sie behandelt wurde während einer ihrer Touren ABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts 56s
Phillips said he's not 100% sure what he meant when he wrote the problems with MJ could be chemical or physiological.
Phillips sagte, er ist nicht zu 100% sicher, was er meinte wenn er schrieb die Probleme mit MJ könnten chemische oder physiologische sein.


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Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:30 am PT. There will be only morning session tomorrow, since two jurors have personal business.
Morgen nur vormittags Gericht.
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AEG Lice CEO Randy Phillips resumes on the stand. He may not be done until Monday, the lawyers said
Phillips Morgen wieder im Zeugenstand. Er wird wahrscheinlich erst Montag fertig.

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The Jacksons vs. AEG Live – Zeugen der Jacksons, 21. Teil

12. Juni 2013

Am Dienstag beendete Panish die Befragung von Randy Phillips, der nochmals zu Thome Thome und Merchandising Einnahmen nach Michaels Tod Stellung nehmen musste. Phillips beschwerte sich zudem über Michaels damalige, geschäftliche Umfeld.

Befragt wurde Randy Phillips erneut zum Abkommen von AEG mit Thome Thome, in dem u.a. festgehalten war, dass er AEG Live als Michael Jacksons Manager assistiere. Thome wurden darin monatlich 100 000 Dollar versprochen. Randy Phillips gab zu verstehen, er sehe darin keinen Interessenskonflikt, da auch Michael Jackson unterschrieben hat. Das Geld sei ein Vorschuss an Jackson gewesen, doch Thome (der vom MJ Estate verklagt wurde) sei nie bezahlt worden.

Eine Rechtsanwältin von AEG äusserte während den frühen This Is It Vorbereitungen Misstrauen gegenüber Dr. Thome Thome. Sie frage sich, ob Thome „der wahre Jakob“ sei und schlug vor, einen privaten Ermittler anzuheuern. „Und/oder mindestens, dass jemand von AEG Live Michael Jackson trifft, um sicherzustellen, ob er versteht, dass wir einer Tour-Vereinbarung mit ihm entgegen gehen, die von ihm erfordern wird, eine weltweite Tour zu performen…“

Auch Phillips gab gestern zu, über Thome, der via Jermaine Jackson zu Michael gekommen sei, nicht richtig Bescheid gewusst zu haben. „Ich wusste nicht einmal, wo sein Büro war, abgesehen von der Bar im Bel-Air Hotel.“ Trotzdem sagt Randy Phillips, Thome habe einen „phänomenalen Job“ für MJ gemacht. In einer Mail schrieb er: „Er ist ein guter Typ, der für Michael Wunder vollbracht hat, er ist nur kein Manager.“

Bereits letzte Woche hatte Phillips gesagt, dass Thome zuvor keine Erfahrung als Manager eines Musikkünstlers hatte. Phillips bestätigte, dass er Michael Jacksons Schreiben erhielt, in dem er mitteilte, er habe die Dienste von Dr. Thome gekündigt.

Ebenfalls nochmals Thema war Michaels Befinden. Kenny Ortega habe eine „food person“ engagiert, die dafür gesorgt habe, dass Michael gegessen habe.

Phillips musste ausserdem Auskünfte zu den Merchandising Einnahmen geben. In einer AEG internen Mail nach Michaels Verscheiden, schrieb Phillips: „Michaels Tod ist eine schreckliche Tragödie, aber das Leben muss weiter gehen. AEG wird ein Vermögen mit Merchandising Verkäufen, Ticket-Zurückbehaltung, die tourende Ausstellung, und vom Film/DVD machen. Ich wünsche mir noch immer, er wäre hier!“

Kurz vor der Mittagspause beendete Brian Panish seine Befragung und der AEG Anwalt Marvin Putnam stellte abschliessende Fragen an Phillips. Diesem sei die Erleichterung ins Gesicht geschrieben gewesen, notierte ein Journalist.

Mit Michael zu dealen sei „anspruchsvoll“ gewesen. „Weil Michael launenhaft war. Eines der Dinge, die ihn gross gemacht haben, war auch eines der Dinge, die es unmöglich machten, mit ihm Geschäfte abzuwickeln“, so Phillips. „Er änderte seine Meinung. Er wollte verschiedene Sachen an unterschiedlichen Zeitpunkten. Er wechselte Stellvertreter wie wir Socken wechseln.“ Phillips hatte zuvor ausgesagt, man habe eine „Abrisskarte“ benötigt um seine Vertreter im Auge zu behalten.

In einer Mail vom 2. Juni 2009, inmitten der This Is It Proben, schrieb Phillips: „ …MJ zu fokussieren ist nicht die einfachste Sache der Welt und wir haben noch immer keinen Anwalt, keinen Geschäftsführer, oder, überhaupt einen echten Manager hier. Es ist ein Alptraum!“

Im Verlaufe der Gerichtsverhandlung gab Randy Phillips bekannt, dass The Jacksons während dem BET Experience Festival am 30. Juni im Staples Center auftreten werden. Ein Anwalt der Jackson Familie sagt, die Brüder hätten keine andere Wahl, da die meisten Veranstaltungsorte in der Stadt im Besitz von AEG seien. Am Festival treten auch Beyoncé, R. Kelly etc. auf.

Abschliessend zur heutigen Meldung ein Link zu einem englischen Artikel http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fro...30611-529.html, in dem ein Anthropologe über Michaels humanitäre Hinterlassenschaft schreibt, die Fans rund um die Welt anspornen, sich in Michaels Namen für Missstände einzusetzen, Geld zu sammeln etc.

Quelle: jackson.ch, latimes.com, losangeles.cbslocal.com, radaronline.com, nydailynews.com

Weiterlesen unter http://www.jackson.ch/the-jacksons-v...ksons-21-teil/
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[Tijaju]

...Prince scheint unterdessen "wirklich aussagen" zu wollen. "Michael hat sich auf Prince als einen zuverlässigen Berater verlassen, als er noch am Leben war. Michael hat Prince bezüglich bedeutenden Geschäftsentscheidungen konsultiert; er hat seinen Vater oft zu Meetings begleitet", führte der Bekannte weiter aus. "Prince wirkt weise für sein Alter und hat das Gefühl, dass AEG für den Tod seines Vaters mitverantwortlich war. Prince hat einen total anderen Standpunkt und eine andere Meinung als Paris, weil er die rechte Hand seines Vaters war."....http://www.gala.de/stars/news/newsfe...ss_947449.html

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 28 – June 12 2013 – Summary

Jackson family was not in the courtroom

Randy Phillips Testimony

AEG cross

A lot of his early testimony focused on Jackson’s ex-manger, Tohme Tohme. Phillips told jurors how he met with Tohme for two hours at the bar in the Hotel Bel-Air to discuss Jackson’s tour in 2008. That was the first of many meetings over the years between Phillips and Tohme. It led to a later meeting with Jackson.(AP)

Phillips recalled his first meeting in the summer of 2008 with Dr. Tohme in the bar of the Bel Air Hotel. Phillips said his understanding was that Dr. Tohme went over expenses and signed the checks for Michael. Meeting lasted 2 hours. Dr. Tohme described Michael's circumstances, his life, career, where he was living, finances. They mostly talked about restarting his career. (ABC7)

Phillips said the idea came off proposal from Raymone Bain, that the best starting point would be in London. Phillips explained a residency tour was easier than full blown tour, living out of hotels. Michael had not toured in so long. "We thought it would be a great city for people to come from around the wowrld to see him," Phillips testified. (ABC7)

Phillips said Dr. Tohme thought it was important to explain why Mr. Jackson wanted to go back to work. Michael explained one of the biggest motivations was that he wanted to earn enough money to buy a house for his family. Dr. Tohme spoke with an accent, came from another country, Phillips explained.
Putnam: Did it seem that MJ was ready to go back on tour?
Phillips: Only from what Dr. Tohme told me. The meeting was very positive. (ABC7)

Phillips then asked for a meeting with the artist. Had a meeting at MJ's suite in Bel Air near street near Bellagio. Phillips said he believed that was the 2nd meeting. The 1st meeting was a parlor above his suite. "That was more about the dates and how we would put them on sale, who he wanted to work with," Phillips explained. "I was told by Dr. Tohme that MJ was living in LV. He stayed at Bel Air when in LA." (ABC7)

"When we relocated to London, we would make it a larger than life event," Phillips testified. "When we built the 02 just Timberlake did 6 night, Beyonce did 8 nights," Phillips explained. "In London, people love to go out." Population changes too because there are a lot of visitors from other countries, Phillips said. The Arena was built for entertainment, music. Phillips said MJ was an ideal candidate, probably an ideal place for the come back. Michael was very receptive, since he liked London. "He had friends there, just felt comfortable there," Phillips told the jury. He loved that idea which made everything else that much better. (ABC7)

That shorter meeting with Jackson discussed a London residency. Phillips said that was preferable because MJ hadn’t toured in a long time. Phillips said he didn’t think Jackson had his “touring legs” and it would be easier on him, his kids, to stay in one place. Phillips said Jackson was sharp in the planning meetings, and said he wanted to work with Kenny Ortega and choreographer Travis Payne. Phillips said he hadn’t worked with either Ortega or Payne before, but he knew of them. Phillips on Jackson: “He loved the idea of London. He knew a lot of people there.” Former actor Mark Lester’s name came up a lot today. Phillips said the planning meeting with Jackson was the first time he felt the singer was ready to tour. All they talked about was music. (AP)

In Oct 2008, Phillips said he felt MJ was ready to go. "He was dressed well, his eyes were clear, he is very sophisticated 50 year old man". Phillips: I don't believe anything I read in the press, especially the English press. I take a lot of those stories with a grain of salt. "He is a very smart, articulate young man who had control of his life," Phillis testified. Phillips talked about not noting anything atypical in meetings. He was not concerned about MJ's health, physical condition or drug problem. (ABC7)

At this point, Phillips started to discuss the ways he felt the portrayal of Jackson had been skewed during the trial. Phillips: “We seem to be talking about Michael like he’s the 5-year-old lead singer of the Jackson 5.” (AP)

Phillips said he knew Michael Jackson as a sophisticated, forceful businessman and not the drugged-up performer who's been described throughout an ongoing civil trial filed over the singer's untimely death. Jackson was a far more complex figure than has been portrayed during the trial , said Randy Philips. (AP)

Phillips said based on meetings he had with Jackson in 2008 and early 2009, he found Jackson to be a "sophisticated man who had control of his life." (AP)

The portrait of Jackson that's been presented to the jury during the seven-week trial has been inaccurate, Phillips said. Jackson was described by both sides in opening statements as struggling with prescription drug addiction throughout his life. (AP)

Phillips said he disagreed with the descriptions of Jackson "because he's been presented as drug-addled 5-year-old. That was not the man I dealt with. The man I dealt with was forceful. Kind, but determined. He was a force." (AP)

Phillips disputed various portrayals of Jackson, describing the singer as someone actively engaged in his comeback who knew “who he wanted to work with and how he wanted to do it.” “We seem to be talking about Michael like he’s the 5-year-old singer in the Jackson Five and he wasn’t,” Phillips said. “He was a sophisticated, very smart, articulate, 50-year-old man who had control of his life.” “He’s been presented as a drug-addled 5-year-old and that’s not the man I dealt with,” he said. “The man I dealt with was forceful, kind -- but determined. And a force. He was a force.” (LAtimes)

There were several meetings at the Hotel Bel-Air, and then other meetings at the mansion of a friend, and eventually MJ’s rented mansion. Defense attorney Marvin Putnam asked Phillips whether he was concerned about Jackson’s health, saw signs of drug abuse. “No,” he responded. (AP)

MJ moved from LV to home in December 08 or January 09. He was bone-weary from traveling, Phillips recalled. MJ said he was tired of living like Vagabonds, wanted the kids to have a permanent place to live, a sense of community, Phillips testified. The exec said the meeting got emotional. "He teared up he said he wanted a residence for his family that they could call their own." "That was the primary reason he wanted to go back work," Phillips said. Phillips testified MJ wanted to tour one more time since he was young enough to do it and the kids were old enough to appreciate it. "I felt incredibly bad that this incredible star was trying to earn enough money to buy a house," Phillips recalled. "I cried also." (ABC7)

Phillips said at one of the meetings, Jackson told him one reason he wanted to perform again. “He wanted his own house,” he said. Phillips said at that point, Jackson was staying with rich friends. He said he and Jackson both cried during the meeting. Phillips: “He wanted his kids to have a permanent place to live and a sense of community. “I felt incredibly bad that this incredible star was at this point where he couldn’t buy a house,” Phillips said. This meeting was on Halloween. After the meeting, Jackson took the kids to a party at Liz Taylor’s house, Phillips said. (AP)

Randy Phillips described an emotional Halloween meeting with the pop star at a Bel Air hotel, with Jackson's three children running in and out of the room. It was the “first time Michael really told me why he wanted to go back to work,” Phillips told the court during questioning from AEG attorney Marvin Putnam. “He described his life with the kids,” Phillips said. “He said they were living like vagabonds.” On the stand Wednesday, Phillips said it was his understanding Jackson and his children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — were primarily living in Las Vegas at the time, but stayed in the Bel Air hotel when they came to Los Angeles. Phillips thought the family would also stay in homes belonging to Jackson’s friends. “He actually broke down and I broke down -- we both broke down,” Phillips said.
“He got emotional. He teared up about his family and having a good life with them and a place to live and a residence they could call their own.” (LATimes)

Putnam: Any concern about his mental well being?
Phillips: No, he was just emotional. (ABC7)

When asked whether he was concerned by the fact that Jackson was crying, Phillips said there was nothing “abnormal” about the reaction given the topic. “I felt incredibly bad that this incredible star was at the point where he just couldn’t buy a house with all this money he made,” he testified. “It just didn’t make sense.” (LATimes)

Phillips said he tried to talk MJ out of purchasing a $93 million house in Beverly Hills. (ABC7) Phillips said he went to a Bel Air home the next day that Jackson was interested in buying. He described the house as “gigantic,” a 40,000-square-foot property with a $93-million price tag. Phillips said he thought the house was too much — he testified he told the singer “you’ll put every dime you make into this house” and “it made no sense whatsoever.” (LATimes)

Phillips discussed a $5 million advance payment to Jackson. $3 million was to settle a lawsuit, the rest for living expenses. (AP) AEG advanced $3 million to Jackso to settle a lawsuit. "He could not enter contract with us until he settled with Bahrain," Phillips said (ABC7)

Phillips said Dr. Tohme was the one who secured the Carolwood home, not AEG. (ABC7)

Phillips told the jury that Jackson came up with the name “This Is It” for the tour. Said the singer liked its double meaning. He said Jackson saw it as his final tour, but also a play on the notion that his shows would be the only place to be at that moment. (AP)

The tour agreement was signed in the living room of Carolwood house. There was no press because wanted maximum impact at the news conference. After contract was signed, they popped a champagne to celebrate. Michael read the entire contract, Phillips said, asked questions. MJ wanted to make sure of AEG's commitment about the movie in the contract, Phillips recalled. Also MJ wanted to know how many shows. "It was 31" Phillips said. "He came up with the number." Prince had done 21 shows. "MJ and Prince were incredibly competitive, he wanted to do enough shows that Prince could not catch up with him". Putnam: Was Mr. Jackson excited?
Phillips: Yes, he hugged me. (ABC7)

Phillips said he too was excited. Phillips: MJ was one of the biggest stars in the world, the idea of him getting on the stage again was one of the biggest parts of my career. Phillips said MJ held the glass of champagne but I didn't think he drank it. "Meeting ended with a toast and everybody high-fiving." (ABC7)

“Michael and Prince were incredibly competitive, and he wanted to beat Prince’s record by enough that Prince could never beat it again,” Phillips said. After Phillips and Jackson signed the paper, the two embraced and the group celebrated with champagne, the executive testified. “Were you excited?” Putnam asked. “Incredibly,” Phillips said.
“Why?” “Because he’s one of the biggest stars of the world, if not the biggest star in the world,” Phillips said. “And the idea of helping him come back, you know, and helping him get on the stage again -- one of the greatest parts of my career.” (LATimes)

Phillips explained it would be better to have press conference since MJ had been gone so long and there were credibility issues w/ consumers. One of the hardest things is creating demand for tickets, Phillips said, since it is an expensive proposition. "When your consumer isn't sure and they have a limited amount of income, they hesitate; and our aim was to eliminate that hesitation." But Phillips said in his gut he knew that people wanted to see him perform again. (ABC7)

The testimony then switched to the preparations for the London press conference announcing "This Is It" in March 2009. By that point, Jackson and Tohme had a falling out. Phillips said the pair weren’t speaking to each other because of a planned auction. Phillips said he wasn’t sure the press conference would happen until Jackson stepped onto a private plane and actually got to London. Phillips said AEG executive Paul Gongaware always thought Jackson would perform, but Phillips said he didn’t agree. Phillips said if Jackson hadn't done the press conference, it wouldn't have really hurt AEG Live. They hadn't spent much yet, he said. He said if they canceled the shows, this point would have been when AEG “had the least amount of risk and the greatest amount of collateral” (AP)

Phillips said there was a breakdown with Dr. Tohme about an auction that Dr. Tohme had set up involving memorabilia. Phillips: I was concerned because Dr. Tohme lost contact and he was our only way to directly connect to MJ. "At this point in time I was flying blind because I didn't know what was happening in Michael's camp" Phillips explained. "Paul always thought it was going to happen," Phillips said. "I was never as sanguine as him." Phillips said he had one experience with MJ that was helping secure the LA Gear deal, a disaster for LA Gear, but great for Mr. Jackson. In late Feb 09, if Jackson decided 'I can't do this' or 'I can't go forward, don't want to' it would not have hurt AEG Live, Phillips said. Phillips said at that point they only had put out $5 mil advance. (ABC7)

Phillips was again asked if he thought Jackson was abusing prescription drugs, or had concerns about his health. He said no. (AP)

Putnam: Did Dr. Tohme get on plane to UK with MJ?
Phillips: Yes
Putnam: Did press conference happen as scheduled??
Phillips: Chuckles ... it was on the same day. (ABC7)

The executive then testified about the March 5, 2009 press conference, which he described as “The Miracle of March 5.” Phillips sent a series of emails that day stating that he screamed at Jackson and that the singer was a “mess.” Phillips told the jury he sent those emails while he was pacing up and down the hallway outside Jackson’s hotel room.(AP)

Phillips described the drama behind the scenes before the press conference. He said he wasn't sure that they were going to get on plane. Phillips was in Miami covering the opening of Britney Spears' a Circus tour. "It was one of the top 5 tours of the year," Phillips responded. "I am the CEO of the company it would remiss of me not to be there," Phillips explained. Phillips arrived in London on March 5. He traveled with David Loeffler, since they were also producing the Lionel Ritchie tour. Phillips said he was in the room for about 20 minutes watching TV and Dr. Tohme went to MJ's suite. Phillips said he wanted to get to the arena early because of London traffic. (ABC7) The singer was late to the conference, and Phillips said he knew that in London traffic, they were going to be very late. (AP) "I assume Dr. Tohme would help get MJ ready," Phillips recalled. Phillips said Dr. Tohme exhibited no concerns about getting MJ ready on time. Dr. Tohme was gone for what it seemed like an eternity, Phillips said. "Don't worry, he just needs a little more time," Phillips said Tohme told him. "I started to freak out." "I am completely freaking out," Phillips said. "I was in the hallway pacing back and forth." Tohme told Phillips: "We have a little issue. Michael got drunk, I think he said he was trying to sober him up, but he was going to be late". Phillips said he became even more anxious. He was receiving emails and phone calls from people at the O2 arena. (ABC7)

Phillips to Leiweke
MJ is locked in his room drunk and despondent. Tohme and I are trying to sober him up & get him to the press conference (ABC7)

"It didn't make me less freaked out; I needed to pass on what was happening to Leiweke" Phillips said. Leiweke responded: are you kidding me? (ABC7)

The executive said before he yelled at Jackson, Tohme had told him that the singer was drunk and they were sobering him up. Phillips at this point wasn’t allowed in Jackson’s hotel room. All the info about MJ was coming to him through Tohme. “I was starting to freak out,” Phillips said after Tohme had come and gone a couple times and he hadn't seen Jackson. Phillips said after a while, he told Jackson’s bodyguard Alberto Alvarez he had to get into Jackson’s room. “To me, at the time, it was a crisis,” Phillips said. “Time was ticking away. I was sweating bullets.” (AP)

Phillips said he told MJ's bodyguard, Alberto Alvarez, that it was a crisis situation and needed to get into the room. "Time was slipping away, I was sweating bullets. For me at the time it felt like a crisis," Phillips remembered. Phillips said he received 25 phone calls in 5 minutes. Phillips entered MJ's room. "He had a robe on, and his pants. I remember seeing an empty bottle of booze at the couch, maybe vodka or gin," Phillips recalled. "To me, he looked hungover," Phillips testified. (ABC7) Phillips said when he got into the room, the singer was sitting on a couch. There was a bottle of clear liquid that may have been vodka He said Jackson appeared hung over.(AP) Phillips: I said Michael, are you ok? That's when he said to me that he was really concerned no one was going to be there. (ABC7) He said Jackson appeared hung over. He said Jackson told him he was worried that people didn’t care about him anymore. Phillips said he explained that 3,000 fans were waiting for him, and then Jackson went and got ready. (AP) Phillips said he told MJ things were quite differently, there were 3,000 adoring fans waiting for him and all top news organizations. Dr. Tohme talked about hiring or renting a crowd, we didn't do that, we just had to leak that MJ was coming and fans got the word. MJ got up, Phillips said, and went to the bathroom with Dr. Tohme and makeup artist. The children were watching TV in another room. Phillips: MJ had black slacks on and boots, white V-neck shirt. Someone was holding 3 different shirts, one black, one blue and one red. "They were asking me what he should wear, I suggested black since the background was red," Phillips recalled. Phillips described how MJ wanted to wear a sequin armband but didn't have a way to attach it to his arm. Phillips said he got angry. Phillips: I admit to being a drama queen. MJ wouldn't leave unless he had sequined armband on. At that point it was more than I could take. "I raised my voice and said guys, that's enough!" Phillips recalled. (ABC7)

Phillips said he was being a drama queen when he wrote his boss that he screamed at Jackson so loud “the walls are shaking.” Phillips told the jury that he created tension in the room, but that he did yell at the singer over a wardrobe issue. Jackson wanted to wear an armband and couldn’t get it on. It was eating up a lot of time, and Phillips says he yelled at them to get going. The email, Phillips said today, “wasn’t the full reflection” of events leading up to getting Jackson to the press conference. He said it wasn’t the scariest thing he’d ever seen, which he also written to his boss. (AP)

On the van on the way to the press conference, Phillips said he tried to lighten the mood. Mark Lester, Jackson’s friend, was also there. (AP) In the van ride, news helicopters were following and press could see he was coming, Phillips remembered. (ABC7) Phillips said helicopters were following Jackson’s van, which is the only reason that reporters and fans stayed. (AP) "He was chagrined, he knew that what he had done wasn't the coolest things," Phillips recalled. The mood in the van changed, Phillips said. Michael was quite funny. He told Phillips the exec had lost a lot of weight. Phillips responded to MJ that he too would've lost weight if he were pacing in front of the hotel room like he was. Everyone laughed hard. (ABC7)

At the arena, Phillips said he jogged behind Jackson’s golf cart and wrote the short remarks the singer said that day. Before the lunch break, defense attorney Marvin Putnam played a clip showing the press conference from the special features on “This Is It.” (AP)

Phillips said MJ was to write his own remarks the night before the press conference, but didn't do it. Phillips wrote a few lines for him. "He started a little hunched over," Phillips said of MJ in the news conference. "When he went through that curtain, there was MJ." Putnam showed a clip of the press conference, where fans we're screaming and MJ was saying "this is it." "He was so nervous and really concerned about how people would have reacting to him," Phillips said. "He became MJ again, they were telling him they still loved him. It underscored that he was a human being," Phillips opined. "I thought it came out fine," Phillips said about the press conference. They announced 10 shows initially. "I was ecstatic. He was elated," Phillips said. "Because his worse fears and trepidations, they didn't happen." (ABC7) Phillips: “I thought it came out fine.” He said Jackson was elated with the fan turnout and result of the event. (AP)

[Phillips had doubts Jackson would show up for the London announcement because he couldn't reach him a week before the scheduled date. The singer was not returning his manager's calls because he was upset that Tohme Tohme had planned to auction off some of his belongings. Phillips couldn't call Jackson directly -- only through Tohme, he said.
"I was flying blind," Phillips testified. "I didn't know what was happening in Michael's camp."
Phillips was starting to worry about Jackson breaking his contract with AEG Live for his "This Is It" concerts. "If there ever was a time to stop the process," it was then in late February, he testified. "That's when we had the least amount of risk and the greatest amount of collateral." But Phillips decided to press ahead, even if Jackson failed to get on the private jet for London. Jackson arrived with his children, Tohme, a bodyguard, and a nanny who also did his hair and makeup on March 4, 2009. Phillips, who had to stop in Miami for the launch of Britney Spear's "Circus" tour, landed in London on March 5, just hours before the press event was set to begin. Phillips went to the Lanesborough Hotel, where Jackson and Tohme had adjacent suites on the first floor. He sat on Tohme's couch watching CNN while the manager checked on Jackson, he testified. "I was starting to freak out," after a while, he said. Getting from the hotel to the O2 Arena on the east end of London could take 90 minutes since "traffic is mind-boggling," he said. After more waiting, "I am completely freaking out," Phillips said. "I was in the hallway pacing back and forth." "We have a little issue," Tohme eventually told him, he testified. "Michael got drunk." Tohme returned to Jackson's suite, leaving an anxious Phillips in the hotel hallway, he said. "I had an earpiece in my ear, Blackberry in my hand, and I was typing e-mails at the same time I was talking and receiving e-mails from a lot of very concerned people at the O2," Phillips testified.
One of those e-mails was to his boss -- parent company AEG CEO Tim Leiweke:
"MJ is locked in his room drunk and despondent. Tohme and I are trying to sober him up and get him to the press conference with his hairdresser/makeup artist."
Leiweke responded: "Are you kidding me?"
There were 3,000 fans and 350 news organizations waiting at the O2 for Jackson. "Time was ticking away," he testified. "I was sweating bullets."
Phillips eventually talked his way past bodyguard Alberto Alvarez and into Jackson's room, where he saw an empty liquor bottle on the floor by his couch.
Jackson, wearing a robe and pants, "looked hung over," Phillips testified.
"I said 'Michael, are you OK?'" he said. "He said to me that he was really concerned that there wouldn't be anyone there and maybe this would be a bust."
"Trust me, Michael," Phillips said he told him. "You're quite wrong. You have over 3,000 adoring fans, many who have camped out over night."
Phillips helped Jackson pick out the black shirt he wore to the event. But he reached his breaking point when Jackson could not get his armband fastened to his sleeve. After 10 minutes, the hotel engineer was called to help, he said.
"It was more than I could take," Phillips testified.
Phillip's next e-mail to his boss suggested his tone with Jackson was anything but soothing:
"I screamed at him so loud the walls are shaking," Phillips said in another e-mail to Leiweke. "Tohme and I have dressed him and they are finishing his hair. Then we are rushing to the O2. This is the scariest thing I have ever seen. He's an emotionally paralyzed mess, filled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time. He is scared to death. Right now I just want to get through this press conference."
Phillips vented his frustration with more than words.
"I just slapped him and screamed at him louder that I did with Arthur Cassell," he wrote to the person waiting outside the hotel with a Ford Expedition SUV and bus to take Jackson's entourage to the O2.
Cassell is someone he once screamed at over a booking issue with Lionel Richie, he said in court.
"I slapped him on the butt," like a football coach would with a player, he testified.
Phillips now takes the blame for letting the situation with Jackson get out of control.
"I admit to being a bit of a drama queen," Phillips testified. "I was so nervous, I created so much tension in the room, you could cut the tension with a knife."
When they finally began the ride to the O2, Phillips "went into jester mode to try to lighten up the whole thing," he testified. It became "a very funny ride" with Jackson joking. "He was actually quite funny in the van."
"He kept saying to me 'You look great, you've lost a lot of weight,'" although he was "his heaviest ever," Phillips said, "After the 10th time, I said 'Michael, you would have lost weight if you were pacing in the hotel waiting for you to leave.'"
The thousands of fans at the O2 and millions more around the world watched live video from helicopters following Jackson's convoy making its way to the O2.
"That was a godsend," because it created drama that added to the interest in the announcement, Phillips testified. "In an odd way, it created more anticipation and made it a bigger event as people doubted whether or not it was going to happen."
Once at the O2, Phillips realized Jackson had not written a script. What Jackson read off the teleprompter was written by Phillips as he followed Jackson to the podium.
"This is it. This is really it. This is the final curtain call. OK, I'll see you in July."
As Jackson walked up the steps to the stage, embraced by the shouts of love from thousands of fans, his evolution was complete. Phillips likened the change to the "chart of homo sapiens."
"He start a little hunched over and when he went through that curtain, there was Michael Jackson," Phillips said.
Jackson "was elated" with the reception and immediately flew back to the United States to begin preparations for his comeback concerts set to start four months later, he said. (CNN)]

He said the next day, Jackson, his kids and Mark Lester went to a stage performance of Oliver Twist. Lester starred in a Twist film version. (AP) They stayed in London to watch Oliver Twist. Phillips got MJ and his kids the best seats in the house."When we arrived at the theater, it was kind of pandemonium. When MJ walked in he received standing ovation," Phillips recalled. Phillips said they had to have police on the way out due to the thousands of people in the streets. (ABC7) He said Jackson received a standing ovation at the Oliver Twist show. There was a huge crowd outside too, Phillips said. (AP)

Phillips said after the problems with the press conference, he didn’t have concerns about Jackson’s psychological well-being. He said overall, he had at least 20 meetings with Jackson and other than the one after Arnold Klein visit, he wasn’t concerned. (AP) Phillips was not concerned with MJ's physically. He said he was concerned the day before when MJ drank prior to the presser. Phillips: This wouldn't be the first time I'd dealt with an artist who had drank a little too much. (ABC7)

Per the contract, they had agreed upon 31 shows. The pre-registration kind of gave them first look of how the show would sell, Philips said. Paul Gongaware called him, Phillips said, alerting him that the shows were going to be sold out and needed to add more shows. (ABC7) Phillips then testified about AEG exec Paul Gongaware calling him, urging him to add more “This Is It” shows. (AP) "Dude, we're going to sell out ridiculous amount of tickets," Gongaware told Phillips. Phillips called Dr. Tohme asking to add more shows, MJ agreed to 50 with two conditions. He wanted house out in countryside. House needed at least 16 acres, rolling streams, horseback riders and wanted a guest house for the writers to work on Thriller 3D. "He didn't want to be trapped in a hotel in London with the kids," Phillips said. After the 50th show, MJ also wanted the world record to document his record, since he knew no one had done 50 shows, Phillips explained. (ABC7) Phillips said Michael Jackson never expressed reservations about performing 50 shows at London’s O2 Arena. (AP)

Putnam showed a frame of the video showing Phillips and MJ in the golf cart going to the presser. (ABC7) Defense attorney Marvin Putnam then showed a frame from “This Is It” to show jury an image of Tohme. Tohme was in golf cart with Jackson. So too was Phillips, who testified before lunch he was running behind the cart. Phillips was in the front seat, in front of Jackson. Phillips: “My memory was faulty,” he said of the golf cart incident. (AP)

Phillips said they had a meeting with Bravado regarding merchandising and were going to open a store at the arena to sell MJ's merch.(ABC7)

Putnam asked Phillips about his meetings at Jackson’s rented mansion on Carrolwood Drive. Phillips said he was never allowed upstairs into Jackson’s bedroom. He only left the first floor once, he said. He said he went to an underground room and watched a screening of a film Jackson was working on. (AP) Most meeting happened at MJ's house in Carolwood, some were at Center Staging, Phillips recalled. Phillips said he had one meeting at Carolwood he went downstairs to the movie room when Michael showed him the movie Ghost he was working on. The exec went to the powder room and kitchen, but never went to the upstairs level of the house. (ABC7)

Putnam again asked Phillips whether Jackson showed any signs of being under the influence of prescription drugs. The executive said no. (AP) Phillips said he never saw MJ drink, under the influence, using prescription drugs, inebriated, hungover, slur speech during the TII period
Did you at anytime have any reason to believe that MJ couldn't perform at the O2 arena?
Phillips: No (ABC7)

He said that when he heard about Murray, he’d been told that Frank Dileo (MJ manager) and Paul Gongaware tried to talk Jackson out of bringing Conrad Murray to London. He said they and tour accountant Tim Woolley wanted Phillips to talk him out of it. Phillips said he called Jackson and it was “probably the most tense one-on-one phone call” he had with the singer. He said he tried to get Jackson to considering hiring a London-based doctor. Phillips said Jackson refused. Phillips: “It’s Michael. When he wants something, he wants something.” The executive said it was his understanding that AEG never paid Murray any money. He said he thought Jackson paid Murray some money. (AP)

Phillips learned MJ wanted to bring his own doctor on tour. This was right at the beginning of rehearsals at the a Forum. Phillips expressed he was concerned not about the doctor, but the cost it would be to bring the physician on tour. This was the time where Dr. Tohme was no longer in MJ's life, Frank DiLeo was back in the game, Phillips explained. "It was probably kind of the most tense, one on one, phone call," Phillips testified. The exec said he told MJ that London had great doctors. "Would you consider that we hire a doctor, that you hire a doctor, in London for this tour?" Phillips said. Phillips said MJ told him his body is the machine and the engine of the machine drives this entire venture and needs a physician 24/7. Phillips: It's Michael, when he wanted something, he wanted something, if he wanted his own doctor, I was in no position to tell him no. (ABC7)

"Tour was sold, there was no question if tickets were going to go," Phillips said, "I just wanted to keep the most money in his pocket." Phillips said AEG Live was advancing money to pay Dr. Murray, but they would recoup it 100%. He said it was MJ's money. "I thought I was going to be able to reason with him, but he insisted to have his own physician," Phillips said. Phillips said he didn't think it was red flag because it was MJ. "Because it was MJ's decision, MJ's money. I took my shot," Phillips said. After this, Phillips never again discussed Dr. Murray going to London with MJ. Phillips never had any discussions about an independent contract agreement for Dr. Murray. Phillips said Dr. Murray was going to be paid $150,000 a month plus expenses. "I thought it was high, but not crazy," Phillips said. Phillips said he never hired Dr. Murray and no one ever told him the deal was finalized.(ABC7)

Phillips said he was aware that Murray had sought $5 million to work with Jackson. He said he thought that meant Murray was successful. Phillips also said the high figure didn’t alarm him or make him think that Murray was unethical. Phillips said the $150k a month Murray agreed to receive seemed high, but “not crazy high.” He said it didn’t cause him pause or concern. (AP)

Defense attorney Marvin Putnam then wanted to show Phillips a clip of the executive’s interview with Sky News. The full clip was 10 mins. This prompted a long sidebar and when the attorneys emerged, a longer clip of Phillips’ interview. It wasn’t 10 mins. It also wasn’t the 10 second clip played by plaintiffs earlier during Phillips’ testimony (AP)

Putnam showed the video of the Sky News interview. Jackson's attorneys objected, they went to Judge's chamber to talk. In the interview, Phillips explained that Dr. Murray was MJ's personal physician and MJ wanted him on tour. (ABC7) . In the video, Phillips said Jackson wanted Murray. Phillips also said in the July 1, 2009, interview that he tried to talk Jackson out of hiring Murray, but said it was Jackson’s decision. (AP)

Putnam: Did you hire Dr. Murray?
Phillips: No
Phillips said AEG never paid Murray.(ABC7) Under questioning by Putnam, Phillips again said AEG Live didn’t hire Murray or give him any money (AP)

AEG Live CEO Phillips then recounted the first time he met Conrad Murray, during a meeting at Jackson’s rented mansion. (AP) Putnam talked about a meeting at Carolwood with MJ, Dr. Murray, Gongaware, DiLeo, Ortega in May. "I was concerned about Michael's weight, personally. I believe Kenny wanted him to show up at rehearsals more often," Phillips recalled.
Putnam: Was this an emergency meeting?
Phillips: No (ABC7)

Phillips said he wasn’t concerned at this point about possible drug misuse or alcohol abuse by Jackson. Phillips said he was concerned about Jackson’s weight. Kenny Ortega was concerned about getting MJ to rehearsals at this meeting. (AP) Putnam asked if this was an intervention. Phillips said no, he used this term as idea for all to get together, but not related to drugs. Dr. Murray was there because he was Michael's physician, Phillips said. The exec talked to Dr Murray about MJ losing weight, his only agenda. "Michael said that he always had problem keeping his weight," Phillips recalled. "When he performed he lost 2-4 pounds, needed Dr. Murray". "He had a high metabolism, he burned calories very quickly," Phillips said. Dr. Murray told Phillips MJ was working out with Lou Ferrigno. The doctor didn't tell Phillips he was going to the house every night and that he was giving him Propofol. Phillips said he never had conversation with Dr Murray about drug abuse of treatment of MJ. "It was a very positive meeting," Phillips said (ABC7)

He said there was no concern at this point that Jackson couldn’t perform all 50 shows. He said it wasn’t an “intervention”. Jackson told participants at the meeting that he had always had difficulty maintaining his weight, and lost 2 to 3 lbs during performances. Phillips said he didn’t think that discussions about Jackson’s weight violated any patient-doctor confidentiality. The executive said that he hadn’t heard of propofol before Jackson’s death, and it wasn’t mentioned in the meeting. (AP)

They discussed Phillips’ business card found in Murray’s card. Phillips said he often writes his cell number on card, it wasn’t unusual. (AP) Phillips said he carry his business cards at all times and it's not abnormal for him to write his cell phone on the back of it.
Putnam: Do you think the fact Dr. Murray had your business card you hired him?
Phillips: No (ABC7)

The second time Phillips said he met Conrad Murray was at a rehearsal at the Forum. It was a quick salutation, he said. The third time Phillips said he met Conrad Murray was on June 20th, after the ‘trouble at the Front’ email. (AP)

On June 19, MJ went to rehearsal but was sent home sick. The only concern Phillips said he had was with MJ's weight. (ABC7)

Phillips was asked a series of questions about those emails. He said before receiving them, he wasn’t concerned about Jackson’s health. He only exception was during a production meeting after Jackson visited his dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein. He said Jackson wasn’t engaged in the meeting and was staring straight ahead, into the dining room. Before court recessed for the day, Phillips said the 'trouble at the Front' emails were "alarming to him." (AP).

Phillips: There was a production meeting at Carolwood house, I noticed that Michael was sitting at the couch and starring at the dining room. "He wasn't engaged," Phillips said. "I asked Michael Amir Williams what was going on, and he said he had seen Dr. Klein.". Phillips didn't think he was abusing prescription drugs at this point. Dr. Murray was not in this meeting. (ABC7)

Phillips recalled receiving a chain of emails on June 19, Trouble at the Front. The meeting Tim Leiweke requested didn't take place because if it was superseded by the June 20th meeting, Phillips explained. Phillips talked about the chemical imbalance that happened with Britney Spears and that she was treated for that during one of her tours. Phillips said he's not 100% sure what he meant when he wrote the problems with MJ could be chemical or physiological. (ABC7)


Zusammenfassung von Ivy, MJJC #30

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Zusammenfassungen der vorangegangenen gerichtstage:
Day 1 - anträge u. eröffnungsstatements
Day 2 - anhörung und zeugen Senneff u. Martinez
Day 3 - forts. zeuge Martinez u. anhörung
Day 4 - forts. zeuge Martinez
Day 5 - zeugen Anderson und Rogers
Day 6 - zeuge Dr. Wohlgelernter
Day 7 - zeugin Sankey
Day 8 - zeugin Faye
Day 9 - forts. zeugin Faye
Day 10 - zeugen Walker, Rogers, Payne
Day 11 - forts. zeuge Payne
Day 12 - zeugin Hollander
Day 13 - M. Hom videodeposition, forts. zeugin Hollander
Day 14 - forts. zeugin Hollander; zeuge Trell
Day 14 fortsetzung - forts. zeuge Trell
Day 16 - forts. zeuge Trell
Day 17 - forts. zeuge Trell
Day 18 - zeuge Gongaware
Day 19 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 20 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 21 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 22 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 23 - forts. zeuge Gongaware; zeuge R. Phillips
Day 24 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 25 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 26 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 27 - forts. zeuge Phillips



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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 29 – June 13 2013 – Summary

(Source: Majority of the below is from ABC7 unless otherwise indicated)

Randy Phillips Testimony

AEG cross

Jurors viewed a lengthy clip of Michael Jackson as he rehearsed "Billie Jean." some jurors could not help but smile. Phillips wiped his eyes. Jackson performed his iconic gyrations. Phillips testified that video, shot weeks before Jackson died, showed no signs of health problems.

Putnam showed "Trouble of the Front" email chain that Randy Phillips forwarded to MJ's team at the time saying we have a real problem here. Phillips: I thought it was essential they got this information, I wanted to be completely transparent with his management team. "I wanted everybody to be in the loop of the information I was getting,"

Phillips said. "I didn't know what the problem was," Phillips said, adding MJ never told him he wasn't ready or didn't want to perform. Phillips said that he never said nor had any discussions about pulling the plug on the tour. "Michael's only obligation was to show up and perform a class act show at opening night," Phillips explained.

Phillips said he never mentioned a substance abuse could be the problem. John Branca, MJ's lawyer, inquired if it could be the issue.

Phillips said he does not remember ever seeing a contract where the artist is required to rehearse. "The only requirement an artist had is to deliver a class act show," Phillips explained. Enrique Iglesias never showed up to rehearsals in the last tour Phillips did, the exec said. "I thought it was odd, but Enrique Iglesias showed up in Boston, did an amazing show, got great reviews."

Phillips said he expected MJ to rehearse because he hadn't been on stage over 12 years. "As everything with MJ, this production was the biggest, the best, the greatest the world has ever seen," Phillips explained. Phillips testified MJ told Kenny Ortega he did not need to rehearse because he had been dancing his songs all his life.

Putnam: Did you ever tell MJ or his management team he was in breach of his contract? Phillips: No

Putnam: Did you discuss MJ's medical treatment with Dr. Murray? Phillips: No
Phillips said he never discussed substance abuse or use of Propofol with Dr. Murray.

Phillips explained in the 25-minute conversation with Dr. Murray he recounted information he received from Kenny Ortega and John Hougdahl. "It was actually very confusing," Phillips said. "had emails from Kenny and Hougdahl and then Dr. Murray assuring me MJ was fine." Phillips said Dr. Murray told him MJ was fine, he wasn't sure what was wrong with him in the rehearsal the night before, maybe the flu. Putnam: Did you know what was going on? Phillips: Not a clue, I was very confused. After that, Phillips said he sent an email to Ortega detailing his conversation with Dr. Murray. "He (Dr. Murray) was just so calm on the phone, and sure of what he was saying, he was very believable," Phillips said. That's why Phillips wrote in the email he was respecting Dr. Murray more and more. Phillips: I think it's important to give him love, support, not second guess, give diagnosis of what we think the problem is

Putnam: At the time you wrote 'the doctor is extremely successful', did you believe this to be true? Phillips: Yes
Phillips: I was told he had asked $5 million to buy out clinics in 3 different states. To me, hearing that, meant he was a successful doctor

"We check everyone out" reference in Phillips' email: Putnam: Did you mean u performed financial background check on Dr Murray? Phillips: No
"That referred what in my mind is the process we go through when we do business with third party vendors," Phillips explained.
Phillips said at that point he had sufficient information to believe what he wrote was true.

Phillips said he wouldn't even think of checking a doctor's finance to determine whether he's fit to practice medicine. Phillips: Never occurred to me if a doctor was a good business man or not, a doctor could not perform his functions because he's in debt. Phillips said by knowing Dr. Murray was in debt, he could've said to MJ to pay less for the services since the doctor needed the job.

Putnam: Were you in any position to tell MJ what he needed to prepare for the shows? Phillips: No

Phillips said that if they stopped the show at that point, he is not sure MJ could ever resume his career.

Phillips explained he wanted Ortega to be open minded about what was going on with MJ and the exec didn't want him to quit. "I think he's one of the most creative, artist-oriented director and I understand why MJ loved him show much," Phillips said about Ortega. "I was concerned, confused, I had Dr Murray's information and prospective and I had Kenny's information and prospective" Phillips explained. "I was completely baffled as to what was going on," Phillips said.

"As far as I was concerned, the only person in charge of Michael Jackson's health was Michael Jackson," Phillips said. (AP)

"The only person in charge of Michael Jackson's health is Michael Jackson. He was a 50 year old man, father of three," Phillips opined. Putnam: Was there any reason to believe MJ wasn't capable of making his own medical decisions? Phillips: None whatsoever

Meeting on June 20th was between Kenny Ortega, Dr. Murray, MJ and Phillips. Putnam: Was Dr. Murray attending because AEG wanted him there? Phillips: Frank DiLeo wanted him there. "He was MJ's personal physician," Phillips explained. Ortega opened the meeting and didn't get very far, Phillips recalled. Dr Murray interrupted him and told him to stop being an amateur doctor. Dr. Murray told Ortega he should leave MJ's health in his hands, Phillips recalled. Ortega was a bit surprise that Dr. Murray admonished him. "Basic stay in your lane, this is my lane, I have it," Phillips said. "Michael looked great, he was fine in this meeting," Phillips testified. "I've been doing this choreography most of my career, have muscle memory, don't need to rehearse all the time" Phillips said MJ told Ortega. "You build the house and when you're done, I'll come and put the door on and paint it," Phillips described MJ said. MJ agreed to start coming to rehearsals, he understood Kenny needed him since it was such a complex production, Phillips told the jury. "MJ needed to learn his cues, this was a massive effects show," Phillips said. "It was incredible, they loved each other. MJ told us he wouldn't do This Is It this is it without Ortega directing it," Phillips recalled. Phillips: Michael looked great, the doctor was reassuring, Kenny interacted with MJ, Kenny was was on board and Michael seemed to be fine. "All I thought at this point was that he (Dr. Murray) and a Michael had a fabulous relationship," Phillips said.

Randy Phillips said he was concerned about information from tour high-level tour works that Jackson was unable to rehearse six days before his death, but he was reassured by the MJ’s doctor that everything was fine. Phillips said the MJ appeared fine at a meeting held hours after he received a series of emails from tour personnel that Jackson's health was deteriorating and he appeared physically incapable of preparing for his comeback shows, dubbed "This Is It." The reports of Jackson shivering and being unable to eat came from the tour's director, Kenny Ortega, and production John "Bugzee" Hougdahl. Hougdahl said Jackson's ability to perform had diminished over the previous two months in an email sent June 19, 2009. Phillips said he expected Jackson to rehearse, but it was not something he was contractually obligated to do. He has denied that AEG hired Conrad Murray, the former cardiologist convicted of involuntary manslaughter after administering a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol. Murray seemed competent, Phillips said, although he acknowledged they did not discuss in detail treatments the physician was giving Jackson. (AP)

Phillips said he thought the emails Ortega sent were a little judgmental, since they had not had the meeting to find out what was going on. Phillips explained he also had great relationship with MJ and Ortega thought if the exec was around they could resolve any issues that arose. "Michael and Kenny agreed to resume rehearsals on June 23," Phillips said.

Phillips said he watched the rehearsals on 23 and 24. "How do you describe the best entertainer in the world? I had goose bumps, it was fantastic!" Phillips described the rehearsals. Phillips said the three execs looked like three babies, with goose bumps. "It was phenomenal!" "I thought he did an incredible job," Phillips described, saying there was no reason to be concerned anymore with the trouble at the front.

Phillips spoke with MJ on 24th, asked how he was. Putnam: Did he lose his ability to do 360s? Phillips: Considered he did multiple 360s, no. He, Kenny and Travis had a communal hug, went back to dressing room to get ready to leave, Phillips said. "Frank DiLeo and I were standing outside the dressing room waiting for MJ," Phillips recalled. "You've gotten me this far, I can take it from here. I got this," MJ told Phillips. "It felt like a million dollars," Phillips explained.

Phillips became emotional Thursday when he described Jackson's death, with tears appearing to well up in his eyes before his attorney quickly moved on to other topics. (AP)

"I was totally shocked," Phillips said about MJ's passing hours later. Phillips last spoke with MJ around midnight. "Ortega was elated with rehearsal, it was his work and MJ's work coming alive on stage" Phillips testified. "He knew we were over the hump."

Phillips said he didn't see MJ in the hospital, only saw the gurney he was on behind the curtains in the emergency room. "After MJ passed away, I think Dr. Tohme was standing next to me," Phillips recalled. Putnam: Did you talk to Dr. Murray? Phillips: Yes, he was hysterical, he was crying, I tried to calm him down, but there was no conversation."I was in the hallway with Frank DiLeo and the head nurse came out," Phillips described. "Nurse said ' I'm sorry to tell you Mr. Jackson's passed away,'" an emotional Phillips recalled. "Frank collapsed," Phillips said, holding back tears. "I had to grab him. We were devastated."

Phillips said Thursday that his company doesn't have a policy for dealing with artists who are the subject of articles that state or suggest they have a substance abuse problem. “We're not judgmental like that," Phillips said. He later added, "You can't give up on people—that's not our job. " (AP)

"Being an artist means you have to reinvent yourself all the time," Phillips explained. "You can't give up on people, that's not our job." Phillips said when they make a deal with an artist, they are not part of their inner circle, they don't control what they do after rehearsal

Phillips said he knew Dr. Arnold Klein was a famous dermatologist, he had gone to him many years ago. Phillips: I had a concern the way Michael seemed that day (when he came back from Dr. Klein), but never saw him like that again. "He had cosmetic work and had vitiligo," Phillips said. It seemed normal for MJ to go to a dermatologist prior to touring. Phillips said he asked Dr. Murray whether he knew MJ was seeing Dr. Klein for some type of treatment. Dr. Murray responded he was aware. As to email Phillips wrote that Dr Klein was shooting MJ up, Phillips said MJ's manager asked for a million dollar advance to pay MJ's bills. One of the bills, Phillips said, was from Dr. Klein for $48,000 for restyling, Botox and dozens of things that said IM, IM, IM. Phillip said he didn't know what IM meant, but MJ's manager said it was intramuscular, meaning injections.

"I didn't know what Propofol was at the time," Phillips explained. All Phillips knew about Propofol was when he was administered it during a colonoscopy. He learned from media MJ died of Propofol overdose.

Putnam: AEG Live make a fortune after MJ's death? Phillips: No

No more questions from AEG attorney.

Jackson re-direct

Panish asked Phillips if the exec used derogatory terms to refer to Mrs. Jackson, like the B word. He said no.

Panish referred back to the meeting at the Polo Lounge between Randy Phillips and Dr. Tohme. Phillips and Panish argued about the fact that Phillips said Panish was following him around with photographers. Phillips said it was Panish who told him that, and Panish replied he never said it. Panish: Did you point to me and accused me of following you at the Polo Lounge? Phillips: Yes, I speculated, yes, yes. Panish: You will say anything, won't you? Phillips: That's outrageous! Panish asked if Phillips thought he was still following him. He responded he didn't know, he's not sure what Panish is capable of.

Zusammenfassung von Ivy, MJJC #31

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Zusammenfassungen der vorangegangenen gerichtstage:
Day 1 - anträge u. eröffnungsstatements
Day 2 - anhörung und zeugen Senneff u. Martinez
Day 3 - forts. zeuge Martinez u. anhörung
Day 4 - forts. zeuge Martinez
Day 5 - zeugen Anderson und Rogers
Day 6 - zeuge Dr. Wohlgelernter
Day 7 - zeugin Sankey
Day 8 - zeugin Faye
Day 9 - forts. zeugin Faye
Day 10 - zeugen Walker, Rogers, Payne
Day 11 - forts. zeuge Payne
Day 12 - zeugin Hollander
Day 13 - M. Hom videodeposition, forts. zeugin Hollander
Day 14 - forts. zeugin Hollander; zeuge Trell
Day 14 fortsetzung - forts. zeuge Trell
Day 16 - forts. zeuge Trell
Day 17 - forts. zeuge Trell
Day 18 - zeuge Gongaware
Day 19 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 20 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 21 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 22 - forts. zeuge Gongaware
Day 23 - forts. zeuge Gongaware; zeuge R. Phillips
Day 24 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 25 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 26 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 27 - forts. zeuge Phillips
Day 28 - forts. zeuge Phillips



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[geli2709]

The Jacksons vs. AEG Live – Zeugen der Jacksons, 22. Teil

13. Juni 2013

Randy Phillips versuchte am Mittwoch die Ereignisse vor der This Is It Presskonferenz in ein besseres Licht zu rücken. Und er sprach über seine positiven Erinnerungen an Michael, den er als gebildet, energisch, freundlich und zielstrebig beschrieb. Bizarr war allerdings eine Aussage Phillips, Michaels Geist habe Lionel Richies ex-Frau mitgeteilt, dass er sich aus Versehen selbst umgebracht hatte und Murray keine Schuld treffe.

Im Dialog mit dem Anwalt aus den eigenen Reihen, berichtete Randy Phillips von einem Treffen mit Michael Jackson, bei dem dieser in Tränen ausgebrochen sei, da er es leid war, „wie ein Vagabund zu leben“, weil er mit seiner Familie abwechselnd in einem Las Vegas Miethaus und einem Bel Air Hotel wohnte. Deshalb sei eine von Michaels grössten Motivationen der Wunsch gewesen, sich ein eigenes Haus zu kaufen. Auch er selbst habe weinen müssen, sagte Randy Phillips. In seinem Eifer habe Michael eines Tages ein riesiges Anwesen in Bel Air als sein Wunschhaus erwähnt, das 93 Millionen Dollar gekostet hätte. Phillips sagte ihm, das sei zu teuer, da er doch nicht alles Geld in ein Haus stecken sollte.

Randy Phillips berichte auch über die positiven Zeichen während den Vorbereitungen zu This Is It. Michael habe den Namen vorgeschlagen und er sei für sein Comeback sehr engagiert gewesen. „Er wusste, mit wem er zusammenarbeiten wollte und wie er es machen wollte.“

Bisher sei im Gericht über Michael gesprochen worden, als wäre er der 5 Jahre alte Sänger der Jackson 5, doch der war er nicht. „Er war ein gebildeter, sehr smarter, sich gut ausdrückender, 50 Jahre alter Mann, der Kontrolle über sein Leben hatte.“

„Er wurde als Medikamenten abhängiger 5-Jähriger präsentiert, doch das ist nicht der Mann, mit dem ich zu tun hatte. Der Mann, mit dem ich zu tun hatte war energisch, freundlich – aber zielstrebig. Und Energie. Er war Energie.“

Als Michael Jackson und die AEG Führungsleute im Holmby Hills Haus den Vertrag unterschrieben, habe Michael einige Wünsche gehabt. MJ hätte mit seinen Anwälten doppelt geprüft, damit die Vereinbarung bis zu 31 Shows in der Londoner O2 Arena abdeckte. Prince hatte dort 20 Shows gegeben, und Michael wollte das übertreffen. Nachdem der Ticketverkauf angekündigt wurde, habe AEG realisiert, dass die Nachfrage noch viel grösser war, als angenommen.

Phillips sagt, Michael habe dann für 50 Shows zugestimmt unter folgenden Bedingungen: Er wollte ein Haus auf dem Land in der Nähe von London, damit er und seine Kinder nicht in einem Hotel leben musste. Über die Art des Hauses habe er genaue Vorstellungen gehabt. 16 Acres gross, die Umgebung mit sanft geschwungenen Hügeln, mit Bächen, Reitmöglichkeit und mit seinem separaten Gästehaus. Später habe er erfahren, dass Michael im Internet nach einem geeigneten Haus surfte und etwas Besonderes fand.

(Spannend, wie gut sich Randy Phillips auf einmal an solche Einzelheiten erinnern kann.)

Der King of Pop habe für die 50. Show auch die Anwesenheit eines Repräsentanten des Guinnes Buch der Weltrekorde gewünscht. “Er wusste, dass niemals jemand fähig sein wird, 50 Shows in einer Arena in einer Stadt zu geben.“ Bei Brainstormings sei ihm bewusst geworden, dass Michael die Tour „überlebensgross“ machen möchte. „Für Michael ging alles darum, grösser, besser und umfangreicher zu machen als alles zuvor.“

AEG Live zeigte den Geschworenen das Video der This Is It Pressekonferenz als Beweis, dass sich Michael auf die Konzerte freute. (Anmerkung von jackson.ch: niemand zweifelt daran, dass sich Michael grundsätzlich auf die Konzerte freute. Und wir alle wissen, dass Michael sein Leben lang immer alles Bisherige übertreffen wolle. In anderen Momenten wurde er wohl aber von der Realität eingeholt und war unsicher, ob er es nach dieser langen und schweren Zeit abseits von der Bühne, nochmals in diesem Ausmass schaffen werde. Es gibt Hinweise, dass MJ bereits spätestens bei der History Tour mit massiven Schlafproblemen kämpfte. Und die vielen Medikamente, die er zum Zeitpunkt seines Todes im Körper hatte, lassen die Frage aufkommen, wie sich das zu der Zeit auf ihn auswirkte, auf seine Entscheidungsfähigkeit etc. Es gibt Momente und Abschnitt im Leben, da müssen Menschen vor sich selbst geschützt werden, egal wie intelligent und erfahren diese sind.)

Randy Phillips sagte aus, dass sich Michaels Angst nicht primär um die Auftritte drehte. MJ sei besorgt gewesen, dass seine Popularität verblasst war und dass keine Leute an die Pressekonferenz kämen.

Den Tag der Pressekonferenz beschreibt Randy Phillips als „das Wunder vom 5. März.“

Gestützt auf Mails und Aussagen Phillips, habe er den „betrunkenen, mutlosen und emotional gelähmten“ Michael unter eine kalte Dusche stellen lassen und „so laut angeschrieen, dass die Wände zitterten“ und ihn geschlagen. Es habe sich dabei nur um einen Klaps auf den Po gehandelt, wie dies ein Football Trainer tun würde, relativierte Phillips zwar vor einigen Tagen.

Phillips ging mit dem AEG Anwalt die Ereignisse nochmals durch. Er habe Zweifel gehabt, ob Michael überhaupt an der Pressekonferenz auftauchte, da er ihn zuvor eine Woche lang nicht erreichen konnte. MJ habe nicht auf die Anrufe seines Managers reagiert, da er so verärgert über Thome Thome war, weil dieser eine Auktion von Besitztümern aus der Neverland Ranch angesetzt hatte. Phillips selbst konnte Michael nicht direkt kontaktieren. Er habe schon damit gerechnet, dass Michael seinen Vertrag breche, denn im späten Februar hätte er dies noch ohne grosse Konsequenzen tun können. Aber Phillips entschloss, die Konzerte auch anzukündigen, falls der Künstler nicht persönlich auftaucht, so seine Aussage.

Schliesslich kam Michael doch noch nach London – am 4. März 2009 mit seinen Kindern, Thome, einem Bodyguard und einer Nanny, die auch sein Haar und Make-Up erledigte. Phillips selbst kam erst wenige Stunden vor der Pressekonferenz an. Er habe sich dann ins Lanesborough Hotel begeben, in dem Thome und Michael Suiten im ersten Stock belegt hatten. Er sei zunehmend nervöser geworden, während Thome nach Michael gesehen habe. Der Weg zur Pressekonferenz hätte bis zu 90 Minuten in Anspruch nehmen können.

“Wir haben ein kleines Problem“, habe Thome dann eventuell zu ihm gesagt. „Michael hat sich betrunken.“ Thome sei daraufhin in Michaels Suite zurück gekehrt und habe ihn besorgt zurückgelassen. „Ich hatte einen Hörer in meinem Ohr, ein Blackberry in meiner Hand und ich schrieb gleichzeitig Mails während ich sprach und Mails von einer Menge sehr besorgter Leute in der O2 erhielt.“

Die Zeit sei davon gerannt, während 3000 Fans und 350 Journalisten in der O2 auf Michael gewartet haben und er sei zunehmend ins Schwitzen gekommen.

Möglicherweise sei er hinter Bodyguard Alberto Alvarez in Michaels Raum gegangen, wo er eine leere Liquorflasche auf dem Boden bei seiner Couch sah. Michael habe einen Robe und Hosen getragen und ausgesehen, als habe er einen Kater. „Ich sage, Michael, bist du OK?“ Darauf habe ihm Michael gesagt, dass er wirklich besorgt sei, ob überhaupt jemand in der O2 sei und es vielleicht eine Pleite werde.

Er habe Michael dann geholfen, das schwarze Shirt auszusuchen, aber er sei an seine Grenzen gestossen, als es Michael nicht schaffte, sein Armband an den Ärmel festzumachen. Nach 10 Minuten sei ein Hoteltechniker zu Hilfe gerufen worden. Das alles sei zuviel für ihn gewesen, sagte Phillips aus.

Anschliessend gab Randy Phillips zu, dass die damals versandten Mails nicht völlig unrichtig waren.

Eine Mail an seinen damaligen Chef Leiweke lautete: “I screamed at him so loud the walls are shaking, Tohme and I have dressed him and they are finishing his hair. Then we are rushing to the O2. This is the scariest thing I have ever seen. He’s an emotionally paralyzed mess, filled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time. He is scared to death. Right now I just want to get through this press conference.”

Und der Person, die vor dem Hotel mit Fahrzeugen wartete, schrieb Phillips: “I just slapped him and screamed at him louder that I did with Arthur Cassell.”

Randy Phillips sagte vor Gericht, dass er Arthur Cassel einmal aufgrund eines Booking-Problems mit Lionel Richie angeschrieen habe.

Phillips nahm vor den Geschworenen die Schuld auf sich, dass die Situation ausser Kontrolle geraten sei. „Ich gebe zu, ein wenig eine Drama Queen zu sein“, sagte er. „Ich war so nervös, ich kreierte so viel Spannung im Raum, dass man die Spannung mit einem Messer hätte durchschneiden können.“

Als sie sich schliesslich auf den Weg zur O2 Arena begaben, habe er sich wieder beruhigt. Es sei sogar zu einer „sehr lustigen Fahrt“ geworden, bei der Michael Jackson Spässe gemacht habe. Michael habe ihm immer wieder gesagt „Du schaust grossartig aus, du hast eine Menge Gewicht verloren.“ Dies obwohl es damals sein schwerstes jemals gewesen sei. Nach der 10. Wiederholung habe er mit den Worten reagiert: „Michael, du hättest auch Gewicht verloren, wenn du im Hotel auf und ab gegangen wärst, auf dich wartend, um aufzubrechen.“

Letztendlich habe sich die Verspätung aber positiv ausgewirkt, da damit vor lauter Drama das Interesse an Michaels Ankündigung nur noch mehr stieg.

In der Arena realisierte Phillips dann, dass Michael kein Skript geschrieben hatte. Was Michael letztendlich vom Teleprompter ablas, habe er geschrieben, während er Michael zum Podium folgte, wo Michael dann richtig aufgetaut sei und zu „Michael Jackson“ wurde.

Michael sei nach der Ankündigung umgehend und „begeistert“ in die Staaten zurückgekehrt, um mit den Vorbereitungen für die Konzerte zu beginnen.

Ziemlich eigenartig war eine Aussage von Randy Phillips über Michaels Tod. In einer Mail vom 18. August 2009 schrieb Phillips die mysteriösen Zeilen: „Ich denke ich weiss woran MJ gestorben ist und dies würde Conrad entlasten.“

Vor Gericht erklärte er die Worte nun wie folgt: Phillips berief sich auf eine Unterhaltung mit Brenda Richie, der ex-Frau von Lionel Richie. „Brenda rief mich an um mir zu erzählen, dass sie entweder durch ein Medium oder direkt mit Michael kommuniziert habe. Sie sagte, Michael habe ihr erzählt, dass es nicht Dr. Murrays Fehler war, sondern, dass er sich selbst aus Versehen umgebracht hatte.“ Brian Panish erhob Einspruch auf die Geister-Geschichte, das sei „dreifaches Hörensagen.“ Trotz Gelächter im Gerichtsaal liess die Richterin Yvette Palazuelos die Erklärung zu.

Die E-Mail vom August 2009 wurde bereits am Montag von Brian Panish gezeigt. Damals sagte Phillips noch, dass er sich nicht erinnern könne, worüber er da geschrieben hatte beziehungsweise an was er dachte, woran Michael gestorben sei.

Quelle: jackson.ch, latimes.com, cnn.com, abclocal.go.com, nypost.com

Weiterlesen unter http://www.jackson.ch/the-jacksons-v...ksons-22-teil/
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Hello from the courthouse in downtown LA. Day 27 of Jackson family vs AEG has concluded. There was only morning session today.
Tag 27 im Prozess. Es gibt nur eine Morgen-Session
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AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips back on the stand. AEG attorney Marvin Putnam resumed questioning him.
Weiter R. Philips im Zeugenstand. Putnam setzt Befragung fort.
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Jurors viewed a lengthy clip of Michael Jackson as he rehearsed "Billie Jean." some jurors could not help but smile. Phillips wiped his eyes
Juroren haben sich einen längeren Clip von Michael Jackson angesehen wie er "Billie Jean" einstudiert hat, einige Juroren lächelten, Phillips wischte sich die Augen


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Jackson performed his iconic gyrations. Phillips testified that video, shot weeks before Jackson died, showed no signs of health problems.
Jackson führte seine ikonischen Drehungen durch. Phillips sagte aus, dass das Video Wochen bevor Jackson verstarb gemacht wurde, er zeigte keine Anzeichen von gesundheitlichen Problemen.

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Putnam showed "Trouble of the Front" email chain that Randy Phillips forwarded to MJ's team at the time saying we have a real problem here.
Putnam zeigte die "Trouble an der Front" E-Mail-Kette, die Randy Phillips an MJs-Team weitergeleitet hat mit der Zeile " wir haben hier ein echtes Problem".


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Phillips: I thought it was essential they got this information, I wanted to be completely transparent with his management team.
Phillips: Ich dachte, es war notwendig, das sie diese Informationen bekommen, ich wollte vollständig transparent sein mit seinem Management-Team.


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"I wanted everybody to be in the loop of the information I was getting," Phillips said.
"Ich wollte, dass alle in der Schleife der Informationen sind, die ich erhielt", sagte Phillips
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"I didn't know what the problem was," Phillips said, adding MJ never told him he wasn't ready or didn't want to perform.
"Ich wusste nicht, was das Problem war," Phillips fügte hinzu, MJ habe ihm nie gesagt, er war nicht bereit oder möchte nicht performen

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Phillips said that he never said nor had any discussions about pulling the plug on the tour.
Phillips sagte, dass er noch nie eine Diskussionen hatte über das Ziehen des Steckers auf der Tour.


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"Michael's only obligation was to show up and perform a class act show at opening night," Phillips explained.
"Michaels einzige Verpflichtung war sich zu zeigen, und eine erstklassige Show bei der Premiere zu machen,"erklärt p.


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Phillips said he never mentioned a substance abuse could be the problem. John Branca, MJ's lawyer, inquired if it could be the issue.
Phillips sagte, dass er nie erwähnt habe ein Substanzmissbrauch könnte das Problem sein. John Branca, der MJ Anwalt fragte, ob es das Problem sein könnte.


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Phillips said he does not remember ever seeing a contract where the artist is required to rehearse.
Phillips sagte, dass er sich nicht erinnern kann je einen Vertrag gesehen zu haben, wo der Künstler zu Proben verpflichtet ist.

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"The only requirement an artist had is to deliver a class act show," Phillips explained.
"Die einzige Voraussetzung ist das ein Künstler eine Klasse Show liefert", erklärt Phillips.


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Enrique Iglesias never showed up to rehearsals in the last tour Phillips did, the exec said.
Enrique Iglesias zeigte sich nie bei den Proben in der letzten Tour, die Phillips machte.


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"I thought it was odd, but Enrique Iglesias showed up in Boston, did an amazing show, got great reviews."
"Ich dachte, es war seltsam, aber Enrique Iglesias zeigte sich in Boston und hat eine erstaunliche Show gemacht, bekam gute Kritiken."

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Phillips said he expected MJ to rehearse because he hadn't been on stage over 12 years.
Phillips sagte, er erwarte das MJ probte, weil er nicht auf der Bühne über 12 Jahre war.


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"As everything with MJ, this production was the biggest, the best, the greatest the world has ever seen," Phillips explained.
"Wie alles bei MJ, diese Produktion war die größte, die beste, die größte die, die Welt je gesehen hat", erklärte Phillips.

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Phillips testified MJ told Kenny Ortega he did not need to rehearse because he had been dancing his songs all his life.
Phillips sagte MJ sagte zu Kenny Ortega er brauchte nichtzu proben, weil er seine Songs sein ganzes Leben getanzt habe.

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Putnam: Did you ever tell MJ or his management team he was in breach of his contract? Phillips: No
Putnam: Haben Sie MJ oder seinem Management-Team gesagt er war unter Verstoß gegen seinen Vertrag? Phillips: Nein

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Putnam: Did you discuss MJ's medical treatment with Dr. Murray? Phillips: No
Putnam: Haben Sie mit MJ die medizinische Behandlung mit Dr. Murray diskutiert? Phillips: Nein


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Phillips said he never discussed substance abuse or use of Propofol with Dr. Murray.

Phillips sagte, dass er nie Drogenmissbrauch oder die Verwendung von Propofol mit Dr. Murray diskutierte



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Phillips explained in the 25-minute conversation with Dr. Murray he recounted information he received from Kenny Ortega and John Hougdahl.
Phillips erklärte, in dem 25-minütigen Gespräch mit Dr. Murray gab er Informationen wieder, die er von Kenny Ortega und John Hougdahl erhalten habe.


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"It was actually very confusing," Phillips said. "had emails from Kenny and Hougdahl and then Dr. Murray assuring me MJ was fine."
"Es war wirklich sehr verwirrend", sagte Phillips. "Er hatte E-Mails von Kenny und Hougdahl und dann Dr. Murray versicherte mir, MJ war in Ordnung."

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Phillips said Dr. Murray told him MJ was fine, he wasn't sure what was wrong with him in the rehearsal the night before, maybe the flu.
Phillips sagte Dr. Murray sagte ihm, MJ geht es gut, er war sich nicht sicher, was mit ihm los war in der Generalprobe in letzten Nacht zuvor, vielleicht die Grippe.

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Putnam: Did you know what was going on? Phillips: Not a clue, I was very confused
Putnam: Wussten Sie was los war? Phillips: Keine Ahnung, ich war sehr verwirrt


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After that, Phillips said he sent an email to Ortega detailing his conversation with Dr. Murray.
Danach sagte Phillips, schickte er eine E-Mail an Ortega mit der Detaillierung seines Gespräch mit Dr. Murray.


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"He (Dr. Murray) was just so calm on the phone, and sure of what he was saying, he was very believable," Phillips said.

"Er (Dr. Murray) war so ruhig auf dem Handy, und sicher, was er sagte, er war sehr glaubwürdig", sagte Phillips.

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That's Why Phillips wrote in the email he was respecting Dr. Murray more and more.
Das ist, warum Phillips in der E-Mail schrieb, dass er Dr. Murray immer mehr respektiere.
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Phillips: I think it's important to give him love, support, not second guess, give diagnosis of what we think the problem is
Phillips: Ich denke, es ist wichtig, ihm Liebe, Unterstützung zu geben, nicht eine 2. Diagnose was wir denken, was das Problem ist,



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Putnam: At the time you wrote 'the doctor is extremely successful', did you believe this to be true? Phillips: Yes
Putnam: Zu der Zeit, schrieben Sie das 'der Arzt sehr erfolgreich ist ", haben Sie geglaubt, dass dies wahr ist? Phillips: Ja


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Phillips: I was told he had asked $5 million to buy out clinics in 3 different states. To me, hearing that, meant he was a successful doctor
Phillips: Mir wurde gesagt er hatte 5.000.000 $ gefragt weil er 3 Kliniken in verschiedenen Staaten hat. Für mich hörte sich das nach einem erfolgreichen Arzt an.


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"We check everyone out" reference in Phillips' email: Putnam: Did you mean u performed financial background check on Dr Murray? Phillips: No
"Wir überprüfen alle" Referenz in Phillips 'E-Mail: Putnam: Meinten Sie sie haben einen finanziellen Hintergrund Scheck bzgl. Dr. Murray gemacht? Phillips: Nein

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"That referred what in my mind is the process we go through when we do business with third party vendors," Phillips explained.
"Das bezeichnet das was in meinem Kopf ist, der Prozess, den wir durchlaufen, wenn wir Geschäfte mit Drittanbietern machen", erklärte Phillips.


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Phillips said at that point he had sufficient information to believe what he wrote was true.
Phillips sagte zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte er genügend Informationen zu glauben, das was er schrieb wahr war.
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Phillips said he wouldn't even think of checking a doctor's finance to determine whether he's fit to practice medicine.
Phillips sagte, er würde nicht daran denken eine Kontrolle der Finanzen von einem Arzt vorzunehmen, um zu bestimmen, ob er fit ist, um Medizin zu praktizieren.

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Phillips: Never occurred to me if a doctor was a good business man or not, a doctor could not perform his functions because he's in debt
Phillips: Nie kam mir in den Sinn zu überpürfen ob ein Arzt ein guter Business-Mann war oder nicht oder das ein Arzt nicht seine Funktion ausfüllen kann weil er Schulden hat
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Phillips said by knowing Dr. Murray was in debt, he could've said to MJ to pay less for the services since the doctor needed the job.
Phillips sagte wenn er gewusst hätte Dr. Murray war in Schulden, könnte er MJ gesagt haben, weniger für die Dienste zu zahlen, da der Arzt den Job. braucht


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Putnam: Were you in any position to tell MJ what he needed to prepare for the shows? Phillips: No
Putnam: Waren Sie in einer Position MJ zu sagen, was er für die Showvorzubereitung benötigte? Phillips: Nein

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Phillips said that if they stopped the show at that point, he is not sure MJ could ever resume his career.
Phillips sagte, dass, wenn sie die Show an diesem Punkt gestoppt hätten, er nicht sicher wäre, dass MJ jemals wieder seine Karriere fortsetzen hätte könnenABC7 Court News @ABC7Courts1h
Phillips explained he wanted Ortega to be open minded about what was going on with MJ and the exec didn't want him to quit.
Phillips erklärte, er wolle Ortega mit offenem Geist um herauszufinden was los war mit MJ und er wollte nicht das Ortega kündigte.

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"I think he's one of the most creative, artist-oriented director and I understand Why MJ loved him show much," Phillips said about Ortega.
"Ich denke, er ist einer der kreativsten, Künstler-orientierten Regisseur und ich verstehe, warum MJ seine Show so sehr liebte", sagte Phillips über Ortega.

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Phillips: Michael looked great, the doctor was reassuring, Kenny interacted with MJ, Kenny was was on board and Michael seemed to be fine.

Phillips: Michael sah toll aus, der Arzt war beruhigend, Kenny sprach mit MJ, Kenny an Bord war und Michael schien in Ordnung zu sein.



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"All I thought at this point was that he (Dr. Murray) and a Michael had a fabulous relationship," Phillips said.
"Alles, was ich an diesem Punkt dachte, war, dass er (Dr. Murray) und eine Michael eine fabelhafte Beziehung hatten", sagte Phillips.


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Phillips said he thought the emails Ortega sent were a little judgmental, since they had not had the meeting to find out what was going on.
Phillips sagte, dass er dachte, dass die E-Mails, die Ortega gesendet wurden ein wenig wertend waren, da sie kein Treffen hatten um herauszufinden, was los war.


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Phillips explained he also had great relationship with MJ and Ortega thought if the exec was around they could resolve any issues that arose
Phillips erklärte, er hatte auch großartige Beziehung mit MJ und Ortega und Ortega dachte, wenn der Esxec da ist könnten alle Probleme, die entstanden sind behoben werden

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"Michael and Kenny agreed to resume rehearsals on June 23," Phillips said. Phillips said he watched the rehearsals on 23 and 24.
"Michael und Kenny vereinbart die Proben am 23. Juni und 24. Juni wieder aufzunehmen", sagte Phillips. Phillips sagte, er beobachtete die Proben am 23. und 24..
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"How do you describe the best entertainer in the world? I had goose bumps, it was fantastic!" Phillips described the rehearsals.
"Wie beschreiben Sie den besten Entertainer der Welt? Ich hatte Gänsehaut, er war fantastisch!" beschrieb Phillips die Proben.

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Phillips said the three execs looked like three babies, with goose bumps. "It was phenomenal!"
Phillips sagte, die drei execs sahen aus wie drei Babys, mit Gänsehaut. "Es war phänomenal!"
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"I thought he did an incredible job," Phillips described, saying there was no reason to be concerned anymore with the Trouble at the front.
"Ich dachte er machte eine fabelhaften Job" beschrieb Phillips, sagte es gab keinen Grund weiterhin besorgt zu sein, keine Schwierigkeiten an der Front mehr.
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Phillips spoke with MJ on 24th, asked how he was. Putnam: Did he lose his ability to do 360s? Phillips: Considered he did multiple 360s, no
Phillips sprach mit MJ am 24., gefragt, wie er war. Putnam: Hat er seine Fähigkeit verloren 360Spins zu machen? Phillips: Nein, er machte mehrere 360er

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He, Kenny and Travis had a communal hug, went back to dressing room to get ready to leave, Phillips said.
Er, Kenny und Travis machten eine Gemeinschafts- Umarmung hatte, gingen zurück zur Umkleidekabine, bereit zu gehen, sagte Phillips.


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"Frank DiLeo and I were standing outside the dressing room waiting for MJ," Phillips recalled.
"Frank DiLeo und ich waren außerhalb der Umkleidekabine warteten auf MJ ," Phillips zurückgerufen.


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"You've gotten me this far, I can take it from here. I got this," MJ told Phillips. "It felt like a million dollars," Phillips explained.
"Du hast mich so weit gebracht, jetzt kann ich es übernehmen. sagte MJ zu Phillips", . "Es fühlte sich an wie eine Million Dollar", erklärte Phillips.


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"I was totally shocked," Phillips said about MJ's passing hours later. Phillips last spoke with MJ around midnight.
"Ich war total schockiert", sagte Phillips darüber das MJ wenige Stunden später starb. Phillips sprach zuletzt mit MJ um Mitternacht.


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"Ortega was elated with rehearsal, it was his work and MJ's work coming alive on stage" Phillips testified. "He knew we were over the hump."
"Ortega war von der Generalprobe begeistert, es war seine Arbeit und MJs Arbeit lebendig werdend auf der Bühne" sagt Phillips. "Er wusste, dass wir über den Berg sind."

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Phillips said he didn't see MJ in the hospital, only saw the gurney he was on behind the curtains in the emergency room.
Phillips sagte, er sah MJ nicht im Krankenhaus, er sah nur die Bahre hinter den Kulissen in der Notaufnahme.


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"After MJ passed away, I think Dr. Tohme was standing next to me," Phillips recalled.
"Nach MJ verstarb, denke ich das Dr. Tohme neben mir war" sagt Phillips
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Putnam: Did you talk to Dr. Murray? Phillips: Yes, he was hysterical, he was crying, I tried to calm him down, but there was no conversation
Putnam: Haben Sie mit Dr. Murray geredet? Phillips: Ja, er war hysterisch, er weinte, ich versuchte ihn zu beruhigen, aber es gab kein Gespräch

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"I was in the hallway with Frank DiLeo and the head nurse came out," Phillips described.

"Ich war auf dem Flur mit Frank DiLeo und die Oberschwester kam heraus," sagt Phillips"
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"Nurse said ' I'm sorry to tell you Mr. Jackson's passed away,'" an emotional Phillips recalled.
Schwester sagte:" Es tut mir leid, Ihnen zu sagen Mr. Jackson ist gestorben, "" sagt ein emotionaler Phillips

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"Frank collapsed," Phillips said, holding back tears. "I had to grab him. We were devastated."
"Frank brach zusammen, hielt seine Tränen zurück." Ich nusste ihn halten. Wir waren verzweifelt."

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"Being an artist means you have to reinvent yourself all the time," Phillips explained. "You can't give up on people, that's not our job."
"Als Künstler bedeutet es, dass Du Dich sich selbst neu erfindest die ganze Zeit", erklärt Phillips. "Man kann nicht aufgeben, das ist nicht unsere Aufgabe."

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Phillips said when they make a deal with an artist, they are not part of their inner circle, they don't control what they do after rehearsal
Phillips sagte, wenn sie einen Deal machen mit einem Künstler, sie sind nicht Teil ihrers inneren Kreis, sie kontrollieren nicht, was sie nach der Probe tun


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Phillips said he knew Dr. Arnold Klein was a famous dermatologist, he had gone to him many years ago.
Phillips sagte, er wisse Dr. Arnold Klein war ein berühmter Hautarzt, er ging zu ihm vor vielen Jahren
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Phillips: I had a concern the way Michael seemed that day (when he came back from Dr. Klein), but never saw him like that again.
Phillips: Ich hatte eine Besorgnis an dem Tag wo er von Dr. Klein kam, aber ich sah ihn so nie wieder .

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"He had cosmetic work and had vitiligo," Phillips said. It seemed normal for MJ to go to a dermatologist prior to touring.
"Er hatte kosmetische Arbeiten und er hatte Vitiligo", sagte Phillips. Es schien normal für MJ zu einem Dermatologen vor der Tour zu gehen.
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"I didn't know what Propofol was at the time," Phillips explained.
"Ich wusste nicht, was Propofol zu der Zeit war", erklärt Phillips.
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Phillips said he asked Dr. Murray whether he knew MJ was seeing Dr. Klein for some type of treatment. Dr. Murray responded he was aware.
Phillips sagte,er fragte Dr. Murray, ob er wusste, dass MJ Dr. Klein für irgendeine Art von Behandlung sah. Dr. Murray reagierte es sei ihm bekannt.
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As to email Phillips wrote that Dr Klein was shooting MJ up, Phillips said MJ's manager asked for a million dollar advance to pay MJ's bills
Zum E-Mail das Phillips schrieb, dass Dr. Klein MJ mit etwas abschießt sagte Phillips das MJs Mangager für 1 Million Vorschuss frage um MJS Rechnungen zu begleichen
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One of the bills, Phillips said, was from Dr. Klein for $48,000 for restyling, Botox and dozens of things that said IM, IM, IM.
Einer der Rechnungen war von Klein 48000 Dollar für Botox und tausende von Sachen die sagten IM,IM,IM,
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Phillip said he didn't know what IM meant, but MJ's manager said it was intramuscular, meaning injections.
Phillip sagte, er wisse nicht, was IM bedeutet aber MJ Manager (Kane) sagte, es seien intramuskuläre Injektionen.

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All Phillips knew about Propofol was when he was administered it during a colonoscopy. He learned from media MJ died of Propofol overdose.

Alles was Phillips über Propofol wusste, war, als er eswährend einer Koloskopie verabreicht bekam. Er erfuhrvon Medien das MJ an Propofol -Überdosis starb

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Putnam: AEG Live make a fortune after MJ's death? Phillips: No No more questions from AEG attorney.
Putnam: Machte AEG Live-ein Vermögen nach dem Tod von MJ? Phillips: Nein Keine Fragen mehr von AEG Anwalt.



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Panish asked Phillips if the exec used derogatory terms to refer to Mrs. Jackson, like the B word. He said no.
Panisch ob Phillips , in der Polo Lounge zwischen Randy Phillips und Dr. Tohme abwertende Bezeichungen benutzte bzgl. Mrs. Jackson

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Panish referred back to the meeting at the Polo Lounge between Randy Phillips and Dr. Tohme.
Panisch bezíeht sich auf die Sitzung in der Polo Lounge zwischen Randy Phillips und Dr. Tohme.

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Phillips and Panish argued about the fact that Phillips said Panish was following him around with photographers.
Phillips und Panish stritten über die Tatsache, dass Phillips sagte Panish folgte ihm mit Fotografen
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Phillips said it was Panish who told him that, and Panish replied he never said it.

Phillips sagte, es sei Panish, der ihm dies sagte und Panish antwortete er hat es nie gesagt.

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Panish: Did you point to me and accused me of following you at the Polo Lounge? Phillips: Yes, I speculated, yes, yes
Panish: Zeigen Sie auf mich und beschuldigten Sie mich Ihnen in der Polo Lounge Phillips: Ja, ich spekulierte, ja, jagefolgt zu sein?


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Panish: You will say anything, won't you? Phillips: That's outrageous!
Panisch: Sie würden alles sagen, nicht wahr? Phillips: Das ist unerhört!

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Panish asked if Phillips thought he was still following him. He responded he didn't know, he's not sure what Panish is capable of.
Panish gefragt, ob Phillips immer noch denkt er sei ihm gefolgt. Er antwortete er sei nicht sicher zu was Panish fähig ist

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Judge adjourned the session for the day. Trial resumes tomorrow at 9:00 am PT with Phillips back on the stand for more re-cross.
Morgen geht es weiter mit dem RE-Cross

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AEG attorney responded to our inquire about Jackson's brothers working with AEG. It's a long statement with their explanation.
AEG Anwalt reagierte auf unsere Anfrage zum Thema Jacksons Brüder arbeiten mit AEG. Es ist eine lange Erklärung mit ihrer Aussage.


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Statement:
Für mindestens zum dritten Mal seit Michael Jacksons Tod und die Einreichung von Katherine Jacksons Klage gegen AEG Live, haben Michael Jacksons Brüder, die Jacksons sich entschieden, noch einmal mit AEG Live zusammenzuarbeiten. Eine Veranstaltung im vergangenen Jahr, musste leider aufgrund geringer Ticketverkäufe abgesagt werden. Zuletzt kamen sie überein als Teil des BET Experience in LA teilzunehmen das noch in diesem Monat stattfindet. . In der Tat haben sie gerade in der vergangenen Woche angefordert, dass AEG Live-ihnen eine VIP-Suite während des BET Experiences bietet . AEG Live hat auch mit Janet Jackson zusammengearbeitet, 4 mal seit MJs Tod und der Einreichung der Klage ihrer Mutter.

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Jackson's attorney said the artists have no choice, they are just using AEG's venue and are working with BET
Jacksons Anwalt sagte, die Künstler haben keine Wahl, sie nutzen nur die AEG Orte und arbeiten mit BET

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Days before death, executive asked: Does Michael Jackson need a straitjacket?

By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 1:13 PM EDT, Thu June 13, 2013


STORY HIGHLIGHTS

* "He is having a mental breakdown," AEG Live CEO Tim Leiweke wrote
* CFO: "Is it 'pre-show nerves' bad or 'get a straight jacket/call our insurance carrier' bad?"
* At his deposition, Leiweke said he didn't know if "breakdown" referred to Jackson
* Jackson's mother and children are suing the concert promoter for liability in his death

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A top executive at AEG Live's parent company asked days before Michael Jackson's death if the singer was having big problems -- enough to warrant a straitjacket, according to testimony from Jackson's wrongful death trial.

CNN obtained the video testimony played for jurors this week at the trial, which is in its seventh week in Los Angeles.

"Trouble with MJ. Big trouble," AEG CEO Tim Leiweke wrote to AEG Chief Financial Officer Dan Beckerman on the night of June 20, 2009. "He is having a mental breakdown."

Beckerman, who became AEG's CEO after Leiweke left this year, replied: "I figured something might be wrong given how jittery Randy has been this week. Is it 'pre-show nerves' bad or 'get a straight jacket/call our insurance carrier' bad?"

The reply was referring to AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips.

On June 25, Jackson died from what a coroner ruled was an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol administered by Dr. Conrad Murray. Two weeks after that, Jackson's "This Is It" comeback tour, produced and promoted by AEG Live, had been set to launch in London.

Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, the concert promotion branch of AEG, arguing the company is liable for his death because it negligently hired, retained or supervised Murray. They say executives pressured Jackson to attend rehearsals despite his deteriorating health and ignored red flags that should have warned them about the dangers posed by Murray.

AEG Live lawyers say that it was Jackson who chose and controlled Murray and that company executives had no way of knowing he was giving Jackson nightly infusions of propofol to treat his insomnia.

The Leiweke-Beckerman e-mail exchange followed an "intervention" that Phillips held at Jackson's home to find out what was wrong with the singer, according to testimony.

Leiweke forwarded to Beckerman an e-mail chain between Phillips, show director Kenny Ortega and others involved in the production.

Production manager John "Bugzee" Houghdahl started the exchange about Jackson, which he titled "trouble at the Front."

"I have watched him deteriorate in front of my eyes over the last 8 weeks. He was able to do multiple 360 spins back in April. He'd fall on his ass if he tried now," Houghdahl wrote about Jackson.

AEG's lawyer showed jurors a clip Thursday of Jackson performing several 360-degree spins while rehearsing his song "Billie Jean." It was not clear what day it was recorded.

Ortega had sent Jackson home from a rehearsal the night of June 19, 2009 because of his strange behavior.

"He was a basket case and Kenny was concerned he would embarrass himself on stage, or worse yet -- get hurt," Houghdahl wrote. "The company is rehearsing right now, but the DOUBT is pervasive."

Jackson lawyer Kevin Boyle asked Leiweke during his deposition why he wrote to Beckerman that there was "big trouble" with Michael Jackson.

"We were aware that he had missed several rehearsals," Leiweke said.

He said he couldn't remember if he was referring to Jackson or Phillips when he wrote to Beckerman that "He is having a mental breakdown."

In a video of his deposition played for jurors, Beckerman said: "I was just trying to understand: Is it stage fright and the show will go on, or is it, 'I can't go through this; I'm not going to step on stage'?"

Jackson stepped on stage just two more times in his life after that day. His rehearsals at the Staples Center on June 23 and 24 were filmed and became the basis for the "This Is It" documentary of his last months.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/showbiz/jackson-death-trial/?hpt=en_c2

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Phillips-Aussage wurde übrigens gestern abgeschlossen. Am Montag wollen die Jackson-Anwälte darlegen wie viel Zeit sie noch brauchen für die Darlegung ihres Falles. ABC ist nicht bekannt wer der nächste Zeuge sein wird.


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As promised, response from Jackson's attorney Kevin Boyle regarding MJ's brothers: Response from Kevin Boyle. Also long:
Wie versprochen eine Antwort von Jacksons Anwalt Boyle bzgl. MJs Brüder:

"Mrs Jackson fully supports her children performing wherever they wish to perform, even though many of the world's venues are owned by AEG. Mrs. Jackson is involved in lawsuit where evidence shows that AEG made a mistake in hiring, supervising an unfit doctor for her son. There is no reason the Jackson family needs to ban AEG venues because of AEG's prior mistake, and so the family has not done so. Despite that Jacksons have acted civilly toward AEG in this litigation, AEG has chosen to attack Mrs. Jackson for bringing this suit. AEG has threatened in open Court to bring out "ugly stuff" about Michael. It is unfortunate that AEG cannot act civilly toward Mrs. Jackson and Michael, as other corporations across the country who commit negligence act toward their victims. There is no reason for AEG to go after victims of AEG's mistake. The Jacksons are willing to continue to take high road, even if AEG isn't"


"Frau Jackson unterstützt ihre Kinder wo immer sie performen möchten auch wenn viele der weltweiten Veranstaltungsorte AEG gehören . Mrs. Jackson ist involviert in einem Gerichtsverfahren wo Beweise zeigen , dass AEG einen Fehler gemacht bei der Einstellung, Überwachung eines Arztes der ungeeignet war für ihren Sohn. Es gibt keinen Grund das die Jackson Familie AEG -Veranstaltungsorte wegen vorheriger Fehler von AEG meidet und so hat es die Familie nicht getan. Obwohl die Jacksons zivilrechtlich gegen AEG in diesem Rechtsstreit gehandelt haben, hat AEG entschieden, Mrs. Jackson anzugreifen weil sie diesen Fall bringt. AEG hat in öffentlicher Sitzung gedroht sie bringen "ugly stuff" über Michael. Es ist bedauerlich, dass AEG nicht zivil gegenüber Mrs. Jackson und Michael vorgeht wie andere Unternehmen im ganzen Land, die eine Tat der Fahrlässigkeit gegenüber ihren Opfern begehen. Es ist kein Grund das AEG gegen Opfer geht, wenn AEG Fehler gemacht hat. Die Jacksons sind bereit, weiterhin die hohe zu Straße nehmen, auch wenn AEG es nicht tut "

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Jacksons vs AEG - Day 30 – June 14 2013 – Summary

http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/threads/129265-Katherine-Jackson-vs-AEG-Live-Daily-Trial-Testimony-Summary/page3?p=3846190#post3846190

Katherine Jackson was in court.

Randy Phillips Testimony

Jackson redirect

Panish started out by asking Phillips about his meeting with Jackson’s ex-manager, Tohme Tohme, at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills. Phillips denied calling Katherine Jackson anything derogatory during the meeting. He also denied he called Jackson a “freak.” (AP)

Phillips denied again using derogatory terms to refer to Mrs. Jackson while meeting with Dr. Tohme at Polo Lounge on May 4th of this year. (ABC7) Phillips also denied that he discussed the Jackson vs AEG Live case with Tohme, but says other people may have. Lawyers were at the meeting. (AP)

Panish then moved into questioning about Phillips’ conversation with Brenda Richie. He testified about this earlier this week. Phillips said Brenda Richie told him she had been talking to Jackson (through a medium) and the singer told her not to blame Conrad Murray. Panish showed jury Phillips’ deposition testimony, in which he didn’t mention Brenda Richie’s statements. The questioning about Richie statements is one of the areas Panish used this morning to try to show Phillips’ testimony has evolved. (AP)

The back-and-forth between Phillips and Panish has been very pointed, tense this morning. Judge has had to intervene a couple times. For instance, at one point Panish asked Phillips, “Are you bored with this?” Phillips: “No, you’re very interesting.” (AP)

Panish mentioned that Phillips had testified a lot about conversations with Jackson, Frank Dileo, and attorney Peter Lopez. Panish asked what those three had in common. Phillips said it was a rhetorical question. “They all passed away.” (AP) Panish asked Phillips what MJ, Peter Lopez and Frank DiLeo have in common. "They've all passed away," Phillips responded.(ABC7) The lawyer said none had given testimony in the case before dying. AEG lawyer objected as to Dileo, who gave sworn statement in another case (AP)

Panish spent a lot of the morning going over areas where he says Phillips changed his testimony. The lawyer played some of Phillips’ interview with Sky News a few days after Jackson’s death. Panish noted that Phillips didn’t mention in the interview that Jackson was responsible for Conrad Murray’s salary. (AP)

Panish: Are you aware of articles quoting you saying you hired Dr. Murray?
Phillips: I don't recall (ABC7)

Panish pressed asking if he had testified earlier in the week saying he was not aware of articles quoting him. It's been a long time the articles have been written, Phillips testified, saying he doesn't remember whether he gave any other interviews. Phillips: If articles were written from interview w/ Sky News it's possible, I just don't remember giving interview about AEG hiring Dr. Murray. Earlier, Phillips testified Michael Roth, AEG's PR person, set up interviews, so most likely he had talk with Roth about hiring Dr. Murray. "I don't remember, you have to show me the articles," Phillips explained when Panish asked if he gave other interviews says AEG hired Dr. Murray. (ABC7)

As to Dr. Murray hiring, Phillips said all he knew in beginning of June when they met at the Forum, there was no agreement with Dr. Murray. Phillips said 'he' didn't want to hire an American doctor due to the costs. "There were two issues: one was cost, the other was the ability to practice in the UK," Phillips explained. (ABC7)

Questioning then moved into Phillips’ testimony about his phone conversation with Conrad Murray on June 20, 2009. Panish was trying to show Phillips’ testimony changed about the call, that different answers were given at deposition, trial. At his deposition, Phillips initially said the call only lasted 2 to 3 minutes. He changed it later in depo, after meeting with his lawyer. The call was actually much longer, around 25 minutes, Phillips has since said.(AP)

Phillips testified he doesn't know whether his home number is unlisted or not. He said he rarely uses it due to cell phones. (ABC7)

Panish pressed Phillips about why his testimony changed so much. Questioned why he didn’t just say that he didn’t recall or remember. Panish said Phillips had said he didn’t recall ore remember details dozens of time during his deposition. Phillips said he clarified his answers as necessary. “We’re parsing words,” Phillips said. “It’s all we’ve been doing.” (AP)

Phillips was then asked about the “trouble at the Front” email and the assertion by production manager that MJ could do multiple 360 spins early in rehearsals, but “would fall on his ass” if he tried it on June 19, 2009. Phillips had been shown a long clip of a rehearsal of “Billie Jean” on Thursday. Jackson did several spins, but one spin at a time. The “Billie Jean” rehearsal footage in "This Is It" film was from June 5, 2009, Panish said. Panish showed a couple clips from earlier in Jackson’s career of him doing multiple, extremely fast 360 spins. The lawyer asked Phillips if there was any footage of Jackson doing multiple 360 spins during “This Is It” rehearsals. His answer was no. Phillips tried to make the point that all the “This Is It” footage was rehearsals, while one of the clips was a full-blown MJ performance. (AP)

Panish then asked Phillips if he saw Jackson perform consecutive spins in 2009. Considering the movie is a rehearsal and that’s a full-on performance at Madison Square Garden…no,” he said. (KCAL) Phillips said he believed Jackson was holding back because it was a rehearsal, not a "full-on" performance. (NYDailyNews)

The exec explained again he felt very confused, Dr. Murray was saying MJ was fine, but emails from Ortega and Hougdahl said it differently. Dr. Murray reassured Phillips on June 20th that MJ was fine, the doctor wasn't sure what was going on the day before, perhaps the flu. (ABC7)

Panish asked Phillips about his testimony that Jackson looked good on June 20, 2009, just hours after he’d been sent home from rehearsal. The lawyer showed Phillips a picture of Jackson taken on June 19th from a costume fitting. Jackson was in a T-shirt, looked thin. Phillips said of Jackson on June 20th: “He wasn’t dressed in a T-shirt, he looked great.” Phillips said he had no idea what changed from previous day about Jackson's appearance. (He didn't see him on June 19th) (AP)

Panish attempted again to "impeach" the witness, which is a legal technique to put in question his credibility. "He looked really good," Phillips said about MJ rehearsals on June 23 and 24. "But you said it was fantastic," Panish inquired. Phillips said he was as confused as anyone, since the MJ he expected to see after the chain of emails was very differently from what he saw. "The MJ sitting in that living room looked great," Philips recalled. Panish showed pic of MJ on Jun 19th wearing t-shirt looking very skinny. The attorney asked if that MJ looked really good in Phillips's opinion. Phillips explained that his description of MJ looking really good was from what he saw on June 23. Phillips recalled that MJ didn't look like the picture from the 19th, the day he went home sick. On the 23rd, Phillips said MJ was not wearing t-shirt, had hair and makeup done, looked great. (ABC7)

On June 19, after a particularly troubling day of rehearsal, tour director Kenny Ortega sent Phillips an email in which he said Jackson was "trembling, rambling, obsessing" and needed a mental health evaluation. A photo taken during a costume fitting that day shows a gaunt Jackson in a white T-shirt. A meeting with Jackson, Ortega, Phillips and Murray was held at the singer's Carolwood Drive house the next day. Phillips testified Jackson "looked really good." Panish asked him how Jackson could improve so quickly. "I was as confused as anybody because the Michael Jackson I saw, the Michael Jackson sitting in that living room ... looked great." What changed in 12 hours? Panish asked. "I have no idea," Phillips replied. (LAtimes)

Panish then wanted to ask Phillips about a voicemail that Jackson’s manager Frank Dileo left for Conrad Murray on morning of June 20th. The message was played during Murray’s criminal trial. In it, Dileo is heard saying that tests need to be taken on Jackson. Panish wanting to play the message for this jury prompted a recess during which the attorneys argued. Jury left the courtroom. Plaintiff’s attorneys said it should be played because Phillips was asked whether Dileo called Murray. AEG attorneys argued it was improper. Katherine Jackson’s team also said it should be played because Phillips could verify it was Dileo’s voice on the call. AEG attorney Jessica Stebbins Bina however said it would lead jurors to derive an “improper inference.” The judge wouldn’t allow the Frank Dileo message to be played for the jury. Panish was frustrated by the judge’s ruling. He threw his left arm against his leg and it sounded like he cursed under his breath. (AP)

After the break, Panish told Phillips, “I’m going to try to finish if you try to answer” the questions. (AP)
Panish: I want to finish, you answer the questions, ok?
Phillips: We got a deal (ABC7)

It wasn’t long before Phillips made some allusion to what his attorneys told him, prompting a sidebar. When the lawyers returned, Judge Yvette Palazuelos told Phillips to testify about “substance” of conversations with his lawyers. Palazuelos said if he had a doubt, Phillips should ask her. “I can talk to you,” he responded. (AP)

Phillips was asked whether he mediated a dispute between Jackson’s managers Tohme Tohme and Frank Dileo. Phillips said no. The executive said he urged them to meet for breakfast or some other meal, but it wasn’t his role to make sure they got along. (AP)

Phillips was then asked about whether there was an ethical wall involved in AEG Live’s dealings with Jackson. Phillips had called this
concept a Chinese wall, but the judge told everyone to call it an ethical wall instead. The executive said he understood it to be an arrangement so there wasn’t an unfair advantage for one side in certain arrangements. Panish: “If somebody’s on both sides of a deal it can potentially be a conflict of interest.” Phillips said it depends. “It can be, it isn’t always” a conflict of interest, Phillips said. (AP)
Panish asked the "Chinese Wall" comment Phillips made on the stand if it meant he was mediating conflicts. Phillips said it was ethical wall. "I didn't do Travis', but I was involved in material terms of Kenny's deal," Phillips said. (ABC7)

The questions related to Tohme’s $100k per month agreement with AEG Live, which Jackson also signed. Phillips said he felt there was an ethical wall in place between AEG Live and Tohme when that deal was made. Important to note, the payment required Tohme to assist in getting cancellation insurance for “This Is It” by a certain time. The deadline passed, so AEG Live never paid Tohme Tohme the $100k a month. (AP)

Panish: Was there an ethical wall between AEG Live and Dr. Tohme?
Phillips: I felt that it was (ABC7)

Panish questioned whether the ethical wall in the Tohme deal was memorialized in writing. Phillips said that’s not the way it works.
“It’s about behavior. It’s not a real wall,” Phillips told Panish about the concept of an ethical wall. There was lots of back and forth on the ethical wall issue, Phillips maintained it was a code of behavior, not something that’s written down (AP)

Panish asked if Phillips had the "ethical wall" in writing. "I don't know those things are in writing, it's figure of speech," Phillips said. The exec said the ethical wall is not set up. "It's about behavior, it's not a real wall, it's about behavior," Phillips explained. (ABC7)

Panish: You don't know how to set up one?
Phillips: I've never seen one (ethical wall) set up formally (ABC7)

"To me it's how you behave, you behave ethically with each other" Phillips described saying the ethical wall existed between AEG Live and MJ (ABC7)

Panish: How do AEG employees know about ethical wall?
Phillips: Frankly, I believe interests merge after deal is struck between 2 parties. (ABC7)

Phillips explained that ethical wall is not something that's build, tangible, or in a document, but it's about the behavior of the parties. (ABC7)

Panish: Did you tell Mr. Gongaware there was an ethical wall?
Phillips: It's not something you discuss, it's how you behave (ABC7)

Panish asked about potential conflict of interest w/ AEG and Dr Tohme. "MJ directed us to do that agreement and he signed it," Phillips said. Panish asked if there was doc saying there's a potential conflict of interest with AEG Live hiring Dr. Tohme to be MJ's personal manager. "Mr. Panish, it's the artist who directed us, I didn't know who Dr. Tohme was," Phillips responded. (ABC7)

Panish: Did you advise in writing potential conflict of interest?
Phillips: No
Panish: Did the artist sign a release of potential conflict of interest?
Phillips: The artist may have created the conflict, so no (ABC7)

Phillips also repeated that Jackson requested the Tohme agreement. “The artist may have created the conflict, too,” he said.(AP)

Panish asked Phillips about many the artists he’s mentioned working with, including George Strait, Bon Jovi,Britney Spears. Panish: “How many of those artists had personal managers that had a contract directly with AEG Live.” Phillips: “Probably none of them.” Panish then asked how many of the artists Phillips mentioned had doctors hired by AEG Live for them. “None,” the executive replied. (AP)

Panish then asked Phillips about his assertion that Jackson changed managers like some people change socks. The lawyer asked how many times Phillips changed his socks during the day. 2 to 3 times, he replied, if he went for a workout. (AP) About 'changing the socks' comment, Panish asked Phillips how many times a day he changes his socks. He said 2-3. Panish asked Phillips how many managers MJ had from 2007 until his death. "Dr. Tohme initiated the deal," Phillips said, then Frank DiLeo, a period of time Arpac Hussain, then, subject to dispute, Leonard Rowe. Panish asked if DiLeo and Tohme were the main managers. Phillips agreed but said that wasn't what Panish asked him. Phillips added Raymone Bain and Peter Lopez as MJ's managers. "Lopez did a Pepsi deal for MJ as his manager," Phillips explained. (ABC7) He then listed four people who were designated as Jackson managers during the “This Is It” period. (AP)

"I don't know who our attorneys sent the contract to, so I can't say," Phillips said about emailing Dr. Murray's contract. (ABC7) Panish asked how many of the managers Phillips sent Conrad Murray’s contract to. More back-and-forth on that issue, without a clear answer. (AP)

As to creating AEG Live: "I absolutely did, I invented the company based on business plan I created and I also named it," Phillips testified. (ABC7)

Panish: You said whomever MJ had as his own manager was his own business, correct?
Phillips: Correct (ABC7)

Phillips explained when he received email from Kathy Jorrie questioning Dr. Tohme he forwarded it to Peter Lopez, MJ's attorney at the time. (ABC7)

There was some more discussion of Murray and Phillips’ assertion that he thought he was successful because he asked for $5 million. Panish asked if it seemed odd that Murray agreed to take the job for less -- a $150k a month fee. “That wasn’t unreasonable because that’s what doctors make,” Phillips responded. He said he had a general idea of what doctors earn. (AP)

Panish inquired about the fact that Phillips thought Dr. Murray asking for $5 million as payment automatically made him a good doctor.
Panish: If he wanted $10 million, he would be more successful?
Phillips: Absolutely true
Panish: For $20 million the most successful doctor around?
Phillips: Correct
"I wasn't alarmed by the number because it was Michael's doctor and Michael was paying for it," Phillips explained. (ABC7)

Phillips said John Branca had been hired by MJ on June 18th, two days prior to the 20th meeting. Panish: Did you ever tell Branca you brought the doctor to the fold? Phillips: I think there was some logical communication, otherwise they would've been hanging. Regarding the email John Branca asked if MJ's problem was related to substance abuse, Phillips said he didn't know one way or the other. (ABC7)

AEG recross

Panish concluded his questioning. Putnam was back at it. Phillips joked: Your honor, is this really over after this? Courtroom laughed. (ABC7)

Phillips reiterated that AEG never paid Dr. Tohme because some conditions of his contract were not fulfilled. (ABC7)

Putnam: Did Dr. Tohme have anything to do with Dr. Murray?
Phillips: None whatsoever that I know of (ABC7)

Putnam: Are you aware of any articles were you are quoting saying we hire him (Dr. Murray)?
Phillips: No (ABC7)

Regarding the video shown yesterday of Mr. Jackson's spinning, Phillips testified it was production rehearsal, not even full dance rehearsal. Phillips said MJ did 360s spins, and he was 50 years old. The other video shown to the jury yesterday was MJ performing in the early 80s. (ABC7) Defense lawyer Marvin Putnam took over and asked a few questions. Some of the main ones related to Jackson’s 360 spins. Putnam asked Phillips when the two vids Panish showed him were shot. Phillips said one was ‘01 and other one looked like it was from the 80s. Putnam asked Phillips how old Jackson was when he died. The singer was 50, and was only doing a rehearsal in ‘09, Phillips said. (AP)

Jackson redirect

Then it was Panish's turn again.

Phillips: You are back?
Panish: Just a couple of questions
Phillips: I'm gonna miss you
Everyone laughed (ABC7)

Phillips said MJ didn't do multiple 360s spins that he remembers, but he didn't know if the choreography called for it. Phillips said he's not a choreographer. "I'm flat footed, there's a reason I'm in this side of the business." Phillips said if he tried a 360 spin he'd be on the jury's lap. "I know what a 360 is, you don't need to be a choreographer to know that," Phillips explained. (ABC7)

Panish got another few questions and asked again about the 360 spins. He questioned Phillips’ knowledge of choreography. “I’m flat footed,” Phillips replied. “There’s a reason I’m on this side of the business.” Continuing the self-deprecation, he added he couldn’t do a 360 spin. “If I tried, I’d be in the jury’s lap.” (AP)

Panish: Who's more competent to judge choreography you or Hougdahl?
Phillips: Could be me since he hadn't worked in pop production before (ABC7)

Phillips was finally excused, subject to recall.

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17. Juni 2013

The Jacksons vs. AEG Live – Zeugen der Jacksons, 23. Teil


Es ging weiter mit der Befragung von Randy Phillips durch Marvin Putnam. Obwohl Phillips ja bekanntlich als Zeuge für die Jacksons auf der Liste stand, hat der letzte Bericht (siehe 22. Teil vom 13. Juni) bereits deutlich gezeigt, wie unterschiedlich die Aussagen, das Auftreten und das Erinnerungsvermögen plötzlich sind, wenn AEGs eigener Anwalt, Marvin Putnam, den Zeugen (und ihren eigenen CEO) befragt. Dies hatte sich auch am zweiten Befragungstag durch Putnam gezeigt.

Als die E-Mails von Kenny Ortega an Randy Phillips zur Sprache kamen, die letzterer nur wenige Tage vor Michaels Tod erhalten hatte und in der Ortega seine Bedenken betreffend Michaels geistiger und körperlicher Verfassung ansprach, sagte Randy Phillips aus, dass Conrad Murray gesagt hatte, dass wenn die Shows abgesagt würden, dies negative Auswirkungen auf Michael Jackson haben würde, weil er sich so freute auf die Shows. Phillips sagte aus, dass Conrad Murray wütend war, dass man ihn im Nachhinein kritisieren würde und er ermahnte Kenny Ortega “kein Amateur Arzt zu sein und eine Diagnose für seinen Patienten zu stellen”. Conrad Murrays Haltung beschrieb Phillips mit “bleib du in deiner Spur. Das ist meine Spur. Ich hab’s im Griff und mach das schon”.

Zudem sagte Phillips aus, dass Michael Jackson Ortega gesagt hatte, dass er bei den Proben nicht dabei sein müsste, da er diese Tänze fast seine ganze Karriere lang performed hatte. Michael habe gesagt, so Phillips, dass er für die Eröffnung der Shows bereit sein werde. “Du baust das Haus und wenn du damit fertig bist, füge ich die Tür hinzu und bemale sie”, so soll Michael sich gegenüber Phillips geäussert haben.

Nach dem bereits oftmals erwähnten Meeting bei Michael zu Hause, wenige Tage vor Michaels Tod, war Phillips sehr zuversichtlich. “Michael hat grossartig ausgesehen. Dr. Murray hatte uns Mut gemacht… Kenny war wieder an Bord und zuversichtlich und mit Michael schien alles in Ordnung zu sein”, so Phillips. Am darauffolgenden Tag schrieb Phillips die folgende E-Mail: “Jungs, wir hatten ein sehr produktives und gutes Meeting… Der Arzt war fantastisch und ich glaube, Kennys Hysterieanfälle werden unter Kontrolle sein und Michael war voll da und aufmerksam… Lasst uns beten, dass MJ mitmacht und dass er auch anfängt zu trainieren und zu essen”. Als Phillips dann die Proben am 23. und 24. Juni mit angeschaut hatte, habe er Gänsehaut gehabt, so gut war Michael. Nach den Proben am 24. Juni sei Michael aus seiner Garderobe gekommen und habe Phillips umarmt. “Du hast mich so weit gebracht”, so soll Michael Phillips gesagt haben. “Ich übernehme von hier an”. Wie er sich dabei gefühlt habe, fragte Putnam den Zeugen. “Grossartig”, so Phillips. Dies war das letzte Mal, da Phillips Michael Jackson lebend gesehen hatte.

Nur eine kurze Anmerkung hier: Habt Ihr auch gerade ein Déjà-vu gehabt? Waren einige dieser Aussagen nicht ziemlich identisch mit seinen Aussagen auf dem Bonusmaterial der “This Is It” Doku, wo, wie wir mittlerweile ja bestätigt erhielten, alles absichtlich schön geredet wurde?

Quellen: jackson.ch, latimes.com

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• Anthony McCartney @mccartneyAP 30m
  We’re on a lunch break in Jackson vs. AEG Live case. No Jackson family members are in court today.
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• Expert: AEG Live's involvement with Michael Jackson's doctor a conflict of interest. Story link: http://yhoo.it/10r5xDd

Die Jackson-Anwälte haben heute eine Experten geladen, früheren Chef von Capital Records David Berman,der die Anischt vertritt AEG haben einen Intressenkonflikt kreiert indem Sie Murray in Jacksons Namen einstellten. Es sei unangemessen und ungewöhnlich. AEG Live muss Berman noch befragen, aber sie haben bereits Einwand gegen die Expertise erhoben, das Bermann keinerlei Erfahrung als Promotor oder Tourchef aufweise.

Richterin erinnerte die Juroren heute daran, dass sie letztendlich entscheiden werden, ob AEG Murray anstellte oder nicht.


Expert: Promoter created conflict with Jackson doc
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Associated Press – 26 mins ago
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The promoter of Michael Jackson's ill-fated series of comeback shows created a conflict of interest with the singer's physician when it negotiated terms of his deal, an expert testifying for the superstar's mother told a jury on Monday.
David Berman told jurors hearing a negligent hiring lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live LLC that the company should not have negotiated with Jackson's physician without notifying the singer's representatives of the discussion.
The former head of Capitol Records and high-level positions at several other record companies is being paid to testify for Katherine Jackson in her lawsuit against the concert company.
Asked whether it was appropriate for AEG Live to attempt to hire a doctor on Jackson's behalf, Berman responded, "I believe that it's highly inappropriate. It is highly unusual."
Berman retired from the music industry in 2001 to become an expert witness for music industry-related lawsuits. He said he had never heard of a situation in which a tour promoter hired a doctor on behalf of an artist.
Berman said he believed that music companies owe a higher obligation to artists than to music buyers or concert goers and, in this instance, AEG failed Jackson.
He was shown emails in which a tour accountant traded emails with Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, without including any of the singer's representatives.
Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011, was never paid his $150,000 per month fee for working with Jackson. The superstar died from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol before signing Murray's contract.
AEG denies it hired Murray. The company's executives and lawyers have said the company was merely advancing Jackson the money to pay Murray, and a valid contract never existed.
The company's lawyers have yet to question Berman but already have objected to his expertise. An AEG Live defense attorney has noted that Berman was never a tour producer or promoter — functions that AEG Live was serving as during preparations for Jackson's comeback shows.
Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos reminded jurors on Monday that they will ultimately decide whether AEG Live hired Murray.