Der Murray Prozess - News & Infos (keine Diskussion)

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http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/08/dr-conrad-murray-defense-may-subpoena-nine-other-michael-jackson/#ixzz1V85MEIZ2

Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team has nine former doctors of Michael Jackson on its witness list for Murray's upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial.

Among the doctors on the list is Dr. Arnold Klein, Jackson's dermatologist and friend whose treatment of the star has long been subject to scrutiny.

The last also includes Dr. Neil Ratner, who toured with Jackson in 1996 and 1997, and Dr. David Adams of Las Vegas, Nev., both anesthesiologists.



Ratner confirmed that Michael Jackson suffered from a sleep disorder, but wouldn't elaborate further. It's anticipated that Murray's lawyers, Ed Chernoff and Michael Flanagan, will grill Ratner about the specifics of his medical treatment.

In all, Dr. Murray's lawyers list 103 people who could be called at the trial, including a nurse practitioner, Cherilyn Lee, who claims Jackson asked her for Propofol in the weeks leading up to his death, but she refused to supply it.

Lee, a nurse practitioner and nutritionist who worked for Jackson, claimed in the days after his sudden death that he had asked her for Propofol in April 2009, was served with a subpoena to testify at the trial by Murray's defense.

"Cherilyn is prepared to testify at the trial and tell the truth. Cherilyn has never spoken with anyone from the District Attorney's office," a source said.

"She was interviewed in the weeks after Jackson's death by the coroner and the LAPD. Cherilyn hasn't heard from those agencies since that time."

Jury selection in the criminal trial against Dr. Conrad Murray begins on September 8, 2011, and is anticipated to take several weeks to select a jury.

Opening arguments are slated for the last week of September. The trial could last until Thanksgiving, with Murray facing up to four years in prison.

Despite the long witness list, Murray is the only doctor of Jackson's who has been criminally charged in connection with the King of Pop's death.

Thoughts? Dr. Conrad Murray ...

Guilty!
Not Guilty!
Still Unclear!

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Die Verteidigung von Murray hat nun doch noch einen Antrag auf Jury-Abschottung (insbesondere vor der Berichterstattung v. Nancy Grace) beantragt. Er ist wahrscheinlich, dass der Murray-Fall der medienträchtigste Fall der Geschichte werden wird und das von einigen hundert potenziellen Juroren nur eine, die kein Englisch spricht noch nicht von diesem Fall gehört hat.
Die Nonstopberichterstattung würde nicht nur die Verteidigung sondern auch die Juroren missbrauchen "so die Verteidigung in der Beantragung. Richter Pastor sagte letzten Monat er würde ein Jury-Abschottung betrachten, obwohl er sie für unnötig und zu teuer hält.

Dr. Conrad Murray Protect Me From Nancy Grace! Seeks Jury Sequestration

Dr. Conrad Murray's legal team filed legal papers claiming sequestering the jury during the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial is the only way to protect him and the system from Nancy Grace type "character assassinations."

In legal papers obtained by TMZ, Dr. Murray's lawyers argue the only reason the Anthony jurors were untainted was because they were sequestered. According to the docs, the networks, and in particular Nancy Grace, were well aware of the ratings boost from the trial, and Grace and others engaged in "nonstop on-air abuse of not only the defendant, but the jurors and defense attorneys involved."

The legal docs claim, "There is reasonable expectation that Dr. Murray's trial will be the most publicized in history," and that of the several hundred jurors who were polled during jury selection, only one claimed not to have heard of the Murray case, and she didn't speak English.

Judge Michael Pastor said last month he would consider sequestering the jury, although he felt it was unnecessary and too expensive.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/19/dr-conrad-murray-nancy-grace-michael-jackson-jury-sequestering-casey-anthony/

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Der Antrag der Verteidigung zur Abschottung der Jurymitglieder:

http://ww2.lasuperiorcourt.org/hp/glewro55jatnrteakmmpr4n3/1466863226.pdf

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http://www.blick.ch/news/ausland/anwaelten-von-jackson-arzt-graut-vor-medien-118565

Michael Jackson
Anwälten von Jackson-Arzt graut vor Medien
LOS ANGELES - Im Verfahren gegen Michael Jacksons Leibarzt Conrad Murray hat die Verteidigung einen Antrag auf die vollständige Isolation der Geschworenen gestellt.

Aktualisiert um 19:41 | 21.08.2011

Dem Leibarzt von Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray, soll bald der Prozess gemacht werden (Archiv) (sda)
Nach Angaben der «Los Angeles Times» verwiesen Murrays Anwälte darauf, dass die Jury zu stark von Berichten der US-Medien in ihrer Urteilsfindung beeinflusst werden könnte.

Der Richter hatte bereits gesagt, dass er eine Isolation für unnötig halte. Dem Gericht fehle zudem das Geld für die Unterbringung der Geschworenen während des Prozesses in einem Hotel.

In ihrem erneuten Antrag forderten Murrays Anwälte, dass ein Zugang der Jury zu Medien während des Prozesses unterbunden werden soll. Es stehe zu erwarten, dass das Verfahren «die grösste Presse der Geschichte» bekommt.

Die Geschworenen könnten somit zu leicht von den zu erwartenden einseitigen Berichten der Medien, denen es lediglich um «Unterhaltung und Einschaltquote» ginge, manipuliert werden, argumentierten Murrays Anwälte.

Murray wird beschuldigt, Michael Jacksons Tod vor zwei Jahren durch eine Überdosis mit einem Betäubungsmittel herbeigeführt zu haben. Er erklärte, der Sänger habe sich die tödliche Dosis selbst zugeführt. Der nächste Gerichtstermin ist für den 25. August anberaumt.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/25/california.murray.case/

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles County judge will hear arguments Thursday on a request by Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician accused in Michael Jackson's death, to sequester the jury once the trial begins next month.
Citing massive media coverage in the unrelated Casey Anthony murder trial this summer in Florida, attorneys for Murray said his case could draw even bigger publicity.
There is reasonable expectation that Dr. Murray's trial will be the most publicized in history," his attorneys, Nareg Gourjian and Edward Chernoff, said in court papers.
The jury should be sequestered to ensure that Murray receives a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment, the attorneys said.
This is an unusual trial," the attorneys said. "Without question, Michael Jackson is one of the most well-known figures in the world. His death, memorial service and every court appearance thereafter involving Dr. Murray has attracted unprecedented media coverage."
Prosecutors haven't filed any court papers in response to Murray's motion, said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Rather, Deputy District Attorneys David Walgren and Deborah Brazil will present their arguments in open court Thursday, Gibbons told CNN Wednesday.
Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death, which occurred June 25, 2009, and was caused by an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, combined with other drugs, the Los Angeles coroner has ruled.
During an unsuccessful attempt at jury selection earlier this year, only one potential juror out of several hundred questioned claimed to have heard nothing about the Murray case, and that potential juror, a woman, couldn't speak English, Murray's lawyers said.
At the time, attorneys didn't consider sequestering the jury. "Then along came Casey Anthony," Murray's attorneys said, citing the murder case as the impetus for their motion. Anthony was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, but was convicted of four misdemeanor counts of lying to law enforcement.
The case, and the sensationalized media coverage, "demonstrated the danger that is created to a fair trial when basic information is managed for the purpose of entertainment and television ratings," Murray's attorneys said.
The attorneys singled out HLN television host Nancy Grace for "character assassination" against Anthony and "virtually nonstop on-air abuse of not only the defendant but of the jurors and defense attorneys involved."
All news organizations, including ABC News, Fox and InSession, benefited from the Anthony trial, Murray's attorneys said in court records. But some, such as HLN, "cleaned up": That network "drew its biggest total audience in its 29-year history with more than 5 million viewers," Murray's attorneys said.
Turner Broadcasting owns HLN, InSession and CNN, the attorneys pointed out in court papers.
"It is important to note that neither Ms. Anthony nor her daughter were public figures before her case," Murray's attorneys wrote.
The media is likely to air footage of admissible evidence in the Murray case, and jurors who aren't sequestered could also be contaminated by access to the "ubiquitous" Internet, including Facebook, Twitter and Google, the Murray attorneys said.
Partial sequestration, suggested earlier by the court, would be insufficient, the attorneys said.
While the court has said it will instruct jurors not to access television shows, the Internet or newspapers, "it is Pollyanna to expect the jury members to go home each workday and weekend for six weeks and entirely avoid the mass of exposure this trial will engender," Murray's attorneys wrote.
The cost of sequestration would be "comparatively minimal" to the cost of a retrial because of jury contamination, the attorneys said.
Legal experts and defense attorneys not related to the Murray case offered differing opinions to CNN on the efficacy of sequestering a jury.
"The defense wants to sequester the jury because it has seen that sequestered juries vote not guilty," said Marcia Clark, the former prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial, another heavily publicized case in which the jury was sequestered. "I don't really think there's any need to sequester the jury. To the extent that people know about this case, know about Michael Jackson or Conrad Murray, it's over. It's already been done. It'd be like closing the barn doors after the horse is out."
Ellyn Garofalo, the attorney who represented Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, who was acquitted on charges of conspiring to keep Anna Nicole Smith addicted to prescription drugs, said that the usefulness of sequestering a jury "is a really tough question."
"I think there is good reason to sequester a jury," Garofalo said. "I also tend to think -- and this is more of a personal opinion -- that a sequestered jury is not a happy jury and may be more anxious to get through the testimony than a jury that is not sequestered."
Richard Gabriel, a jury consultant on the Simpson and Casey Anthony cases, said sequestering a jury is stressful and expensive.
"The difficulty is, I don't think a judge has ever gone as far to say during this trial, please do not use the Internet, period. Just like they say, don't watch television during the trial, they say if you see something about the case, please ignore that news item," Gabriel said.
"As a practical matter I think it will be difficult, partly because the county of Los Angeles has no money to do that. It is very, very expensive," Gabriel said. "It puts a pretty big strain on a jury because you are taking them out of a familiar setting and you are putting them into obviously a highly pressurized setting that basically says you are in this trial 24-7 for the length of the trial."

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Im Prozess darf nichts vom 2003 er-Fall (Kindesbelästigungsanklage) verwendet werden, es dürfen auch keine Aussagen verwendet werden, die sich mit der Medikamentengabe in 2003 oder einem evtl. Besitz auf Neverland befassen, da es für 2009 irrelevant ist. Dr. Klein und seine Assistenten sind nicht als Zeugen zugelassen, allerdings dürfen seine Behandlungspapiere verwendet werden.
John Branca wird nicht als Zeuge zugelassen, da die finanziellen Verhältnisse für den Fall irrelevant sind.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/29/california.conrad.murray.hearing/

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's sexual molestation trial is "no-go territory" for defense lawyers in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, a judge ruled Monday.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, however, rejected the prosecution's request that he not allow testimony from several doctors who treated Jackson in the months and years before his death.
Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the June 25, 2009, death of Jackson, who would have turned 53 Monday.
The defense wanted to have a Santa Barbara County, California, detective testify about drugs found at Jackson's Neverland estate during a search related to the sex charge.
"In particular, it is relevant to the defense that Michael Jackson possessed both propofol and Demerol in his residence as early as 2003," the defense said in a motion filed Monday.
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney David Walgren argued testimony about drugs Jackson possessed in 2003 "has absolutely nothing to do with the standard of medical care" Murray gave Jackson the day he died on June 25, 2009.
Bringing up anything about the molestation trial, which ended with Jackson's acquittal, would be "character assassination on the victim," Walgren said.
Defense lawyer Ed Chernoff, in a hearing Monday afternoon, assured the judge that he did not intend to question the detective about the sex charge, but only about drugs he found in his search.
"In particular, it is relevant to the defense that Michael Jackson possessed both propofol and Demerol in his residence as early as 2003," the defense said.
Murray's defense lawyers want to argue that Jackson was addicted to the painkiller Demerol and was undergoing withdrawal from the drug when he died, Chernoff said. He said he expects the prosecution will say he "merely liked Demerol" and was not addicted.
Jackson's "past drug adictions, use desires, possessions" is relevant, Chernoff said in court.
Pastor ruled that the events were too far in the past for this trial and could mislead the jury.
"Anything having to do with the year 2003, any incident with Neverland, Santa Barbara, medical doctors, fundamentally is irrelevant," Pastor said. "It proves absolutely nothing with regard to the year 2009."
Pastor ruled that Beverly Hills dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein could not be called to testify about giving Jackson Demerol shots. Testimony about Jackson's visits to Klein's office in the days before his death could lead the jury "down the path of prescribing to Dr. Klein some sort of criminal culpabilty in the death of Mr. Jackson."
However, Klein's medical records can be used in the trial, he ruled.
Two of Klein's office employees also cannot be called as witnesses, he ruled.
Prosecutors in the trial of Murray, Jackson's last doctor, had asked the judge to exclude or limit the testimony of 26 witnesses Murray's lawyers said they might call.
Pastor has indicated he would keep the trial limited to what happened the last several days of Jackson's life. His decisions on the prosecution's request to limit witnesses indicate how tightly the judge will limit the defense arguments.
Other witnesses the judge said the defense could not call include John Branca, the lawyer who became executor of Jackson's estate after his death. Nothing about Jackson's finances can be considered, he said.
The Los Angeles coroner has ruled that Jackson's death, which occurred June 25, 2009, was caused by an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, combined with other drugs.
Prosecutors have accused Murray of having a role in the overdose. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on September 8, with opening statements expected to be heard on September 27. Lawyers estimate the trial will conclude in early November.
If convicted on the involuntary manslaughter charge, Murray could face up to four years in prison.

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http://www.mj-777.com/?p=8451

During the past week or two, there has been an effort on behalf of a few people to have Dr. Patrick Treacy and Dr. Barry L. Friedberg on the Dr. Drew show. We have contacted Dr. Drew’s PR people, who referred us to booking personnel at CNN/Turner. I acquired the contact info for those responsible for booking guests on the Dr. Drew show and sent them a respectful email asking that they invite these two doctors onto the show, and explaining in detail why I think they’d be excellent guests at this time. I received a pleasant, positive response from Ms. Cameron Baird simply thanking me and stating that she would contact these doctors.

Why the Dr. Drew show? Simply because that show was one of the first out the gate recently with many guests on to speak about the Murray trial. Those guests though, with all due respect, are not those who were around Michael for significant amounts of time in very recent years prior to his death. They were not experts in the field of anesthesia (propofol is an anesthetic and that is what killed Michael), and/or not doctors who treated Michael directly and who have first-hand experience in doing so. Drs. Treacy and Friedberg both have some or all of these qualifications. Yet thus far they have not been invited on to the show.

We are also aware that recently, ‘In Session‘/HLN had scheduled Joe Vogel to be on their show but then rather suddenly pulled him and instead chose to have Diane Dimond on. Vogel is the author of a soon-to-be-released book and an expert on Michael Jackson’s creative legacy.

Dr. Drew, and in some cases his guests, seem very interested in presenting one particular angle or point of view regarding the Murray trial and Michael Jackson. That seems to be the angle that Michael was a drug addict, eccentric, demanding, and that he had no nose and bleached his skin. I’m not sure what the latter two items have to do with the Conrad Murray trial but Dr. Drew discussed these on his program.

Dr. Patrick Treacy treated Michael himself for vitiligo and he has affirmed that Michael did indeed have this disease, as does the autopsy. Karen Faye, Michael’s make-up artist for most of his life, has said unequivocally that Michael had a normal nose, not a “prosthetic” one. These are tabloid rumors that have long-since been debunked, so it is disappointing to hear them repeated by a doctor on television who almost certainly knows better, but that is a separate issue.

What is mainly of concern here is that there are other perspectives or points of view regarding the Murray trial – from those who are experts and who have first-hand knowledge of having treated Michael medically in recent years before his death. For instance Dr. Patrick Treacy’s experience with Michael was that he was no addict at all and never asked for, nor was he prescribed any drugs while Dr. Treacy treated him for the 6-8 months Michael lived in Ireland in 2006-2007. Also, Dr. Treacy has stated that no drugs were seen in Michael’s home while there and that Michael refused any anesthesia for any procedures without a qualified anesthetist present. Further, Michael never asked for anesthesia or any drugs outside of legitimate medical procedures.

Dr. Barry L. Friedberg is a board-certified anesthesiologist. He contends that Conrad Murray was very reckless in his treatment of Michael and claimed that “The only thing more reckless Murray could have done was taking Jackson up in an airplane and pushing him out without a parachute.“. Dr. Friedberg has also said that since Conrad Murray has publicly admitted giving Michael propofol and then abandoning his patient, that he is not entitled to a presumption of innocence.

Both of these doctors have very different opinions and perspectives about the Murray trial than Dr. Drew or his other guests thus far. In order to provide the public with* balanced knowledge and varied perspectives on the case, it is puzzling that these doctors have not also been invited onto the show, though. Are guests with certain perspectives deliberately being shut out and avoided by the media and in particular, Dr. Drew/HLN?

Below is the letter (email) I sent to Ms. Cameron Baird on August 23rd regarding inviting Dr. Treacy and/or Dr. Friedberg onto the show:

Hi Cameron,

My name is Seven. I was given your name by Maria Ebrahmji at CNN.

Myself and my fellow writers have been watching the publicity surrounding the Conrad Murray case with great interest and admittedly a great deal of consternation. The reason for this is that one of my fellow writers, Deborah Kunesh, as well as myself, have had the opportunity to interview Dr. Patrick Treacy, who personally treated Michael Jackson in Ireland in 2006-2007, as well as many other people who were around Jackson during his life, and in the period before his death. Dr. Treacy is a highly-respected cosmetic surgeon and humanitarian from Ireland.

I would like to suggest that you invite Dr. Treacy on the Dr. Drew show as I feel he has some very important information to share about Mr. Jackson that the public needs to know, especially with the upcoming trial of Dr. Conrad Murray next month. With Dr. Drew having covered addiction issues so thoroughly in his shows, this might be of much interest to viewers at this time, and a good forum to help get another perspective out there. I hope you will consider it.

Dr. Treacy was interviewed on a radio show where he shared how Michael Jackson had never asked him for any kinds of drugs or medications during the course of their doctor/patient relationship. He never saw any drugs in Jackson’s Ireland home and to his knowledge, he was the only physician treating Mr. Jackson during his stay in Ireland.

Dr. Treacy also has emphatically stated that during the time he treated Mr. Jackson, that Mr. Jackson refused to be put under for any type of procedure with any drug (propofol, for instance, which Dr. Treacy mentions that he used on Mr. Jackson during a procedure) without a qualified anesthetist present. This is very important information that the public should hear because the opposite impression is being given by much of the media, and it would be coming from a doctor who treated Jackson personally.

Here are links to some interviews that Dr. Treacy did recently in regards to this matter:

The below is an interview Dr. Treacy did along with Ms. Deborah Kunesh:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ReflectionsWebsite?feature=mhum#p/f/137/iPEXT8qEc-g

And, the following is a very important (but heretofore censored) interview that was done with New York Times award-winning journalist Aphrodite Jones where Dr. Treacy speaks on this issue:

http://investigation.discovery.com/videos/michael-jacksons-death-questioning-michaels-drug-use.html

I would also suggest that you may want to consider having Dr. Barry L. Friedberg, author of “Getting Over Going Under” on your show. Dr. Friedberg is a board-certified anesthesiologist for 30 years. Since propofol is an anesthetic, he has had some very interesting comments about Jackson’s death. In his book, Dr. Friedberg very clearly states that he feels that Dr. Murray was very irresponsible and that Michael’s death was a predictable, avoidable tragedy. He thoroughly explains the use of propofol and also explains how the different benzodiazapines given to Jackson prior to the propofol enhanced the respiratory depressing effect of the propofol, almost assuring that Jackson would stop breathing and, since no resuscitation was available – that he would die. He explains how Murray’s claim of trying to “wean” Mr. Jackson off of his propofol “addiction” was a statement based in fallacy since propofol is not physically addictive. You can view the pages of that particular chapter of Dr. Friedberg’s book below:

http://www.mj-777.com/?p=7534

We have also been in touch with Dr. Drew’s PR person, Valerie Allen, in regards to inviting Drs. Treacy and Friedberg on Dr. Drew’s HLN show. They indicated that they would speak with the CNN producers about the matter.

Should you choose to invite these two fine doctors onto Dr. Drew’s show, you can contact them via the following:

In erster Linie von Belang ist hier, das andere Perspektiven und Ansichten aufgezeigt werden gegenüber Murray...
Dr. Treacy behandelte Michael und sagt das dieser kein Süchtiger war, Drogen befanden sich auch nicht in dessen Hause! Dr. Treacy lebte in dem Haus 2006/2007 und behandelte Michael 6 Monate.....Michael lehnte jegliche Betäubung ab, wenn KEIN qualifizierter Anästhesist anwesend war.....nach weiteren Mitteln hat Michael NIE gefragt.....

Barry L. Friedberg hingegen sagt über Murray:
Rücksichtslos sei dieser in Seinen Behandlungsmethode gegenüber Michael gewesen. Er hätte Michael ja gleich aus den Flugzeug schubsen können ohne Fallschirm.
Murray hat auch in der Öffentlichkeit behauptet das Er, Michael Proppfol gegeben hat! Unschuldsvermutung von Murray wären jetzt nicht berechtigt.....

Karen Fay, MakeUP Artist von Michael :
Sie räumte mit den Gerücht über Michael Nase auf.....
Michael hatte KEINE Prothese, Gerüchte der Boulevardzeitung.....

Dr. Drew wollte das Gegenteil in der Sendung aufzeigen. Die Murray Studie .....Michael als Drogenabhängiger, exzentrisch, anspruchsvoll und mit einer Nasen Prothese......das wurde ja so NICHT bestätigt....

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Ereignisse im Leben von Murray:

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/jackson_dr_trial/timelines/conrad-murray-major-events

Conrad Murray: Timeline of Major Events
Conrad Murray: The Michael Jackson Doctor Trial.

Updated: Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 11:11 AM PDT
Published : Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 11:11 AM PDT

* Text Story by: Associated Press

Los Angeles - Here's a timeline of of major events in Conrad Murray's life up to the conclusion of the preliminary hearing to decide whether Murray would stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death.

Feb. 19, 1953
Conrad Murray is born in St. Andrews, Grenada. He lives for his first seven years with his maternal grandparents. He then moves to Trinidad and Tobago, where he joins his mother and stepfather. He is educated there and works as a schoolteacher in Trinidad, a customs clerk and insurance underwriter before turning to medicine.

1980
Moves to Houston to study medicine. He completes an undergraduate degree in pre-medicine and biological sciences from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas in three years, graduating magna cum laude.

1989
Graduates from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. This follows his return from fourth year senior elective medical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

1992
Completes his internship and residency at the Loma Linda University Medical Center in Calif. Training in cardiology follows at the University of Arizona, the University of San Diego and Sharp Healthcare. Files for bankruptcy in California.

1993 - 2003
Murray accumulates more than $44,000 in tax liens owed to California and Arizona.

1996
Murray starts a three-year stint as associate director for the interventional cardiology fellowship training program at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.

1999
Relocates to Las Vegas; opens a private practice in the spring of 2000.

2000
Founds Global Cardiovascular Associates in Las Vegas. Operates a second practice in Houston.

2005 - 2006
A former partner in an energy-drink distribution venture claims Murray owes him $68,000. John Thomas, distributor of a drink called Pit Bull, says that in 2005 and 2006 Murray had the rights to distribute the product in Trinidad and Tobago. The drink never gains popularity there. Murray pays his bill for a first shipment, then doesn't pay for three subsequent shipments, Thomas says.

2006
Meets Michael Jackson when Murray treats one of Jackson's children in Las Vegas.

May 2007
A woman files a paternity suit against Murray in Nevada. The case is sealed in Clark County family court.

December 2008
Murray is hit with a nearly $3,700 judgment for failure to pay child support in San Diego and has his wages garnished for almost $1,500 by a credit card company. Murray's 10-year certification in internal medicine expires. The American Board of Medical Specialties reports that he is not board-certified.

April 2009
Murray is ordered to repay $71,000 in student loans dating to the 1980s.

May 2009
Murray signs on as Michael Jackson's personal physician for a $150,000 monthly salary and agrees to accompany the singer to London for his comeback concerts. He takes a leave from his practice and, in a letter to his Nevada patients, says he is leaving "because of a once in a lifetime opportunity."

2009
By the time he is hired by Jackson, Murray is in serious financial trouble. In all, he owes more than $780,000, including $600,000 in court judgments for unpaid rent on office space and medical equipment in Nevada and Texas, $100,000 on the mortgage on his Vegas home and $70,000 for outstanding loans he took out at Meharry. He also owes thousands in child support.

June 25, 2009
Murray finds Jackson in bed at Jackson's rented mansion and not breathing. He then reportedly performs CPR until paramedics arrive. Murray rides with Jackson to UCLA Medical Center, where the pop superstar is pronounced dead.

(See also - Timeline: The Day Michael Jackson Died - https://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/jackson_...l-jackson-died )

July 23, 2009
Documents filed with the Clark County (Nevada) Recorder show Murray accumulated a debt of more than $100,000 plus penalties since January on a nearly $1.7 million loan on his mansion at the exclusive Red Rock Country Club.

Feb. 8, 2010
Is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray pleads not guilty and is released on $75,000 bail. The Los Angeles coroner cites Jackson's cause of death as "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with other drugs, and Murray acknowledges that he has administered the powerful anesthetic at Jackson's request.

Feb. 10, 2010
Murray returns to work in Las Vegas. He makes arrangements to work from another physician's office pending an April 5 evidentiary hearing in Los Angeles.

May 27, 2010
Murray is denied his request for a court order relieving him of an obligation to pay about $16,000 in back child support to the mother of his 12-year-old son. Santa Clara County (Calif.) Superior Court Commissioner John Schroeder denies the request.

June 25, 2010
Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, files a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray in federal court in Los Angeles. The complaint, which seeks more than $75,000, accuses Murray of professional negligence for providing the singer with a mix of sedatives including the anesthetic propofol that authorities say killed him.

Dec. 8, 2010
The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners allows Murray to keep his Nevada medical license. Murray admits to making inaccurate and incomplete statements to the board about being current on child support. He receives a reprimand and agrees to pay at least $3,700 in investigation costs.

Jan. 4, 2011
A preliminary hearing begins in Los Angeles to decide if Murray will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death.

Jan. 5, 2011
Alberto Alvarez testified that he was the first security guard to reach Jackson's room and that he obeyed the doctor's instructions to collect medicine bottles and intravenous bags. He also said the doctor told him to shield Jackson children from seeing their father, all before being told to call 911.

Jan. 6, 2011
Paramedic Martin Blount who was sent to Michael Jackson's mansion says he saw Murray scoop up three bottles of lidocaine from the floor and place the vials in a bag during efforts to revive the pop star.

Jan. 7, 2011
Sade Anding, Murray’s former girlfriend, testified that he was distracted when he called her on the morning of the singer's death and there was commotion in the background. She heard coughing and mumbling but didn't recognize the voice as Murray.

Jan. 10, 2011
A pharmacist testified that Murray purchased four shipments of the anesthetic propofol between April 6 and June 10, 2009. Tim Lopez, owner of Applied Pharmacy Services in Las Vegas, where Murray has a clinic, said Murray bought 130 vials of propofol in 100 milliliter doses and another 125 vials in the smaller dose of 20 milliliters.

Jan. 11, 2011
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ordered Murray to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after hearing testimony that he administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives and then left the pop star alone.

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Von der heutigen Anhörung:
Der Richter hat Dr. Murray und die Verteidigungsanwälte angehalten "in der Öffentlichkeit den Mund zu halten, wenn sie mit den Entscheidungen des Gerichtes nicht übereinstimmen". Pastor hatte für heute auch Murray einbestellt. Dieser hatte gegenüber einem Journalisten bezüglich der Ablehnung des Gerichtes zur Juryabschottung gesagt: "Es ist ein Fehler, aber wir wahren unser Gesicht und Gott wird uns durch dieses sehen". Derzeit gibt es allerdings keine Gagorder. Für Morgen hat Pastor eine weitere Anhörung angeordnet. Es ist die letzte Chance Änderungen im 30-seitigen Fragebogen zur Juryauswahl zu machen, die am Donnerstag startet.
Derweil steht die Rückmeldung zum Eilantrag der Verteidigung bei einem höheren Gericht die Entscheidung von Pastor bezüglich der Juryabschottung zu überprüfen noch aus (kann als Folge noch eine Prozessverschiebung haben). Pastor sagt, die Verteidigung ist berechtigt den Antrag zu stellen und erwartet, dass das Komitee bald entscheidet.
"Auf Grund der internationalen Berühmtheit von Mr. Jackson ist es unmöglich für eine Juror an einer Fernsehstation oder Internetseite vorbeizukommen, die nicht den Fall mit großen Schlagzeilen diskutiert, so die Verteidigung in ihrem Eilantrag".

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/06/california.conrad.murray.hearing/index.html?iref=allsearch

Judge warns Conrad Murray to keep quiet about his rulings
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The judge in the trial of the physician charged with causing Michael Jackson's death warned Dr. Conrad Murray and his lawyers on Tuesday to keep their mouths shut in public when they disagree with his rulings.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ended a hearing Tuesday saying he wanted "to make it crystal clear" he did not want to hear or read their criticisms in news reports.

Judge Pastor was apparently upset by Dr. Murray's response when a TMZ photographer approached him at an outdoor mall in Santa Monica, California, last month. The photographer, who followed Murray as he pushed his child in a stroller, asked what he thought of the judge's decision not to sequester jurors to shelter them from media coverage of the trial.

"I think it's an error, but we'll keep our faith and the Lord will see us through this," Murray said.

The defense is appealing Pastor's ruling, arguing that keeping the jury separated in a hotel for the duration of the trial is the only way to keep them from being influenced by TV commentators and online reporting.

Although Murray has not been required to attend pretrial hearings since May, Judge Pastor ordered him to be in court Tuesday. Murray listened as the judge said he wanted to "to admonish counsel and Dr. Murray" that the case would "be tried in this courtroom."

"It will not be tried on interviews," Pastor said. "It will not be tried on the doorstep of this courthouse, or in a mall or in a restaurant or on talk radio or on any other interviews. I want to make it crystal clear, I don't want the defendant or others to comment whether they agree or disagree with ruling."

Still, there is no gag order legally preventing the defense team or Murray from talking to reporters about the trial. The judge did not indicate how he would enforce his admonition.

While the trial is set to be televised, cameras have not been allowed in pretrial hearings. Defense lawyers have sometimes stopped to talk to reporters outside of the courthouse after those hearings, but they've become notably silent in the past week.

Murray's lawyers filed an emergency petition with the California appeals court on Friday asking that the trial be delayed until Judge Pastor's decision not to sequester the jury can be reconsidered.

"Petitioner only asks that measures be put in place so that the jury is not poisoned by the mass of information and opinion that will be generated from the reporting," the defense argued in its petition.

Judge Pastor ruled last month that sequestration was not needed because he had faith jurors would follow his orders to avoid news reports and commentary about the case. Keeping the jury separated from the rest of the world during the trial would "make them feel like feel like inmates," Pastor said.

"This was, with all due respect, abuse of discretion," defense lawyers said in their 28-page petition.

They compared the upcoming trial to the recent coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial and said Murray could not get a fair trial if the jury was not isolated.

"Because of the international notoriety of Mr. Jackson, it would be impossible for a juror to browse any news source on television or the Internet, without seeing a boldly printed headline discussing the trial."

Judge Pastor said Tuesday the "defense is justified in seeking appellate review," and he expects the appeals panel will expedite its consideration of the petition.

"But absent a mandate from the court of appeals staying the proceedings, we are on course," Pastor said.

The judge scheduled another hearing for Wednesday morning to deal with "any other issues that may be out there that we should be addressing before the commencement of voir dire" on Thursday.

It will also be the lawyers last chance to ask for any changes in the 30-page questionnaire that will be used to choose jurors. "It is an exhaustive questionnaire," Judge Pastor said.

Jury selection begins Thursday morning when the first of several hundred potential jurors are screened to determine which could withstand the financial and family hardship of sitting through the trial, which is expected to last five weeks.

Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. The coroner ruled it was caused by an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, combined with other drugs.

Opening statements are set for September 27.

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ad-murray.html


Alle potentiellen Geschworenen sind über den Fall im Bilde

Da die Geschworenenauswahl seit Dienstag im Gange ist, hat der Kammergerichtsanwalt Michael Pastor die ca. 160 in Frage kommenden Geschworenen befragt, ob jemand von ihnen noch nie von dem Fall, über den entschieden werden soll, gehört habe, also den Fall der fahrlässigen Tötung durch Michael's Jacksons Arzt, Conrad Murray.

Keine der Personen meldete sich.

„Wir denken nicht, dass Sie die letzten Jahre hinterm Mond gelebt haben oder vom Mars kommen", scherzte Pastor im städtischen Los Angeles Gerichtssaal.

Beim letzten Mal, als der Richter die Frage im Kreis der Geschworenen gestellt hatte, sagte lediglich eine einzige Frau, dass sie noch nie von dem Fall gehört habe, und diese Frau sprach kein Englisch.

Pastor verwarnte potenzielle Podiumsgäste, dass sie aufgrund des außerordentlichen Bekanntheitsgrades, der diesen Fall umgibt, vorsichtig sein müssten, dass nichts über den Fall nach außen dringt, ganz besonders in Bezug auf das Web.

Man dürfe keinerlei Informationen über soziale Netzwerke posten oder über den Fall lesen,twittern oder googeln, sagte er. Bei Missachtung droht Gefängnisstrafe oder Geldstrafe wegen Missachtung der Gerichtsanweisungen.

„Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass für viele von uns das Suchen im Internet so einfach wie das Atmen ist“, sagte er-

Pastor sagte den möglichen Geschworenen, dass er die Wahl hatte, die Geschworenen während der Dauer der Verhandlung komplett abzuschotten, aber er hat sich dagegen entschieden. Er sagte, er glaube daran, dass die Geschworenen auch so den Anordnungen folgen.

Währenddessen werden die ausgewählten Geschworenen von einem geheimen Ort jeden Morgen in das Gericht befördert und abends wieder zurück gebracht. Die Geschworenen dürfen tagsüber das Haus nicht verlassen und bekommen im Gerichtsgebäude ihr Mittagessen.


Die potenziellen Geschworenen wurden dann gebeten Formulare auszufüllen, ob es sie in Bedrängnis brächte, Geschworener zu sein.

Außerhalb des Gerichtsgebäudes hielt ein einsamer Anhänger von Murray ein Schild hoch, auf dem stand: „Ich unterstüzte Dr. Conrad Murray, einen unschuldigen Mann, der entlastet werden muss“

Willie L. Hampton, 55, der drei Jahrzehnte lang ein Freund Dr. Murrays war, sagte, dass er mit vielen Jackson-Fans Hände geschüttelt und Frieden geschlossen habe.

Murray drohen 4 Jahre Gefängis , da er beschuldigt wird, den Tod seines berühmten Patienten durch Gabe eines Anästhetikums,welches vor Operationen verwendet wird, hervorgerufen zu haben. Der Hauptprozess wird voraussichtlich noch diesen Monat mit den Eröffnungsplädoyers beginnen.

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http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/11/dr-conrad-murray-michael-jackson-manslaughter-trial-propofol-death-dies-jury-opening-statements-prison-fatal-dose-blame-fair-trial-scapegoat-poll/#.Tmywx9RhiSM

Hier könnte Ihr die Fragen mit Ja oder Nein beantworten.....Habe diese mal übersetzt......

CELEBRITY JUSTICE9/11/2011 12:55 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
DR. CONRAD MURRAY
You Be the Judge. " Du bist der Richter "

A jury is about to be selected in the Conrad Murray manslaughter trial. Two years have passed since Michael Jackson's death, and we now know a lot -- but not everything -- about what happened on June 25, 2009. So, on the eve of the trial, we gotta ask:


Sollte Murray wegen Totschlags verurteilt werden?

Sollte Murray ins Gefängnis?

Hat Michael verwaltet die tödliche Dosis selbst?

Ist Michael teilweise schuld an seinem Tod?

Ist Murray ein Sündenbock?

Kann Murray ein faires Verfahren bekommen?

Möchten Sie das Ihr Arzt verabreicht Propofol bei ihnen?

Ist Murray ein guter Mensch?

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/09/11/michael-jackson-s-children-to-testify-at-doc-trial-115875-23413131/

Michael Jackson's children to testify at doc trial
By James Dowling 11/09/2011 Decrease font size Increase font size

Michael Jacksons Kinder werden beim Doc Prozess aussagen....Sie werden NOCHMAL die letzten Momente durchleben müssen....

Michael Jackson's children are set to testify at the trial of the doctor accused of giving him a lethal drugs overdose.

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Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Prince Michael II (known as Blanket) are on a list of potential witnesses at Dr Conrad Murray's hearing this month.

They will have to relive their dad's last moments before a TV audience of millions as the sensational court showdown is beamed around the globe.

Murray is accused of giving the singer a fatal dose of the anesthetic Propofol before his death on June 25, 2009. But his lawyers will claim the star died after taking Propofol pills from his own secret stash.
Murray faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licence if convicted. He denies the charge of involuntary manslaughter. At an earlier court hearing, Michael's bodyguard Faheem Muhammad told how he led sobbing Prince Michael and Paris out of their father's bedroom as Murray, 58, tried to resuscitate him.

It is thought eldest son Prince Michael is almost certain to take the stand to recount his father's last moments. The youngsters could also be cross-examined by lawyers hoping to show Michael was in poor health before his death.

Also included on the list of nearly 150 possible witnesses are the star's sisters Janet and LaToya, brothers Jermaine, Tito, Marlon, Rebbie and Randy, as well as parents Katherine and Joe Jackson.

Jurors for the trial, which starts on September 27, will be selected from a pool of 145 people who have all been asked 113 probing questions about their knowledge of the case. The trial is expected to last six weeks.

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Chernoff hat also Schmerzen in der Brust, (ist das ein Omen??) und Murray einen vermeintlich " Neuen Patienten! "
Verfolgt bis in den Traum, vom Aktenstapel, Angst vor dem Rampenlicht und Murray sollte auch einen Anderen Anwalt bekommen!

Eine durchsickernde Quelle aus der Kanzlei hätte Er schon feuern müssen, die Strategie das Michael die Drogen selbst nahm bröckelt auch seit der Richter Aussagen über Medikamentengebrauch in der Vergangenheit blockte!!

( Chernoff kam durch Zufall vor 2 Jahren an den Fall )
Chernoff wollte Murray da nur einen Rat geben, nicht mit der Polizei zu sprechen und sich einen örtlichen Anwalt zu nehmen. Nach dem Gespräch mit Murray, entschied Er sich anders! Murray sprach 3 Stunden lang mit der Polizei, wobei er den Gebrauch von Propofol einräumte.
Auch eine weitere Such nach einen NEUEN Anwalt , brachte nichts zu teuer oder Chernoff mochte diesen nicht ( ahJa )
Wobei Herr Flanagan über Chernoff sagt: "Er wird diesen Fall gewinnen, und das wird seiner Karriere für den Rest seines Lebens Aufwind geben."

....mal schnell und grob zusammen gefasst......

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-murray-lawyer-20110912,0,5135979.story?page=1

The unlikely lawyer in Conrad Murray's corner
A little known but well-regarded Texas attorney is representing the doctor facing an involuntary manslaughter charge in the death of Michael Jackson.
By Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times
September 12, 2011
As his trial in the death of Michael Jackson approached, Dr. Conrad Murray found himself with an unlikely new cardiology patient — his own attorney. A battery of tests determined that the chest pains Ed Chernoff was experiencing were symptoms of anxiety, a diagnosis that the patient, a medium-time Texas lawyer about to try the biggest-time of cases, could not dispute.

"I chew through one of these an hour," Chernoff said one afternoon last spring, holding up an unlit cigar he had gnawed to a ragged nub. Piled before him were stacks of legal motions, witness statements and forensic reports, a small portion of the case file that monopolizes his days and haunts his dreams.

In an age of legal stars who practice cable punditry between celebrity cases, Chernoff is an interloper, a no-profile Houstonian who professes to hate the spotlight and bristles when asked to list his previous big cases: "I've had lesbian knife fights that meant a lot to me, OK?"

Jury selection for Murray's trial began Thursday. Chernoff's role as lead defense attorney in the televised courtroom drama is one he got by chance, kept through a combination of duty and ego and acknowledges should have gone to a lawyer with name recognition.

"I was going to try to get him good, high-profile, highfalutin counsel somewhere out here in Los Angeles. It just never worked out," he said.

Instead, Chernoff has thrown himself into the defense of Murray, a man he says he now counts as a close friend, setting up a temporary office in Glendale, bunking in the San Marino home of another defense attorney and, in what colleagues describe as typical over-preparation, studying for and passing the notoriously difficult California bar exam.

His handling of the case has not always gone smoothly. Chernoff was forced to fire the defense's publicist after discovering she had leaked information related to a confidential jury questionnaire to TMZ.com. And his strategy of blaming Jackson for his own death seemed in doubt last week when a judge barred testimony about the singer's past drug use, a development Chernoff said "gutted" a good deal of his case.

None of it was what Chernoff envisioned two years ago when he took a call on his cellphone as he drove his son home from school. Jackson's death the day before in a mansion 1,000 miles away was a massive international story. But the 24/7 coverage hardly had registered with Chernoff, who had a newborn at home and a full caseload at the three-lawyer firm where he defended mainly white-collar cases.

The caller, another criminal lawyer, wanted help with a new client referred by a friend, a physician about to sit down for a police interview. No problem, Chernoff said. The other attorney, Michael Peña, added that the interview was in L.A. and the subject was death of Michael Jackson.

Chernoff assumed it was a prank, but a few hours later, he was in the middle seat of an L.A.-bound plane. Passengers on each side, oblivious to his connection to the Jackson story, began discussing the latest developments. It was his introduction to the case, he said.

Es geht noch weiter......

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Weiter geht's....

Für den Großteil der Welt ist Murray der Mann, der Michael umgebracht hat. Chernoff hingegen beschreibt seinen Klienten als typisch, normal und mit jeder Menge zu verlieren.

Chernoff will diesen Fall offensichtlich gewinnen. In seinen trockenen Humor sagt dieser " Ich habe ein Ego. Aber was von Dauer wäre, wäre der Effekt, den es auf Dr. Murray hätte. Wir sind Freunde. Sein Kind und mein Kind haben zusammen gespielt. Wir haben zusammen gegrillt." ( ja ich habe da auch gedacht ist es richtig " Freunde " ähmja stimmt aber )!

Wie Murray Ihn bezahlt, dieser hat ja nichts ...Murray geht zwar arbeiten in Houston, ob es aber noch eine Stelle gibt nun da hält Chernoff sich bedeckt. Im Prozess wären ja nun auch zwei Co-Anwälte und forensischen Experten, Bezahlung Murray schweigt dazu.....mal kurz dazu.....

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-murray-lawyer-20110912,0,5135979.story?page=1

"He handles cases where the outcome is going to make a real difference in someone's life," said defense lawyer Mark Bennett, whose office is in the same building as Chernoff's Houston firm. "Publicity is inimical to these type of cases."

If much of the world sees Murray as the man who killed Michael Jackson, Chernoff describes him as a typical client — a regular guy with a lot to lose. A conviction would mean a potential four-year prison term for Murray and probably the permanent loss of his medical license.
"I obviously want to win this case. I've got an ego. But what would last would be the effect it would have on Dr. Murray. We're friends. My kid and his kid have played together. We've barbecued together," he said.

His declarations of affection for his client are a departure from Chernoff's normal deadpan demeanor. The one-time Harris County prosecutor has a Sahara-dry wit and a convention-tweaking streak that extends from the Prius he drives in oil-centric Houston to the names of his sons, Fate and Chance.
"I obviously want to win this case. I've got an ego. But what would last would be the effect it would have on Dr. Murray. We're friends. My kid and his kid have played together. We've barbecued together," he said.

His declarations of affection for his client are a departure from Chernoff's normal deadpan demeanor. The one-time Harris County prosecutor has a Sahara-dry wit and a convention-tweaking streak that extends from the Prius he drives in oil-centric Houston to the names of his sons, Fate and Chance.

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Another setback for Murray's defense strategy

Lawyers for Michael Jackson's doctor want jury sequestered

Asked early on about Murray's ability to pay him, he replied, "He doesn't have a pot and he's running out of pee." The status of their pay arrangement is unclear. Chernoff initially told reporters he wasn't sure if he would collect any money, then said he might collect a smaller-than-normal fee and now is going to trial with two co-counsels and a stable of forensic experts. Murray continues to work in Houston, but Chernoff declined to say whether clinic wages are the sole source of defense funding.

"I don't trace the serial numbers on the money," he said.

Murray declined to comment for this article. In court, he and his lawyer appear to have a close relationship, with the 6-foot, 5-inch doctor leaning down to whisper to the 5-foot, 7-inch Chernoff.

What Murray gets with Chernoff, those who have tried cases with him and against him say, is an attorney with an encyclopedic knowledge of every fact and issue. "If everyone [on the defense team] were to drop dead as they walked into the courthouse, Ed could keep going," Alford said.

He keeps the entire case file on an iPad that seems permanently attached to his right hand. He moved into a guest room in Flanagan's home to assure round-the-clock strategy sessions as well as to save money.

He took the bar last spring because he did not want to depend on the presence of California co-counsel in order to appear in court. He prepared with a set of 3-year-old study guides from Craigslist. "It was like a drug deal," he said of the cash transaction in a Trader Joe's parking lot.

When he returns to Texas, judges and court staff occasionally call him "Hollywood."

"I don't think they were surprised I got the case. I think they were surprised I kept it," Chernoff said.

harriet.ryan@latimes.com

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http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/panorama/Zeugen-des-Leibarztes-vom-Gericht-abgelehnt-id16494021.html

Etwas älter, aber informativ.....

30. August 2011 10:12 Uhr
JACKSON-PROZESS
Zeugen des Leibarztes vom Gericht abgelehnt
Im Prozess gegen Michael Jacksons Leibarzt Conrad Murray hat das Gericht in Los Angeles sechs von der Verteidigung benannte Zeugen abgelehnt.
Der Richter Michael Pastor gab am Montag einem Antrag der Staatsanwaltschaft statt und schloss die Ärzte, darunter Jacksons langjährigen Hautarzt Arnold Klein, als Zeugen in dem für Ende September angesetzten Prozess wegen fahrlässiger Tötung aus.

Die Verteidigung von Jacksons Leibarzt Murray hatte die Zeugen ursprünglich ausgewählt, um Medikamentenabhängigkeiten Jacksons nachzuweisen. Ihrer Ansicht nach injizierte Hautarzt Klein dem "King of Pop" beispielsweise regelmäßig "ohne nachgewiesenen medizinischen Zweck" das Schmerzmittel Demerol und machte ihn abhängig davon.

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Richter Pastor sah die beantragte Befragung der sechs Ärzte jedoch als "nicht relevant" an. Zwei weitere ehemalige Ärzte Jacksons, Allen Metzger und David Adams, ließ er hingegen als Zeugen zu. Metzger hatte im Jahr 2009 auf die Anfrage Jacksons nach Beruhigungsmittel seine Hilfe verweigert, Adams soll dem Musiker mehrfach das starke Betäubungsmittel Propofol verabreicht haben. Eine Überdosis des Arzneistoffs führte letztlich zu Jacksons Tod.

Michael Jackson war am 25. Juni 2009 im Alter von 50 Jahren in Los Angeles gestorben. Seinem damaligen Leibarzt Murray wird von der Staatsanwaltschaft vorgeworfen, seinem Patienten Propofol gegeben und dann den Raum verlassen zu haben. Murray bestreitet nicht, Jackson das Mittel verabreicht zu haben, besteht aber darauf, dass dies auf Wunsch des Sängers geschehen sei.

Bei einem Schuldspruch drohen Murray bis zu vier Jahre Haft. AFP/AZ