Stripper: Conrad Murray Brought Me to MJ’s House
A Los Angeles stripper claims the embattled Dr. Conrad Murray brought her home from Sam’s Hof Brau strip club weeks before Michael Jackson died last June.
Whether that’s true, or what bearing it had on Murray’s treatment of Jackson that fateful morning is completely unclear, but Joe Jackson sees a connection.
Michael’s crazy dad and his lawyer, Brian Oxman, will interview a stripper who not only claims Dr. Murray was at the strip club hours before Michael Jackson died, but that she was at Michael Jackson’s house after being invited by the doctor.
The stripper, who claims she was working at Sam’s Hof Brau on June 24, 2009, says that Dr. Conrad Murray was at the club drinking just before midnight.
Dr. Conrad Murray’s actions are under even more scrutiny.
Oxman, who is repping Joe in his wrongful death lawsuit against Murray, who faces involuntary manslaughter charges, has spoken with the stripper’s “rep.”
The stripper claims that weeks before Jackson died, Dr. Murray invited her to Jackson’s home in Holmby Hills. She claims she went late one night, after the club closed, and Murray’s patient, the King of Pop himself, was there, in a deep sleep.
In Oxman’s letter of intent to sue Dr. Murray for the wrongful death of Jackson, he accused the doctor of drinking at Sam’s Hof Brau before treating MJ.
Dr. Murray’s reps have strongly denied he was at the club on June 24, and even more adamantly, have said that the doctor does not drink … period.
The death of Michael Jackson took place June 25, 2009.
Stripper Says Dr. Conrad Murray Was Boozing the Night Before Michael Jackson Died
A stripper claims at Sam’s Hofbrau in downtown L.A. says the the night before Michael Jackson died, Dr. Conrad Murray was in the strip club, drinking.
What that means as far as his physical state that night or the following day is completely unclear, but it’s something that Dr. Murray has flatly denied.
The stripper, who’s shopping her story, says Dr. Murray was drinking at the club before midnight on June 24, 2009, a charge Joe Jackson has made.
She says that after Michael Jackson died … management told employees not to speak to anyone about it because “they didn’t want to be involved.”
The stripper says Dr. Murray was at the club several times in May and June.
UNDER THE GUN: Dr. Conrad Murray faces serious allegations.
Sam’s Hofbrau is a couple of miles from L.A.’s Staples Center, where Michael Jackson had been rehearsing for his London concert that same evening.
The embattled doc’s rep said that Michael’s personal physical was not at the club the night before he died, and that Conrad Murray does not drink.
As in, at all.
Joe Jackson’s lawyer, Brian Oxman, has sent Dr. Murray a notice of intent to sue for wrongful death earlier this week. In those documents, Oxman has asserted that Dr. Murray was at the club, drinking, hours before MJ’s death.
Even if that’s true, could he mean 12 or 16 hours? Would he be impaired?
Joe Jackson Says Dr. Conrad Murray Was Drinking at Strip Club the Day Michael Jackson Died
Michael Jackson’s insane father is not holding back these days.
The latest, outrageous claim from Joe Jackson: That Dr. Conrad Murray was drinking at a local strip club before treating the pop icon on June 25 last year.
That, of course, was the day the world lost the music legend.
A legal document Joe’s lawyer Brian Oxman sent to Dr. Murray - a prerequisite to the wrongful death lawsuit he plans on filing - seriously alleges this:
“On June 25, 2009, prior to treating Michael Jackson, defendant was at a ’strip club’ called Sam’s Hofbrau in Los Angeles where he had been ‘drinking.’”
“It was extremely reckless for him to ‘drink’ prior to administering anesthesia to Michael Jackson. He concealed his conduct from Michael Jackson.”
Dr. Conrad Murray calls Joe’s claims “utter nonsense.”
Joe Jackson, who also blames Katherine Jackson and AEG, Michael’s concert promoter, then outlines Murray’s treatment, which he says led to Michael’s death.
His declaration says Michael had “neurological, pulmonary, and anemia signs” for several weeks, and was “confused, frightened,obsessive, and disoriented.”
Oxman goes on: “He had impaired memory, loss of appetite, and absence of energy. He was cold and shivering during the summer rehearsals for his show.”
The lawyer claims these issues were due to Dr. Murray administering a “polypharmacy” of drugs (multiple medications, inc. Propofol) to Michael Jackson.
“His conduct was inhuman. It was an extreme violation of standards,” says Oxman, alleging that Murray repeatedly ignored the signs due to AEG pressure.
Dr. Murray’s legal team, however, says “The allegations are absolute, utter nonsense,” particularly the strip club bit, as they insist he does not drink … at all.
A rep for Murray says Joe Jackson’s lawyer is just wrong about him being at the club when Joe claims, nor was he at that establishment the night before.
As the rep put it, “In the weeks before Michael died, Murray barely had time to take a shower.” As for whether Conrad Murray has ever frequented the club?
The rep did not know one way or the other, but one of the waitresses at the club tells TMZ that Dr. Murray was at the club sometime in June of last year.
A stripper who works there remembers the night before Michael died because she’s a big fan: “It was dead that night. Dr. Murray definitely was not there.”
The club’s says at least twice in recent months, a private investigator came to the club and asked various employees a bunch of questions about Murray.
Is Joe looking for anything he can possibly use to nail Dr. Murray, who also faces involuntary manslaughter charges, or force him into a financial settlement?
Joe Jackson: Promoters Pushed MJ Too Hard
Joe Jackson makes a lot of absurd statements, and has been known to do or say anything (even milk his own son’s death) so that he might financially benefit.
He’s blamed Katherine Jackson, his own wife, for not intervening with her son in time. That’s despicable. But in the case of AEG, he may actually have a point.
We reported earlier that Joe is suing AEG, Michael Jackson’s concert promoter, for its role in the star’s death. More details of this legal pursuit are now clear.
The company put enormous pressure on Michael to perform for his London concerts last summer, his father claims, that it influenced his doctor’s practices.
That would be Dr. Conrad Murray, who was forced to to heavily sedate the singer with Propofol so he could get rest, which ultimately led to his tragic death.
Joe Jackson alleges this and a whole lot more against AEG in documents filed with the California Medical Board, filed by attorney Brian Oxman on his behalf.
The story goes like this: Michael had only sporadically attended rehearsals, leading to a showdown June 18, 2009 in which an AEG executive allegedly threatened to “pull the plug” on Jackson’s rented home and fire Dr. Conrad Murray.
The complaint alleges Murray, who was allegedly promised $150,000 a month by AEG, immediately began fueling the music icon with heavy sedatives, including Valium, Ativan, Versed and most notably Propofol so the singer could sleep.
Murray gave Jackson Propofol virtually every night for six weeks until Michael died. Charged with involuntary manslaughter, Murray is expected to argue at trial that Michael killed himself with a lethal dose while he was out of the room.
In any case, the complaint alleges AEG knew the dangers of Murray’s treatment but proceeded, and turned a blind eye to his request for life saving equipment.
The complaint claims AEG was basically practicing medicine without a license, by forcing Murray to take radical medical steps to protect its financial investment.
Joe Jackson Blames AEG for Michael’s Death, Too
We know Michael Jackson’s death was tragic and all, but it’s kind of sleazy how his crazy father Joe seems bent on blaming/suing everyone on the planet for it.
It’s like he wants to sponge off of his son for attention and/or money, even after the music icon passed away. We’d feel bad implying that if it weren’t obvious.
In any case, Joe’s latest beef - he’s already sued Dr. Conrad Murray and blamed Katherine Jackson, his own wife, for Michael’s untimely demise - is with AEG.
Murray requested lifesaving equipment and back-up help for Michael from his London concert promoter, Joe claims, but the company never came through.
Joe Jackson is gunning for AEG by filing complaints with the California Medical Board and another agency, alleging that the concert promoter abused his son.
Joe Jackson is going after Dr. Conrad Murray … and his corporate boss.
Days before MJ’s death, Murray had requested a heart resuscitation machine and a nurse in several e-mails making the request, but AEG never provided it.
Joe is accusing AEG of co-opting Dr. Conrad Murray’s medical judgment by enticing him with a huge salary, an “unlawful practice of corporate medicine.”
Besides the CPR machine, he also asked for saline, catheters, needles and a gurney. The doc, of course, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Murray is expected to argue that, as an addict used to getting his way, Michael Jackson killed himself with a lethal Propofol injection when he wasn’t looking.
That allegation promoted a wrongful death suit from Joe. What will his next move be? Who knows. Just another day in a saga unfolding for nearly a year.
Dr. Conrad Murray to Keep Medical License For Now; Joe and Katherine Jackson Attend Hearing
A judge ruled that the embattled Dr. Conrad Murray will be allowed to continue to practice medicine in California while awaiting trial on manslaughter charges.
On Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor declined to grant a request by California authorities to suspend Murray’s license indefinitely.
Dr. Murray’s attorneys fought the restriction, arguing that it would prompt authorities in Texas and Nevada, where he also practices, to take similar action.
Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the June 25, 2009 death of Michael Jackson, has been ordered not to use anesthetics on patients.
The most surprising development Monday was the arrival of Michael Jackson’s parents, Joe and Katherine, who then sat next to each other in the front row.
The doc is still in. Who’d be treated by him is another story.
The Jackson patriarchs didn’t speak to each other much, according to reports, and Joe appeared to have dozed off at one point. Nevertheless, it was a shock.
After all, Joe said over the weekend that Katherine Jackson is to blame for Michael’s death, since they were so close and she did not do enough to intervene.
Then again, Murray will argue Michael Jackson killed himself, so he’s not the only one finger-pointing. Joe throwing his own wife under the bus, though? Wow.
Despicable stuff, but apparently not enough for her to cut him out of her life. Jermaine, Randy, and LaToya Jackson also attended the hearing, reports CNN.
Yesterday’s hearing was held only to determine whether Murray could maintain his California medical license, and did not directly concern the criminal case.
The judge set August 23, 2010, as the date for the start of Murray’s preliminary hearing to determine if he will stand trial on the manslaughter charge.
The prosecutor said that hearing could last a week.
Joe Jackson surfaces in court. No new accusations this hour.
Dr. Conrad Murray: Frequent Michael Jackson Visitor
It’s been almost a year since Michael Jackson’s death (June 25) and the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter as a result continues to make news.
This time for different reasons than you might expect, though.
Dr. Conrad Murray will visit Michael Jackson on or around the first anniversary of the star’s death, sources report - and he has done so many times already.
Those connected with the embattled doctor say that despite his expected, controversial defense - that Michael Jackson killed himself - Dr. Murray is torn up.
Dr. Conrad Murray’s role in Michael Jackson’s death is hotly debated.
He remains deeply upset by MJ’s death and feels the anniversary is an important milestone. He is a doctor, so it shouldn’t be too surprising, yet in a way it is.
While denying wrongdoing and to an extent blaming the victim in this case (who happens to be a global entertainment icon), he still grieves for the fallen star.
Dr. Murray has visited the Forest Lawn mausoleum where Jackson is entombed a number of times, avoiding attention by going early or during off-hours.
Does this help you see the doc in a new light at all?
Dr. Conrad Murray: What a Life Saver!
Dr. Conrad Murray, the embattled former physician of Michael Jackson, gets a lot of press, most of it terrible. This time, though, we gotta give the doctor his due.
He totally saved the day after he helped stabilize a 23-year-old mother who fell unconscious on a US Airways jet en route from Houston to Phoenix Saturday.
The doctor stabilized the young woman by using the airplane’s emergency kit to set up an IV and monitored her until the plane diverted to Albuquerque, N.M.
We can’t imagine he reassured her when he said “You probably know me, I was Michael Jackson’s doctor,” but regardless, Dr. Conrad Murray got the job done.
Ironically, Murray was on his way to meet with his lawyers to plan a defense against involuntary manslaughter charges in the Michael Jackson case at the time.
He has rejected any talk of a plea deal, making a trial likely.
.500: Hey, 1-for-2 isn’t terrible… in baseball.
The woman, who was traveling with her 11 month old baby, was met at the gate by paramedics and taken to a hospital. It is believed she has recovered fully.
She responded by saying, “Thank you so much. Thank you for helping me even without knowing me.” A rep for Murray’s legal team, Miranda Sevcik, said:
“We’re not surprised. [Dr. Conrad Murray] a good doctor, we’ve always said he was a good doctor, and that’s what good doctors do is save people’s lives.”
Murray, 57, was charged in February with a felony count of involuntary manslaughter in MJ’s June 2009 death. He has pleaded not guilty, and is free on bail.
He plans to argue that Michael Jackson killed himself with Propofol, with which Murray had been treating him for insomnia, while the doc was out of the room.
Joe Jackson to MJ Fans: Back Off Conrad Murray!
In a surprise move, Joe Jackson is looking not to stir the proverbial pot.
The late Michael Jackson’s father is trying to prevent armies of famously passionate Michael Jackson fans from exploding on Dr. Conrad Murray supporters … which apparently exist … at the doctor’s upcoming hearing in court.
Joe’s begging Michael’s fans to not “lower” themselves to “their” level.
It’s unclear who they even are, but in a letter to MJ’s fans, Joe says:
Joe would also love you to pick up MJ’s greatest hits.
“We would like to urge fans that are planning to attend to please do so in peace, unity and love for Michael. There should be NO violence, NO slander, NO yelling, and NO bad-mouthing or name-calling of Murray or his supporters.”
Joe added, “By calling names, we are lowering ourselves to their level.”
The elder Jackson says the message is simple, “Justice for Michael.”
Never thought we’d see the day, but we have nothing bad to say about Joe here. Perhaps he’s just letting his own wrongful death suit against Murray do the talking.
Dr. Conrad Murray May Seek Hearing Delay
Dr. Conrad Murray is seeking to delay his preliminary hearing next month, during which a judge will determine if he will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter.
His legal team claims it may not be ready for the hearing, as they still have not received the full criminal file from the prosecution in the Michael Jackson case.
Miranda Sevcik, spokesperson for Murray’s lawyer, Ed Chernoff, says they have only received 3,500 pages of material. That’s out of “hundreds of thousands.”
A D.A. spokesperson counters that the “hundreds of thousands” of pages quote was their error on their part … and in fact there are only “thousands of pages.”
Of which the Conrad Murray team has received “the bulk of it.”
Dr. Conrad Murray’s legal saga could drag on a long, long time.
Sevcik’s response: “It’s odd. It seems like an awfully big miscalculation.”
As a result, Conrad Murray may ask to delay the June 14 hearing soon.
When and if a trial occurs, part of his defense is believed to be the assertion that Michael Jackson killed himself with Propofol while Murray was out of the room.
Murray claims that Jackson was an addictive personality who always pushed the limit of what his body could take, and his death was essentially his own fault.
He might have a case. But if he wins, we suggest he and Jason Pfeiffer enter into a witness protection program ASAP, because MJ fans will hunt them down.
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