Detectives LAPD foram à caça de comunicação de Conrad Murray com o mãe de seu filho Nicole Alvarez - uma mulher que os policiais acreditam que sabe muito sobre a morte de Michael Jackson.
Segundo os documentos agora divulgados, os detetives obtiveram um mandado de
busca, em Novembro de 2009 - depois de 5 meses que Jackson morreu. Eles vasculharam uma conta do e-mail pertencente a Nicole Alvarez, a mulher que teve um filho com Murray. Ela é a mesma mulher que estave com Murray em Santa Mônica até o momento que Jackson morreu.
Policiais queriam registros de maio de 2009 a setembro de 2009. Portanto, agora é claro - detetives queria saber o que Murray disse á
Alvarez por dois meses antes e dois meses depois da morte do cantor. Policiais dizem que no mandado, "Durante o curso do inquérito [o detetive chefe], também aprendeu que o Dr. Murray fez numerosas chamadas telefónicas, com Nicole Alvarez incluindo o dia que Jackson morreu."
A declaração menciona uma "transferência" que Murray pode ter discutido com Alvarez. Como TMZ relatou primeiramente, os policiais acreditam que o Dr. Murray recebeu Propofol de uma farmácia de Las Vegas para Santa Monica no apartamento de Alvarez.
Fonte:the essential
segunda-feira, 29 de março de 2010
quarta-feira, 24 de março de 2010
C. Murray muito encrencado
Por muitos meses depois daquele dia 25 de Junho fatidico, os investigadores chefes do departamento de policia de Los Angeles e a procuradoria geral de Los Angeles debateram quais punições poderiam ser aplicadas contra o dr Conrad Murray no caso da morte de seu paciente, o super astro do pop Michael Jackson.
A grande maioria deles queria acusa-lo de homicídio porém eles temiam uma reprise dos casos desastrosos dos julgamentos de OJ Simpson e Robert Blake,
onde ambos os réus foram absolvidos facilmente, que abalaram bastante a credibilidade dos investigadores de Los Angeles.
De fato eles tinham ainda menos evidências contra Murray do que nos dois casos anteriores.
Então focando na cautela o procurador Steve Cooley indiciou o cardiologista por homicidio culposo por negligência.
Mas pelo que vemos agora a procuradoria tem indicios incriveis que depõem contra o dr Murray.
O relatório da autopsia depõe contra ele, como evidencia circusntancial, assim como seu depoimento impreciso sem mencionar seu passado duvidoso.
Murray disse a policia de Los Angeles ter administrado a um Michael insone via intravenosa 4 sedativos no decorrer de 8 horas e 25 miligramas de Propofol.
Porém o medico legista afirmou encontrado no corpo do cantor uma mega dose de anestesico de 400 miligramas - o suficiente para uma anestesia geral
A procuradoria de Los Angeles alega que Murray passou longe de suas obrigações minimas como profissional de saude.
A equipe de defesa do médico terá dificuldades em refutar este argumento ou mesmo levantar
qualquer tipo de dúvida sobre esta acusação.
O procedimento médico padrão afirma que o propofol dev e ser administrado com uma bomba reguladora de infusão sob risco do paciente sofrer uma overdose.
Murray não usou este instrumento.
Um monitor cardiaco e um oximetro de pulso deveriam estar a mão. Porém não estavam.
Para garantir um suprimento continuo e regular de oxigênio, Murray deveria ter entubado Jackson.
Porém ele também negligenciou esta precaução básica de segurança.
Em suma, surge um caso de negligência médica grosseira com falta de monitoramento adequado e de mecanismos de salvamento.
Mesmo se estes instrumentos estivessem presentes, muitios medicos alegam que o propofol JAMAIS deveria ser usado fora de um hospital totalmente equipado, nem por um médico que não seja um anestesista.
fonte:
site Showbiz Spy:
A grande maioria deles queria acusa-lo de homicídio porém eles temiam uma reprise dos casos desastrosos dos julgamentos de OJ Simpson e Robert Blake,
onde ambos os réus foram absolvidos facilmente, que abalaram bastante a credibilidade dos investigadores de Los Angeles.
De fato eles tinham ainda menos evidências contra Murray do que nos dois casos anteriores.
Então focando na cautela o procurador Steve Cooley indiciou o cardiologista por homicidio culposo por negligência.
Mas pelo que vemos agora a procuradoria tem indicios incriveis que depõem contra o dr Murray.
O relatório da autopsia depõe contra ele, como evidencia circusntancial, assim como seu depoimento impreciso sem mencionar seu passado duvidoso.
Murray disse a policia de Los Angeles ter administrado a um Michael insone via intravenosa 4 sedativos no decorrer de 8 horas e 25 miligramas de Propofol.
Porém o medico legista afirmou encontrado no corpo do cantor uma mega dose de anestesico de 400 miligramas - o suficiente para uma anestesia geral
A procuradoria de Los Angeles alega que Murray passou longe de suas obrigações minimas como profissional de saude.
A equipe de defesa do médico terá dificuldades em refutar este argumento ou mesmo levantar
qualquer tipo de dúvida sobre esta acusação.
O procedimento médico padrão afirma que o propofol dev e ser administrado com uma bomba reguladora de infusão sob risco do paciente sofrer uma overdose.
Murray não usou este instrumento.
Um monitor cardiaco e um oximetro de pulso deveriam estar a mão. Porém não estavam.
Para garantir um suprimento continuo e regular de oxigênio, Murray deveria ter entubado Jackson.
Porém ele também negligenciou esta precaução básica de segurança.
Em suma, surge um caso de negligência médica grosseira com falta de monitoramento adequado e de mecanismos de salvamento.
Mesmo se estes instrumentos estivessem presentes, muitios medicos alegam que o propofol JAMAIS deveria ser usado fora de um hospital totalmente equipado, nem por um médico que não seja um anestesista.
fonte:
site Showbiz Spy:
terça-feira, 23 de março de 2010
testemunha afirma que C. Murray escondia frascos de propofol
As Michael Jackson lay dying in his bedroom in a rented mansion, his doctor stopped CPR on him and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to an employee of the pop star who called 911.
Alberto Alvarez, who worked as Jackson's logistics director, told investigators that after receiving a distress call from another worker June 25, he rushed up the stairs of Jackson's home and entered a bedroom to find the singer lying on a bed with his arms outstretched and his eyes and mouth open.
At his side, Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was administering CPR with one hand.
"Alberto, Alberto, come quickly," Murray said, according to a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "He had a reaction, he had a bad reaction."
Two of the star's children, Prince and Paris, came in the room and cried as they saw Murray trying to save their father. They were quickly ushered away.
The account and other statements obtained by the AP depict a grisly scene in Jackson's room in the final minutes before paramedics arrived.
Jackson's death at age 50 was ruled a homicide caused by an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives.
The possibility that Murray may have tried to hide evidence is likely to be a focus as prosecutors move ahead with their involuntary manslaughter case against him.
Alvarez told police he arrived at Jackson's home around 10:20 a.m. He was awaiting instructions for the day in a security trailer outside Jackson's rented mansion when, at 12:17 p.m., his phone rang. It was Jackson's personal assistant Michael Amir Williams, who said Jackson was in trouble.
Alvarez said he was "frozen and stunned" when he saw Jackson on the bed.
Murray then grabbed a few vials with rubber tops and told Alvarez to put them in a bag, Alvarez told investigators. Alvarez picked up a plastic bag from the floor and Murray put the bottles inside, then Murray told Alvarez to put that plastic bag inside a brown canvas bag, according to the account.
Alvarez said Murray then told him to remove an IV bag from a stand and put it in a blue canvas bag. He did, and noticed the bag had a connector with a milky white substance in it. Alvarez didn't say what happened to the bags, nor did he identify what was in the vials.
Two days after Jackson's death, under several hours of questioning by police, Murray eventually directed them to a closet in Jackson's bedroom. In it, they found propofol and other sedatives in a bag.
Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, rejected the notion his client tried to hide drugs. He also noted Alvarez was interviewed twice by police and gave different accounts of what happened in Jackson's bedroom. During the first interview, Alvarez did not mention being told to tidy away medicine vials.
"He wasn't putting bottles in a bag and trying to hide them," Chernoff said. "We are confident that a fair trial will ferret out the truth."
On the day Jackson died, Murray waited until the bags were filled before telling Alvarez to call 911, according to Alvarez's statement.
The documents also detail an odd encounter with Murray after Jackson was declared dead at a nearby hospital. Murray insisted he needed to return to the mansion to get cream that Jackson had "so the world wouldn't find out about it," according to the statements, which provide no elaboration.
Alvarez and the others who gave the statements, Williams and driver/bodyguard Faheem Muhammad, could be key witnesses should Murray go to trial. Except for the brief appearances by the nanny and the children, Alvarez and Muhammad were the only others in the room with Murray as he tried to save Jackson before paramedics arrived.
Murray, 57, a cardiologist licensed in Nevada, California and Texas, has acknowledged briefly leaving Jackson's bedside the day he died but maintained from the outset that nothing he gave the singer should have killed him. It wasn't illegal for him to administer propofol, though whether he followed proper procedures while Jackson was under the influence is a key part of the case.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office has asked a court to suspend Murray's license pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against him.
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- Updated: Michael Jackson's Doctor Interrupted CPR
(22-3-2010) Michael Jackson's doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed new light on the singer's chaotic final moments.
The explosive allegation that Dr. Conrad Murray may have tried to hide evidence is likely to be a focus as prosecutors move ahead with their involuntary manslaughter case against him.
The account was given to investigators by Alberto Alvarez, Jackson's logistics director, who was summoned to the stricken star's side as he was dying on June 25. His statement and those from two other Jackson employees also obtained by the AP paint a grisly scene in Jackson's bedroom.
Alvarez told investigators that he rushed to Jackson's room and saw the star lying in his bed, an IV attached to his leg. Jackson's mouth was agape, eyes open and there was no sign of life. Murray worked frantically, at one point performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while Alvarez took over CPR.
Two of the star's children, Prince and Paris, came in the room and cried as they saw Murray trying to save their father. A nanny was called to usher them away and they were taken to wait outside in a vehicle.
The documents also detail an odd encounter with Murray after Jackson was declared dead at a nearby hospital. Murray insisted he needed to return to the mansion to get cream that Jackson had "so the world wouldn't find out about it," according to the statements, which provide no elaboration.
Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, rejected the notion his client tried to hide drugs. He also noted Alvarez was interviewed twice by police and gave different accounts of what happened in Jackson's bedroom. During the first interview, Alvarez made no mention of being told to tidy away medicine vials.
"He didn't say any of those things, then two months later, all of a sudden, the doc is throwing bottles into the bag," Chernoff said. "Alvarez's statement is inconsistent with his previous statement. We will deal with that at trial."
Alvarez and the others who gave the statements, Jackson's personal assistant Michael Amir Williams and driver/bodyguard Faheem Muhammad, could be key witnesses should Murray go to trial. Except for the brief appearances by the nanny and the children, Alvarez and Muhammad were the only others in the room with Murray as he tried to save Jackson before paramedics arrived.
A call to Alvarez's attorney was not immediately returned.
Jackson, 50, hired Murray to be his personal physician as he prepared for a series of comeback performances in London. He was participating in strenuous rehearsals and Murray would routinely meet him at the star's home in the evening for treatments.
The Los Angeles coroner ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide caused by an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and two other sedatives given to get the chronic insomniac to sleep. Propofol, a milky white liquid, is supposed to be administered only by anesthesia professionals in medical settings. Patients require constant monitoring because the drug depresses breathing and heart rate while lowering blood pressure, a potentially deadly combination.
UPDATE:
Alvarez, Muhammad and Williams are all represented by attorney Carl Douglas and gave their statements separately on Aug. 31 at the lawyer's Beverly Hills office. None of the three has spoken publicly about the events of June 25.
Alvarez told police he arrived at Jackson's home around 10:20 a.m. He was awaiting instructions for the day in a security trailer outside Jackson's rented mansion when, at 12:17 p.m., his phone rang. It was Williams.
Williams told Alvarez that Murray had just called to say Jackson was in trouble. Alvarez rushed into the mansion and up the stairs to Jackson's room, where he saw Murray standing at the pop star's bedside, performing CPR with one hand, according to the statements.
Alvarez asked the doctor what had happened.
"He had a reaction, he had a bad reaction," Murray replied, according to Alvarez's statement.
Murray then grabbed a few vials with rubber tops and told Alvarez to put them in a bag, Alvarez told investigators. Alvarez picked up a plastic bag from the floor and Murray put the bottles inside, then Murray told Alvarez to put that plastic bag inside a brown canvas bag, according to the account.
Alvarez said Murray then told him to remove an IV bag from a stand and put it in a blue canvas bag. He did, and noticed the bag had a connector with a milky white substance in it. Alvarez didn't say what happened to the bags, nor did he identify what was in the vials.
Two days after Jackson's death, under several hours of questioning by police, Murray eventually directed them to a closet in Jackson's bedroom. In it, they found propofol and other sedatives in a bag.
On the day Jackson died, Murray waited until the bags were filled before telling Alvarez to call 911, according to Alvarez's statement.
"I need an ambulance as soon as possible," Alvarez told a dispatcher. "We have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing."
The dispatcher told Alvarez to put Jackson on the floor.
At that moment, Muhammad rushed into the room and began helping with chest compressions while Murray attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Murray told the men it was his first time performing CPR, Alvarez said, though Chernoff said Murray had administered CPR many times before.
Murray then placed a dark brown machine with wires onto Jackson's fingers, Alvarez said. Police later said they found a pulse oximeter at Jackson's home, a medical device that shows heart rate and the amount of oxygen in the blood.
By 12:27 p.m., paramedics arrived at the house. According to their report, Jackson was not breathing and had no pulse at 12:29 p.m. However, Murray stated he could feel a weak pulse in Jackson's upper thigh area, Alvarez and Muhammad said.
According to the paramedic report, emergency responders tried two rounds of resuscitation attempts and were ready to discontinue treatment, but Murray said he would take responsibility and insisted resuscitation be continued in the ambulance.
At 1:07 p.m., the singer was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where doctors attempted a range of resuscitation techniques. Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.
At the hospital, after the death had been called, Williams said he saw Murray crying.
Murray asked Williams if he or someone else could take him back to the mansion so he could pick up the cream, according to Williams' statement.
Williams said he didn't think it was a good idea for Murray to return to the house. He spoke to Muhammad and they agreed they wouldn't take Murray back. They concocted a story that police had taken all the keys to the vehicles as part of the investigation.
Murray said he would take a cab, and Williams said he saw him leave the hospital through a side door.
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Alberto Alvarez, who worked as Jackson's logistics director, told investigators that after receiving a distress call from another worker June 25, he rushed up the stairs of Jackson's home and entered a bedroom to find the singer lying on a bed with his arms outstretched and his eyes and mouth open.
At his side, Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was administering CPR with one hand.
"Alberto, Alberto, come quickly," Murray said, according to a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "He had a reaction, he had a bad reaction."
Two of the star's children, Prince and Paris, came in the room and cried as they saw Murray trying to save their father. They were quickly ushered away.
The account and other statements obtained by the AP depict a grisly scene in Jackson's room in the final minutes before paramedics arrived.
Jackson's death at age 50 was ruled a homicide caused by an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives.
The possibility that Murray may have tried to hide evidence is likely to be a focus as prosecutors move ahead with their involuntary manslaughter case against him.
Alvarez told police he arrived at Jackson's home around 10:20 a.m. He was awaiting instructions for the day in a security trailer outside Jackson's rented mansion when, at 12:17 p.m., his phone rang. It was Jackson's personal assistant Michael Amir Williams, who said Jackson was in trouble.
Alvarez said he was "frozen and stunned" when he saw Jackson on the bed.
Murray then grabbed a few vials with rubber tops and told Alvarez to put them in a bag, Alvarez told investigators. Alvarez picked up a plastic bag from the floor and Murray put the bottles inside, then Murray told Alvarez to put that plastic bag inside a brown canvas bag, according to the account.
Alvarez said Murray then told him to remove an IV bag from a stand and put it in a blue canvas bag. He did, and noticed the bag had a connector with a milky white substance in it. Alvarez didn't say what happened to the bags, nor did he identify what was in the vials.
Two days after Jackson's death, under several hours of questioning by police, Murray eventually directed them to a closet in Jackson's bedroom. In it, they found propofol and other sedatives in a bag.
Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, rejected the notion his client tried to hide drugs. He also noted Alvarez was interviewed twice by police and gave different accounts of what happened in Jackson's bedroom. During the first interview, Alvarez did not mention being told to tidy away medicine vials.
"He wasn't putting bottles in a bag and trying to hide them," Chernoff said. "We are confident that a fair trial will ferret out the truth."
On the day Jackson died, Murray waited until the bags were filled before telling Alvarez to call 911, according to Alvarez's statement.
The documents also detail an odd encounter with Murray after Jackson was declared dead at a nearby hospital. Murray insisted he needed to return to the mansion to get cream that Jackson had "so the world wouldn't find out about it," according to the statements, which provide no elaboration.
Alvarez and the others who gave the statements, Williams and driver/bodyguard Faheem Muhammad, could be key witnesses should Murray go to trial. Except for the brief appearances by the nanny and the children, Alvarez and Muhammad were the only others in the room with Murray as he tried to save Jackson before paramedics arrived.
Murray, 57, a cardiologist licensed in Nevada, California and Texas, has acknowledged briefly leaving Jackson's bedside the day he died but maintained from the outset that nothing he gave the singer should have killed him. It wasn't illegal for him to administer propofol, though whether he followed proper procedures while Jackson was under the influence is a key part of the case.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office has asked a court to suspend Murray's license pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against him.
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- Updated: Michael Jackson's Doctor Interrupted CPR
(22-3-2010) Michael Jackson's doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed new light on the singer's chaotic final moments.
The explosive allegation that Dr. Conrad Murray may have tried to hide evidence is likely to be a focus as prosecutors move ahead with their involuntary manslaughter case against him.
The account was given to investigators by Alberto Alvarez, Jackson's logistics director, who was summoned to the stricken star's side as he was dying on June 25. His statement and those from two other Jackson employees also obtained by the AP paint a grisly scene in Jackson's bedroom.
Alvarez told investigators that he rushed to Jackson's room and saw the star lying in his bed, an IV attached to his leg. Jackson's mouth was agape, eyes open and there was no sign of life. Murray worked frantically, at one point performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while Alvarez took over CPR.
Two of the star's children, Prince and Paris, came in the room and cried as they saw Murray trying to save their father. A nanny was called to usher them away and they were taken to wait outside in a vehicle.
The documents also detail an odd encounter with Murray after Jackson was declared dead at a nearby hospital. Murray insisted he needed to return to the mansion to get cream that Jackson had "so the world wouldn't find out about it," according to the statements, which provide no elaboration.
Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, rejected the notion his client tried to hide drugs. He also noted Alvarez was interviewed twice by police and gave different accounts of what happened in Jackson's bedroom. During the first interview, Alvarez made no mention of being told to tidy away medicine vials.
"He didn't say any of those things, then two months later, all of a sudden, the doc is throwing bottles into the bag," Chernoff said. "Alvarez's statement is inconsistent with his previous statement. We will deal with that at trial."
Alvarez and the others who gave the statements, Jackson's personal assistant Michael Amir Williams and driver/bodyguard Faheem Muhammad, could be key witnesses should Murray go to trial. Except for the brief appearances by the nanny and the children, Alvarez and Muhammad were the only others in the room with Murray as he tried to save Jackson before paramedics arrived.
A call to Alvarez's attorney was not immediately returned.
Jackson, 50, hired Murray to be his personal physician as he prepared for a series of comeback performances in London. He was participating in strenuous rehearsals and Murray would routinely meet him at the star's home in the evening for treatments.
The Los Angeles coroner ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide caused by an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and two other sedatives given to get the chronic insomniac to sleep. Propofol, a milky white liquid, is supposed to be administered only by anesthesia professionals in medical settings. Patients require constant monitoring because the drug depresses breathing and heart rate while lowering blood pressure, a potentially deadly combination.
UPDATE:
Alvarez, Muhammad and Williams are all represented by attorney Carl Douglas and gave their statements separately on Aug. 31 at the lawyer's Beverly Hills office. None of the three has spoken publicly about the events of June 25.
Alvarez told police he arrived at Jackson's home around 10:20 a.m. He was awaiting instructions for the day in a security trailer outside Jackson's rented mansion when, at 12:17 p.m., his phone rang. It was Williams.
Williams told Alvarez that Murray had just called to say Jackson was in trouble. Alvarez rushed into the mansion and up the stairs to Jackson's room, where he saw Murray standing at the pop star's bedside, performing CPR with one hand, according to the statements.
Alvarez asked the doctor what had happened.
"He had a reaction, he had a bad reaction," Murray replied, according to Alvarez's statement.
Murray then grabbed a few vials with rubber tops and told Alvarez to put them in a bag, Alvarez told investigators. Alvarez picked up a plastic bag from the floor and Murray put the bottles inside, then Murray told Alvarez to put that plastic bag inside a brown canvas bag, according to the account.
Alvarez said Murray then told him to remove an IV bag from a stand and put it in a blue canvas bag. He did, and noticed the bag had a connector with a milky white substance in it. Alvarez didn't say what happened to the bags, nor did he identify what was in the vials.
Two days after Jackson's death, under several hours of questioning by police, Murray eventually directed them to a closet in Jackson's bedroom. In it, they found propofol and other sedatives in a bag.
On the day Jackson died, Murray waited until the bags were filled before telling Alvarez to call 911, according to Alvarez's statement.
"I need an ambulance as soon as possible," Alvarez told a dispatcher. "We have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing."
The dispatcher told Alvarez to put Jackson on the floor.
At that moment, Muhammad rushed into the room and began helping with chest compressions while Murray attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Murray told the men it was his first time performing CPR, Alvarez said, though Chernoff said Murray had administered CPR many times before.
Murray then placed a dark brown machine with wires onto Jackson's fingers, Alvarez said. Police later said they found a pulse oximeter at Jackson's home, a medical device that shows heart rate and the amount of oxygen in the blood.
By 12:27 p.m., paramedics arrived at the house. According to their report, Jackson was not breathing and had no pulse at 12:29 p.m. However, Murray stated he could feel a weak pulse in Jackson's upper thigh area, Alvarez and Muhammad said.
According to the paramedic report, emergency responders tried two rounds of resuscitation attempts and were ready to discontinue treatment, but Murray said he would take responsibility and insisted resuscitation be continued in the ambulance.
At 1:07 p.m., the singer was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where doctors attempted a range of resuscitation techniques. Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.
At the hospital, after the death had been called, Williams said he saw Murray crying.
Murray asked Williams if he or someone else could take him back to the mansion so he could pick up the cream, according to Williams' statement.
Williams said he didn't think it was a good idea for Murray to return to the house. He spoke to Muhammad and they agreed they wouldn't take Murray back. They concocted a story that police had taken all the keys to the vehicles as part of the investigation.
Murray said he would take a cab, and Williams said he saw him leave the hospital through a side door.
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quarta-feira, 17 de março de 2010
Advogados de Conrad Murray reclamam da lentidão na investigação
A equipe legal do caso "Conrad Murray" acredita que o gabinete responsável pelos trâmites do processo, em Los Angeles, está "suspeitosamente lento" quanto à entrega dos documentos da investigação da morte de Michael Jackson.Uma fonte disse ao site "TMZ" que "a acusação tem oito meses para acumular as suas provas e nós ainda não as recebemos. Algo aqui não está certo."
Dr. Murray é acusado de homicídio involuntário pela morte do "Rei do Pop", mas a defesa não descartou a possibilidade de um acordo de confissão. Como a equipe de defesa, no entanto, não recebeu os documentos, ela afirma: "Nós não temos o suficiente para saber se vamos negociar".
Um porta-voz do gabinete do procurador do distrito chamou qualquer sugestão de impropriedade "ridícula", dizendo: "Há centenas de documentos que estão sendo carimbados e quando o processo for concluído, ele será entregue".
Fonte: Msn
Dr. Murray é acusado de homicídio involuntário pela morte do "Rei do Pop", mas a defesa não descartou a possibilidade de um acordo de confissão. Como a equipe de defesa, no entanto, não recebeu os documentos, ela afirma: "Nós não temos o suficiente para saber se vamos negociar".
Um porta-voz do gabinete do procurador do distrito chamou qualquer sugestão de impropriedade "ridícula", dizendo: "Há centenas de documentos que estão sendo carimbados e quando o processo for concluído, ele será entregue".
Fonte: Msn
quarta-feira, 3 de março de 2010
Michael Jackson: É hora da mídia assumir a responsabilidade na cobertura sobre o astro
Semana passada a guitarrista de Michael Jackson desacreditou abertamente as alegações sobre o comportamento do astro durante as turnês. Então por que a mídia recusa-se a publicar seus comentários? O escritor britânico Charles Thomson fala sobre o preconceito da mídia contra o maior artista da black music.
O envelhecido roqueiro Gene Simmons dominou as manchetes internacionais no mês passado quando declarou que sabia que Michael Jackson molestava crianças. Em uma entrevista à Classic Rock, Simmons alegou que Jackson foi filmado pedindo bebida alcólica para dar a crianças, e que durante o julgamento do artista em 2005 uma agência de viagens testemunhou que importava meninos brasileiros para a diversão de Jackson. Ele também declarou que um músico seu amigo pedira demissão da turnê após ver “meninos saindo de seu quarto de hotel.”
O que se seguiu foi um exemplo clássico de jornalismo “copiar e colar”. Em questão de horas a história se replicou por centenas de blogs, fóruns e sites de notícias, da Austrália à Índia e Estados Unidos. Nenhum deles havia de fato verificado a história antes de a passarem adiante. Jackson nunca foi filmado servindo bebida alcólica a crianças. Nunca houve nenhum testemunho durante o julgamento referente a meninos brasileiros. Ambas declarações foram facilmente provadas como não constantes das transcrições do julgamento.
Na qualidade de relativamente especialista em Jackson, eu também nunca soube de nenhum músico deixando as turnês do artista depois de seu começo. Assim, quando sentei há duas semanas para uma entrevista com a guitarrista de longa data de Jackson, Jennifer Batten, repassei a história com ela.
Ela me contou que nenhum músico jamais demitiu-se de uma turnê de Jackson. Dois músicos foram despedidos mas isso aconteceu antes da turnê começar, então eles nunca poderiam ter testemunhado nada no inteiror dos hotéis.
Quando a Sawf News publicou a réplica de Batten eu observei um fenômeno bem familiar. Ainda que a história tenha aparecido no Google News e tenha sido coletada rapidamente pelo Examiner, ninguém mais pareceu querer encostar nela. Enquanto as especulações sem base nenhuma em fatos tenham sido replicadas por todo o globo, a réplica baseada em fatos verdadeiros de Batten foi amplamente suprimida.
Eu logo comecei a receber emails de fãs de Jackson me dizendo que eles estavam repassando a história para cada site de notícias de celebridades de que pudessem lembrar, incluindo vários daqueles que publicaram as alegações iniciais de Simmons.
Porém mais de 48 horas depois, ao digitar a frase exata proferida por Simmons em sua declaração, em um site de pesquisa, o resultado produziu quase 350 páginas. O número de sites de notícias com a resposta de Batten? Três.
Essa não foi a primeira vez que vi uma história sobre Jackson ser abafada. Após o suicídio de Chandler em novembro de 2009 eu fui contatado pelo The Sun e me pediram para fornecer informações sobre as alegações de 1993. Eu gastei um bom tempo organizando minha pesquisa, alertando àquele jornal sobre os mitos comuns a esta notícia e como evitá-los, tomando cuidado de listar todas as fontes consultadas por mim, de documentos legais a evidências de áudio e vídeo.
Quando li o artigo pronto fiquei pasmo ao descobrir que toda a minha informação foi descartada e substituída pelos mesmos mitos sobre os quais eu havia avisado que evitassem. Eu alertei a equipe sobre as imprecisões mas meus emails nunca tiveram resposta. Essas mesmas imprecisões apareceram em cada artigo que eu li sobre o suicídio.
O mesmo preconceito se manifestou durante o mês seguinte quando os arquivos do FBI sobre Jackson foram liberados. Por mais de 300 páginas de informações não se encontrava uma evidência encriminadora sequer – mas não foi assim que a mídia contou essa história.
Uma fita de video apreendida na alfândega em West Palm Beach, e constatada como contendo pornografia infantil, foi repetidamente referida como pertencente a Jackson. Na verdade, tudo que os arquivos diziam era que a fita estava “ligada” a Jackson, e essa ligação consistia simplesmente no fato de que alguém escrevera seu nome na etiqueta adesiva da fita.
Em outro documento o FBI refere-se a uma ligação telefônica de uma fonte anônima declarando que aquele departamento havia investigado Jackson durante os anos 80, por abuso sexual a dois meninos mexicanos. Os arquivos não fizeram nenhuma outra menção a estas supostas investigações e o pedido foi considerado inválido – a ligação telefônica foi meramente notada. Mas a mídia referiu-se persistentemente a essas declarações não comprovadas de uma fonte anônima, como sendo as conclusões do próprio FBI sobre o assunto.
Os arquivos do FBI sobre Jackson mostravam intensa e claramente sua inocência, mas seu conteúdo foi rotineiramente manipulado para passar a impressão oposta.
Muitos são rápidos no desprezo quando os fãs de Jackson falam à imprensa sobre conspiração da mídia para destruir a reputação do artista, e eu costumava fazer isso também. Como membro dessa indústria eu prefiro não pensar nisso como algo sinistro ou conspiratório, mas acho incrivelmente difícil explicar o preconceito com o qual Jackson é tratado.
Me pergunto se o problema não é o orgulho. Quando as alegações de 1993 estouraram, a vasta maioria da informação disponível foi divulgada, oficialmente ou não, pela promotoria. Jackson, enquanto isso, permaneceu em silêncio como de costume.
Talvez pelo fato de que a versão dos fatos prestada pela promotoria encontrava-se quase que completamente incontestada (embora eu imagine que drama e venda de jornais tiveram algo a ver com isto, também), a mídia escolheu primeiramente retratar Jackson como culpado.
Mas assim que os fatos começaram a se esclarecer, tornou-se bem evidente que o caso estava cheio de buracos. As alegações foram instigadas não pelo menino, mas por seu pai, que exigira de Jackson um acordo para roteiros de cinema, antes de se dirigir à polícia. Sua voz estava gravada em fita, planejando a destruição da carreira de Jackson e descartando o bem-estar de seu filho, como “irrelevante.” Depois disso o menino contou aos policiais que Jackson era cincuncidado, mas a perícia ao corpo de Jackson levou à conclusão de que ele não era.
Muito embora a inocência de Jackson parecesse cada vez mais provável, a maioria dos sites de notícias já haviam feito seu julgamento, e até hoje essa decisão continua sendo a mesma.
Seja qual for a motivação, orgulho, lucro ou apenas o velho racismo, o preconceito contra Jackson é inegável. A supressão dos comentários de Batten prova mais uma vez que quando se trata de Jackson a mídia não está interessada na verdade ou na razão, mas sim em negatividade e sensacionalismo. Batten acompanhou Jackson em três de suas turnês mundiais e ficou conhecida por uma década como sua “mão direita”. Mas Simmons – que confessou não conhecer Jackson – teve 100 vezes mais cobertura da mídia em cima de seus comentários irresponsáveis do que Batten, que possui experiência de primeira mão.
Chegou a hora dos meios de comunicação assumirem responsabilidade pelo conteúdo que publicam. Sites não deveriam reproduzir histórias de outros lugares a menos que tenham certeza de que a informação é verídica. Ainda que a mídia se recuse a publicar a verdade sobre Jackson, deveria se comprometer a também não publicar mentiras. Ao menos assim ele poderá descansar em paz.
Fonte:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-thomson/michael-jackson-its-time_b_482176.html?ref=fb
O envelhecido roqueiro Gene Simmons dominou as manchetes internacionais no mês passado quando declarou que sabia que Michael Jackson molestava crianças. Em uma entrevista à Classic Rock, Simmons alegou que Jackson foi filmado pedindo bebida alcólica para dar a crianças, e que durante o julgamento do artista em 2005 uma agência de viagens testemunhou que importava meninos brasileiros para a diversão de Jackson. Ele também declarou que um músico seu amigo pedira demissão da turnê após ver “meninos saindo de seu quarto de hotel.”
O que se seguiu foi um exemplo clássico de jornalismo “copiar e colar”. Em questão de horas a história se replicou por centenas de blogs, fóruns e sites de notícias, da Austrália à Índia e Estados Unidos. Nenhum deles havia de fato verificado a história antes de a passarem adiante. Jackson nunca foi filmado servindo bebida alcólica a crianças. Nunca houve nenhum testemunho durante o julgamento referente a meninos brasileiros. Ambas declarações foram facilmente provadas como não constantes das transcrições do julgamento.
Na qualidade de relativamente especialista em Jackson, eu também nunca soube de nenhum músico deixando as turnês do artista depois de seu começo. Assim, quando sentei há duas semanas para uma entrevista com a guitarrista de longa data de Jackson, Jennifer Batten, repassei a história com ela.
Ela me contou que nenhum músico jamais demitiu-se de uma turnê de Jackson. Dois músicos foram despedidos mas isso aconteceu antes da turnê começar, então eles nunca poderiam ter testemunhado nada no inteiror dos hotéis.
Quando a Sawf News publicou a réplica de Batten eu observei um fenômeno bem familiar. Ainda que a história tenha aparecido no Google News e tenha sido coletada rapidamente pelo Examiner, ninguém mais pareceu querer encostar nela. Enquanto as especulações sem base nenhuma em fatos tenham sido replicadas por todo o globo, a réplica baseada em fatos verdadeiros de Batten foi amplamente suprimida.
Eu logo comecei a receber emails de fãs de Jackson me dizendo que eles estavam repassando a história para cada site de notícias de celebridades de que pudessem lembrar, incluindo vários daqueles que publicaram as alegações iniciais de Simmons.
Porém mais de 48 horas depois, ao digitar a frase exata proferida por Simmons em sua declaração, em um site de pesquisa, o resultado produziu quase 350 páginas. O número de sites de notícias com a resposta de Batten? Três.
Essa não foi a primeira vez que vi uma história sobre Jackson ser abafada. Após o suicídio de Chandler em novembro de 2009 eu fui contatado pelo The Sun e me pediram para fornecer informações sobre as alegações de 1993. Eu gastei um bom tempo organizando minha pesquisa, alertando àquele jornal sobre os mitos comuns a esta notícia e como evitá-los, tomando cuidado de listar todas as fontes consultadas por mim, de documentos legais a evidências de áudio e vídeo.
Quando li o artigo pronto fiquei pasmo ao descobrir que toda a minha informação foi descartada e substituída pelos mesmos mitos sobre os quais eu havia avisado que evitassem. Eu alertei a equipe sobre as imprecisões mas meus emails nunca tiveram resposta. Essas mesmas imprecisões apareceram em cada artigo que eu li sobre o suicídio.
O mesmo preconceito se manifestou durante o mês seguinte quando os arquivos do FBI sobre Jackson foram liberados. Por mais de 300 páginas de informações não se encontrava uma evidência encriminadora sequer – mas não foi assim que a mídia contou essa história.
Uma fita de video apreendida na alfândega em West Palm Beach, e constatada como contendo pornografia infantil, foi repetidamente referida como pertencente a Jackson. Na verdade, tudo que os arquivos diziam era que a fita estava “ligada” a Jackson, e essa ligação consistia simplesmente no fato de que alguém escrevera seu nome na etiqueta adesiva da fita.
Em outro documento o FBI refere-se a uma ligação telefônica de uma fonte anônima declarando que aquele departamento havia investigado Jackson durante os anos 80, por abuso sexual a dois meninos mexicanos. Os arquivos não fizeram nenhuma outra menção a estas supostas investigações e o pedido foi considerado inválido – a ligação telefônica foi meramente notada. Mas a mídia referiu-se persistentemente a essas declarações não comprovadas de uma fonte anônima, como sendo as conclusões do próprio FBI sobre o assunto.
Os arquivos do FBI sobre Jackson mostravam intensa e claramente sua inocência, mas seu conteúdo foi rotineiramente manipulado para passar a impressão oposta.
Muitos são rápidos no desprezo quando os fãs de Jackson falam à imprensa sobre conspiração da mídia para destruir a reputação do artista, e eu costumava fazer isso também. Como membro dessa indústria eu prefiro não pensar nisso como algo sinistro ou conspiratório, mas acho incrivelmente difícil explicar o preconceito com o qual Jackson é tratado.
Me pergunto se o problema não é o orgulho. Quando as alegações de 1993 estouraram, a vasta maioria da informação disponível foi divulgada, oficialmente ou não, pela promotoria. Jackson, enquanto isso, permaneceu em silêncio como de costume.
Talvez pelo fato de que a versão dos fatos prestada pela promotoria encontrava-se quase que completamente incontestada (embora eu imagine que drama e venda de jornais tiveram algo a ver com isto, também), a mídia escolheu primeiramente retratar Jackson como culpado.
Mas assim que os fatos começaram a se esclarecer, tornou-se bem evidente que o caso estava cheio de buracos. As alegações foram instigadas não pelo menino, mas por seu pai, que exigira de Jackson um acordo para roteiros de cinema, antes de se dirigir à polícia. Sua voz estava gravada em fita, planejando a destruição da carreira de Jackson e descartando o bem-estar de seu filho, como “irrelevante.” Depois disso o menino contou aos policiais que Jackson era cincuncidado, mas a perícia ao corpo de Jackson levou à conclusão de que ele não era.
Muito embora a inocência de Jackson parecesse cada vez mais provável, a maioria dos sites de notícias já haviam feito seu julgamento, e até hoje essa decisão continua sendo a mesma.
Seja qual for a motivação, orgulho, lucro ou apenas o velho racismo, o preconceito contra Jackson é inegável. A supressão dos comentários de Batten prova mais uma vez que quando se trata de Jackson a mídia não está interessada na verdade ou na razão, mas sim em negatividade e sensacionalismo. Batten acompanhou Jackson em três de suas turnês mundiais e ficou conhecida por uma década como sua “mão direita”. Mas Simmons – que confessou não conhecer Jackson – teve 100 vezes mais cobertura da mídia em cima de seus comentários irresponsáveis do que Batten, que possui experiência de primeira mão.
Chegou a hora dos meios de comunicação assumirem responsabilidade pelo conteúdo que publicam. Sites não deveriam reproduzir histórias de outros lugares a menos que tenham certeza de que a informação é verídica. Ainda que a mídia se recuse a publicar a verdade sobre Jackson, deveria se comprometer a também não publicar mentiras. Ao menos assim ele poderá descansar em paz.
Fonte:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-thomson/michael-jackson-its-time_b_482176.html?ref=fb
segunda-feira, 1 de março de 2010
Cover-Up in Michael Jackson Death?
Posted Mar 1st 2010 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
Michael Jackson received the fatal dose of Propofol through an IV in his leg, and law enforcement believes Dr. Conrad Murray may have tried covering it up ... this according to law enforcement sources and an anesthesiologist who reviewed the case for the LAPD.
Dr. Murray told cops he administered only a very small amount of Propofol -- 2.5ml shortly before Jackson died. But Dr. John Dombrowski, a noted anesthesiologist and member of the board of the American Society of Anesthesiologists who reviewed the LAPD file for detectives, tells TMZ that 2.5ml couldn't put Jackson to sleep, much less kill him. Indeed, the Coroner's report notes the level of Propofol found in Jackson's body was equivalent to that found during "general anesthesia for major surgery."
A small, empty, 20ml bottle of Propofol was found in the bedroom, but there was a secret compartment in a nearby closet that could be the key to the prosecution's case. Several days after Jackson's death, law enforcement found numerous bottles of Propofol in that closet, including a large, empty, 100ml bottle with a large tear in the rubber stopper.
The tear could be critical evidence. There are two ways of administering Propofol. The first is sticking a syringe into the rubber stopper, withdrawing a small amount and then injecting it into the tubing. The second way is by using a spike -- which creates a tear in the rubber stop -- and connects the entire bottle of Propofol to the tube.
Dr. Dombrowski says if a spike is used to connect the bottle directly to the IV tube, the doctor must use an infusion pump to regulate the flow of Propofol -- otherwise, the patient could easily OD. There was no infusion pump found in Jackson's home.
Dr. Dombrowski and law enforcement sources believe Dr. Murray may have connected the 100ml bottle of Propofol to the tube, and then either tried regulating the flow by eyeballing it or just letting it flow by itself ... and Dr. Dombrowski calls either scenario "reckless." Remember, Dr. Murray himself told detectives at one point he walked out of Jackson's room to go to the bathroom.
If Dr. Murray did indeed attach the 100ml bottle to the tube and the contents emptied into Jackson's system, that would be 40 times more Propofol than Dr. Murray said he administered.
There is no explanation for the empty bottle of Propofol in the hidden compartment.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/category/michael-jackson/#ixzz0gwjYcH9A
Michael Jackson received the fatal dose of Propofol through an IV in his leg, and law enforcement believes Dr. Conrad Murray may have tried covering it up ... this according to law enforcement sources and an anesthesiologist who reviewed the case for the LAPD.
Dr. Murray told cops he administered only a very small amount of Propofol -- 2.5ml shortly before Jackson died. But Dr. John Dombrowski, a noted anesthesiologist and member of the board of the American Society of Anesthesiologists who reviewed the LAPD file for detectives, tells TMZ that 2.5ml couldn't put Jackson to sleep, much less kill him. Indeed, the Coroner's report notes the level of Propofol found in Jackson's body was equivalent to that found during "general anesthesia for major surgery."
A small, empty, 20ml bottle of Propofol was found in the bedroom, but there was a secret compartment in a nearby closet that could be the key to the prosecution's case. Several days after Jackson's death, law enforcement found numerous bottles of Propofol in that closet, including a large, empty, 100ml bottle with a large tear in the rubber stopper.
The tear could be critical evidence. There are two ways of administering Propofol. The first is sticking a syringe into the rubber stopper, withdrawing a small amount and then injecting it into the tubing. The second way is by using a spike -- which creates a tear in the rubber stop -- and connects the entire bottle of Propofol to the tube.
Dr. Dombrowski says if a spike is used to connect the bottle directly to the IV tube, the doctor must use an infusion pump to regulate the flow of Propofol -- otherwise, the patient could easily OD. There was no infusion pump found in Jackson's home.
Dr. Dombrowski and law enforcement sources believe Dr. Murray may have connected the 100ml bottle of Propofol to the tube, and then either tried regulating the flow by eyeballing it or just letting it flow by itself ... and Dr. Dombrowski calls either scenario "reckless." Remember, Dr. Murray himself told detectives at one point he walked out of Jackson's room to go to the bathroom.
If Dr. Murray did indeed attach the 100ml bottle to the tube and the contents emptied into Jackson's system, that would be 40 times more Propofol than Dr. Murray said he administered.
There is no explanation for the empty bottle of Propofol in the hidden compartment.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/category/michael-jackson/#ixzz0gwjYcH9A
Michael Jackson death tape revealed
A recording believed to detail the moment paramedics first announced Michael Jackson's death has emerged online and may be used as evidence in Dr. Conrad Murray’s trial.
A recording of the moment paramedics first announced Michael Jackson's death has been found online.
The voice on the tape - which is believed to feature a Los Angeles Fire Department medical calling ahead to the UCLA Hospital in Santa Monica - could even be used as new evidence in the trial against the star’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray who has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The voice is heard saying: "Patient is Michael Jackson, the pop star singer. No pulse, no breathing. Unresponsive. Tried to resuscitate him. Unsuccessful. We've done everything we can. We should be there in five minutes. It doesn't look good. It doesn't look good."
If the recording is genuine then it would be crucial to the trial into Michael's death because it contradicts the timeline of events previously stated by Dr. Murray who said the 50-year-old music legend still had a pulse and was warm when he put him in the ambulance.
If the tape is used, prosecutors would argue Dr. Murray, 56, actually left Michael for more than an hour after giving him the powerful sedative Propofol, making his actions careless.
The tape, which emerged on the ambulance workers' web forum, is thought to be the first time the announcement was made that Michael was dead on June 25 last year, although authorities do not yet know whether it is genuine.
An LAFD spokesman said: "I couldn't confirm that it is one of our workers. It could be. They refer to 'pop star Michael Jackson' but it is not our practice to name names."
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A recording of the moment paramedics first announced Michael Jackson's death has been found online.
The voice on the tape - which is believed to feature a Los Angeles Fire Department medical calling ahead to the UCLA Hospital in Santa Monica - could even be used as new evidence in the trial against the star’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray who has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
The voice is heard saying: "Patient is Michael Jackson, the pop star singer. No pulse, no breathing. Unresponsive. Tried to resuscitate him. Unsuccessful. We've done everything we can. We should be there in five minutes. It doesn't look good. It doesn't look good."
If the recording is genuine then it would be crucial to the trial into Michael's death because it contradicts the timeline of events previously stated by Dr. Murray who said the 50-year-old music legend still had a pulse and was warm when he put him in the ambulance.
If the tape is used, prosecutors would argue Dr. Murray, 56, actually left Michael for more than an hour after giving him the powerful sedative Propofol, making his actions careless.
The tape, which emerged on the ambulance workers' web forum, is thought to be the first time the announcement was made that Michael was dead on June 25 last year, although authorities do not yet know whether it is genuine.
An LAFD spokesman said: "I couldn't confirm that it is one of our workers. It could be. They refer to 'pop star Michael Jackson' but it is not our practice to name names."
>> More Entertainment News
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