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Michael Jackson's Doctor Stopped CPR to Hide Vials, Witness Claims
- Posted on Mar 23rd 2010 12:00PM by Dan Reilly
According to a witness, Michael Jackson's personal physician,Dr. Conrad Murray, stopped performing CPR on the musician to hide drug vials. The Associated Press reports that the witness, Alberto Alvarez, may become the focus of the case against Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter.Alvarez, who worked as Jackson's "logistics director," told police that he was called to Jackson's bedroom by Michael Amir Williams, a personal assistant, on June 25, 2009 and found the pop star unconscious in bed and attached to an IV. While Murray performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Alvarez assisted with CPR. At one point, Jackson's children, Prince and Paris, entered the room but were taken outside by a nanny.
Murray allegedly told Alvarez that Jackson "had a bad reaction," most likely to propofol, a powerful anesthetic that Murray admits to giving Jackson and was cited as a cause of death in the coroner's report. Alvarez claims that Murray was giving Jackson CPR when the doctor stopped to collect several vials with rubber tops, which he then gave to Alvarez to place in a bag. Murray also allegedly instructed Alvarez to remove the IV bag and place that in a canvas sack. After that was done, Murray called 911.
After paramedics arrived, they and Murray attempted several rounds of resuscitation before Jackson was ultimately declared dead. Williams told investigators that Murray asked to be taken back to the mansion so he could pick up a cream of Jackson's "so the world wouldn't find out about it." So far, there are no indications as to what that cream could be. Two days after the death and after several hours of questioning, Murray led police to the canvas bag containing the propofol, which was in Jackson's closet.
Ed Chernoff, a lawyer for Murray, claims that Alvarez has been inconsistent in his statements to police, and only mentioned the vials in his second interview. "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."
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Churlish
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YES FOLKS MJ DID NOTHING BUT GOOD IN HIS LIFE......like when he admitted that he slept in the same bed as the children who stayed at his house.....may i repeat admitted by himself......that doesnt come off a little strange? him dangling his infant from a balcony doesnt seem strange? idk about you weirdos but i dont care how much the media hounds and follows me im not hanging my baby over a balcony.....and i sure as hell dont sleep in the same bed as a child i invited over my house...ohh yea and i recall him saying he gave the children wine to drink....his words people!!! but hey the guy could sing so none of that matters....you people make me sick....i hope his bald noseless soul is burning in hell for his actions.
March 24 2010 at 10:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Marsha
You should really go to Youtube and watch the interview Michael did with Ed Bradly on 60 minutes. MJ wanted to fight, however his lawyers thought it best that the insurance company pay the parents. That way MJ and the child could just get on with thier lives and not have to deal with a long drawn out trial similar to OJ's. MJ's career was still hot and he was in the middle of his Dangerous tour.
March 24 2010 at 9:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
cyanzone
Pope should nominate Michael Jackson for saint hood.
March 24 2010 at 9:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dez-Dozer
They must have ediited this article, stvbrgl. I copied and pasted exactly what was written the first time.
March 24 2010 at 9:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Michelle
The Hippocratic Oath (Modern Version)[10]
“ I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
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Above is the hippocartic oath.
Do what you will, but harm none is from the witches credo.
DO your research!
Michelle
Docters is still wrong Steve....its D O C T O R S...doctors...or DR if that is easier.
March 24 2010 at 6:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Veronica
A beautiful soul was taken from us. MJ did nothing but good in his life, and he loved plain elementary fun. What kind of a world do we live in when a person like that is not glorified by media rather than rediculed.
Murray was probably doing the dirty job on behalf of some others who are known to have wanted MJ out of the way.
MJ, you are a true hero. And despite everything you had to endure you always was greatful, loving, caring and gave us your beautiful smile. The world feels empty w/o you.
Churlish
Hey TY guess you dont have kids. just cause somebody can belt out a tune doesnt mean they can steal the innocence of a child you shmuck!!
March 23 2010 at 10:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Churlish
TYat 3-23-2010
MICHAEL JACKSON WAS NOT A CHLD MOLESTER!!!!!!!!!!!! EVEN IF HE WAS WHO GIVES A CRAP!?!? MICHAEL JACKSON WAS AN AWESOME PERFORMER AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE SINGERS!!
WHO GIVES A CRAP ABOUT A CHILD MOLESTER????!!! dude really??? and you have the nerve to tell me to get off this site??? oh so i guess supporters of child molesters are welcome. really? c'mon really?
Marsha
The racist remarks you've made really showcase your ignorance and is almost too stupid for me to reply, however I'll just say that greed and/or the love of money has always been the root of most evil throughout mankind and it knows no color.
March 23 2010 at 7:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
lionel
JACKSON`S DEATH WAS NO ONE`S FAULT BUT HIS OWN , HE WANTED TO BE SMASHED OUT OF HIS MIND 24/7. FOR YEARS & YEARS .
March 23 2010 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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