Michael Jackson’s family tried several times to carry out “interventions” on the singer to help him fight drug addiction, but he denied having a problem, a trial heard.
The late King of Pop’s mother Katherine Jackson told police a few months after his June 2009 death about the attempts to convince her son to do something about his drug abuse, a detective said.
Jackson’s mother accuses AEG of negligently hiring doctor Conrad Murray — who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over her son’s death — and ignoring signs the singer was deeply unwell, in their pursuit of profits.
AEG claims Murray was hired by Jackson, who it says had had been using propofol to help his chronic insomnia since the 1990s, as well as abusing painkillers for decades.
But Anschutz Entertainment Group lawyer Marvin Putnam argued that the mega pop star had hidden the evidence of his addiction and health woes from everyone, including his family and the concert promoters.
