Michael Jackson's doctor to be charged with involuntary manslaughter

[Farin]

Authorities accuse Dr Conrad Murray of negligence in the pop star's overdose

[smaller]Daniel Nasaw in Washington | guardian.co.uk | Friday 8 January 2010 | Link[/smaller]

The physician who injected Michael Jackson with drugs in the hours before his death is to be charged with involuntary manslaughter, with authorities accusing him of negligence in the singer's overdose.

Dr Conrad Murray, a physician who joined Jackson's entourage last year to get him fit ahead of a gruelling concert series in London, has been in law enforcement sights since it was revealed he was with the singer when he died in June.

The criminal case, first reported by the Associated Press, comes nearly five months after the Los Angeles county coroner ruled the pop legend's death was a homicide, finding he was poisoned by an overdose of the anaesthetic propofol. The addictive intravenous drug is typically used in a clinical setting, not in the home.

Murray had been Jackson's personal physician for about six weeks, and told investigators that another doctor had introduced the singer to the drug, which Jackson called his "milk". Investigators have said Jackson obtained the drug using several different aliases.

The Thriller singer's body was also loaded with other drugs, including lorazepam and Valium.

A law enforcement source told the Associated Press that Murray will be prosecuted on a theory of gross negligence. Spokesmen for Murray had no comment, and have said Murray neither prescribed nor administered drugs that should have killed Jackson.

Murray told investigators that he was monitoring Jackson's pulse and oxygen levels as he administered the sedatives during the night Jackson died and that Jackson remained awake despite several injections of drugs.

Murray told police Jackson requested and demanded an injection of propofol. Murray told investigators that about 10.30am on 25 June, he left Jackson for less than two minutes to use the restroom, and that Jackson was not breathing when he returned.

[Viaene]

Murray told police Jackson requested and demanded an injection of propofol. Murray told investigators that about 10.30am on 25 June, he left Jackson for less than two minutes to use the restroom, and that Jackson was not breathing when he returned.

what a coincidence..

[MuzikTyme]

Elvis, the King, demanded over 30 different narcotic ingredients to be mixed in a "cocktail" twice a day.

Maybe if Michael's doctor is convicted then possibly I can sue my mother for involuntary manslaughter, too. lol

I mean, she gave birth to a son she knew would die someday.

[Steel2Velvet]

The charges will not stick against a doctor administering to the wishes of a patient, otherwise years ago they'd have jailed MJ's plastic surgeon for body desecration.

[chutzpah]

I don't know what to make out of the Michael Jackson stuff...but...their's alot of money involved here...and lawyers too...family...Why don't they just sort it out? Let the guy (?) RIP...This is probably the bad side of being big (and rich)They're of lots of people who die everyday...Cmon...and eventually "I will go"... but not without a struggle...this stuff happens everyday,across the world...This is the world of drugs,sex and rock n roll...(not me personaly) Bad things happen...and this is one of them