THE LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION!Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died suddenly, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death.
The filing of the charges capped an investigation that revealed Mr. Jackson’s heavy reliance on narcotics, including propofol, an anesthetic normally used in surgery but administered to Mr. Jackson, 50, as a sleep aid.
The doctor, Conrad Murray, a cardiologist with offices in Houston and Las Vegas, had acknowledged giving Mr. Jackson the drug shortly before the singer was found unconscious on June 25 in a rented mansion here, according to police affidavits. The coroner determined that Mr. Jackson had died from “acute propofol intoxication,” combined with other sedatives.
Dr. Murray, 57, who arrived in Los Angeles last week trailed by paparazzi, has maintained through his lawyer that nothing he gave Mr. Jackson should have caused his death.
The charge came after a week of negotiations between his lawyers and prosecutors that one of his lawyers said bogged down over whether Mr. Murray should be handcuffed and arrested, as opposed to surrendering at a courthouse in a more low-key way.
The investigation revealed a tantalizing, behind-the-scenes glimpse of Mr. Jackson, who, while being the best-selling recording artist of all time, zealously guarded his privacy. He was on the verge of a comeback tour at the time of his death.
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