
Los Angeles: Michael Jackson's doctor, who refused to testify at his trial, said in an interview broadcast on Thursday that the singer lied to him about his medical history and never revealed he had an addiction problem. "I would hate to put blame on Michael as an individual," Dr Conrad Murray told the "Today" show in the interview done days before the doctor's conviction. "I only wish maybe in our...

10:27 AM, Nov 11, 2011

Los Angeles: The doctor convicted of manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death has called the 'Thriller' singer a drug 'addict' in a television interview that will air on morning talk show 'Today' this week. Dr Conrad Murray, who now sits in a Los Angeles jail awaiting sentencing for involuntary manslaughter, spoke to NBC News journalist Savannah Guthrie before the verdict was returned at his trial on Monday. The interview will air...

01:10 PM, Nov 10, 2011

Los Angeles: Michael Jackson's doctor finally made a decision he had long delayed, telling a judge on Tuesday he would not testify in his involuntary manslaughter trial. Minutes later, the defense rested its case and the prosecution, after presenting brief rebuttal testimony, closed its presentation of evidence in the six-week trial. That set the stage for closing arguments to begin on Thursday. Dr Conrad Murray's announcement came while jurors were...

10:31 AM, Nov 02, 2011

Los Angeles: The trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician will enter a new phase this week, with the doctor's attorneys trying to counter three weeks of damaging testimony and attempting to show that the singer somehow caused his own death. Lawyers for Dr Conrad Murray have told jurors that the involuntary manslaughter case will hinge on the science of what killed Jackson in June 2009. They will call their own...

08:22 AM, Oct 17, 2011

Los Angeles: The judge in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor issued a gag order for attorneys on Friday after a defense counselor appeared on a television show telling details about the case. The judge's order came at midday on Friday, the fourth day of the widely-watched trial in which prosecutors are trying to prove that Dr Conrad Murray is responsible for the drug overdose that led to the...

08:41 AM, Oct 01, 2011

Los Angeles: Michael Jackson's doctor called the singer's personal assistant rather than an ambulance when he realized the "Thriller" star had stopped breathing in June 2009, a Los Angeles court heard on Wednesday. And after the superstar was pronounced dead hours later in hospital, Dr Conrad Murray wanted to return to Jackson's house and find some cream that the singer "wouldn't want the world to know about," personal assistant Michael...

09:01 AM, Sep 29, 2011

Los Angeles: Pop star Michael Jackson had high hopes his 2009 'This Is It' concerts would be the spark to revive his flagging career, but in the days before he died his ability to perform was hanging in the balance. That intimate portrait of Jackson's aspirations for the series of London concerts came to light on Tuesday in testimony and in a shocking audiotape of Jackson slurring his words that...

08:38 AM, Sep 28, 2011

Just days before Michael Jackson's second death anniversary, his elder sister La Toya speaks about his death. ...

07:35 AM, Jun 24, 2011

Los Angeles: Prosecutors this week begin offering evidence that Michael Jackson's doctor is responsible for the pop star's death in a case that could hinge on who gave the singer a fatal dose of a powerful drug he used for sleep. Dr Conrad Murray, Jackson's physician in 2009, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death, and a Los Angeles judge on Tuesday starts the preliminary hearing -- largely...

12:30 PM, Jan 04, 2011

Joe Jackson believes that there is more to Michael's death. ...

05:33 PM, Aug 31, 2009

Police have decided to launch another probe into MJ's death. ...

01:58 PM, Aug 21, 2009

Agents looked for medical records relating to MJ, his reported aliases. ...

07:39 AM, Jul 29, 2009

The physician who reportedly gave MJ sedatives that may have killed him. ...

03:11 AM, Jul 29, 2009

Investigators say the doctor is not a suspect, he is a witness to the tragedy. ...

10:00 PM, Jun 28, 2009