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Hearing opens involuntary
manslaughter case
(AP) - A choreographer who
worked with Michael Jackson told
a judge Tuesday he clashed with
Jackson's doctor and others over
the superstar’s health six days be­
fore he died.
Kenny Ortega, who was the last
person to work with Jackson, testi­
fied that he was sum m oned to
Jackson’s home a day after letting
the superstar skip rehearsal because
he seemed sick.
Dr. Conrad Murray and others
suggested Jackson should not have
been sent home because he was
physically and emotionally fine, Dr. Conrad Murray
Ortega testified, adding he was told frantically asking him to get help
not to try to be Jackson's doctor or from bodyguards for Jackson, who
psychiatrist.
was in a bedroom.
The testimony came during a pre­
Williams described the chaotic
liminary hearing to determine if scene at the mansion and hospital
Murray, the singer's personal phy­ and recalled the heartbreaking mo­
sician, will be tried on a charge of ment when DiLeo told Jackson's
involuntary manslaughter.
children their father was dead. Wil­
A uthorities contend M urray liams said he and Murray and every­
gave Jackson a lethal dose of the one else were crying.
powerful anesthetic propofol and
Faheem M uham m ad, one of
other sedatives in the bedroom of Jackson's bodyguards, testified that
his rented mansion before he died two of the pop star's children, Prince,
on June 25,2009.
then 11, and Paris, who was 10,
Deputy District Attorney David watched as Murray frantically at­
Walgren said in his opening state­ tempted to revive him in the bed­
ment that Jackson was already dead room of his rented mansion.
when Murray summoned help and
Muhammad eventually escorted
tried to conceal his administering of the children from the room. Paris
propofol to the pop star, ordering a was on the ground crying, and "I
bodyguard to collect items before realized we needed to get them out
paramedics were called.
of the situation," he said.
Another witness, Jackson's per­
Jackson's mother Katherine, his
sonal assistant Michael Amir Will­ sister LaToya and his brother Jackie
iams, described Murray calling him attended the hearing, where Murray
on the day the superstar died and sat taking notes.
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