Nanny: I Had To Pump Jackson's Stomach

(CBS)  There is still no word tonight from the family compound about funeral and memorial plans for Michael Jackson, but the details of the superstar's life and death that are emerging are increasingly strange, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.

Jackson's family remains mostly out of sight at their suburban Los Angeles home, where a makeshift shrine to the megastar is growing. Meanwhile, investigators say Dr. Conrad Murray, who was with the singer during his final moments, provided useful information during three hours of questioning Saturday.

Murray was hired to tend to Jackson during his planned summer concerts in London. A lawyer for Murray told the L.A. Times he did not inject the pop star with Demerol before he died.

But many questions still remain: How much medication was Jackson taking? And did a reliance on painkillers contribute to his death?

One time spiritual advisor Deepak Chopra says in 2005 Jackson asked him for a prescription.

"He showed me a little bottle of OxyContin. I started to probe and then got to find out that he was probably seeing several doctors who were giving him narcotics," Chopra said.

Attorney Thomas Mesereau, who represented Jackson during his 2005 molestation trial says even after being acquitted, Jackson was never quite the same.

"He was not constructed, in my opinion, emotionally, for a trial like that," Mesereau said.

However, Mesereau says Jackson was a devoted father who worried about what would happen to his kids if he died prematurely. An ever increasing number of Jackson associates want to care for the children.

Jackson's longtime nanny, Grace Rawarmba, considers herself the children's mother. She is quoted in the Times of London saying that Jackson abused prescription drugs and that she "had to pump his stomach several times."

She is also quoted saying that just hours after Jackson died, his mother Katherine called her and said, "You remember Michael used to hide cash at the house? I am here. Where can it be?"

"If Grace's goal was to recreate herself from nanny to celebrity - bravo, job well done," said Jackson biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli. "But if she had hoped to maintain a relationship with his children, then that was a pretty stupid move."

The Rev. Al Sharpton is expected in Los Angeles to meet with the Jackson family about memorial plans. They could include simultaneous worldwide celebrations.

[vegas2go]

Now comes the battle for the money,,,,,,notice how the Family had a movingvan take stuff out of the house the very day he died??? Ghoulish!
You can bet this is only the Beginning........

[scallywag12]

Here's an interesting question. If the doctor found MJ in bed and his body was still warm and he had a faint pulse, why did MJ son think he was joking when he collapsed? Doesn't make sense to me.

[woozybarnes]

The Rev's Jesse and Al jumping on board. How surprising.

[pensacola8-2009]

I can't believe M.J. waited before he was 400 Million dollars in debt before deciding to do something about it. With 300 million citizens in the USA, that comes to $1.33 that each of us will have to absorb for just one person. There are fortune 500 companies that considered a single million dollar loss as staggering! One thing is clear, M.J. didn't know much about mananging money. From what I can tell, he wasn't good at many other things, too. What a poor role model he was for the fans!!

[california64]

MJ's Mother at his house before the body was even cold and LOOKING FOR MONEY! This will be the theme for the next several years. EVERYONE will want those three kids so they have access to the money. What a pathetic lot of people the Jackson family have become...

[kbbpll]

Has-been washed-up freak show dies. Tomorrow's Monday. Maybe some real news will occur.

[hungry1968-15]

by TrickynWV June 28, 2009 7:14 PM PDT
Question: Father, Joe Jackson, The Right Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Other Reverend Al Sharpton... a father, and 2 "men of God". Where were they when Michael needed some REAL help?

Answer: Nowhere helping him. So why go through the act now?







You already know the answer.....

There wasn't enough publicity BEFORE he dropped dead, but there's money to be made now that he's horizontal.

[culturechang]

Pump his stomach????? That is not exactly standard duty for a nanny.

[jincstress]

Why are there TWO different accounts? Two official accounts. One has Michael collapsing on the floor in front of his son, and then his Dr frantically trying to revive him. The 2nd has his Dr "Just happening to find him in bed". The official 911 call has a male saying that he is on the bed receiving CPR (what Dr does compressions on a bed?) So what happened? How do they reconcile these inconsistencies?
" Michael Jackson's eldest son thought his father was joking around when he collapsed on the living-room floor ? but soon stood "in a trance" as the King of Pop's personal doctor frantically tried to revive him, a family confidant told the New York Post.

"The horror of it all is that Prince thought his dad was just being his dad and clowning, but it was real, and he watched as they worked on him," said Stacy Brown, a Jackson family biographer who has spoken extensively to the Jackson's relatives since he died Thursday.

Then you have:
" Chernoff told the AP that Murray was at the pop icon's rented mansion on Thursday afternoon when he discovered Jackson in bed and not breathing. The doctor immediately began administering CPR, Chernoff said.

"He just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn't breathing," the lawyer said. "Mr. Jackson was still warm and had a pulse."

So he collapsed in the living room- they "frantically " tried to revive him and then at some point felt itd be best to put him inbed and let his Dr " just happen to find him" ? That dog dont hunt.

[John_Merritt]

Very astute pickup. Nice job. Now you see why so many people are looking for the truth of this whole sordid affair. SAVE THE KIDS!

[woodyroberts]

Katherine Jackson & Joe Jackson are Micheal's abusers over the years, That family has survived in style as long as Michael made them money. God please see that these crappy parents die without a cent. Read the true stories of Micheal's upbringing and you see these people are responsibly for the mental anguish Michael has dealt with for years These people are pure trash.

[riob678]

Janet Jackson will have to pick up the financial slack in order for Mom and Pop to continue living a charmed life.