LOS ANGELES, June 28, 2009
Nanny: I Had To Pump Jackson's Stomach
No Word Yet On Memorial Plans, But Bizarre Details Continue To Emerge From Michael Jackson's Final Hours
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Play CBS Video Video Jackson In Detail The Jackson family remains out of sight while investigators say Dr. Conrad Murray, who was with Jackson during his last moments, provided useful information during questioning. Ben Tracy reports.
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In this Dec. 3, 1984 picture, Michael Jackson performs with his brothers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. No plans have been announced for the singer's memorial service as of June 28, 2009, but bizarre details continue to emerge about his final hours and his children's nanny says Jackson frequently used painkillers. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac)
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Photo Essay Mourning Michael Jackson Fans gather across the country to mourn the loss of a pop icon
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Photo Essay Michael Jackson: 1958-2009 The "King Of Pop" had a life full of number one hits and personal scandals
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.
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See all 31 CommentsYou can bet this is only the Beginning........
my thoughts exactly gravy
There is one nanny out of a job.
How hard can it be to get answers from the "Doctor"?
Show the perscriptions you made out to Michael.
Show your present inventory.
Show the inventory you brought into the home.
I would suspect any GOOD doctor could do that.
Meanwhile, Deepak Chopra continues to be a joke
like some foreign "doctors" that have come into
the U.S.
Ummm...Doc's don't have an "inventory" of drugs - they only have 'trial' packs, then prescribe based upon outcome...hence that whole little 'pharmacy' trade?
Think the cops will invetory what is in the car?
Doing inventory is more that what your little brain can process.
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.
Answer: Nowhere helping him. So why go through the act now?
" 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.
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."
Agreed...this woman has no morals, manners, values, tact or class and could care less about the children (considered herself "The Mother'??? C'mon!) - Was he weird, off balance and emotionally struggling? definitely - pedophile? seriously, I dunno - The jury aquitted himbased on lack of evidence - if he was not guilty, that would screw a guy up based on public scrutiny alone. just sayin'. I wasn't there to witness, so I have no say, but it wouldn't be the first time someone was wrongfully accused and suffered the repricussions of public scorn/humiliation, especially if looking for a big $ payout - maybe he did...but maybe he didn't. Hollywood is all drama especially when they're not 'acting' - so pathetic and sad. This woman is no different - it's really none of her business to report to the press what his grieving Mother asks for...but I seriously doubt she would ask the 'nanny'.
well throw in TV Pitchman Billy Mays for free! ! !
Millions in India and China are buying cars and polluting at a rate far greater than the US--but will be taxed to death and paying triple the cost for electricty for no reason with "cap and trade." It's not about the environment... we're talking Washington DC here... it's about money and power as usual no matter who is in power.
Forget get M Jackson, he's dead. Get on the phone and call the White House and tell Obama you think he is insane.
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MICHAEL DID NOT COMMIT CHILD MOLESTATION!
On Friday, Michael's accuser Evan Chandler (now an adult) confessed that his father lied and coached him to lie.
YOU WANT PROOF. Go to: http://trashselector.com/evan-chandler-i-lied-for-my-father-im-sorry-michael/
I warned on several blogs that the people who have delighted in "cutting Michael to pieces" had better stop if they believe in a Supreme Being. Now, the truth is out. People who love to cast stones in the name of religion and spew hatred are going to a very very hot place.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT NO MENTION OF THIS CONFESSION IS ON THE NEWS AND CABLE!!
I can appreciate your support and passion for Mr. Jackson. Only God knows what he has done, and not, in this lifetime. For anyone to say anyone is going to heaven or hell, is only speculation. Truth, Mr. Jackson led a full but somewhat disappointing life which ended maybe at an inopportunistic time, but I believe at the appointed time. Once again, God is the only one with that answer. I hope you get over the loss of your friend. I am sorry for anyone that dies, especially under circumstances that lead to so much supposition. My only concern right now is for the children. Everyone else can fend for themselves.
To say the media was unprepared is an understatement. The biggest news that came out was that people were originally putting flowers on the wrong star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The pop icon's star was covered up by a red carpet for a premier of Sasha Baron Cohen's movie "Bruno". 73-year-old English-born radio personality Michael Jackson's star covered by flowers and surrounded by fans of the other, more famous Michael Jackson. Of course, the dead Michael Jackson happened to be more famous than anyone.
No matter what you may think of his private life, the eccentric oddball with the common name was anything but. The lawsuits and legal settlements which caused embarrassment but never a conviction for anything, are a thing of the past. His fans are numerous, and he is even bigger in other parts of the world. There are those who haven't forgotten the scandals that plagued Jackson over the latter part of his life, and many people believe he is guilty of something. But there's no denying his popularity, and in death, Michael Jackson is being remembered for his groundbreaking musical career.
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