UK Tabloids: LaToya Says Jackson Murdered
Two Sunday Papers Report Pop Star's Sister as Saying he was Killed for Money, She Knows Who Did It
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LaToya Jackson enters UCLA Medical Center on June 25, 2009. (CBS/Ramey Photos)
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LaToya Jackson said she knows who is responsible for her brother's death and is determined to see them brought to justice, the News of the World reported.
According to the published interviews with The News of the World and The Mail on Sunday, she did not name any of the people she believes were involved and did not offer any evidence to support her claim that foul play was involved in the singer's sudden death on June 25.
"I feel it was all about money," she was quoted as saying by the News of the World. "Michael was worth well over a billion in music publishing assets and somebody killed him for that. He was worth more dead than alive."
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She reportedly said the conspirators used powerful prescription drugs to keep Michael Jackson submissive and under control and also kept him away from his family.
Jack Ford, anchor of the In Session Channel's "Courtside," said on "The Early Show" Monday it's possible someone could face charges of murder or manslaughter if Jackson died of an overdose.
"You can make an argument," Ford told "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith. " ... Manslaughter is what you're probably looking at there. You didn't intend to kill him, but you engage in conduct that is so reckless there's a real risk there of somebody dying."
Ford said prosecutors are growing more conscious of these kinds of situations, adding that in the case of Jackson, it would have to be a "significant showing that someone (was) loading him up."
"If I’m a prosecutor and I’m hearing these stories," he said, "I’m going to take a look at it."
LaToya Jackson also claimed, the newspapers reported, that roughly $2 million (1.23 million pounds) worth of cash and jewelry was taken from Michael Jackson's rented mansion and has not been accounted for.
LaToya Jackson also was quoted as saying her brother did not want to perform the 50 London shows he had agreed to, but was pressured into that agreement.
The shows, to mark Michael Jackson's return to concert performing, had been scheduled to begin Monday at London's 02 Arena.
Officials are waiting for the return of toxicology reports before determining the cause of Michael Jackson's death.
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See all 29 CommentsThose poor children have not got a chance.
Come on CBS... this is not becoming of you. That is not a good source.
British Tabloids... there you go... does this make it more authentic than American tabloids?! I guess that's why many late night infomercials have British people on them... to take advantage of the American propensity to trust an England accent.
Isn't this the same paper that often has pictures of aliens on it, or revealing shocking interviews of people who were abducted by aliens?
Sheesh! You really surprised me CBS... not good at all.
Both are savy and know that getting into the middle of the Jackson family is walking into a mine field. They just showed up for the dance and know not to stick around for the cleanup after.
There is a big differnece between a dope shooting up and having a paid assiatant who is assigned to bring you a tray of drugs to shoot up with your breakfast as Elvis was.
Hendrix and Joplin did not have a live in doctor with a prescription pad nor were they chartering 3 Am flights to Las Vegas to get a prescription from their dentist.
If you want to put anyone in the same category of Elvis and MJ you should put Howard Hughes. They all had a cadre of people keeping them pumped up or calmed down as was needed to keep the money machine rolling smoothly. For them it was not about being high, it was about being controlled.
2.) Way to keep the name in the headlines
3.) Jackson repelled people, but he didn't make them hate him
4.) That weird, self-medicating with drugs makes way more sense as COD
5.) His sister just bought the family another month or two of coverage
6.) I am weary of the whole thing.
From the media to the family, let him rest in peace! How long will the rumors and reports of rumors, linger on?
What is next? Michael Jackson sightings?
Let him rest on his accomplishments (and failures) and let that be that until the toxicology reports come back>
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