The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has finally confirmed what we all knew to be true: Michael Jackson’s drug overdose death was proved to be a homicide. The question now becomes—why did it take the LA Coroner’s office over two months to figure this out? What kind of politics and corruption could possibly delay such a conclusion?
Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal live-in physician, is accused of giving the King of Pop a deadly cocktail of anti-anxiety and sleep medication. This alleged doctor had been administering a frightening array of drugs to Jackson for weeks, if not months. On June 25th, Michael received alternating injections of Midazolam, Lorazepam, and topped it off with a nightcap of an IV drip of the powerful sedative Propofol. The frail and underweight pop star died only a few hours later.
We say: in addition to charging Dr. Murray with manslaughter, the charges should also be extended to all of Jackson’s enablers and handlers. After all, who in their right mind would hire Dr. Murray to be Jackson’s personal physician? A simple background check would reveal that:
- In June 1992, Dr. Murray filed for bankruptcy in the state of California. According to public records, his debt was discharged by the court.
- In February 1993, the state of California placed a lien on Dr. Murray for failing to pay $1,578 in state taxes.
- In February 1994, Murray was charged with domestic violence in the state of Arizona.
- He owes $940 in fines and penalties for driving with an expired license plate and no proof of insurance in 2000.
- In May 2001, the state of California placed a second lien on Dr. Murray for failing to pay $19,457 in state taxes. It was released in December 2003.
- In April 2003, the state placed yet another lien on Murray for failing to pay $21,084 in state taxes.
- Murray's Nevada medical practice was sued for more than $400,000 in three different court judgments in 2007 and 2008, and still has two cases pending against him.
- Last December, Dr. Murray was sued again with a nearly $3,700 judgment for failure to pay child support. He was also forced to pay $1,500 in a court judgment won by a credit card company. Another credit card claim for more than $1,100 filed in April of 2009 is pending.
Ken Sunshine, a Jackson family representative said recently that, “the family looks forward to the day justice can be served.” And yet, it’s really a shame that Jackson’s family and enablers are not able to look into the mirror and see that they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for allowing one of the strongest voices in America to be silenced by one incompetent physician.
