Michael Jackson died because of his own bad choices, not because of anything done by AEG Live, a lawyer for the producer of Jackson’s comeback concerts told jurors Wednesday. Delivering his closing argument in the long-running negligence case by Jackson’s family, defence attorney Marvin Putnam said the company did not know anything about Jackson’s use of propofol as a sleep aid and did not hire Dr. Conrad Murray to be his physician for the “This Is It” shows in London. Putnam said Jackson and AEG Live both wanted the concerts to go forward but suggested the company would have pulled the plug on the tour if it had known Jackson was using propofol. “AEG only learned the truth after Mr. Jackson passed,” Putnam said. “AEG would have never agreed to finance this tour if they knew Mr. Jackson was playing Russian roulette in his bedroom every night.” Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter after giving Jackson an overdose of propofol in 2009. The drug is not meant to be used outside operating rooms. Read more http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Michael Jackson died from choices lawyer/8959253/story.html
