Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray was formally charged today, January 8, 2010, with involuntary manslaughter. The charge was based on Murray providing Michale Jackson with a powerful anesthetic, propofol, that was ruled to be the major factor in his death on June 25, 2009.
Latoya Jackson is stopped by paparazzi on her way into Mr. Chow and was asked about Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s doctor, only being charged with manslaughter.
Dr. Conrad Murray faces charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. The attorney for Michael Jackson’s family explains that he had warned that medications would bring Michael to his knees that “one day Michael Jackson would wake up dead.”
Michael Jackson’s former personal physician has hired a criminal defense attorney to help fight the potential manslaughter charges from the prosecution in Michael Jackson’s death last summer.
Dr. Conrad Murray hired Glendale lawyer Michael Flanagan on Tuesday.