Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray hires a legal team
The doctor who was with Michael Jackson when he collapsed and died has hired a legal team before meeting with police.
Dr Conrad Murray – who appeared to go into hiding after the tragedy Thursday – hired the team of attorneys after repeating requests to meet with investigators.
It was understood that Dr Murray and one of the attorneys would meet with investigators on Saturday afternoon.
And Matt Alford, one of the attorneys hired by him, insisted: “He will co-operate fully.”
He insisted the doctor “is upset as are millions of people across the world”, stressing that he had just had a dear friend die in his arms. “It’s a human tragedy,” he added.
But he insisted: “He is not a suspect in the death of Mr Jackson.”
Dr Murray was due to meet fully with lawyers before the sit-down with police.
Mr Alford added: “I have no information as to what, if any, treatment or course of treatment he was doing for Mr Jackson at all.”
Dr Murray was understood to have been the only person with Jackson when he collapsed in his rented home in Los Angeles.
During the 911 call, a “doctor” was said to also be giving him CPR – although bizarrely on a bed even though it is widely known to only work on hard surfaces.
Police have stressed that his interview is not a criminal investigation. Instead, they want to piece together a timeline of events – and also discover what drugs Jackson had been taking in the run up to his shocking death.
They will be particularly interested in widely reported claims that Jackson had been injected with powerful pain killer Demerol shortly before he collapsed and died of cardiac failure.
The cardiologist became the subject of huge international interest after he seemed to go into hiding while investigators sought to talk to him.
A silver BMW he had been using was also impounded from Jacko’s rented home in California’s exclusive Holmby Hills after the star’s death.
Los Angeles police spokeswoman Karen Rayner said at the time: “His car was impounded because it may contain medications or other evidence that may assist the coroner in determining the cause of death,”
Source: Splash News