Los Angeles law enforcement is preparing for the possibility that Michael Jackson's death could turn into a criminal case, pending results of the coroner's official report. The Los Angeles Times reported that Jackson’s medical files and records have been subpoenaed from several of the singer's more than dozen doctors who have cared for him since 1993. Authorities are especially concerned with the types of prescription drugs found at the rented home where Jackson died. While it's too early to determine whether crimes have been committed, CNN reported that the Jackson family has been made aware that there is the possibility of a criminal investigation.
Jul 10
2009
12:28 PM ET
Michael Jackson: LAPD weighs criminal investigation
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While the doctors bear some responsibility, the blame rests with Michael. But if there is money to be had, the Jacksons will sue someone else.
The Jacksons are criminals. They should look in their own closets first.
While the doctors provided Michael Jackson with various prescription drugs at HIS request and insistance and must have some accountability; ultimately, it was Michael Jackson’s CHOICE to use these heavy-duty drugs. Please allow him the dignity for the responsibility of his own demiss..if the drugs indeed killed him. This case is very much like Nicole’s. These two were obvious drug addicts; the doctors and people around them were the enablers. It is time to stop making excuses for those entertainers who are highly addicted to prescription drugs.
If it turns out that MJ died from taking Diprovan, then whoever provided him with that drug, which is not legal for use at home, is culpable in his death whether it was an accident or not, and if they can figure out which doctor or nurse it was, they will be arrested. It is not a narcotic, not a prescription pill, it is a strong anesthetic administered by I.V. and only intended for use during surgery. As for Joe Jackson’s “foul play” comment, he is one of those people who makes provocative comments to get himself in the news. And although Joe says he and Katherine should raise those children, he doesn’t even live with her; he lives here in Las Vegas. And that’s a good thing, cause I don’t think MJ who have wanted his father to raise his pets, much less his kids.
I KNEW IT! I told you all this last week! We can pin the blame squarely on the corrupt One-Termer for the ease of access to prescription drugs. That’s what you get with socialized medicine! Impeachment now!!
I hope the Obama comment was you having a laugh…if you think you can blame him for what appears to be a condition going back to a time probably before Obama was even a Senator, than you confirm my suspicions about the simple and single-mindedness of most people. Of which you seem to be in the forefront. Sort of how people want to lay all the blame of 9/11 at Bush’s feet, even though only some of the blame is his. There was easily two administrations before his that were culpable too…
People are now blaming even Michael Jackson’s decades-long prescription drug addiction on Obama??? This whole country has gone stark raving stupid.
“We told Mike month after month, year after year, to stick with weed! With so much primo smoke out there, it made no sense to get low with all that crapola that the docs gave him.” — Phineas, Freewheelin’ Franklin, and Fat Freddy
I’m sorry, but although MJ may have played a part in what drugs he may have been taking that may have lead to his death, the ultimate responsibility for PRESCRIPTION drugs lies with the DOCTOR who prescribed them. Until the doctors are held accountable for what they give these star patients, we will continue to mourn the deaths of people like MJ, Heath Ledger, etc. The doctors are not being punished for their irresponsible behavior with these celebrity patients. Any of us can ask a doctor for a drug. The doctor does not have to say yes, and shouldn’t always say yes especially when the drug isn’t being used appropriately. Until other doctors and pharmacists see someone being held accountable and severely punished for the death of a celebrity due to prescription drug abuse, this repulsive and unethical behavior in the medical community will continue. I do not agree with those who want to blame MJ for this problem. His doctors should simply have said NO.
Please find something better to report on. Nobody cares. Get over it. He’s dead.
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In my wildest imagination I cannot imagine why someone anyone would be so tormented and tortured in life and soul that they would load up on hundreds, maybe thousands of prescription pills. What if there were no pharmacies? I guess he would be a street drug addict, homeless and begging for another fix? Nobody is to blame but MJ, and I’m tired of people pointing to his father for all his problems. As you get older, when you mature, you get over that B.S. If he went through life tormented because of some childhood whippings and couldn’t move on with his life, then he was 1/2 the person we thought he was. We all have family and psychological problems. Unless your are diagnosed schizo or paranoid — GET OVER IT!
“…I’m tired of people pointing to his father for all his problems. As you get older, when you mature, you get over that B.S.”
-easy for you to say, i don’t think ANY of us will ever know the horrors he had to endure being Joe Jackson’s son. To NEVER having a childhood and the pressures of being the most famous man on the planet! MJ gets a pass in my book for becoming what he did.
Sally, not everyone has the same life and not everybody copes with things in the same way. None of us know everything he had to cope with because we didn’t know him. If this is the case, then these doctors need to be held accountable because they have no business giving out things like this to anybody. Another poster had said it, we’re gonna continue losing alot of these celebs if somebody doesn’t start cracking down on this prescription drug ring that’s happening in hollywood. It’s dangerous and it’s sad!
You don’t get over it jerk. But life is worth living. I take pills; lots of them. They happen to be legal. Yeah. I have a psychiatrist. So what, I’m alive, have a daughter, not a bad life.
I just wonder if he had gotten the right kind of help, the right doctors, not the aholes he got. I do think things could have been different. He had a mental illness or mental problems. I think. I work. I have a daughter. Life is hard, but it’s hard for a lot of people. And I’m damn happy to be alive.