*One by one, members of Michael Jackson’s family filed out of the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles following this afternoon’s guilty verdict in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop’s death.
As the family members made their way to waiting cars, HLN’s Jane Velez Mitchell was able to nab quick quotes from Jermaine Jackson, La Toya Jackson and Rebbie Jackson (whose daughter Yashi Brown screamed out inside of the courtroom when Dr. Murray was pronounced guilty.)
Jermaine Jackson: Justice was served. It wasn’t enough time, though. Michael is with us. Michael is with us.
Rebbie Jackson: I’m just so happy it’s over with. Nothing will bring him back, but I’m happy [Dr. Murray] was found guilty.
La Toya Jackson: Thank you America. Thank all the fans, thank the prosecuting team, Walgren you were great, everybody was wonderful. I just want to thank you. Michael loves everybody out here, I love him, we all love him. And guess what, he was in that court room and that’s why victory was served.
When Rebbie’s daughter Yashi was asked to comment on the guilty verdict, she smiled and said one word: “Handcuffs.”
Also commenting on the verdict was Paris Hilton’s mother Kathy Hilton, a longtime Jackson family friend who grew up with the siblings in the same neighborhood. Hilton said she’s “thrilled,” that justice was served, “but still, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and their family are leaving today without their son.”
It was breathtakingly stupid of Michael Jackson to sign for 50 shows knowing that he had a chronic sleeping problem. The rogue treatment with Propofol, “the magic bullet” was seemingly necessary; Michael wouldn’t have been able to do 1 show without sleep how could he have managed 50? Dr. Murray or not, Michael was doomed! He didn’t have the emotional intelligence to put everything aside and take time to heal, emotionally, physically and mentally. The quick answer that will solve Michael’s dilemma in his mind’s eyes was propofol and Co.
Although this doctor could not have prevented this boat to sink he has precipitated it by digging a bigger hole in the ship’s hull. Dr. Murray chose to be part of Michael Jackson’s vagaries for a big chunk of change under the guise of his medical license. The universe works in mysterious ways, isn’t it? Everything that could go wrong, went wrong, this is Murphy’s law in action. Dr. Conrad Murray is a truly disastrous doctor. This is gross negligence, greed, and it hits the level of criminality. Both men are self-made, and both men are guilty, one is dead, the other will probably be confined to a jail cell where he will be spinning on his butt trying to understand what went wrong. There is no room for softness, I can’t wait for the verdict!
Dr. Murray is not the only greedy man in the MJ saga. This is the crooked timber of humanity. In the crux of this drama I would like to jump from that into another shameful exploitation of MJ. A line of perfumes dedicated to Michael is about to be launched by Michael’s own father and a professional scam-artist who is much spookier than Dr. Murray, Julian Franck Rouas. This story will make your eyes curl up in the back of your head when you’ll read about the psychologically malevolent Julian Rouas and the Jackson Tribute Fragrances rogue operation. With no functioning conscience, they have even used Michael’s kids to promote the stinking perfumes. http://jacksontributefragrances.blogspot.com