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“And when he went through that curtain” and other details of MJ’s press conference preparation
: Ibid.

Phillips talking MJ out of $93-million mansion and “When I’m on that stage”
: Phillips testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“That’s what motivated him”
: Phillips interview for
Rolling Stone,
2009, courtesy of Claire Hoffman.

Silver spacesuit, blue diamonds, and robot shoulder pads
: Zaldy Goco interview in
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
(Columbia Pictures, 2009).

Mirrored shoes and three million Swarovski crystals
: Ibid.

6,600 crystals
: Ruckel interview.

130-by-30-foot LED screen and “He had these great ideas,”
live-monkey idea, and $6 million budget
: Author interview with Bruce Jones.

MJ paid 95 percent of Ortega’s salary
: Gongaware testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“MJ and I are already so in sync”
: Kenny Ortega e-mail to Gongaware, March 27, 2009,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
discovery documents.

“He was thinner”
: Author interview with Stacy Walker.

“He just walked in”
: Author interview with Chris Grant.

Editing rehearsal clips, twenty-five rehearsals, “Michael asked to have the lights turned down,” and general details of song-rehearsal dates
: Author interview with Tim Patterson.

MJ-Bearden “It should be simpler” exchange
:
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
.

“He was very in charge”
: Grant interview.

Ortega appearance
:
Michael Jackson’s This Is It.

“Kenny never shows stress”
: Author interview with Erin “Topaz” Lareau.

MJ’s rehearsal schedule
: Patterson interview.

Explosions, black widow spider, and cherry picker
:
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
.

“He would just fill the room up”
: Author interview with Tommy Organ.

Cheering during “Billie Jean” and “At least we get a feel of it”
:
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
.

MJ’s agreement on extra shows in exchange for “an English country estate”
: Phillips interview for
Rolling Stone,
2009, courtesy of Claire Hoffman.

MJ’s agreement on extra shows in exchange for
Guinness
recognition
: Phillips testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

John Scher’s 75 percent prediction
: Fred Goodman, with Steve Knopper, “Michael Jackson’s Troubled Comeback,”
Rolling Stone,
July 9, 2009, pp. 19–20.

“I just believed in him”
: Phillips interview.

“
He can’t do this” and “He might last a week”
: Faye testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“I never noticed frailty” and “He looked like a cheetah”
: Author interview with Bashiri Johnson.

“not in shape enough” and “Once he’s healthy enough”
: Michael Bearden e-mail to Kenny Ortega, June 16, 2009,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
discovery documents.

“It’s a shame” and “I know why you’re calling”
: Author interview with Ron Weisner.

“Oh my God . . . I can see Michael’s heart”
: Faye testimony.

“Get him a bucket of chicken!”
: Ibid.

“I’ve got to get a good night’s sleep,” “What if you don’t wake up?,” and other details about Cherilyn Lee’s treatment of MJ
: Lee testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
August 28–29, 2013.

MJ wrapped in blankets and “He just seemed he wasn’t there”
: Ortega testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
July 8–10 and August 8, 2013.

“He appeared quite weak and fatigued”
: Ortega e-mail to Phillips, June 20, 2009,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
discovery documents.

“cold to the touch” and Karen Faye begged Ortega and others to intervene
: Faye testimony.

“
Stop trying to be an amateur doctor,” “Please, tell the doctor,” “Yes, that’s what happened,” “I am fine,” and hug
: Kenny Ortega testimony,
People vs. Conrad Robert Murray,
September 27, 2011.

“all the toys were coming out”
: Author interview with Abby Franklin.

“He was pretty involved”
: Grant interview.

“Earth Song” changes, “let it rumble!,” and “Thank you, everybody”
:
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
.

“secure the proper route”
: Alvarez testimony,
People vs. Murray,
September 29, 2011.

Faheem Muhammad drove MJ home, fan encounters, MJ rolled down window, bodyguards loaded gifts into car, Williams noticed Murray’s BMW, Williams returned home, and perimeter check
: Michael Amir Williams testimony,
People vs. Murray,
September 28, 2011.

Six Carnival models, $1,200 a week, stabbing story,
“No! You can’t do it,” “He is a pleaser”
: Author interview with Karen “Kalucha” Chacon.

“He knew better”
: Author interview with Orlando Martinez.

“Pissing contest over who could give the better drug”
: Debbie Rowe testimony,
Katherine Jackson, et al., vs. AEG Live, et al.,
California Superior Court.

Scott David Saunders’s relationship with MJ and watching
Spider-Man
at Neverland
: Scott David Saunders testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
July 25, 2013.

PlayStation 2, popcorn machine, and Navigator drives
: Ibid.

“innumerable occasions,” MJ and Allan Metzger and aliases “For confidentiality”
: Allan Metzger testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“hospital heroin” and ten times over twelve years
: Rowe testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“He had different doctors in different places”
: Metzger testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“He would be getting hundreds of injections,” “So therefore he often needed to be sedated,” Versed and propofol, and “He referred to it as ‘the milk’ ”
: David Fournier testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
July 25, 2013.

“You’ve done enough”
: Ibid.

“to give a flatter appearance,” anesthesiologist and propofol, “milk,” and “Most people don’t really”
: Stephen Gordon testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
August 21, 2013.

Description of MJ hotel room incident and
“
wake up Daddy”
: Mike LaPerruque testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
August 1, 2013.

“I’m not going to lie”
: Author interview with Henry Aubrey.

“profound” and “Particularly when performing”
: Metzger testimony.

“I don’t usually go meet people in hotel rooms” and Christine Quinn procedure details
: Christine Quinn testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
August 28, 2013.

“He told me that it’s the best sleep”
: Ibid.

“shot of Demerol for the road,” “there’s no way I’m doing that,” and Conrad Murray accompanied MJ to Gordon appointment for Juvéderm
: Gordon testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

Murray had eight children with seven women
: Orlando Martinez testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
, April 30, 2013.

Murray met Sade Anding at Sullivan’s Steakhouse
: Sade Anding testimony,
People vs. Conrad Robert Murray,
October 4, 2011.

“serial womanizer,” “Had it not been for his voracious sexual,” and Murray background, including parents’ names, and Grenada birthplace
: David Jones, “Dr. Conrad Murray: The sleazy Lothario Who Made for a Perfect Fall-Guy,”
Daily Mail,
November 8, 2011, pp. 4–5.

Zufan Tesfai
: Ibid.

Meharry Medical School and
$45,000 in taxes
: Mallory Simon, “Doctor Suffering Financially When He Decided to Work for Jackson,”
cnn.com
, July 29, 2009.

Murray’s father opened Acres Home clinic
: Ruby Mosley testimony,
People vs. Conrad Robert Murray,
October 26, 2011.

Thirteen stents, Murray treated Dennis Hix for free
: Dennis Hix testimony,
People vs. Conrad Robert Murray,
October 26, 2011.

“desperate financial trouble”
: Martinez testimony,
Katherine
Jackson vs. AEG
.

$1.6 million owed
: “Michael Jackson’s doc Conrad Murray in deep financial straits, paid $150,000 a month by MJ,” Associated Press, August 1, 2009.

$71,332 in unpaid bills and $800,000 in total debts
: Harriet Ryan, Kimi Yoshino, and Ashley Powers, “Michael Jackson’s Death: Jackson Camp Says Concert Promoter Hired Doctor,”
latimesblogs.latimes.com
, June 26, 2009.

“
He’s not a businessman”
: Author interview with Miranda Sevcik.

MJ’s kids with cough and runny nose
: Los Angeles Police Department interview with Conrad Murray, June 27, 2009.

Michael Amir Williams call, “very much like,” and
“Well, I need more details”
: Ibid.

Murray’s first visit to MJ home
: Jeffrey Lee Adams testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
August 21, 2013.

London travel in chartered jet, guest house, and other AEG agreements with Murray, including $150,000 per month
: Timm Woolley e-mail to Murray, May 8, 2009,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
discovery documents.

AEG house discussions with Brigitte Segal, Murray children details, and “Make sure that the mattresses are in top shape”
: Murray e-mail to Brigitte Segal, June 15, 2009,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
discovery documents.

BMW Series 6 convertible
: Martinez testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
.

“I was twelve”
: Prince Michael Jackson testimony,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG,
June 26, 2013.

Shipments of ten 100-milliliter bottles and twenty-five 20-milliliter bottles, and “clinic” that was Nicole Alvarez’s apartment
: Tim Lopez testimony,
People vs. Murray,
October 4, 2011.

“He liked his privacy”
: Michael Amir Williams testimony,
People vs. Murray,
September 28, 2011.

“
We have to be phenomenal” and 45,000 milliliters in sixty-five bottles
: David Walgren opening statement,
People vs. Murray,
September 27, 2011.

Justin Burns requesting detailed medical records and “Anything less”
: Burns e-mail to Ian France and others, June 24, 2009,
Katherine Jackson vs. AEG
discovery documents.

“Call me right away” exchange, “Hurry, turn around and go back”
: Williams testimony,
People vs. Murray
.

Speed up,
Williams on his cellphone, Alvarez running to the front door, Roselyn Muhammed let him in, Murray at the top of the stairs, Alvarez had only been in the house twice, “Alberto, come,” MJ’s position on pillow, “Daddy!,” “Don’t let them see their dad like this,” “Everything is going to be okay,” room details, and “some sort of, you know, medical device”:
Alberto Alvarez testimony,
People vs. Murray,
September 29, 2011.

“I thought we were packing,” pulse oximeter, “It’s not looking good,” and other details of MJ’s death scene in his bedroom
: Ibid.

“He’s fifty years old, sir”
: “Michael Jackson: Transcript of 911 Call,” telegraph.co.uk, June 26, 2009.

Engine 71, 12:25
P.M.,
security men in front, MJ in pajamas and surgical cap, pale and underweight, hospice and DNR exchange, “Nothing,” and MJ’s lack of pulse and other medical details
: Richard Senneff testimony,
Katherine
Jackson vs. AEG,
April 30, 2013.

“a little bit of lorazepam,” life-saving drugs, gurney, UCLA call, left house at 1:07
P.M
.: Ibid.

Escalades
: Williams testimony,
People vs. Murray
.

“It was madness at the hospital”
: Randall Sullivan,
Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson
(New York: Grove Press, 2012), p. 409.

“Please, this is a private moment”
: Alvarez testimony,
People vs. Murray
.

1:13
P.M., 1:21
P.M.,
and 2:26
P.M.,
Murray said he heard pulse, Cooper pronounced MJ dead
: Richelle Cooper testimony,
People vs. Murray,
October 3, 2011.