The judge got angry, Murray fired him

On the first day of jury selection, the judge in Michael Jackson’s murder case did not hide his anger about information leaking to the media. On Wednesday, TMZ published part of the questionnaires that were supposed to remain sealed until the next day on its website! Murray’s legal team admitted that this failure happened on their side, and they targeted Murray’s publicist for the attack. On Thursday, CNN obtained the documents related to the judge’s discussions with the defense attorneys, and it became clear that, as is common in the world of fame, the lawyers had hired a team to prevent the accused doctor Conrad Murray’s image from being damaged through their media advertising. This team obtained the questionnaire forms in some way and handed them to TMZ. As a result, six of the questions that were supposed to be asked on Thursday to the jurors being selected were leaked. Miranda Sussick, one of the people on this advertising team, had been responsible for Murray’s publicity and that of his defense attorneys starting two days after Michael’s death. But now, by Murray’s order, she has been fired. But the trouble didn’t end there. On Thursday, Judge Pastor stated plainly: "When people out there are hoping to get money, these kinds of problems happen. I’m sure this didn’t happen out of good-heartedness." The judge said he was upset on Wednesday after seeing the questions on TMZ’s website, because seeing the questions in advance would affect how people answer. He then summoned the lawyers and the prosecutors. In the documents obtained by CNN, Conrad Murray’s defense attorney Ed Chernoff told the judge that the questions published by TMZ were the same ones that the advertising team had provided to the lawyers. Chernoff assured that this team would be fired. But the good news is that the leaked questions did not make it into the main questionnaire forms. The judge accepted the lawyers’ defense and did not blame them for this. However, he is not the first judge to be harmed by the media. Earlier, Judge Lindsay Lohan had mocked TMZ by saying: "The CIA should learn from you." CNN’s attempts to contact TMZ failed. Source: eMJey.com / LATimes / CNN