Two Requests From the Prosecutor and the Defense in Michael Jackson’s Murder Case

Last Wednesday, the prosecutor in the murder case of the King of Pop asked the judge to prevent information from Michael Jackson’s autopsy from leaking to the media. David Walgren and Deborah Barzillai said that if this information is revealed in the financial insurance case of Lloyds London, then leaking it to the media would be unavoidable. Lloyds London has sued the massive company AEG, which was responsible for organizing Michael’s This Is It concerts in London. Lloyds had insured these concerts for $17.5 million, but it has no intention of paying and says it was lied to about Michael’s health. The Michael Jackson Foundation has also not stayed idle and has filed a lawsuit against Lloyds. Now, the prosecution says that if information from Michael Jackson’s autopsy is revealed in Lloyds’ financial lawsuit case, it will leak to the media. They want this information and autopsy photos to remain sealed until the trial of Conrad Murray, the doctor accused of involuntary manslaughter. Perhaps the prosecution will use some of these photos in that court. The prosecution believes that the disclosure of case information will disrupt the process of selecting jury members, which is set to begin this Thursday. They predict that the media will go after the holders of information with promises of money. Also on Friday, Conrad Murray’s lawyers again asked for the jury members to be quarantined. They made their request in an appeals court because Judge Michael Pastor, who is handling the case, had previously rejected their request. The lawyers said that without a 24-hour screening, the jury’s brains would be poisoned by the media. Narg Gorjian of Murray’s defense team wrote in their request that, according to their review so far, nearly 7,000 articles about the Conrad Murray trial have been written. In addition, the lawyers want the selection of jury members to be delayed until the appeals court issues its ruling. The request states: "Due to Mr. Jackson’s extremely high level of fame, it will be impossible for the jury to read online news sources or watch television without seeing traces of this trial in editorials and headlines." They once again emphasized that the Conrad Murray trial will become the most famous trial in history. Source: eMJey.com / washingtonpost / AP / LA Times / CNN