Dr. Michael Jackson Is Bankrupt
The name Dr. Arnold Klein is familiar to fans. He has been accused of injecting Michael Jackson with an excessive amount of painkillers and causing drug misuse (Demerol) in him. The Medical Board of California—or the California Supreme Medical Council—has placed him under investigation and interrogation.
In addition to Michael, Klein was the personal doctor of many Hollywood stars. The brilliant era full of money and fame has ended, and these days he is being pursued. He has declared bankruptcy and is trying to pay off his debts with the money he earns from auctions of stars’ memorabilia.
On January 23, Bonhams and Butterfield auction houses will put hundreds of items from Arnold Klein’s collection up for auction. These are memorabilia he collected from stars during his professional career. Among these items, mention should be made of the hat Michael wore when he left the hospital’s burn unit, and an invitation card to Elizabeth Taylor’s 8th wedding celebration. The estimated prices for these two items are $10,000 and $350, respectively.
All three of Klein’s multi-million-dollar properties are being put up for sale. He has a heavy debt of $12 million. It seems the time has come to settle accounts with bad doctors.
During Conrad Murray’s trial—the doctor who was found guilty of Michael Jackson’s involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to prison for 4 years (the maximum punishment set by law)—Murray’s lawyers pointed the finger at Klein and claimed that the start of Michael Jackson’s insomnia was caused by him, through over-injection of the painkiller Demerol. Klein used a large amount of this medication for Michael for minor skin treatments.
In October 2009, a few months after Michael’s death, Klein filed a $48,000 lawsuit against Michael in court for unpaid doctor’s fees from March to June of that year. Although after some time this lawsuit was taken off the agenda, and it’s unclear whether Klein withdrew it or a settlement was reached, the truth that these documents show is something that won’t escape the eyes of California’s medical board.
Last June, Klein’s office was raided by police forces, but nothing was said about what was found in his office.
Klein has exposed himself out of simplicity—or fate. In his lawsuit, he had stated plainly that over a period of two months he injected Michael with Demerol 51 times. That means roughly 2 to 3 times in each visit. The last injection was on June 22, 2009. Michael died three days later due to suffocation and cardiac arrest caused by propofol that Dr. Murray had injected into him. Murray used that drug to treat Michael’s insomnia.
Demerol reacts very quickly in the body and its effects wear off. Forensic medicine couldn’t find any trace of Demerol in Michael’s body, and proving whether the substance had been injected at the time of his death was practically impossible. That’s why the judge removed Klein’s name from Michael Jackson’s murder case, but one had to hope that California’s medical board wouldn’t drop him so easily.
Source: eMJey.com / radaronline / showbiz411