Jackson’s family doesn’t want money from Murray

Yesterday in the Los Angeles court, there was a dispute over the amount of damages that Dr. Conrad Murray should pay to Michael Jackson’s children. He caused Michael Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009 by injecting propofol, and he is now serving his four-year prison sentence. Previously, the prosecutors had requested that Murray pay more than $100 million as damages to Michael’s three children. But yesterday he withdrew that request, saying that the Jackson family has no desire to receive damages from Michael’s involuntary killer. Prosecutor David Walgren said that he had spoken with Michael’s mother, Michael’s father’s lawyer, the lawyers for Michael’s three children, and the lawyer for the Michael Foundation about this matter. The result was that the Jackson family does not want Murray’s money. No reason was given. In any case, even if the $100 million fine for this disbarred doctor—who even lost his medical license—had been considered, he would not have been able to pay it for the rest of his life. The Michael Foundation had said that the King of Pop could have earned at least $100 million by carrying out the This Is It tour. Michael intended to use that income to establish a children’s hospital, but with his death, that goal was not achieved. After the prosecutors’ statements, Judge Michael Pastor announced that the Jackson family had waived its legal right. Of course, there are still two financial cases being pursued by Michael’s parents against Murray and the company that organized the This Is It tour. Murray’s defense attorney, Michael Flanagan, expressed satisfaction that his fine has been overturned. Source: eMJey.com / Reuters