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Interview with Michael Jackson’s killer to the media and reactions to it (Warning: disturbing content!)

conrad-murray-31.jpg Michael Jackson’s killer, Conrad Murray, made disturbing remarks about the King of Pop during an interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail, which TMZ described as nonsense. Regardless of whether the statements are true or false, bringing them up in a public setting—far from human dignity and disrespectful of Michael’s privacy and that of others—was unacceptable. Part of Murray’s comments that became headlines was this: Murray said that every night he held Michael’s sexual organ. He said: "Do you want to know how close and intimate we were? I held his sexual organ every night so I could connect him to a sonde because he was incontinent at night. He always wore dark pants because after he went to the bathroom, they would leak for hours." And this bizarre claim: "Michael couldn’t possibly use a condom, so I had to put the condom on for him myself." Murray also invaded the privacy of Michael’s children: "All three of them have different fathers, and Michael is not the father of any of them. Michael told me that he had never had a sexual relationship with Debbie." Murray claimed that Michael had told him that once, while he was unconscious, one of his doctors sexually abused him. Murray’s remarks became even stranger when he said that Michael had predicted he would die under his supervision: "He looked at me once and smiled and said, ‘You know, our names will be linked forever. I can see the future.’" Murray also once again blamed Michael for his own death and repeated a theory that the jury rejected during the 2011 trial. He said he does not believe he is responsible or guilty for Michael’s death: "I believe that when I left the room that day, he woke up and injected himself with propofol. He did it very quickly, and he suffered cardiac arrest." On the other hand, last night an interview with Conrad Murray on Australia’s 60 Minutes program was aired on television. Reports say the Jackson family is furious that a TV program gave such an opportunity to the killer of their child, brother, and son. In the 60 Minutes interview, Murray claims that he loved Michael very much and that they were close friends. It has been rumored that Murray received a six-figure fee for doing this interview. That rumor has fueled the anger of the Jackson family even more. However, one source says Murray’s pay was nowhere near that amount. Catherine Jackson, Michael’s mother, is worried that this interview will cause further harm to Paris’s mental state. Paris, Michael’s fifteen-year-old daughter, took her own life a few months ago due to the psychological pressure and, likely, harassment and mistreatment by society after her father’s death. During the 60 Minutes interview, Murray claimed that Michael’s spirit speaks to him, but he did not provide further details and said that talking about it makes him overly emotional. Some time ago, Murray’s former bodyguard said that he had lost his composure and believes that Michael wants him to become the guardian of his children. Noel McNamara, head of the Association for Crime Victims Support, criticized the opportunity 60 Minutes gave Murray and said: "Imagine the Jackson family being traumatized and suffering emotional damage from holding trials, and then this man opens his mouth and claims he is Mother Teresa. That is undoubtedly shameless and disgusting. That means journalism for money." In another move, Murray sued the state of Nevada because his work license in that state was revoked. His medical license was canceled following his conviction. Cardiologist Conrad Murray caused Michael Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009, by injecting a large amount of the anesthetic drug propofol. For two months, every night he put Michael to sleep with this medication. Michael suffered from severe insomnia. In November 2011, Murray was sentenced to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, and the judge described him as a threat to society. However, not long ago, after serving only half of his sentence, he was released from prison. Source: eMJey.com / TMZ & news.com.au