June 28, 200917 yr Revealed: Jackson family wanted to admit Michael to drugs clinic two weeks ago as he was danger to himself By Caroline Graham Last updated at 8:59 AM on 28th June 2009 Comments (18) Add to My Stories Michael Jackson's family were so concerned about his addiction to powerful painkillers they considered forcibly admitting him to a rehabilitation clinic just two weeks before he died. The plan - which would have involved psychiatrists trying to convince a judge he was a danger to himself and others - was abandoned only because of Jackson's resistance, and the overwhelming pressure to fulfil his concert commitments in London. Instead, he agreed to consult a controversial therapist known as 'Doc Hollywood' and to allow a 'sober coach' to accompany him to Britain, to stay with him constantly to try to wean him off drugs. Under pressure: Michael Jackson leaves his hotel during his March visit to London to announce his O2 concerts The Mail on Sunday also reveals today that Jackson collapsed from a morphine overdose six years ago, when he was suffering acute stress over child sex allegations. Hours earlier, American TV had aired an interview in which Jackson rebutted claims about his personal life, which was regarded as critical to his future in showbusiness. More... 'No, Daddy, No!' screamed Michael Jackson's children as manager broke news of deathSecond post-mortem 'takes place on family's request''I'm better off dead. I'm done': How Michael Jackson predicted his death six months agoDoctor: I saved Jackson from morphine overdose after TV interview in USDoctor who 'injected Demerol' joined Jackson just 13 days agoMichael Jackson's drugs cocktail 'was highly unusual and dangerous'Michael Jackson was due to move into 32-bed Kent manor house this weekendCompany that sold Michael Jackson O2 tickets owes more than entire annual turnover His family feared he would die after his breathing slowed and he lost consciousness - but details of the incident have never been made public until now. Inevitably, the revelations will intensify speculation surrounding his death last Thursday - and whether the heavy dose of painkillers he took shortly before he died may have been a deliberate attempt to extricate himself from his gruelling 50-concert London comeback. Michael Jackson's brothers Tiro, left, and Randy The extent of his drugs problems was revealed as: His manager spoke movingly of how Jackson's daughter Paris, 11, cried 'No, no, Daddy, no!' when he broke the news of her father's death.Jackson's three orphaned children reportedly asked to live with their grandmother.The Jackson family spoke for the first time of their devastation at his 'tragic' death and were considering whether to hold an official public memorial service.Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Robert Murray, who was with him when he died, was quizzed by police for three hours.A US website claimed detectives are also planning to speak to Jackson's aide Dr Tohme Tohme about an 'alleged indirect connection' between prescription drugs and the pop star's death. Dr Murray, a Texan cardiologist, had been hired by concert promoters AEG Live to be with Jackson in London from next week until March. Chief executive Randy Phillips said: 'Michael told me personally that he trusted this man.' Dr Murray was reportedly living at Jackson's Hollywood home after quitting his medical practice just two weeks ago. The £35,000-a-month Wonderland rehab centre in the Hollywood Hills It was believed to be Murray who desperately tried to revive Jackson. But the emergency 911 call showed that the resuscitation attempt took place with Jackson on his bed - experts said the recovery attempt should have been attempted on the floor. A medical source said: 'The first thing any beginner is taught about CPR is to move the patient to a hard surface. A bed is too soft.' Dr Murray spent three hours talking to detectives last night, with his lawyer at this side, after getting in touch with LA police. It was his second meeting with officers. 'Detectives assigned to Robbery-Homicide Division met with Dr Murray and conducted an extensive interview. Dr. Murray was cooperative and provided information which will aid the investigation,' a spokesman said. The doctor's lawyers revealed he had been hired last month to go on Jackson's tour to Britain and insisted he was being treated as a witness rather than a suspect. 'Dr. Murray helped identify the circumstances around the death of the pop icon and clarified some inconsistencies,' a spokesman said. 'Dr. Murray has been in Los Angeles since the death of Mr. Jackson. He rode in the ambulance to the hospital and stayed at the hospital for hours comforting and consoling the Jackson family. 'Investigators say the doctor is in no way a suspect and remains a witness to this tragedy. Dr. Murray will continue to cooperate fully with the authorities.' Unconventional: Dr Howard Samuels is a favourite with A-list stars Los Angeles coroners are now conducting a toxicology test, which will take four to six weeks, to determine what drugs were in Jackson's system. The Jackson family have requested a second independent post-mortem now his the body has been released to the family. This was believed to be taking place in Los Angeles last night. Before his death the family had consulted Californian drugs expert Dr Howard Samuels, known as Doc Hollywood, to try to 'save Michael from himself' because they knew he would refuse to go into rehab. The family discussed all options with Dr Samuels and it was agreed that Jackson would detox at home under medical supervision and then be provided with the 'sober coach', who would remain with him for the duration of his 50 London concerts. 'Michael was adamant he did not have a drug problem and was not going to rehab. But in the end he relented to his family's wishes and agreed to having a sober companion,' said a source. A typically Hollywood invention, a 'sober coach' is a trained professional who accompanies a patient full-time to ensure they stay off drugs. They administer random drug tests and liaise with psychiatrists and other doctors to keep the patient sober. A source said: 'No one in the family had realised how serious Michael's problems were until Randy, his youngest brother, started staying over at Michael's house. He quickly realised that the situation was grave and that Michael needed urgent medical help or he might die.' Dr Samuels is executive director of the Wonderland Centre, a £35,000-a-month private drugs and alcohol rehab facility based in the Hollywood Hills which has previously treated Lindsay Lohan and Mike Tyson. Dr Samuels is said to be a favourite of the stars because of his unconventional treatment methods. The source said: 'The Jackson family were recommended to call Wonderland as Dr Samuels is very experienced at dealing with high-profile celebrities. Enlarge Time Magazine's special commemorative issue, out on Monday 'Many celebrities do not want to go into a conventional treatment centre because it takes them away from their professional commitments, causes negative Press and means they have to mix with ordinary junkies and, of course, they don't like to think of themselves in that way. 'Initially the family were so worried that they wanted to get a psychiatrist to go to Michael's house to perform a psychiatric evaluation to force him to go to rehab.' Under California law, a person can be forcibly admitted to a drug detox facility if two independent psychiatrists evaluate him and convince a judge that he is a danger to himself or others. The source said: 'It is an extremely difficult and lengthy process. When this was explained to the family, it was clearly not an option for Michael. 'Randy said they needed to save Michael from himself.His drug use was so severe, yet Michael was in total denial about how bad it was. 'He was having injections of the painkiller Demerol first thing in the morning and last thing at night, along with a host of other powerful drugs. He was refusing to eat and was popping pills constantly. 'The treatment was due to start this weekend. When someone is in as bad a state of dependence as Michael was you cannot detox them suddenly. 'The plan was to gradually start weaning him off the drugs this coming week. He would have had a team of doctors and nurses on call to deal with withdrawal symptoms. That was the plan.' Last night a spokesman for Dr Samuels refused to comment on Michael Jackson, citing doctor-patient confidentiality. Meanwhile, removal vans last night started emptying Jackson's rental home of his personal possessions. A source said that Michael's father Joe 'was concerned that people might try to remove some of his possessions, as happened when Princess Diana died'.
June 28, 200917 yr Author 'I'm better off dead. I'm done': How Michael Jackson predicted his death six months ago By Ian Halperin Last updated at 9:05 AM on 28th June 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Genetic condition had ruined his lungs and left him unable to singHe became so skeletal, doctors believed he was anorexicHe had nightmares about being murdered – and wanted to dieHe used swine flu as an excuse to avoid coming to EnglandHe thought he was agreeing to 10 concerts – it was 50 Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically. Ailing: Michael Jackson may have worn a mask in public to protect his diseased lungs Michael knew it and his advisers knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes and cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness. For Michael Jackson, it was fatal. I had more than a glimpse of the real Michael; as an award-winning freelance journalist and film-maker, I spent more than five years inside his ‘camp’. Many in his entourage spoke frankly to me – and that made it possible for me to write authoritatively last December that Michael had six months to live, a claim that, at the time, his official spokesman, Dr Tohme Tohme, called a ‘complete fabrication’. The singer, he told the world, was in ‘fine health’. Six months and one day later, Jackson was dead. Some liked to snigger at his public image, and it is true that flamboyant clothes and bizarre make-up made for a comic grotesque; yet without them, his appearance was distressing; with skin blemishes, thinning hair and discoloured fingernails. I had established beyond doubt, for example, that Jackson relied on an extensive collection of wigs to hide his greying hair. Shorn of their luxuriance, the Peter Pan of Neverland cut a skeletal figure. More... 24hr 'sober coach' was hired for Michael Jackson as desperate family brought in controversial 'Doc Hollywood' to save starDoctor: I saved Jackson from morphine overdose after TV interview in USMichael Jackson was due to move into 32-bed Kent manor house this weekend It was clear that he was in no condition to do a single concert, let alone 50. He could no longer sing, for a start. On some days he could barely talk. He could no longer dance. Disaster was looming in London and, in the opinion of his closest confidantes, he was feeling suicidal. To understand why a singer of Jackson’s fragility would even think about travelling to London, we need to go back to June 13, 2005, when my involvement in his story began. As a breaking news alert flashed on CNN announcing that the jury had reached a verdict in Jackson’s trial for allegedly molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch in California, I knew that history had been made but that Michael Jackson had been broken – irrevocably so, as it proved. Nor was it the first time that Michael had been accused of impropriety with young boys. Little more than a decade earlier, another 13-year-old, Jordan Chandler, made similar accusations in a case that was eventually settled before trial – but not before the damage had been done to Jackson’s reputation. Frail: In a wheelchair last year, Michael Jackson looked in no state to perform 50 tough gigs Michael had not helped his case. Appearing in a documentary with British broadcaster Martin Bashir, he not only admitted that he liked to share a bed with teenagers, mainly boys, in pyjamas, but showed no sign of understanding why anyone might be legitimately concerned. I had started my investigation convinced that Jackson was guilty. By the end, I no longer believed that. I could not find a single shred of evidence suggesting that Jackson had molested a child. But I found significant evidence demonstrating that most, if not all, of his accusers lacked credibility and were motivated primarily by money. Jackson also deserved much of the blame, of course. Continuing to share a bed with children even after the suspicions surfaced bordered on criminal stupidity. He was also playing a truly dangerous game. It is clear to me that Michael was homosexual and that his taste was for young men, albeit not as young as Jordan Chandler or Gavin Arvizo. In the course of my investigations, I spoke to two of his gay lovers, one a Hollywood waiter, the other an aspiring actor. The waiter had remained friends, perhaps more, with the singer until his death last week. He had served Jackson at a restaurant, Jackson made his interest plain and the two slept together the following night. According to the waiter, Jackson fell in love. The actor, who has been given solid but uninspiring film parts, saw Jackson in the middle of 2007. He told me they had spent nearly every night together during their affair – an easy claim to make, you might think. But this lover produced corroboration in the form of photographs of the two of them together, and a witness. Other witnesses speak of strings of young men visiting his house at all hours, even in the period of his decline. Some stayed overnight. When Jackson lived in Las Vegas, one of his closest aides told how he would sneak off to a ‘grungy, rat-infested’ motel – often dressed as a woman to disguise his identity – to meet a male construction worker he had fallen in love with. Jackson was acquitted in the Arvizo case, dramatically so, but the effect on his mental state was ruinous. Sources close to him suggest he was close to complete nervous breakdown. Death scene: The rented home in Bel Air where Michael Jackson passed away The ordeal had left him physically shattered, too. One of my sources suggested that he might already have had a genetic condition I had never previously come across, called Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency – the lack of a protein that can help protect the lungs. Although up to 100,000 Americans are severely affected by it, it is an under-recognised condition. Michael was receiving regular injections of Alpha-1 antitrypsin derived from human plasma. The treatment is said to be remarkably effective and can enable the sufferer to lead a normal life. But the disease can cause respiratory problems and, in severe cases, emphysema. Could this be why Jackson had for years been wearing a surgical mask in public, to protect his lungs from the ravages of the disease? Or why, from time to time, he resorted to a wheelchair? When I returned to my source inside the Jackson camp for confirmation, he said: ‘Yeah, that’s what he’s got. He’s in bad shape. They’re worried that he might need a lung transplant but he may be too weak. ‘Some days he can hardly see and he’s having a lot of trouble walking.’ Even Michael Jackson’s legendary wealth was in sharp decline. Just a few days before he announced his 50-concert comeback at the O2 Arena, one of my sources told me Jackson had been offered £1.8million to perform at a party for a Russian billionaire on the Black Sea. ‘Is he up to it?’ I had asked. ‘He has no choice. He needs the money. His people are pushing him hard,’ said the source. Could he even stand on a stage for an hour concert? ‘He can stand. The treatments have been successful. He can even dance once he gets in better shape. He just can’t sing,’ said the aide, adding that Jackson would have to lip-synch to get through the performance. ‘Nobody will care, as long as he shows up and moonwalks.’ He also revealed Jackson had been offered well over £60million to play Las Vegas for six months. ‘He said no, but his people are trying to force it on him. He’s that close to losing everything,’ said the source. Forced: Michael Jackson thought he was agreeing to 10 concerts at London's O2 Arena not 50 Indeed, by all accounts Jackson’s finances were in a shambles. The Arvizo trial itself was a relative bargain, costing a little more than £18million in legal bills. But the damage to his career, already in trouble before the charges, was incalculable. After the Arvizo trial, a Bahraini sheikh allowed Jackson to stay in his palace, underwriting his lavish lifestyle. But a few years later, the prince sued his former guest, demanding repayment for his hospitality. Jackson claimed he thought it had been a gift. Roger Friedman, a TV journalist, said: ‘For one year, the prince underwrote Jackson’s life in Bahrain – everything including accommodation, guests, security and transportation. And what did Jackson do? He left for Japan and then Ireland. He took the money and moonwalked right out the door. This is the real Michael Jackson. He has never returned a phone call from the prince since he left Bahrain.’ Although Jackson settled with the sheikh on the eve of the trial that would have aired his financial dirty laundry, the settlement only put him that much deeper into the hole. A hole that kept getting bigger, but that was guaranteed by Jackson’s half ownership of the copyrights to The Beatles catalogue. He owned them in a joint venture with record company Sony, which have kept him from bankruptcy. ‘Jackson is in hock to Sony for hundreds of millions,’ a source told me a couple of months ago. ‘No bank will give him any money so Sony have been paying his bills. ‘The trouble is that he hasn’t been meeting his obligations. Sony have been in a position for more than a year where it can repossess Michael’s share of the [beatles] catalogue. That’s always been Sony’s dream scenario, full ownership. ‘But they don’t want to do it as they’re afraid of a backlash from his fans. Their nightmare is an organised 'boycott Sony' movement worldwide, which could prove hugely costly. It is the only thing standing between Michael and bankruptcy.’ Legacy: Michael Jackson wanted to ensure the future of his children by leaving them 200 unpublished songs The source aid at the time that the scheduled London concerts wouldn’t clear Jackson’s debts – estimated at almost £242million – but they would allow him to get them under control and get him out of default with Sony. According to two sources in Jackson’s camp, the singer put in place a contingency plan to ensure his children would be well taken care of in the event of bankruptcy. ‘He has as many as 200 unpublished songs that he is planning to leave behind for his children when he dies. They can’t be touched by the creditors, but they could be worth as much as £60million that will ensure his kids a comfortable existence no matter what happens,’ one of his collaborators revealed. But for the circle of handlers who surrounded Jackson during his final years, their golden goose could not be allowed to run dry. Bankruptcy was not an option. These, after all, were not the handlers who had seen him through the aftermath of the Arvizo trial and who had been protecting his fragile emotional health to the best of their ability. They were gone, and a new set of advisers was in place. The clearout had apparently been engineered by his children’s nanny, Grace Rwaramba, who was gaining considerable influence over Jackson and his affairs and has been described as the ‘queen bee’ by those around Jackson. Rwaramba had ties to the black militant organisation, the Nation of Islam, and its controversial leader, Louis Farrakhan, whom she enlisted for help in running Jackson’s affairs. Before long, the Nation was supplying Jackson’s security detail and Farrakhan’s son-in-law, Leonard Muhammad, was appointed as Jackson’s business manager, though his role has lessened significantly in recent years. In late 2008, a shadowy figure who called himself Dr Tohme Tohme suddenly emerged as Jackson’s ‘official spokesman’. Tohme has been alternately described as a Saudi Arabian billionaire and an orthopaedic surgeon, but he is actually a Lebanese businessman who does not have a medical licence. At one point, Tohme claimed he was an ambassador at large for Senegal, but the Senegalese embassy said they had never heard of him. Misguided: Michael Jackson showed no sign of understanding why anyone might be legitimately concerned about him sharing a bed with young boys Tohme’s own ties to the Nation of Islam came to light in March 2009, when New York auctioneer Darren Julien was conducting an auction of Michael Jackson memorabilia. Julien filed an affidavit in Los Angeles Superior Court that month in which he described a meeting he had with Tohme’s business partner, James R. Weller. According to Julien’s account, ‘Weller said if we refused to postpone [the auction], we would be in danger from 'Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam; those people are very protective of Michael'. He told us that Dr Tohme and Michael Jackson wanted to give the message to us that 'our lives are at stake and there will be bloodshed'.’ A month after these alleged threats, Tohme accompanied Jackson to a meeting at a Las Vegas hotel with Randy Phillips, chief executive of the AEG Group, to finalise plans for Jackson’s return to the concert stage. Jackson’s handlers had twice before said no to Phillips. This time, with Tohme acting as his confidant, Jackson left the room agreeing to perform ten concerts at the O2. Before long, however, ten concerts had turned into 50 and the potential revenues had skyrocketed. ‘The vultures who were pulling his strings somehow managed to put this concert extravaganza together behind his back, then presented it to him as a fait accompli,’ said one aide. ‘The money was just unbelievable and all his financial people were telling him he was facing bankruptcy. But Michael still resisted. He didn’t think he could pull it off.’ Eventually, they wore him down, the aide explained, but not with the money argument. ‘They told him that this would be the greatest comeback the world had ever known. That’s what convinced him. He thought if he could emerge triumphantly from the success of these concerts, he could be the King again.’ The financial details of the O2 concerts are still murky, though various sources have revealed that Jackson was paid as much as £10million in advance, most of which went to the middlemen. But Jackson could have received as much as £100million had the concerts gone ahead. It is worth noting that the O2 Arena has the most sophisticated lip synching technology in the world – a particular attraction for a singer who can no longer sing. Had, by some miracle, the concerts gone ahead, Jackson’s personal contribution could have been limited to just 13 minutes for each performance. The rest was to have been choreography and lights. ‘We knew it was a disaster waiting to happen,’ said one aide. ‘I don’t think anybody predicted it would actually kill him but nobody believed he would end up performing.’ Their doubts were underscored when Jackson collapsed during only his second rehearsal. Hidden life: It was 'clear Michael Jackson was gay' but he married twice, firstly to Lisa Marie Presley, above ‘Collapse might be overstating it,’ said the aide. ‘He needed medical attention and couldn’t go on. I’m not sure what caused it.’ Meanwhile, everybody around him noticed that Jackson had lost an astonishing amount of weight in recent months. His medical team even believed he was anorexic. ‘He goes days at a time hardly eating a thing and at one point his doctor was asking people if he had been throwing up after meals,’ one staff member told me in May. ‘He suspected bulimia but when we said he hardly eats any meals, the doc thought it was probably anorexia. He seemed alarmed and at one point said, 'People die from that all the time. You’ve got to get him to eat.'’ Indeed, one known consequence of anorexia is cardiac arrest. After spotting him leave one rehearsal, Fox News reported that ‘Michael Jackson’s skeletal physique is so bad that he might not be able to moonwalk any more’. On May 20 this year, AEG suddenly announced that the first London shows had been delayed for five days while the remainder had been pushed back until March 2010. At the time, they denied that the postponements were health-related, explaining that they needed more time to mount the technically complex production, though scepticism immediately erupted. It was well placed. Behind the scenes, Jackson was in rapid decline. According to a member of his staff, he was ‘terrified’ at the prospect of the London concerts. ‘He wasn’t eating, he wasn’t sleeping and, when he did sleep, he had nightmares that he was going to be murdered. He was deeply worried that he was going to disappoint his fans. He even said something that made me briefly think he was suicidal. He said he thought he’d die before doing the London concerts. ‘He said he was worried that he was going to end up like Elvis. He was always comparing himself to Elvis, but there was something in his tone that made me think that he wanted to die, he was tired of life. He gave up. His voice and dance moves weren’t there any more. I think maybe he wanted to die rather than embarrass himself on stage.’ The most obvious comparison between the King of Pop and the King of Rock ’n’ Roll was their prescription drug habits, which in Jackson’s case had significantly intensified in his final months. ‘He is surrounded by enablers,’ said one aide. ‘We should be stopping him before he kills himself, but we just sit by and watch him medicate himself into oblivion.’ Jackson could count on an array of doctors to write him prescriptions without asking too many questions if he complained of ‘pain’. He was particularly fond of OxyContin, nicknamed ‘Hillbilly heroin’, which gave an instant high, although he did not take it on a daily basis.
June 28, 200917 yr Author According to the aide, painkillers are not the only drugs Jackson took. Performer: Michael Jackson was unable to dance and sing like he once could due to his illnesses ‘He pops Demerol and morphine, sure, apparently going back to the time in 1984 when he burned himself during the Pepsi commercial, but there’s also some kind of psychiatric medication. One of his brothers once told me he was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was younger, so it may be to treat that.’ His aides weren’t the only ones who recognised that a 50-concert run was foolhardy. In May, Jackson himself reportedly addressed fans as he left his Burbank rehearsal studio. ‘Thank you for your love and support,’ he told them. ‘I want you guys to know I love you very much. 'I don’t know how I’m going to do 50 shows. I’m not a big eater. I need to put some weight on. I’m really angry with them booking me up to do 50 shows. I only wanted to do ten.’ One of his former employees was particularly struck by Jackson’s wording that day. ‘The way he was talking, it’s like he’s not in control over his own life any more,’ she told me earlier this month. ‘It sounds like somebody else is pulling his strings and telling him what to do. Someone wants him dead. 'They keep feeding him pills like candy. They are trying to push him over the edge. He needs serious help. The people around him will kill him.’ As the London concerts approached, something was clearly wrong. Jackson had vowed to travel to England at least eight weeks before his first shows, but he kept putting it off. ‘To be honest, I never thought Michael would set foot on a concert stage ever again,’ said one aide, choking back tears on the evening of his death. ‘This was not only predictable, this was inevitable.’ On June 21, Jackson told my contact that he wanted to die. He said that he didn’t have what it would take to perform any more because he had lost his voice and dance moves. ‘It’s not working out,’ Jackson said. ‘I’m better off dead. I don’t have anywhere left to turn. I’m done.’ Michael’s closest confidante told me just two hours after he died that ‘Michael was tired of living. He was a complete wreck for years and now he can finally be in a better place. People around him fed him drugs to keep him on their side. They should be held accountable.’ Michael Jackson was undoubtedly a deeply troubled and lonely man. Throughout my investigation, I was torn between compassion and anger, sorrow and empathy. Even his legacy is problematic. As I have already revealed, he has bequeathed up to 200 original songs to his three children, Prince Michael, aged 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II (also known as Blanket), seven. It is a wonderful gift. Yet I can reveal that his will, not as yet made public, demands that the three of them remain with Jackson’s 79-year-old mother Katherine in California. It promises an ugly row. Ex-wife Deborah Rowe, the mother of the eldest two, has already made it clear to her legal team that she wants her children in her custody, immediately. The mother of the third child has never been identified. I fully expect that it will emerge that the children had a ‘test tube’ conception, a claim already made by Deborah Rowe. Michael Jackson may very well have been the most talented performer of his generation, but for 15 years that fact has been lost to a generation who may remember him only as a grotesque caricature who liked to share his bed with little boys. Now that he’s gone, maybe it’s time to shelve the suspicions and appreciate the music.
June 28, 200917 yr Author 'I often pumped his stomach to get rid of dangerous drugs': Michael Jackson's ex-nanny reveals his tragic secret life By Neil Sears Last updated at 6:27 PM on 28th June 2009 Comments (72) Add to My Stories Breaking her silence: Former nanny Grace Rwaramba reveals grim details about the tragic secret life of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson was a deluded, drug-addicted wreck who was preyed upon for cash by Nation of Islam 'security men' and other hangers-on, the singer's long-serving nanny has claimed. Grace Rwaramba, 42, said she had to pump his stomach on several occasions times after he took too many painkillers. Miss Rwaramba who worked for Jackson for 17 years, first as a secretary then as nanny to his children Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and 'Blanket', seven, revealed the grim secrets of her former employer's life before flying from London to Los Angeles to assist after his death. She said she was recently sacked by the troubled singer because he was jealous of her closeness to his children She also said in recent months he had become dirty and unkempt, and had so little ready money he could not even afford balloons to mark Paris's birthday - adding that Jackson's mother Katherine phoned her after his death to ask where money was hidden in his house. And he was so vague about contracts, she said, that he initially mistakenly thought he had only signed up to perform 10 concerts at the O2 arena in London - not the gruelling series of 50 he had actually contracted to do. The former nanny spoke out as Jackson's family demanded an independent post mortem on the singer to find out exactly why he died. They also issued a statement in which they paid tribute to 'our beloved son, brother and father of three children'. Speaking about her bizarre years working for the 'King of Pop', Miss Rwaramba, a Ugandan who moved to America, said in an interview in London: 'I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it. 'There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see him ... He always ate too little and mixed too much.' More... Revealed: Jackson family wanted to admit Michael to drugs clinic two weeks ago as he was danger to himself'No, Daddy, No!' screamed Michael Jackson's children as manager broke news of deathCompany that sold Michael Jackson O2 tickets owes more than entire annual turnoverMichael Jackson's drugs cocktail 'was highly unusual and dangerous'Michael Jackson collapsed from morphine overdose six years agoMichael Jackson was due to move into 32-bed Kent manor house this weekendJackson's children want to stay with grandparents in snub to his ex-wifeStill the King of Pop: Michael Jackson reaches number one with greatest hits album At one stage she sought the help of Jackson's mother and sister, Janet, in persuading him to face up to his painkiller addiction, but he accused her of betraying him, and sacked her - one of many occasions on which he did so. Sharing a laugh: Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and Joe Jackson share a light moment outside the family home in Los Angeles Her last dismissal was in December, but she was so close to the children she visited them several times - including in April, when she claimed she had to buy 'Happy Birthday' balloons for Paris with her own credit card. Yet it was only a few years ago, she said, that Jackson, while staying as the guest of a Bahrain sheikh who was later to sue him in court, had suddenly sent her to buy £1m of antiques in Florence, even though he had nowhere to display them. Troubled relationship: Jackson holds the hands of his two children Paris Michael, four, and son Prince Michael, five, in 2002. The children hated wearing the masks 'We didn't even have a home to live in - so we had to put the antiques in storage,' she said. After moving on from the Middle East, Jackson and his family briefly stayed as guests of friends of Miss Rwaramba in Ireland, before moving on to the rented house in Los Angeles where he died last week. But Miss Rwaramba claimed that house was rented to him by the black separatist American Muslim group the Nation of Islam at £60,000 a month - although the market rate for similar properties is £15,000 a month. Penniless: Rwaramba says Jackson pictured with daughter Paris this year, had no idea about money and struggled to provide a stable home for his children Even when he had the chance to make more cash, the distraught former nanny said, it would be largely spent, or divided up among hangers-on, before he received any of it. Miss Rwaramba said: 'Michael had no idea about money. He got a proposal to make an appearance in Japan for £600,000 ... By the time everyone took their share, he ended up with £120,000.' Any money he did manage to get himself, without wasting it on gaudy antiques, he would hide it in black bin liners and under carpets at his Los Angeles home - and it was those potential stashes of cash his mother called Miss Rwaramba about on Friday. The nanny said on Friday: 'Katherine just called me. She said, "Grace, the children are crying. They are asking about you. They can't believe that their father died. Grace, you remember Michael used to hide cash at the house. I am here. Where can it be?". 'I told her to look at the garbage bags and under the carpets. But can you believe this? This woman just lost her son a few hours ago and she is calling me to know where the money is!' Miss Rwaramba subsequently phoned a 'brother' from the Nation of Islam based at Jackson's Los Angeles house asking to speak to the children, but was refused. Several weeks ago, before Jackson's death, the nanny had told her interviewer: 'I just got a phone call that Michael is in such a bad shape. He is not clean. He has not shaved ... His nails ...He is not eating well. I used to do all this for him.' She also claimed she was 'the only mother' the three children knew, but that Jackson was so angered by her hugging them that the youngsters 'froze' if he arrived in the room while she was doing so. Grief: Fans and cameramen surround Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The children also hated the extraordinary masks their father made them wear in public, she said, and that she conspired with them to 'lose them', Recently, Miss Rwaramba added, she asked him why he agreed to perform so relentlessly in London, saying: 'Fifty performances! I told him, "What are you doing?" He said, "I signed only for 10". He didn't know what he was signing. He never does!' She added that the children had recently been looked after by a woman from the Nation of Islam.
June 28, 200917 yr ugh those are the kind of things i didn't want to be on debate now... he had the life he had, end off. what we should care is if he was a good or bad artist. and anyways about their bros idea, i think that 2 weeks, wouldn't keep him save now. :\ plus if he had some convincement that he would die, there's nothing we can do against it, is not the first person that dies for thinking about it obsesively, when you don't find a reason to fight for and you think you are already done here, there's not much others can do for you. :\ so sad that.
June 28, 200917 yr Author ugh those are the kind of things i didn't want to be on debate now... he had the life he had, end off. what we should care is if he was a good or bad artist. and anyways about their bros idea, i think that 2 weeks, wouldn't keep him save now. :\ plus if he had some convincement that he would die, there's nothing we can do against it, is not the first person that dies for thinking about it obsesively, when you don't find a reason to fight for and you think you are already done here, there's not much others can do for you. :\ so sad that. I agree it's sad, but it just goes to show what happened was actually rather inevitable given all the problems he had.;) It certainly seems that he wouldn't have been in any fit state for all those concerts either.
June 28, 200917 yr Mc-squared, Ian Halperin is known for millions of lies of millions of celebs. and of course you being so smart believe this and post it. get a life OK? loser!
June 28, 200917 yr Author Mc-squared, Ian Halperin is known for millions of lies of millions of celebs. and of course you being so smart believe this and post it. get a life OK? loser! There are several sources quoted and they can't all be wrong. You're quite obviously one of those deluded MJ superfans who think he was some kind of deity or something. Next you'll be telling us the reports of his death were all fabricated and it's some kind of conspiracy.:stunned:
June 28, 200917 yr There are several sources quoted and they can't all be wrong. You're quite obviously one of those deluded MJ superfans who think he was some kind of deity or something. Next you'll be telling us the reports of his death were all fabricated and it's some kind of conspiracy.:stunned: 1st of all - i am not a deluded mj fan. 2nd of all - Ian Halperin is the name of the man who said all those stuff - get informed. 3rd of all - get a fucking life.
June 28, 200917 yr Author 1st of all - i am not a deluded mj fan. Yes, and I'm Elvis.:rolleyes: 2nd of all - Ian Halperin is the name of the man who said all those stuff - get informed. You obviously can't read as there are several people quoted in those articles, including a former nanny.:smug: 3rd of all - get a fucking life. I think you need to take your own advice and stop obsessing.;)
June 28, 200917 yr Yes, and I'm Elvis.:rolleyes: You obviously can't read as there are several people quoted in those articles, including a former nanny.:smug: I think you need to take your own advice and stop obsessing.;) just tell me something. if you don't like MJ, and are not a fan...why are you so obsessed with writing about him?
June 29, 200917 yr Author just tell me something. if you don't like MJ, and are not a fan...why are you so obsessed with writing about him? If you had bothered to read all my posts from the past few days, you would have had a better picture of what I thought of him. Up until about 20 years ago, he was a fantastic performer. Unfortunately things all went downhill from there. That's a fact and you have to be able to accept that whether you like it or not.;)
June 29, 200917 yr Author 'Bald and emaciated' Michael Jackson died weighing 8st with only pills in his stomach, autopsy results reveal By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:39 AM on 29th June 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories One of the last images of Michael Jackson before his death. An autopsy report reveals he was emaciated, bald and had only pills in his stomach Michael Jackson was bald, barely eating and his stomach contained only partially-dissolved pills when he died, autopsy details reveal. His hips, thighs and shoulders were pock-marked with needle wounds, believed to be the legacy of narcotic painkillers being injected three times a day, a post-mortem examination showed. The once athletic star had dropped to a 'severely emaciated' 8st 1oz, and was eating just one meal a day. Pathologists reported that the 50-year-old only had 'peach fuzz' covering his scalp and was wearing a wig when he died. The horrifying state of Jackson's body was revealed today in autopsy details leaked to The Sun. A second autopsy was carried out on the singer's body on Saturday at the request of his family after the coroner concluded there had been 'no foul play'. The cause of death will not be known until toxicology tests are completed, which could take up to six weeks. Results from the private autopsy will be given to the Jackson family within two weeks. The first examination revealed that the star's ribs were broken from CPR and there were four injection sites near his heart where rescuers are believed to have pumped adrenaline into the organ in a bid to restart it. More... Riddle of the 50 lost minutes: Michael Jackson aides delayed 911 call as doctor pumped singer's chestMichael Jackson's death: The questions still to be answered'I saw in his eyes he was dying': Michael Jackson's life-long confidante J. Randy Taraborrelli tells the real story of star's fallMichael Jackson's funeral could be bigger than Elvis's and Princess Diana's, as up to a million mourners pour into LAStill the King of Pop: Michael Jackson reaches number one with greatest hits album'I often pumped his stomach to get rid of dangerous drugs': Jackson's ex-nanny reveals his tragic secret lifeThe 'deadbeat' doctor who quit his job to be with JacksonPictured: Michael Jackson's father laughing outside family homeRevealed: Intimate pictures from Michael Jackson's intimate family album seen for first time Jackson also had bruising on his knees and front shins, cuts to his back (possibly from a recent fall) and a disfigured face from years of plastic surgery. The autopsy also showed that, remarkably, Jackson was recovering well from skin cancer. An operation to remove skin cells from his chest to replace the damaged cells had worked. Looking frail: Even back in 2005, the star appeared unwell as he was aided by bodyguards to face a child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court Sources close to the Jackson camp said fans would be shocked by the autopsy findings. 'He was skin and bone, his hair had fallen out and had been eating nothing but pills when he died,' one source told the newspaper. 'Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he’d been in terminal decline for years.' 'His doctors and the hangers-on stood by as he self-destructed. Somebody is going to have to pay.' Cardiologist Dr Conrad Murray has denied injecting Jackson with a powerful painkiller before his death. 'There was no Demerol, no OxyContin,' his lawyer Edward Chernoff told US newspapers. 'He checked for a pulse. There was a weak pulse in his femoral artery. He started administering CPR.' Mr Chernoff said his client was stunned by Jackson's death. 'He was the one who suggested the autopsy to the family while they were still in the hospital. He didn't understand why Michael Jackson had died,' he said. Dr Murray has been questioned about his resuscitation attempts, while an unconscious Jackson was lying on a bed. Experts are shocked that a doctor would perform such a procedure on a soft surface, when he would have been trained to put patients face-up on a hard surface before starting compressions.
June 29, 200917 yr If you had bothered to read all my posts from the past few days, you would have had a better picture of what I thought of him. Up until about 20 years ago, he was a fantastic performer. Unfortunately things all went downhill from there. That's a fact and you have to be able to accept that whether you like it or not.;) i did bother to read what you said. it's just sad that people like you will rather pay attention to his eccentric life than his music that kept being amazing. that just proves how much of a character you are - you loved him when he was on top - you hated him when everybody else did. talk about having your own sake of mind instead of following the world... end of story, i really don't want to speak about this anymore as you are a very sarcastic person and i wouldn't wish to know you in person.
June 29, 200917 yr Author i did bother to read what you said. it's just sad that people like you will rather pay attention to his eccentric life than his music that kept being amazing. The point is that it didn't "keep being amazing". It deteriorated together with his appearance, and he hadn't released anything good in years!! That's a shame, but it's a sad fact.;) that just proves how much of a character you are - you loved him when he was on top - you hated him when everybody else did. talk about having your own sake of mind instead of following the world... That's what happens in the world of entertainment. People have their time and then most of them fade away. MJ was no exception. He peaked over 20 years ago and he wasn't able to maintain the high standards he had attained. It's possible this will even happen to Coldplay, although I prefer to think they will go on and on like the Stones.;) end of story, i really don't want to speak about this anymore as you are a very sarcastic person and i wouldn't wish to know you in person. The feeling is entirely mutual.:smug:
June 29, 200917 yr That's what happens in the world of entertainment. People have their time and then most of them fade away. MJ was no exception. He peaked over 20 years ago and he wasn't able to maintain the high standards he had attained. It's possible this will even happen to Coldplay, although I prefer to think they will go on and on like the Stones.;) Does that mean that then, when Coldplay's peak fades, you won't be listening to them anymore? And how in the world are the Stones still at their peak? (This having nothing to do with Michael now)
June 29, 200917 yr Author Does that mean that then, when Coldplay's peak fades, you won't be listening to them anymore? And how in the world are the Stones still at their peak? (This having nothing to do with Michael now) It has nothing to do with whether any of them are at their peak or not, just whether they've totally disintegrated as MJ clearly did. I've never said I wouldn't listen to any classic MJ songs any more. Unfortunately MJ became too much about "image", and when that happens, there's going to come a point when that image fades, as it did with him.;)
June 29, 200917 yr as i had already said in the other thread, i really don't want this discussion to go any further. have a nice day.
June 29, 200917 yr Author as i had already said in the other thread, i really don't want this discussion to go any further. I'm not surprised, because you aren't prepared to accept the sad the truth about MJ. It's known as "being in denial".;)
June 29, 200917 yr I'm not surprised, because you aren't prepared to accept the sad the truth about MJ. It's known as "being in denial".;) you don't know me a bit so you can't say that. now fuck off already.
June 29, 200917 yr Author you don't know me a bit so you can't say that. . I can, because it's abundantly clear from your posts.;)
June 29, 200917 yr Mark why don't you just shut up, the kid wanted to stop but you keep bothering him what's the point in fighting with everyone?
June 29, 200917 yr then according to your posts you must be Perez Hilton or some other similar loser sitting all day in front of the PC just constantly saying crap about someone else, and calling everyone who has a different opinion than you a crazy person. opinion? heard of the word? go look it up in the dictionary.
June 29, 200917 yr Mark why don't you just shut up, the kid wanted to stop but you keep bothering him what's the point in fighting with everyone? so that the ass can prove he is right. he thinks his opinion is fact. sad loser.
June 29, 200917 yr Author If he stops making ludicrous accusations, everything will be fine. I am perfectly entitled to my opinions about Michael Jackson or anyone else.
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