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>> david, having looked at this disclosure form, what strikes but what weve learned from it? >> well, the single biggest thing is that his production company which does the "apprentice" it is only does $4 million in revenue. four years aeg claim his new deal would bring him $130 million over, i think it was two seasons. and clearly, that figure does not support this. so we dont, unless theres something else that we dont know, it suggests a lot less money. it also shows that donalds fees from the...

Success story. >> david, having looked at this disclosure form what strikes but what weve learned from it? >> well the single biggest thing is that his production company which does the apresent it is only does $4 million in revenue. four years aeg claim his new deal would bring him $130 million over i think it was two seasons. and clearly, that figure does not support this. so we dont, unless theres something else that we dont know it suggests a lot less money. it also shows that donalds fees f...

Off track. it was going nowhere. >> was this because of michael jacksons health? >> because of michaels performance. he was not rehearsing. he was not doing anything. >> because he couldnt sleep? >> and aeg had already spent $40 million. >> why wasnt he rehearsing or doing anything? >> i had no idea. >> so they thought it had something to do with his health or medically? >> im not sure what aeg was thinking. >> did you think that he was up to this mammoth 50 show extravaganza that he was to star...

You have a half-attitude. >> travis payne was michael jacksons long-time choreographer. >> we were on a journey with michael that was going to return him to the stage, you know, that he loved so much. and i know that we were eight days away from leaving for london. >> the stage is where michael was most at ease. on stage, there was no one better. ♪ >> since age 5, he had electrified audiences around the world with hit songs like "i want you back." and the world appeared ready to welcome him ba...

>> aeg live stood to lose or gain millions based on the results of jacksons concerts and the jackson family claimed aeg live instructed murray, "not to look out for jacksons best interests, but rather, to do whatever medical procedures were calculated to get jackson to perform." and an e-mail, aeg live ceo sent to the shows director seemed to support their theory. >> it really is a smoking gun. its probably one of the most important pieces of evidence that michael jacksons attorneys have that ae...

Pop icon feared for his life leading up to the concerts. >> it was very clear that prince felt that michael jackson felt really pushed to the brink by aeg executive. he didnt trust them. he didnt like them. and he heard his own father say, while sobbing, "theyre trying to kill me." >> only a jury could decide if that were true. the verdict came months after the trial began. question one -- >> did aeg live hire dr. conrad murray? answer, yes. >> but when the court assistant read the second questi...

Children went back to court in 2013, this time, filing a wrongful death suit against concert promoter, aeg live. >> this case involved a number of legal questions, was dr. murray hired by aeg live. did aeg live know he was a rockies michael jackson and should aeg live pay damages? >> kevin boyle was the attorney for katherine jackson. >> the aeg defendants were negligent in hiring, retaken or supervising dr. conrad murray and that that ultimately led to the death of michael jackson. >> aeg live ...

>> ill be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had a lot on the line. >> it was his comeback. it was his renaissance. his rebirth on stage. after so many years of being out of the spotlight, a lot of people were wondering if he could pull this off. >> this is it. and see you in july. >> but there were questions about whether jackson was ready. kenny ortega, the director for "this is it," called a private meeting at jac...

Obsessive-like behavior. i think the very best thing we can do is get a top psychiatrist to evaluate him asap. ortega could see, perhaps better than anyone else, exactly what effect the grueling preparation was having on jackson. >> the insight that he gave into what was behaving with michael in his last weeks was incredible, about his deterioration, about how he couldnt remember his lyrics to his songs, about how he wasnt getting the dances and about the conversations with the aeg live executiv...

Michael jackson painkillers. >> they used the deposition of randy jacksons brother to show michael was not only addicted to drugs but would resist any attempt at intervention. >> aeg live said if the family cant help, if the family cant stop him, how could we, as concert promoters, ever be expected to have done that? >> michael jacksons two oldest children, prince and paris, were on the witness list to testify, until -- >> paris jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of pop icon michael jackson, was ...