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The story that she told and that was of competing doctors trying to give michael jackson as much pain medication as they could and trying to one up each other during the time period after he fg recovering from the 1984 pepsi commercial where he burned his head through the rest of his life and testified that she saw in germany during the 1997 victory tour, michael jackson getting propofol in a hotel room saying it looked like a surgical suite for sleep two consecutive nights or two accept pretty ...

All these doctors, not just conrad murray supplying it for him? >> i think it helped kathryn jackson and michaels children, piers. both sides are trying to prove that michael had an addiction to painkillers and prescription medications. kathryn and michaels kids are saying aeg knew after this because an executive was a tour manager twice during the 90s and hired an addiction specialist to help him after he became addicted after the pepsi commercial. he was addicted to prescription medications be...

Come back was successful. i think what they mistakenly did looking back, take responsibility for conrad murray and agreed to pay him $150,000 a month and send him an agreement to sign and talked about the obligations they would have with respect to him and sent e-mails reminding everyone who was paying conrad murray and suggesting they were putting pressure on conrad murray to make him perform. i think the problem is they took risks including taking responsibility for murray as a price to pay fo...

Problem before hiring him for the concert series he was preparing for before he died. >> who should aeg -- should aeg be blamed for michael jacksons death. i am joined now by tom. a fascinating day with debbie rowe n. the end was a picture built that helps aeg in the sense of jacksons long-time use of propofol and all of the doctors, not just conrad murray, cueing up to supply it for them. >> i think it helped katherine jackson and michaels children. both sides are trying to prove he had an addi...

Pain, they would try to outdo each other, who could give the better drug? these idiots were going back and forth the whole time and not caring about him, unquote. one of the doctors she accuses her longtime employer, dermatologist, arnold klein, who treated jackson nearly 30 years. rowe said, quote, michael had a low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. i think the doctors took advantage of him that way. rowe testified that jackson obtained propofol, in a hotel suite, two doctors ...

Spiral out of control. it was a media frenzy outside this los angeles courthouse after michael jacksons ex-wife, debbie rowe, testified in the wrongful death trial against concert promoter aeg. rowe fought back tears giving jurors accounts of his fear of pain and reliance on doctors. how doctors competed with each other treating him for pain after his hair caught on fire during the making of this 1984 pepsi commercial. rowe testified "these idiots were going back and forth prescribing jackson wi...

Aegs whole purpose of putting her on the stand was to show that michael jackson was hook on pain killers and propofol long before dr. conrad murray ever entered the picture. rowe seemed to confirm that. and doctor murray is at the middle of the case. aeg says murray was hollywood by michael jackson and michael jacksons own behavioral is responsible for his death. a billion bucks could be on the line in this case. >> shepard: continuing coverage of our -- our top story. president obama says we mu...

>> so right now, dollar for dollar, tom, your money would be on aeg losing this case? >> thats what i think. now i have not been in the courtroom. im not allowed in there because im on the plaintiffs witness list but think brian, the plaintiffs lawyer is the best civil plaintiffs lawyer in america. nobody else in los angeles comes close. i heard hes doing a bang up job and i think cat rkathryn and ths will earn big. i think what he could have earned in his career exceeds a million dollars. >> go...

Years later in 99. so, yes, she had three years but its a long time ago. is that significant in terms of what happened to this particular case that speaks to these particular facts? >> reporter: i think thats an excellent point right there. i think thats what the other side is going to say. what the defense, though, i think wants her to show and through her testimony is that she didnt have the knowledge of what was actually going on, that michael jackson lived this hidden life where he didnt let...

Her today in court? >> reporter: well, first thing we could expect, ashleigh, shes not going to be very happy. she lives on a horse farm and doesnt like being in the limelight. being on the stand is the last thing she wants. shes a crucial witness for aeg. what they want to pull out of her is the following. they want to establish that michael jackson was using drugs for decades and specifically he us used propofol for decades. when she was on tour in germany, she was in a hotel room on several o...