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Crew that hired jackson. >> aeg. >> bill: they knew this doctor didnt have a license. >> they knew or should have. >> bill: hired him anyway and paid him $150,000 or something? is that what you are saying? that doesnt make any sense. >> why doesnt it make any sense? >> bill: hire a legit doctor. >> a legit doctor couldnt make michael jackson go out and perform and do what he needed to be done. >> bill: you think they knew jackson needed all these drugs to go out on the stage. >> exactly. >> anyb...

110 pound since that shooting. it was an a emotional day for michael jacksons mother leaving los angeles courtroom in tears against the wrongful death suit against aeg. a paramedic testified when he arrived at jacksons home the day he died the singer looked like someone who was at the end stage of a very long disease. the los angeles detective told jurors that dr. conrad murray may have been motivated by money. a week away from a special congressional election in south carolina, and republic...

Plea. we dont know. >> right. >> and that may be what she is going to try to do, avoid death by helping him to provide some information that would otherwise not be provided if he had to face a trial. >> tom, the michael jackson case, just moving to that briefly, because you obviously represented him. this all kicks off, has kicked off today with a bit of legal argument. how do you see this playing out? it will be a star-studded list of people giving evidence. it will be a big show trial in many ...

>> yeah, but except, aeg has arguments as well. aegs arguments are look, he was not hired by us, he was not our employee. so there was no negligent hiring because there was no hiring. michael jackson was an adult. dr. conrad murray was his doctor for his children and for himself long before we ever came into contact with conrad murray, and in fact, we were paying him but that doesnt -- that doesnt mean that we were his employer. >> what does it mean if youre paying him and reminding his doctor w...

Anything else. how will it play out, do you think? >> well, there are a lot of issues there that are going to be very, very controversial. first of all, theres the cause of death and who is responsible for it. the plaintiffs, katherine and michaels children, say that aeg was negligent. they didnt intend for him to die, nor did they intend to hire a bad doctor. they just did it. they were sloppy. they absolutely violated their obligations to him and they violated employment law so the question of...

Worth. whats his life worth to a loving mother who lost her son. whats his life worth to three beautiful children who he raised in just the most magnificent way, and thats for them to decide. youve got to stand in their shoes to figure out what someone is worth. so theyre going to go into his business. theyre going to go into what his earning capability was. the defense is going to try and dirty him up by trying to say that he was charged with molestation, even though he was thoroughly exonerate...

The stand in the michael jackson wrongful death trial in a few hours. a suit brought by his mother, claims that aeg live is responsible for billions of dollars in the pop stars death. yesterdays opening statements providing a glimpse of what is to come. with the jackson lawyers telling aeg executives ruthless. and the company saying things could get ugly. we have more from los angeles. >> reporter: you could barely see jackson family members amid the crush of cameras. the familiar circus that fo...

I was his lead defense attorney in that five and a half month trial. he was exonerated from a to z. >> yeah, but except, aeg has arguments as well. aegs arguments are look, he was not hired by us, he was not our employee. so there was no negligent hiring because there was no hiring. michael jackson was an adult. dr. conrad murray was his doctor for his children and for himself long before we ever came into contact with conrad murray, and in fact, we were paying him but that doesnt -- that doesnt...

Sitting in his patrol car. >> sean was a hero. of course my first re[[action was, i dont want my brother to be a hero. i want my brother to be here. >> much more of jakes interview with the collier family coming up in the 4:00 eastern hour here on cnn. ik michael jacksons deepest, darkest secret. thats what the defense team in this wrongful death trial says it had no choice but to reveal. concert promoters aeg live say they plan to get into some quote/unquote ugly stuff. michael jacksons famil...

The contract above his health, by hiring conrad murray. murray was responsible for injecting the pop star with propofol. katherine jackson listened, as her lawyer told the jury, aeg ignored the red flags and hired dr. murray. they were ruthless. and they wanted to be number one at all costs. jacksons say aeg live should pay. on the witness list, his attorney in the molestation trial. >> he died of 50 years of age. he was the son of a wonderful woman, katherine jackson. what was his life worth? i...