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Subpoenaed, and i am not interested in giving testimony in the trial. >> why is that? >> i will invoke my fifth amendment right because at this time, there is an appeal that is in progress and depends on what happens with that. in the event there is a future trial, i do not want to have any issues. >> i want to ask you about that appeal coming up. but first, just a couple other questions. at the heart of this trial, the aeg trial, is a simple question. were you an aeg employee, someone they had ...

>> so many people close with him who swear that he, you know, everything was appropriate. they just had a meaningful relationship with him. >> and guys -- >> look. everybodys legacy is fair game for exploration but i do think that it should be viewed separately from this court trial which is apparently in jury selection today. >> open up his life. >> give him some peace. >> denied a childhood an ensee that in the adulthood and im not convinced he did it. give him the benefit of the doubt. >> but...

Utmost to set this aside and hopefully get back on the track where i will continue to help. remember i practiced for more than 20 years, anderson. i never had a public reprimand, never had a medical board warning in all the licensed states, never had litigation brought against me, nor medical malpractice lawsuits and i have saved a lot of lives and helped a lot of patients. those who were with money and those who werent, it did not matter to me. no one was turned back from my office. >> let me a...

Who hasnt got a daddy ♪ >> its almost comical on one level, that. you can quite see why he didnt testify, because clearly, i suspect his legal team werent entirely sure how he would behave on the stand. but when you hear conrad murray behave like that, thats not the behavior of, as he would pitch himself to us, being a decent honorable straightforward physician, is it? >> no. he has never taken responsibility for what he did. he has always blamed michael jackson for everything thats happened t...

Success is measured in a lot of different ways. not just about being famous or a bunch of money or number one in the company. if you want to do underwater basketweaving, hold your breath, go down there and weave. as a professional athlete, im not pushing my sons to be a professional athlete. i got fortunate for 15 years. if they want to be an architect, be the best they can be. >> let me tell you, name people that never got a degree. lincoln, walt disney. frank lloyd wright. henry ford and of co...

>> reporter: dr. murrays interview with detectives is also played for the jury. >> i needed to go to the bathroom. i came back to his bedside and was stunned in the sense that he wasnt breathing. >> reporter: on november 7th, 2011, dr. conrad murray is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. but it doesnt end there. michael jacksons mother and children are bringing a wrongful death lawsuit against aeg, the concert promoter for jacksons doomed comeback tour...

So i think this issue is well founded by the siblings and i think its going to be a big issue for the plaintiffs. and i think aeg will have a tough time explaining it. >> aegs lawyer said it was the 2005 child molestation trial which you obviously were involved in which caused michael to dramatically increase his drug use. do you think theres any truth in that? >> i really dont. now, i was his lead criminal defense counsel in that trial. i talked to him throughout the trial. he was lucid he was ...

Scene, they asked him what did you give him. he never mentioned propofol. there was evidence that he tried to hide propofol from the paramedics and the police. he cant get out of this. hes responsible for his death. aeg should not have retained him. they should have checked him out beforehand and if they had any problem with him, they should have gotten rid of him. no, hes not a good doctor. he shouldnt be a doctor and i think hes where he belongs. >> final question and very quickly. is she goin...

...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. at the heart of this trial, of the aeg trial, is a simple question. were you an aeg employee, someone they had a responsibility for, or were you an employee of michael jackson? can you answer that question? >> i dont want dr. murray to answer that question. >> no, i cannot. not at this time. >> okay. i understand that. can i ask you, do you know -- i m...

Exposed to it for years and he knew exactly how things worked. and given the situation at the time, it was my approach to try to get him off of it. i never knew he was an addict. he was going to dr. klines office and being loaded up with humongous, you know, levels of demerol. basically, this was causing his insomnia and -- because thats a huge side effect. >> i listened to conrad murray when he came out, he obviously didnt testify in his case but he then gave an interview to the "today" show at...