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E-mails from aeg basically telling murray you better get him to rehearsals. 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 couns...

Murray to be a practitioner for michael jackson? >> theres no question in my mind, piers, that the concert promoter employed conrad murray. michael jackson may have introduced murray to them, but they had their lawyers draft an employment agreement, they sent that agreement to murray to sign, he signed it, apparently theres e-mail correspondence where they admitted they employed him. theyll have a tough time getting out of that position. >> how will that affect the litigation thats about to star...

>> i would invoke my fifth amendment right because at this time, there is an appeal that is in progress and depends on what happens to that. in the event there is a future trial, i do not want to have any issues stemming from that information. >> 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 a responsibility for, or were you an employee of michael...

Him, should they have supervised him properly and did they have enough information to know that he was a danger to michael jackson, should they have fired him. there are three theories the plaintiffs are relying on. theyre saying they negligently hired him, they negligently supervised him and they negligently kept him around. three different theories. they had agreed to provide medical equipment. murray actually had asked for a cpr equipment, portable equipment. he asked for a gurney. he wanted ...

Valerie did her best and it was a herculean effort to keep him under control but thats a real problem. the aeg thing, you saw precisely, and i wouldnt be surprised by the way, anderson, if aeg at some point tries to get this interview in, because clearly, he can assert the fifth. they can prevent him from testifying, but if hes declared unavailable, there are some exceptions to the hearsay rule where they might be able to get this in. because him talking does not help the family. his conviction ...

Sign up for the military as opposed to being tv people like us or bankers, you get a medal as far as im concerned. period. >> is he a hero? >> giving the life for his country. >> will you work with me and have a protest in front of the white house to get this done? can we we do that? >> this weekend. >> 500. me and donny. >> i have to see this. >> we absolutely throw the word hero around too easily. people that if you sign up on the dotted line to defend this country, behind closed doors or over...

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. linco lincoln, walt disney. frank lloyd wright. henry ford and of course the greatest business...

These what i consider to be smoking gun e-mails from aeg put in front of the right jury in downtown l.a., i could see a big verdict in this case. >> one of the e-mails that mark is referring to is an e-mail from an aeg employee saying that kenny ortega, one of the guys involved in this concert, in the rehearsals, should explain to dr. murray essentially his responsibility and whos paying his bill. >> right. the whole situation was so completely unhealthy. $150,000 a month for a single client. th...

>> i was just wondering if this had been somewhere else, would you have put that last 30 seconds on the "ridiculist" and how did you keep a straight face towards the end. this is precisely why criminal defense lawyers, you generally have to knock them over the head with a baseball bat before you have their clients get on the stand. valerie did her best and it was a herculean effort to keep him under control but thats a real problem. the aeg thing, you saw precisely, and i wouldnt be surprised by...

They claim the company was negligent in hiring and supervisor, dr. conrad murray. convict order involuntary manslaughter in jacksons death and is serving a four-year sentence-murray gave jackson the fatal dose of propose poe thol. aegs lawyers say its michael jackson, hes a green man, responsible for his own behavior. they are expected to bring up the charges of child molestation on which michael jackson was actually acquitted. also going to bring up evidence of drug addiction. want to bring in ...