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Jackson drugs so that he could perform. >> in a taped deposition played for the jury gongaware was confronted with the e-mail he sent. >> it says, "we want to remind him that it is aeg, not mj who is paying his salary. we want him to understand what is expected of him." did you write that e-mail? >> i dont recall. >> he came across as suffering some sort of executive amnesia, if you will. >> the jackson family in looking at that e-mail believes that aeg made it clear to dr. murray that he was su...

Their so-called smoking gun is an e-mail from aeg live co-ceo paul gongaware sent to the show director. the jacksons believe the e-mail proves aeg employed murray. >> it really is a smoking gun its probably one of the most important pieces of evidence that michael jacksons attorneys have that aeg supervised, directed, forced, employed dr. conrad murray to provide michael jackson drugs so that he could perform. >> in a taped deposition played for the jury gongaware was confronted with the e-mail ...

Directed, forced, employed dr. conrad murray to provide michael jackson drugs so that he could perform. >> in a taped deposition played for the jury gongaware was confronted with the e-mail he sent. >> it says, we want to remind him that it is aeg, not mj who is paying his salary. we want him to understand what is expected of him. did you write that e-mail? >> i dont recall. >> he came across as suffering some sort of executive amnesia, if you will. >> the jackson family in looking at that e-mai...

Conrad murray to provide michael jackson drugs so that he could perform. >> in a taped deposition played for the jury gongaware was confronted with the e-mail he sent. >> it says, "we want to remind him that it is aeg, not mj who is paying his salary. we want him to understand what is expected of him." did you write that e-mail? >> i dont recall. >> he came across as suffering some sort of executive amnesia, if you will. >> the jackson family in looking at that e-mail believes that aeg made it c...

Of the drug propofol. >> ultimately it was his money, his doctor, and his choice. and he certainly wasnt going to take no for an answer. >> reporter: the plaintiff in this case, katherine jackson and jacksons children, claim aeg paid murrays salary and pressured him to get jackson ready for the upcoming tour. >> we need to remind dr. murray its aeg, not mj, thats paying him. >> reporter: theyre can go the jury for up to $1.5 billion. >> these jurors have made up their minds. >> reporter: in a ci...

But aeg, thought when they brought dr. murray in to assume responsibility for taking that risk, that they chose to run the risk to make a huge profit. and they lost. and they are responsible. ♪ >> reporter: spectators in the court teared up when he played a video highlighting michael jacksons career, part of an effort to show the king of pop could have earned more than $1 billion had he lived, damages he say should go to jackson survivors. first, jurors must decide if murray was an employee of...

Should go to jackson survivors. first jurors have to decide if murray was an employee of aeg despite the fact neither jackson nor aeg signed his contract. >> we want to remind him that its aeg, not mj, thats paying his salary. >> reporter: that e-mail may be the e-mail may be the strongest in favor of katherine and children. she had dramatic testy changes with aeg during the trial. paris and prince testified by videotape. paris survived a suicide attempt during the course of the nearly five-mont...

>> murray shut down his practice, moved to l.a., treats m.j. may to june, tells aeg hes performing in good faith, talks and meets with ortega, phillips and works with them on rehearsal attendance schedule and asked to be paid. those are all the factsmurray. what about aeg live? they write an e-mail thats its aeg, not m.j., paying his salary. murray put it was in the budgets, even after the death. they got housing for dr. murray. they made dr. murray responsible for m.j.s rehearsal schedule and a...

Lawsuit against the concert promoter aeg live. an e-mail from aeg live said we want to remind murray that it is aeg, not mj, michael jackson who is paying his salary. cnn exclusively obtained his deposition from december, which was shown in court this week. >> based on the assumptions that aeg is your company and mj is michael jackson, do you have an understanding of what that means? >> no, i dont understand it, because we werent paying his salary. >> why would you write that? >> i have no idea....

Aeg has long contended that they did not hire dr. conrad murray, the physician convicted of administering the lethal dose of the anesthetic to jackson. instead, aeg has maintained that it was the king of pop that hired murray. but in an e-mail the jackson family attorneys are calling the smoking gun co-ceo of aeg live paul gongaware, allegedly pressured murray into having jackson ready for rehearsals despite his ailing health. gongaware writes, quote, we want to remind murray that it is aeg, not...