Page 32 - Aeg News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Cnn, the most trusted name in muse. after more than five months the latest legal showdown around michael jackson's death has come to a close. the family claimed that aeg live was to blame. aeg said it was michael jackson's own decisions that led to his death. it could have cost aeg live $2 million. but a jury decided that aeg was not to blame. >> what does christmas mean? >> love. >> love what? >> your family? >> who is your family? >> me and people who love you. >> it was a side of michael jackson the world had rarely seen until now. for months a jury inside a

It asked was conrad murray competent for the job he was hired to do? we felt he was competent to do the job of being a general practitioner. if the word "ethical" been in the question it could have been a different outcome. but for the job he was hired to do that's what we had to focus on. >> kevin smith echoed what aeg live said throughout the trial, michael jackson was a grown man responsible for his own decisions. >> michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. he was a big star. he had all these doctors who wanted to be his doctor and he could get what he wanted. and if anybody ...

>> it was hinted at with her brother's testimony, her grandmother's testimony. but it was directly said when debbie rowe, her mother, testified. she said, "i almost lost my daughter. she tried to kill herself." that dramatic moment it was clear the jurors knew that one of the results of michael jackson's death was the extreme sadness of his now 15-year-old daughter and her attempt to take her life. >> prince, michael's son, did go on to take the stand. he told jurors that his father would often cry after talking to aeg live executives and the pop icon feared for his life leading up to the conc...

Since age 5 he had electrified audiences around the world with hit songs like "i want you back". and the world appeared ready to welcome him back. it had been 12 years since jackson's last major performance. the king of pop was poised to regain his throne. >> this is it. this is the final -- this is the final curtain call. >> according to the contract with concert promoters aeg, michael was to perform 50 concerts at the o2 center in london over a nine-month period. >> i'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had ...

Making given conrad murray's own statement two days after michael's passing. he said, "i was hired by michael jackson. i had worked for michael jackson for years." >> the jackson family claims aeg live instructed murray, quote, "not to look out for jackson's best interests but rather to do whatever medical procedures were calculated to get jackson to perform." 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 it's probably one of the most important pie...