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Spiral out of control. it was a media frenzy outside this los angeles courthouse after michael jackson's ex-wife, debbie rowe, testified in the wrongful death trial against concert promoter aeg. rowe fought back tears giving jurors accounts of his fear of pain and reliance on doctors. how doctors competed with each other treating him for pain after his hair caught on fire during the making of this 1984 pepsi commercial. rowe testified "these idiots were going back and forth prescribing jackson with pain medications. the doctors took advantage of hi him," she said. they also introduced him to p...

Aeg's whole purpose of putting her on the stand was to show that michael jackson was hook on pain killers and propofol long before dr. conrad murray ever entered the picture. rowe seemed to confirm that. and doctor murray is at the middle of the case. aeg says murray was hollywood by michael jackson and michael jackson's own behavioral is responsible for his death. a billion bucks could be on the line in this case. >> shepard: continuing coverage of our -- our top story. president obama says we must change the relationship with egypt as hundreds of people die in the latest wave of violence the...

>> so right now, dollar for dollar, tom, your money would be on aeg losing this case? >> that's what i think. now i have not been in the courtroom. i'm not allowed in there because i'm on the plaintiff's witness list but think brian, the plaintiff's lawyer is the best civil plaintiff's lawyer in america. nobody else in los angeles comes close. i heard he's doing a bang up job and i think cat rkathryn and ths will earn big. i think what he could have earned in his career exceeds a million dollars. >> good to talk to you. thank you. coming up, the real secrets about bradley manning. we know ab...

Years later in '99. so, yes, she had three years but it's a long time ago. is that significant in terms of what happened to this particular case that speaks to these particular facts? >> reporter: i think that's an excellent point right there. i think that's what the other side is going to say. what the defense, though, i think wants her to show and through her testimony is that she didn't have the knowledge of what was actually going on, that michael jackson lived this hidden life where he didn't let anyone know and dr. arnie cline, the very famous beverly hills dermatologist, she worked for ...

Her today in court? >> reporter: well, first thing we could expect, ashleigh, she's not going to be very happy. she lives on a horse farm and doesn't like being in the limelight. being on the stand is the last thing she wants. she's a crucial witness for aeg. what they want to pull out of her is the following. they want to establish that michael jackson was using drugs for decades and specifically he us used propofol for decades. when she was on tour in germany, she was in a hotel room on several occasions where he was receiving propofol. the idea is that he did this, abused this, and didn't t...