Michael Jackson "had a real monkey on his back"
with a longtime drug addiction his family kept secret from the world, and it
led to his overdose death, a lawyer for AEG Live said.
CNN reports the concert promoter's defense against the Jackson family's wrongful death lawsuit begins Tuesday and
will include testimony from "all of the many, many doctors" who
treated Jackson
over the past decades, AEG Live attorney Marvin Putnam said.
It will also include a parade of Jackson family members, including a return
appearance by matriarch Katherine Jackson, who just concluded two days of
testimony as her lawyers presented their case.
"They kept his private world private as best they could
and now they would like to blame somebody else for things that only they knew
privately," Putnam said.
Michael Jackson's mother and three children contend AEG
Live, which was producing and promoting his comeback concerts, is liable in his
death because it negligently hired, retained or supervised Dr. Conrad Murray.
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