LOS ANGLES : The promoters of Michael Jackson’s doomed last tour slammed as “abused” Wednesday a massive claim by his family for damages over the star’s 2009 death, at the climax of a five-month trial.
Making his closing argument, a lawyer for AEG Live said the promoters would never have funded the “This is it” tour if it knew the star was playing “Russian” roulette” with his own life by abusing drugs.
On Tuesday, the Jacksonfamily’s Angles courtroom, proposed a figure for $290 million for non- economic damages, as well as an unspecified sum for economic damages.
Jackson lawyer Brian punish cited accountant’s analyses of Jackson’s potential future earning of between abut $900 million and $1.6 billion, but said the jury would have to decide its own figure.
AEG Love’s attorney Marvin Putnam said Wednesday a claim on such scale was ridiculous.
“Their dollar amount is $1.5 billion dollars. They kina rushed thought that, he said, referring to the studies cited by punish the previous day, including in slides shown in court.
“I’m sorry, that’s an absurd number. And they haven’t even remotely proved it “
Jackson, 50, died on June 25,2009 from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol at his rented mansion in Los Angeles, where he was rehearsing for the “This is It” shows at London’s 02 Arena.
Dr Conrad Murray, a cardiologist, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a crime trial in 2011 for giving the drug to the star—who suffered from chronic insomnia—to help him sleep. Murray was jailed for four years.
In the civil trial, the singer’s mother Katherine Jackson,83, alleges that AEG Live negligently hired a inappropriate and incompetent and missed a series of red flags about his failing health in the run-up to his death.
LOS ANGLES : The promoters of Michael Jackson’s doomed last tour slammed as “abused” Wednesday a massive claim by his family for damages over the star’s 2009 death, at the climax of a five-month trial.