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AEG Trial-Thomas Mesereau (Starting Point, CNN 05.18, 2013.04.30)
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I wanted to bring this in to get some opinions. What Tom Mez is saying seems backwards to me. From testimony I've heard its the Jackson's witnesses that are bloodying Michael up making him appear as a helpless pathetic drug addict who was unable to perform or even think for himself. and AEG witnesses are stating he had some bad days but for the most part he appeared healthy and showed improvement where they thought he could pull this off. The Jacksons witnesses are saying they felt he was dying and helpless and wouldnt be able to perform. So if he was in this bad of shape according to Jackson witnesses how can they state he would be able to continue performing and making huge amounts of Money. Tom says AEG is making him appear unable .. but I see the opposite .. any one else confused ??
It was an exclusive right to Katherine and Joe (the jacksons ) to use and abuse Michael , he's their property after all , AEG did not have those rights.
How does Katherine Jackson condone Joe Jackson beating Michael Jackson into submission, vilifying him and making Michael Jackson feel so vulnerable as a child and now Katherine Jackson says AEG Live didn't treat Michael Jackson nicely, that she is suing AEG Live to prove this allegation? Katherine Jackson is being a hypocrite!
How the **** does the presence of a teleprompter help the jury decide whether aeg hired Murray or not?.... am i missing something here?
How the **** does the presence of a teleprompter help the jury decide whether aeg hired Murray or not?.... am i missing something here?
I think they do it to emphasize that he was not ok and that he could not remember the lyrics.How the **** does the presence of a teleprompter help the jury decide whether aeg hired Murray or not?.... am i missing something here?
Another thing I do not understand is why each witness has to give a long, long, resume of their work. I mean they are not experts.
They should have at least 3 people testify in 1 day, but rather we have 1 person like Karen being on the stand for a day and a half, and nothing she said shows who hired Muarry, but rather how nasty AEG was, what an addict Michael was, who was jealous of her, & some of Michael's private business.
You got me wrong, I think. I didn't judge the judge being pro one side.
But you can't take anything as evidence for only one side in a trial. When the interview is valid evidence used by A it should be also valid used by B.
At least that would be my logical thinking?!
I think they do it to emphasize that he was not ok and that he could not remember the lyrics.
I asked myself too why so long resumes, but then I realised that in their field they are "experts" too and worked with Michael and could appreciate physical changes and condition.
Karen besides what you say she also told the jury that she saw Michael feeling unwell, sick, too thin... and that's another point of the plaintiffs: to show that Michael was unhealthy, that they were very concerned (Ortega's mails, testimony of dancer, Kate and even Travis), but that AEG didn't do any other thing besides trust the medical doctor and go on with the show at all cost.
^^Funny. You only found one such piece of useless information? .
Qbee
Boure your comment: AEG threatened to pull the plug....So he/they did pressure both Michael and Murray. If we believe Phillips it was not possible to actually "pull the plug". So he/they did that thinking more pressure- huge pressure- would help. Not really suprising given what we heard so far. It doesn't sound good for them.
But does it mean that AEG threatened Michael with this? Depending on which media outlet you read, Travis said AEG said the plug might have to be pulled. Travis did not say AEG said this to Michael or Muarry, so I do not know to what extent AEG threatened both Muarry & Michael ^^ with this. It appears this comment was made to the high ranking staff like Travis. I am looking at that comment within a context like this: Michael is missing & not performing to standard, so I say, "if he carries on like that, this whole show will be cancelled." In this context, I think AEG was simply saying that if things go as it is going this show will not happen. I think AEG was angry and blowing off a lot of hot air & making nasty remarks. Even with the e-mails, when I look at them, it seems these were mainly "internal" correspondence. They were sent mainly to high ranking staff like Ortega, and not directly to Muarry & Michael, so I also do not think the e-mails, threaten Micahel & Muarry either (I know you did not say that). I think the person who got the e-mail, might go to Michael & inquire but will not use the same nasty language in the e-mail. Anyway we will see when AEG puts on their case...
I think managers write these correspondence among themselves & some of us will be horrified if we find out what comments they are making in the privacy of the e-mails.
I agree that they want to show many things, for the Jacksons every litlle thing is another red flag that AEG should have noticed. When you put them all together , it sounds impressive. The contract was still being negotiated until the 24th, I think they want to say that AEG had until the very last days to take Murray out of the picture.It seems to me the Jackson lawyers just try to influence the jurors and try to create the atmosphere everybody could see something was wrong with Michael... so AEG is guilty (just like many fans reacted to Michaels death). Although that's no way the question in this trial.
I agree. I think both of them are going to address that particular point (the contract) .Yet the Jackson side is not even interested in proving that Murray was hired by AEG and AEG had to check/supervise him.
To me if they can't prove that it's pointless cuz every Jackson sibling then would have the same responsibility as everybody at AEG live. The key figure is that Murray guy who killed Michael.
However AEG seems to want to blame it all on Michael. That's also not the question in this trial and only jury influencing. They have to bring clear evidence they weren't hiring Murray (who might requested that or not doesn't matter) so they had no supervising obligations. I completely agree. I think both of them are going to adress that particular point.
Less bla bla and more evidence could help the situation.
If these are related, I don't necessarily see this is bad for AEG as they wanted doctor to do his job and make Michael healthy.
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I have to be honest and say I loath both parties in this case. If AEG looses, they will do so on a technicality, that is, losing because they hired Michael. I will never see anyone as causing Michel's death other than Muarry, although I concede that taking prof was a free choice that Michael made as well.
Sometimes our minds make connections that not necessarily are true. I think you make the reasonable connection with the jacket because the statement was made after a costume fitting. The "why can't I choose?" can be also related to him wanting Conrad on the tour & Gongaware trying to convince him to hire a doc in England. It's hard to understand what they're saying when we don't have the whole information but so far, I see Michael taking all the heat.
Yes, you are right. I used inverted commas when I called them "experts"; obviously they are there just to say what they perceived or saw.But experts in their field means they will give expert evidence
so to me their long, long resume is just wasting time in court. They are not experts on body mass, the right weight for Michael, or the ability to judge what weight Michael can perform in, so I cannot see how that can be given for the reason they given these long CVs.
But there are two different things for me. One is the fact of what the coroner states (though about the weight, Panish asked him if he knew how much fluids were give in the last hours that could have contributed to the weight and he replied he didn't know). The other thing is what the people around saw, how he felt, and how in spite of that nothing was done apart from relying in CM.We see they were wrong anyway because the coroner already went against all those "inexpert" claims by stating as an expert that his weight was ok, that is weight was mainly in his muscle, that he was not starved or malnourished & that his body was healthy, even though you claim ^^ these witnesses show Michael was unhealthy.
well, this is obvious, I'm not saying otherwise.This is what happens when people try to be experts in a field they are not experts in. The coroner & Anderson basically gave the same evidence that they gave in the muarry trial. Their evidence shows that Michael did not die because his body was unhealthy.
For me the whole situation is very depressing.In this second week all I see here is Michael on trial. On one hand the witnesses say how great he was to work with; he was in all aspects of TII but then they claim he was not performing well, he missed rehearsals, some days he was out of it; so exactly when did they get to work with this person who they claim was great to work with & was involved in all aspects of TII
yes, but the 10 547 details of Michael not being healthy, or not improving in spite of the doctor being there is a ... red flag. I don't see how this can help AEG....unless they get Murray on the stand or use the police interview to say that Michael was lying/concealing things from Murray. I know it's extreme given Murray is such a huge liar himself, and his lies are the reason all this happened, but I can totally see AEG do that if they feel they have to.
EDIT : Honestly, I think Murray put the blame on Michael, and AEG believed him at the time.
I agree with the part CM putting blame on Michael, it is something that he does, blame others.
I don't know about that red flag, it can also show that they were doing more than it was expected from them if they took time to see if doctor was taking care of Michael, and if that Frank thing is what I believe to be, then they showed more "duty of care" than it was expected.
Judge dismissed the part of lawsuit that AEG had duty of care, the only one left is negligent hiring and supervising.
So far what I have seen, this lawsuit is not following the line hiring or supervising, it all all mixed up and judge is a fool for allowing all sort of testimonies that has nothing to do with anything. Faye telling that LMP was jealous of her has nothing to do with AEG hiring CM. How many times MJ attented to rehearsal with TP has nothing to do with it, among other things.
I said it earlier and I say it again, the judge will have to remind the jury what this trial is about as it is very muddy at best:no:
You asked about when Lou F started training with MJ, I found this interview right after MJ passed
Lou, nice to see you. And Lou, when you saw Michael Jackson three weeks ago, describe him for us.
LOU FERRIGNO, ACTOR, JACKSON'S PERSONAL TRAINER: Well, when I saw Michael about the end of May, a few weeks ago, apparently, he was in great condition because I trained him for a couple of months, and he looked lean to me but he did all the exercises I told him to do. And apparently, he seemed well. He did all the exercises. And he was very animated, very energetic. And he was as happy as he could be. And this is quite a shock I'm hearing all this.
It seems to me the Jackson lawyers just try to influence the jurors and try to create the atmosphere everybody could see something was wrong with Michael... so AEG is guilty...
However AEG seems to want to blame it all on Michael. That's also not the question in this trial and only jury influencing. They have to bring clear evidence they weren't hiring Murray (who might requested that or not doesn't matter) so they had no supervising obligations.
Less bla bla and more evidence could help the situation.
The contract (we know there was one), its content, who negotiated it with whom, who had to sign it, was it signed, if not did the parties act as if they had already a spoken agreement and how valid was it, how much did the parties acted accordingly, if those AEG producers were in supervising obligation, did they act accordingly or neglient... that's all.
They can talk on for years about Michaels more or less healthy behavior, teleprompters, clothes, weight... there's a coroners report pretty clear in what caused his death: Michael was a not perfectly but pretty healthy 50 years old adult, who was killed by a neglient 'doctor'.
Judge dismissed the part of lawsuit that AEG had duty of care, the only one left is negligent hiring and supervising.
So far what I have seen, this lawsuit is not following the line hiring or supervising, it all all mixed up and judge is a fool for allowing all sort of testimonies that has nothing to do with anything. Faye telling that LMP was jealous of her has nothing to do with AEG hiring CM. How many times MJ attented to rehearsal with TP has nothing to do with it, among other things.
I said it earlier and I say it again, the judge will have to remind the jury what this trial is about as it is very muddy at best:no:
Yes, I know you are both right, but it seems unavoidable for some of us to react emotionally when reading all those details on how they saw Michael...
OMG please don't take me wrong! I am so sorry if someone could think I mean the discussion here with the 'blabla' remark.Yes, I know you are both right, but it seems unavoidable for some of us to react emotionally when reading all those details on how they saw Michael...