Los Angeles – A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s family blamed a concert promoter for his 2009 death, telling a jury that the company ruthlessly disregarded Jackson’s health as he prepared for a lucrative comeback tour.
On the opening day of trial in the family’s wrongful death lawsuit, Brian Panish accused AEG Live of choosing to ignore Jackson’s drug problems to push ahead with the `This Is It concert tour’, which could have netted 450 million dollars in ticket sales.
A lawyer for the company said it had been unable to foresee Jackson’s problems because of a “wall of secrecy’’ he built up around his habits.
“AEG, like everyone else, was an outsider. They had no idea. It was going on behind locked doors,’’ said attorney Marvin Putnam, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Jackson’s three children and his mother claim that AEG should be held legally responsible for his death because it hired the singer’s doctor, who was allegedly pressured to ignore the pop star’s frailty so as not to derail the concerts.
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