Michael Jackson 'took hours to urinate' and had such bad toenail fungus that doctors thought his flesh was rotting, a court heard today. Jackson's health problems were listed in minute detail as jurors were told that his heartbroken daughter lashed out at Dr Conrad Murray for failing to save her father's life.
In an interview with detectives two days after the pop star's death on June 25, 2009, Murray said that Jackson's three children had 'cried and cried and cried'. His daughter, Paris, now 13, apparently told her father's personal doctor: 'I will wake up in the morning and I won't be able to see my daddy.' According to the 58-year-old cardiologist, she said: 'Dr Murray, you said you save a lot of patients. You know, you save people with heart attacks, and you couldn't save my dad.'
Murray said Jackson had been covered in injection scars and had been stick-thin because he did not eat or drink, the jury heard as they again saw a photo of the singer's dead body. His body had been so wasted that the ambulance crew had thought he was a hospice patient.
Murray, who has denied involuntary manslaughter, also revealed that Jackson used 'excessive cologne' and Benoquin, a cream that bleaches the skin. He made the revelations as detectives said they had found two empty cigarette packets in his room - raising the possibility that he had been a secret smoker.
They also found empty bottles of sedative and anti-anxiety pills, some bearing the names Omar Arnold and Paul Farance - aliases Jackson used for his medication.
Murray said he suspected Jackson suffered from phlebitis, a condition associated with the formation of bloodclots, usually in the deep veins of the legs. He claimed the star's eyesight was so bad that he could have been 'legally blind' and said he removed calluses and a fungal infection on the entertainer's feet that made it painful for him to dance.
Jackson had also been prescribed Flomax, which shrinks the prostate, to help him urinate more easily.
Prosecutors say Murray caused Jackson's death by giving him a lethal dose of the powerful anaesthetic Propofol, which should only be used in a hospital setting. In the interview, Murray admitted for the first time that he gave the star Propofol, telling police he had been administering the drug almost daily for the previous two months. He said the singer had 'loved' the drug, but that he had been trying to wean him off it. Murray's lawyers claim that Jackson administered the fatal dose himself.
In an interview with detectives two days after the pop star's death on June 25, 2009, Murray said that Jackson's three children had 'cried and cried and cried'. His daughter, Paris, now 13, apparently told her father's personal doctor: 'I will wake up in the morning and I won't be able to see my daddy.' According to the 58-year-old cardiologist, she said: 'Dr Murray, you said you save a lot of patients. You know, you save people with heart attacks, and you couldn't save my dad.'
Murray said Jackson had been covered in injection scars and had been stick-thin because he did not eat or drink, the jury heard as they again saw a photo of the singer's dead body. His body had been so wasted that the ambulance crew had thought he was a hospice patient.
Murray, who has denied involuntary manslaughter, also revealed that Jackson used 'excessive cologne' and Benoquin, a cream that bleaches the skin. He made the revelations as detectives said they had found two empty cigarette packets in his room - raising the possibility that he had been a secret smoker.
They also found empty bottles of sedative and anti-anxiety pills, some bearing the names Omar Arnold and Paul Farance - aliases Jackson used for his medication.
Murray said he suspected Jackson suffered from phlebitis, a condition associated with the formation of bloodclots, usually in the deep veins of the legs. He claimed the star's eyesight was so bad that he could have been 'legally blind' and said he removed calluses and a fungal infection on the entertainer's feet that made it painful for him to dance.
Jackson had also been prescribed Flomax, which shrinks the prostate, to help him urinate more easily.
Prosecutors say Murray caused Jackson's death by giving him a lethal dose of the powerful anaesthetic Propofol, which should only be used in a hospital setting. In the interview, Murray admitted for the first time that he gave the star Propofol, telling police he had been administering the drug almost daily for the previous two months. He said the singer had 'loved' the drug, but that he had been trying to wean him off it. Murray's lawyers claim that Jackson administered the fatal dose himself.
