This morning I awoke to an email from a dear friend informing me of a repeated broadcast of John Branca's (one of the executors for the Michael Jackson estate) interview with 60 Minutes here in the United States. Timely, since they have just announced the dismissal of Paul Gongaware and Randy Phillips, two of the executives from AEG Live named in the Jackson vs AEG Live lawsuit, from personal liability.
Legal issues are sometimes misleading. Does this mean Paul Gongaware and Randy Phillips are not guilty of any wrong doing? No. It simply means that currently the judge feels there is not enough evidence to support the fact that they personally had anything to do with Michael Jackson's death. The lawsuit between the corporation AEG Live and Mrs. Jackson continues.
It's interesting to see the reports coming out on the news. Headlines state things like "Legal Victory for AEG Live" from tabloid reporters. The ones Michael always said where making up garbage. I guess he was right, because as far as I know AEG Live is still involved in the lawsuit. It's Paul Gongaware and Randy Phillips who think they have escaped it. Further, it's very disheartening to still read the words "overdose". Below is an interview with Dr. Conrad Murray, the man accused of killing Michael Jackson. He states in the video below that he is not responsible for Michael's death, was not in the room, AND did NOT leave any propofol at Michael's disposal. Now if it wasn't Conrad Murray, and Michael told me he DIDN'T kill HIMSELF - then SOMEONE else gave him the "shot" that killed him - one might call that MURDER. The details are yet to be brought into the light, but I assure you that Paul Gongaware AND Randy Phillips DO NOT have clean hands in this.
I might want to reread ALL those emails between Philip Anshultz, Paul Gongaware, Randy Phillips and Kenny Ortega. Here are just a few:
Don't you think that if Phillips and Jackson's manager had to "dress him for the event they might have known there was something wrong. . one might say "trouble at the front" What responsibility is Randy Phillips accountable for? With all this happening did he still expect him to still perform? No. Randy stated that in his email "We cannot be forced into stopping this, which MJ will try to do."
“We want to remind (Murray) that it is AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary,” CNN quotes Gongaware as writing. “We want to remind him what is expected of him.”
AEG Live didn't write that email, Randy Phillips did. AEG Live, didn't "dress" Michael with his manager, Randy Phillips apparently did. AEG Live did not decide to slap Michael, it was a choice made on the part of Randy Phillips "personally".
Legal issues are sometimes misleading. Does this mean Paul Gongaware and Randy Phillips are not guilty of any wrong doing? No. It simply means that currently the judge feels there is not enough evidence to support the fact that they personally had anything to do with Michael Jackson's death. The lawsuit between the corporation AEG Live and Mrs. Jackson continues.
It's interesting to see the reports coming out on the news. Headlines state things like "Legal Victory for AEG Live" from tabloid reporters. The ones Michael always said where making up garbage. I guess he was right, because as far as I know AEG Live is still involved in the lawsuit. It's Paul Gongaware and Randy Phillips who think they have escaped it. Further, it's very disheartening to still read the words "overdose". Below is an interview with Dr. Conrad Murray, the man accused of killing Michael Jackson. He states in the video below that he is not responsible for Michael's death, was not in the room, AND did NOT leave any propofol at Michael's disposal. Now if it wasn't Conrad Murray, and Michael told me he DIDN'T kill HIMSELF - then SOMEONE else gave him the "shot" that killed him - one might call that MURDER. The details are yet to be brought into the light, but I assure you that Paul Gongaware AND Randy Phillips DO NOT have clean hands in this.
I might want to reread ALL those emails between Philip Anshultz, Paul Gongaware, Randy Phillips and Kenny Ortega. Here are just a few:
"According to the Times, AEG Live executive, Paul Gongaware, also wrote to Phillips, "We are holding all the risk," and "We let Mikey know just what this will cost him in terms of him making money...We cannot be forced into stopping this, which MJ will try to do because he is lazy and constantly changes his mind to fit his immediate wants."
Although Jackson did arrive in London for the upcoming tour, emails from Phillips to Leiweke detailed how Jackson was “scared to death,” intoxicated and refused to leave his suite. In fact, the emails even detailed that Phillips and Jackson’s manager had to dress him for the press event"
Don't you think that if Phillips and Jackson's manager had to "dress him for the event they might have known there was something wrong. . one might say "trouble at the front" What responsibility is Randy Phillips accountable for? With all this happening did he still expect him to still perform? No. Randy stated that in his email "We cannot be forced into stopping this, which MJ will try to do."
“We want to remind (Murray) that it is AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary,” CNN quotes Gongaware as writing. “We want to remind him what is expected of him.”
Kenny Ortega sent a panicked email in the predawn hours of June 20, 2009, telling promoter Randy Phillips, the head of AEG Live, that Jackson appeared too “weak and fatigued” to rehearse the previous night, “trembling, rambling and obsessing” to the point Ortega recommended a psychological exam.
When Phillips didn’t immediately address his fears, Ortega fired off another email 11 hours later, the Daily News has learned.
“I honestly felt if I had encouraged or allowed him on stage last night he could have hurt himself,” Ortega wrote to Phillips in the confidential 1:20 p.m. missive obtained by The News.
Phillips responded within the hour, shooting down Ortega’s concerns with even more force than formerly exposed. “It is critical that neither you, me, or anyone around this show become amateur psychiatrists or physicians,” he wrote, adding that he was in touch with Jackson’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray"
Sounds to me like Randy Phillips is admitting personal responsibility with his own statement: adding "he was in touch with Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray"AEG Live didn't write that email, Randy Phillips did. AEG Live, didn't "dress" Michael with his manager, Randy Phillips apparently did. AEG Live did not decide to slap Michael, it was a choice made on the part of Randy Phillips "personally".
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