Monday, January 20, 2025
9.0°F

Jackson death investigator grilled by defense

Anthony McCARTNEY | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 3 months AGO
by Anthony McCARTNEY
| October 7, 2011 9:00 PM

LOS ANGELES - The defense attorney for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death is calling into question a coroner investigator's notes and recollections of items found in the singer's bedroom after he died.

Elissa Fleak denied defense attorney Ed Chernoff's contention Thursday that she had made a number of mistakes in preparing reports on the death.

Chernoff noted during cross-examination that Fleak didn't note that she had found a bottle of propofol inside an IV bag until March 2011, nearly two years after the singer's death.

The lawyer also questioned whether she had heard that detail from testimony by bodyguard Alberto Alvarez, who told jurors he saw the bottle inside the bag before following the instructions of Dr. Conrad Murray to put it inside a bag.

Fleak also testified that she accidentally touched a syringe in Jackson's bedroom, leaving a thumbprint.

Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

MORE ENTERTAINMENT STORIES

Witness: Jackson doctor interrupted CPR
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 14 years, 10 months ago
Audio helped sway judge to give Jackson doc jail
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 13 years, 1 month ago
Hearing set for doctor in Michael Jackson case
Coeur d'Alene Press | Updated 14 years, 4 months ago

ARTICLES BY ANTHONY MCCARTNEY

Casey Kasem dies
June 16, 2014 9 p.m.

Casey Kasem dies

Los Angeles police investigating Cosby abuse claim
December 8, 2014 8 p.m.

Los Angeles police investigating Cosby abuse claim

Judy Huth suing comedian for sexual battery