Thursday, police detective Orlando Martinez has testified that Michael Jackson’s mother told him the family had tried drug interventions for the entertainer, believing he was addicted to painkillers. But Katherine Jackson said her son refused any help, saying he didn’t have a drug problem.
The testimony of Martinez, who took the lead investigating Michael Jackson’s death, came under questioning by lawyers for AEG Live. He first interviewed Katherine Jackson at the hospital. But six months later, he decided to go back to her and check out “some things regarding family meetings about addiction.” He said it was then that she told him about several attempts by the family to hold interventions and get Michael Jackson into rehab. Mrs. Jackson stated that she had been informed Michael had been taking drugs, however she had no idea which drugs, and she had never seen Michael take any drugs.
Martinez said Katherine Jackson told him she believed her son was taking medicine for back pain and might have become addicted. She stated that there had been one attempted intervention at Neverland on behalf of Janet, however Michael didn’t want to participate.
“What did Mrs. Jackson tell you?” asked AEG attorney Marvin Putnam.
“The family attempted several interventions,” said the witness. “She had talked to her son about drugs herself.”
She said the efforts produced no results, Martinez said, because “he denied having a problem.”
When asked if Michael had any chronic medical conditions that she was aware of, Mrs. Jackson stated that he had problems sleeping and that his back frequently bothered him. She stated she thought the back pain was a result of falling off of a stage during a performance. Mrs. Jackson stated that she last spoke with Michael at his residence on Carolwood approximately one and a half weeks prior to his death.
Katherine Jackson told the detective the first time she ever met Dr. Conrad Murray was at the hospital the day her son died.
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