By Nancy Dillon /adjustment’s by MJ-Upbeat.com / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
AEG Live, trial is still pending whether never-before-seen footage from the film ‘This Is It’ can be shown to jurors.
The Prosecution tentatively rested their case Friday pending some legal wrangling and a judge’s decision on whether Mrs. Jackson can show jurors never-before-seen “This Is It” rehearsal footage.
Her lawyer said the rehearsal outtakes show that the King of Pop was visibly impaired around AEG executives shortly before his June 25, 2009 death.
“AEG has made the defense that ‘This Is It’ shows Michael looking great the last two days of his life, but if you look at the raw footage, it tells a different story,” lawyer Kevin Boyle told the Daily News outside court.
“There’s some video from June 16 where Mr. Jackson is being helped up a ramp by two people, a ramp that other people walked up and down no problem.”
AEG’s lead lawyer Marvin Putnam said Friday that if the judge decides Katherine can show the footage, he wants jurors to see all the raw video from the “Thriller” singer’s final rehearsals.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday but could be delayed if the judge allows large portions of rehearsal footage to be shown to the jury.
Source: NYDailyNews / MJ-Upbeat.com
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