"Michael Jackson was chargeable for his personal dying," Maryin Putnam, a lawyer for AEG Live acknowledged.
Putnam remarked in a closing arguments of the wrongful dying lawsuit introduced by kin of the late King of Pop.
Jackson's household blames the live performance promoter for his June 2009 dying on the eve of his sold-out comeback tour, claiming the corporate employed Jackson's physician and pressured him to bend medical guidelines in an effort to make sure the tour would go forward.
But in his closing arguments, Putnam denied that the corporate had employed Dr. Conrad Murray, declaring that he had been treating Jackson and his household for years earlier than the tour.
As acknowledged by stories, Murray was discovered responsible of offering the insomniac Jackson with the surgical anesthetic Propofil as a sleeping help, which a coroner discovered had prompted Jackson's dying.
"Jackson was chargeable for his personal well being, actually his personal healthcare, and he is chargeable for his personal selections, regardless of how unhealthy these selections grow to be."
"The fact right here is it is a tragedy … It's a tragedy for this household, a tragedy for his mom, a tragedy for his youngsters. It's horrible and it is extremely unhappy. But it is not a tragedy of AEG Live's making," Putnam acknowledged.
The lawyer insisted that Jackson by no means instructed AEG Live about his reliance on the harmful medicine.
"AEG would have by no means agreed to finance this tour in the event that they knew Mr. Jackson was taking part in Russian roulette in his bed room each night time," Putnam instructed jurors.
During the five-month trial, AEG Live argued that it was Jackson who employed Murray.
Murray is because of be launched subsequent month after serving two years in jail following his conviction for the involuntary manslaughter of the late pop star.