Expert rejects defence hypothesis in Jackson death trial

Michael Jackson was so heavily drugged in the hours before his death that he would have been incapable of self-administering the massive dose of propofol that killed him, a medical expert testified at the trial of Jackson’s doctor.

Expert rejects defence hypothesis in Jackson death trial

Michael Jackson was so heavily drugged in the hours before his death that he would have been incapable of self-administering the massive dose of propofol that killed him, a medical expert testified at the trial of Jackson’s doctor.

Dr Steven Shafer, who presented a number of possible scenarios for Jackson’s overdose, said one posed by Dr Conrad Murray’s defence – that the star gave himself the powerful anaesthetic – is “crazy”.

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