14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday, a tape appearing to be the conversation between a worker for the Los Angeles Fire Department and the UCLA hospital, announcing the imminent arrival at the hospital of the ambulance carrying the body of Michael Jackson popped up online. The recording was believed to be true, which meant it could be used in the case against Dr. Conrad Murray, who had given a different account of the details. Sadly, it’s a fake, TMZ has learned.
On the tape, a man can be heard talking to an operator and saying the ambulance is about to arrive to the hospital. He also says the patient is “pop star Michael Jackson,” which is far from the usual manner of naming patients, and that he’s not responsive and doesn’t have a pulse. Had the recording been the real deal, it could have actually been used in the trial against Michael’s personal physician, as he had told investigators that the singer was still warm and with a pulse when ambulance took him away from his house.
“Another Michael Jackson hoax – this time it’s all over a recording that’s being reported as a transmission from the paramedics who took MJ to UCLA on the day he died. The recording features a man saying ‘Patient is Michael Jackson, the pop star singer... we should be there in five minutes. It doesn’t look good.’ But TMZ spoke to L.A. City Fire Dept. Captain Steve Ruda who told us, ‘It is not our conversation. It is not any of the paramedics who treated Michael Jackson’,” TMZ writes after looking a little deeper into the matter.
“We’re told there are several indicators on the tape which show it could not have originated from an L.A. City Fire employee. We’re told officials are not supposed to name the patient and the terminology used in the recording is not consistent with terms used by the department,” the celebrity gossip website / paparazzi agency further reports. We also told you yesterday that The Sun, the tab that first got a hold of the recording, had talked to authorities and they were uncertain it was the real deal specifically because of the terminology used to refer to the patient.
It’s a well-known fact that Dr. Conrad Murray, who was treating Michael at the time of his death in June 2009, admitted to the police having administered him Propofol, the powerful anesthetic that should only be used in hospitals under specialized care. Certain discrepancies in the timeline offered by Dr. Murray could have been solved with the 911 tape, which is perhaps why many wanted the recording emerged yesterday to be real.