14 DAY TRIAL // As the LAPD is still trying to find out how Michael Jackson spent the last hours of his life and, more importantly, whether Dr. Conrad Murray, the prime suspect in the homicide investigation, administered him the powerful and dangerous anesthetic Propofol, biographer Ian Halperin already seems to have all the answers. Talking to the Daily Mail, Halperin says the late King of Pop spent the last hours of his life crying for his father, threatening organizers AEG Live to cancel the tour, reading the Bible and lamenting his fate.
Halperin’s work has never been sanctioned by Michael Jackson or his management in any way, but that’s not to say there aren’t many who believe some grain of truth must be to his words. There must be, they say, since Halperin was able to “predict” Michael’s death almost with clock-like accuracy, which can only mean he was well informed enough to make this kind of estimation. In this light, it could very well be that Halperin succeeded where police failed so far, in getting Jackson’s employees and friends to talk about what happened in the last 24 hours of his life.
According to the author, who has a new book on Michael, “Unmasked: The Final Years Of Michael Jackson,” out now and is preparing to shoot a documentary on the same topic as well, Jackson knew what was coming to him. He spent the last 12 hours of his life in a constant state of paranoia and agitation, telling his aides to call his father Joe Jackson because he was the only one who could get him out of the mess organizers AEG Live got him in with the announcement for the 50 shows at London’s O2 Arena. The singer also injected himself with a lot of drugs in a vain attempt to calm himself down, spent many hours locked in his room crying and listening to music, and eventually summoned for Dr. Murray to have him set an IV drip with Propofol, Halperin says.
“Michael was cracking up. He had been injecting himself for over 12 hours, he said for excruciating pain. He begged to see his father but they lied to him. They told him they couldn’t get hold of him. If Joe Jackson had been allowed to see him that night, I believe Michael would still be alive.” Halperin tells the Mail from New York, where he’s preparing and gathering material for the Michael Jackson documentary. Admittedly, Michael’s advisers did not want the singer to see or speak to Joe, since he would oppose to the 50 shows if he learned the condition his son was in. Joe Jackson always told his children that they either performed at full capacity or not at all, Halperin explains.
“Michael was overheard telling Murray he was ready to go to sleep. The Diprivan wouldn’t be administered in Michael’s room but in the doctor’s room which was kept under lock and key. Twenty five minutes later, Dr Murray was spotted leaving his room. Michael was in a deep sleep. He never woke up. It may be difficult to prove exactly what killed Michael. He was an extremely sick man. The one thing that is certain is that his father would have beaten down the gates to rescue him if he’d been informed of the state that he was in. No one can say how long he would have lived but he would have survived that night.” Halperin concludes by saying.