Jackson 'caused his own death', trial hears
Michael Jackson caused his own death, a lawyer for the doctor charged with the singer’s involuntary manslaughter said today.
Defence lawyer Ed Chernoff told jurors in Los Angeles that Jackson swallowed several lorazepam pills on the morning of his death and that was enough to put people to sleep.
He claimed Jackson also self-ingested the anaesthetic propofol.
He says Jackson created a “perfect storm in his body” that killed him instantly.
He also told jurors their job was not to determine whether the physician was a good doctor or not.
Mr Chernoff’s remarks came after more than an hour of opening statements by prosecutors who laid out their case against the Houston-based cardiologist.
