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A former bodyguard for the late Michael Jackson, Matt Fiddes, claimed that he is the father of Michael’s youngest son, Blanket. Now, in a new interview, he is revealing that Michael had a bit of a fling with Whitney Houston — and he dreamed of marrying her!

He said, “Whitney practically moved in to Michael’s ranch and they had a fling like any other young couple. But Michael said later he had always hoped the relationship had gone further, and I know he dreamed of marrying her.”

He revealed that their fling/relationship only lasted for two weeks. A decade later, Michael and Whitney were reunited at a concert to celebrate his accomplishments in music. Matt said, “They were both a mess, to be honest. They shared what would be their final hugs and Michael begged Whitney to get off the drugs that were destroying her life. The two of them whispered that they loved each other as they hugged. The emotion was written all over their faces.”

On Wednesday, TMZ claimed there is a video chat of Paris Jackson telling her friends that her father’s posthumous album, Michael, is not actually him singing.

Just before Michael Jackson’s album was released in 2010, Paris was said to be telling her close pals that her father’s parts on the album were actually performed by Jason Malachi. She reportedly played the song, Hold My Hand, and denied the entire album was done by her father.

She reportedly said, “It’s NOT him…the whole album isn’t even him! Go online…go on YouTube and look up Jason Malachi. That’s him!! I should know if it’s him or not because he would sing to me all the time.”

Now, Paris took to her official Twitter account to deny the reports. She tweeted, “People should know by now not to believe the media when it comes down to TMZ talking about my family. #HoldMyHad IS my dad actually singing.”

There you have it! Did you listen to the album and feel that it was faked by an imposter? Or did you think that the entire album is legitimately Michael Jackson? Sound off in the comments and let us know your thoughts!

Dr. Conrad Murray was in court recently to ask the Judge to be released on bail as he awaits his pending appeal in the manslaughter case of Michael Jackson. Judge Pastor denied his bail and he is to remain incarcerated.

Following his trial last year, he was handed down a sentence of four years for his role in the late pop icon’s death. He is currently trying to appeal his sentence, but the judge still feels that he is a danger to society.

Judge Pastor said that it scares him that Dr. Murray thinks that it’s okay to administer a dangerous drug like Propofol in a home environment.

The doctor’s girlfriend tried to make her case for his release, claiming that he’s a good father to their son. She also said that he is the sole support for her and their two-year-old child.

We’re not sure what kind of support he could be for her or their son, considering the fact that his medical license was suspended. What can he do for work in his field now? Do you think he would try to have his license reinstated if he’s granted an appeal?

On November 7, 2011, Conrad Murray was convicted of the manslaughter of Michael Jackson. Subsequently, he was sentenced to four years in jail.

Murray has filed the documents to request a release from jail pending his appeal. He claims that the grounds for the appeal include “improper exclusion of defense evidence and witnesses that resulted in violating the defendant’s State and constitutional rights to due process, to present a defense and to the effective assistance of counsel.”

If he gets turned loose, he wants to live with his baby’s mother, Nicole Alvarez and would agree to wear an electronic monitoring device.

He hasn’t even done that much time and he already wants to be released? That is pretty bold, considering the length of time he’s been incarcerated. What do you think? Too soon?

Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, talked to Ellen DeGeneres for a new interview, where she talks about the advice that her father gave her. The advice was simple and to the point: Always remember.

She told Ellen, “He said, ‘If I die tomorrow, always remember what I told you.’ I took his advice, and I remembered everything he told me.”

Paris is currently starring in her first movie, and said that her father shaped a lot of her life, including her decision to get into acting.

She revealed, “My dad was in the movie Moonwalker, and I knew he could sing really well but I didn’t know he could act. I saw that and I said, ‘Wow, I want to be just like him.’ We would do improv together. He would give us little scenarios. He would go, ‘Okay, in this scene you’re going to cry’, and I’d cry on the spot.”

When Paris was younger, her famous father had her face shrouded with a mask. She said, “I’m like, ‘This is stupid, why am I wearing a mask?’ But I kind of realized the older I got, like, he only tried to protect us. And he’d explain that to us, too.”

She added, “I’m treated the same. When I came to school, they didn’t know who I was. I was like, yes, I have a chance to be normal.”

Earsucker.com broke the news that it’s Michael Jackson Week on tonight’s performance episode of The X Factor USA. Earlier this week, we reported that the top seven remaining contestants would be singing songs from MJ’s songbook. Tomorrow night’s show will also feature another double elimination, just like last week.

UPDATE: Live elimination recap here!

On last week’s giving thanks episode, we saw the departure of LeRoy Bell, along with Paula Abdul’s remaining group, Lakoda Rayne. The last elimination saw Marcus Canty going head-to-head with LeRoy Bell, and the judges went into a deadlock, leaving the decision up to America’s votes.

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Yesterday, Conrad Murray appeared in front of Judge Michael Pastor to be sentenced over the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson. The Judge seemed so infuriated with Murray over the fact that he did a documentary of the case, even before the jury reached its verdict.

He sold the rights to the documentary, reportedly, because he needed the cash. The Judge called him out for what he was, a doctor who sold his soul to the highest bidder. Murray even recorded Michael secretly, probably in hopes of using it against him, if their relationship went South.

In recording his documentary, Murray said that he doesn’t feel any guilt over Michael’s death, because he didn’t feel as if he had done anything wrong. This made the Judge upset, because Murray is obviously showing no signs of remorse in doing what he did. In the end, he got the maximum sentence of four years in the Los Angeles County Jail.

Don’t think for one second that Murray is upset over the documentary, because he’s not. In fact, he’s happy about it because he wanted the public to hear his side of the story.

TMZ reports:

Murray — who declined to testify in his trial — spoke with friends and family after the sentence. We’re told Murray said he knew he was going to get the maximum sentence, so it didn’t bother him that he became Judge Michael Pastor’s human punching bag over the things he said in the documentary — in particular, trashing Michael Jackson and not accepting any blame for his death.

And we know more about Murray’s reaction to the sentence. He’s saying he’s “surprisingly upbeat” about the sentence, telling one friend, “I’m just relieved it’s finally over,” adding, “Don’t worry, I’m fine, and I’ll be out soon.”

Douche.

Dr. Conrad Murray appeared in court today to be sentenced in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial.

Dr. Murray’s attorney tried to object to the cameras being in the courtroom. Judge Michael Pastor overruled the defendant’s right to privacy with regard to the cameras, due to the fact that he recorded a lot of his interactions prior to the court’s ruling for his documentary.

The Prosecution presented the court with statutes that dictate that this involuntary manslaughter should be classified as a serious felony. They want Conrad Murray to serve out his sentence in State Prison.

The Prosecution asked the Judge to allow the family’s representative to speak on their behalf. Mr. Brian Panish spoke as the family’s attorney. He said that Michael’s parents couldn’t imagine living past Michael and his children will grow up without a father. They aren’t there to seek revenge, as there is nothing they can do that would bring him back.

They want the judge to impose the maximum sentence to remind physicians that they cannot bypass their Hippocratic oath to do no harm.

The Prosecution’s attorney David Walgren recounted how Dr. Murray was careless and reckless with the life of Michael Jackson. He said that Dr. Murray looked out for himself and not Michael, nor his family, even after Michael’s death. He is asking the Judge to deny probation, citing the Judge’s words regarding the “homicide” of Michael Jackson – during the reading of the verdict. He said that it’s the People’s position that the doctor should be mandated to serve four years in State Prison after he played Russian Roulette with Michael’s life nightly. (continue reading…)

The top seven will be performing on this week’s performance episode of The X Factor USA — and we’ve got some handy scoop for you!

This week, like last week, will also feature a double elimination. In addition to that, we’ve learned that Wednesday’s show will feature tracks from the Michael Jackson songbook!

On Thursday, we’ve learned that British rapper Tinie Tempah will be performing his new song, Pass Out.

So after learning that this will be Michael Jackson week, we will speculate who will be singing what.

Rachel Crow – You Are Not Alone
Drew – Human Nature
Astro – Smooth Criminal
Marcus Canty – Bad
Chris Rene – Beat It
Josh Krajcik – I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
Melanie Amaro – The Way You Make Me Feel

These are just guesses, based on what we would like for the top seven to sing. We have yet to hear the actual song list for Wednesday’s show. If you know, you can always email us!

Update: Astro just tweeted this message out to all of his Astronauts, “Done at rehearsal space. Headed back to studio to tweak the track! Gotta get MJ perfect!”

TELL US: What do you want the top seven remaining contestants to perform on Wednesday night? What is your favorite MJ song? Sound off in the comments — we want to know!

PERFORMANCE RECAP HERE

Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Holley, apparently has an opinion on the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. On November 7th, Conrad Murray was found guilty of manslaughter in the Michael Jackson case and faces up to four years if convicted.

Shawn is a person who has battled the judge in defense of Lindsay, so she knows a thing or two about being the devil’s advocate. She claims that the Doctor should not get the full four year sentence for his role in the death of Michael — primarily because it wouldn’t be fair.

TMZ reports:

With Murray’s sentencing hearing set for tomorrow in L.A. — we asked the effervescent Shawn Holley if Conrad deserves the 4 year prison sentence he’s expected to receive.

Holley makes it clear she doesn’t excuse Murray’s “horrible” crime … but claims he shouldn’t get the full sentence because, “He has no record.”

Murray’s hearing is set to begin at 8:30 AM tomorrow — TMZ will be livestreaming the whole thing.

Stay tuned to see how long the Doctor gets for a sentence. The worst case scenario is that he gets house arrest and a very minimal amount of jail time when he appears in court tomorrow.

What do you think of Shawn’s comments? Does he deserve the entire four years? Sound off in the comments below and let us know your thoughts!

The prosecutors in the case against Conrad Murray are asking the judge to make Murray pay over 100 million dollars. The documents filed by the D.A. says that the kids are “entitled to wages or profits lost due to injury incurred by the victim.”

The three kids are considered victims under the and require compensation for their loss. This includes wages, lost profits and funeral expenses. They claimed that they would make at least 100 million in the “This Is It” tour. The D.A. also says that they want the maximum sentence of four years because he was “risking Mr. Jackson’s life every night” by giving him Propofol to get him to sleep.

The D.A. claims that Doctor Murray lied to cover up his mistake of administering too much Propofol. Even if Murray gets the four years he will not go to prison….which is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. The new California law prohibits it. Instead, he will spend about two years in the Los Angeles county jail.

The questions still remain: Did he do it on purpose? Does Murray deserve the full sentence of four years? What do you think? Sound off in the comments below!

When Conrad Murray was handcuffed and carted off to jail for the manslaughter of Michael Jackson, it was rumored a day later that he was placed on suicide watch. Now, we’re hearing reports that Conrad is telling people in jail that he wants to kill himself!

He’s had visitors, but he’s been telling them that he no longer wants to live. Reportedly, it’s hard for him to cope with the fact that he was found guilty of actions that led to the death of Michael.

TMZ has more:

Sources tell us, Murray has told various people he wanted to kill himself, including baby mama Nicole Alvarez, his bodyguard Jeff and his lawyers. He’s told all of them he’s lost his will to live.

We’ve also learned Murray remains in the medical ward at L.A. County Jail, which is where he’s been for more than a week. Sources directly connected with Murray tell us he has no physical ailments and he is there because he’s on suicide watch.

Steve Whitmore, the spokesperson for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept., tells TMZ they will not comment on why Murray has been in the medical ward, adding, “A person’s medical or mental health status in the Los Angeles County Jail is protected under the law.”

He should feel guilty, his actions led to a family losing a father, brother, son and friend. But he should pay for his crime and not be allowed to take the easy way out.

What do you think?

According to Dr. Conrad Murray, the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, was a bed wetter. Michael passed away as a result of Propofol intoxication from his former doctor’s lack of proper care. Yet, still he was able to make a documentary, and all of these claims about Michael — and make a profit.

Conrad Murray said that Michael regularly “peed the bed.”

He said, “The bedroom that he slept in I had to persuade him, eventually to have it cleaned. He peed the bed. It did not smell good. It was mildew, and I had to get it clean.”

He went on to say, “Who would ever believe that a man his age would still be wetting his bed?”

He revealed that he was “entrapped” with the singer, saying, “I went there to take care of a healthy man, who said he was fine, to just keep surveillance. But once I got in there I was entrapped. He had very close acquaintances, but friends he did not have. He told me, ‘I’ve found one friend, which is you.’”

Sad.

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Dr. Conrad Murray never took the stand in his own defense during the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson. Yet, in his new documentary, he claimed that he didn’t call 911 right away because he is a trained cardiologist and he could do whatever the paramedics could do upon arrival.

He made that statement in his documentary, Michael Jackson And The Doctor: A Fatal Friendship, which aired on television Friday night. His lawyers, however, never presented that as evidence in his trial.

TMZ reports:

The doc goes on to say he would have quit working for MJ if he woke up that morning — because Murray believes what happened to Jackson was the result of “his own hands.”

Obviously, he wasn’t trained enough, as he performed CPR on Michael on a bed, using only one hand. Dr. Murray faces up to four years in jail as a result of his inaction.

On November 7, 2011, it was announced that the jury in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray had reached a verdict – after deliberating for a little bit over eight hours.

A guilty verdict was read by the jury foreman and Michael’s family and fans cheered the decision of the jury. LaToya and Katherine Jackson both yelled out with their relieved reactions inside the courtroom.

Now, we’ve learned from a juror on the case that the guilty verdict wasn’t a hard one to reach. TMZ has more:

The juror — who asked not to be identified — tells us jurors were not conflicted and that “it was a concrete decision.”

The juror also said the jurors were unified early on … long before they ended their 8-plus hours of deliberations.

As for what swayed the jury, the juror did not want to speak for the others but said it was the totality of the evidence. We asked if Murray’s 2-hour interview with LAPD detectives was a turning point, but the juror said it wasn’t. The juror said the body of evidence — not one individual item — was just overwhelming.

All in all, the juror said he/she is “glad it’s over” and is happy to get back to “normal life.”

I can’t say we blame them…

Yesterday, we all watched the jury foreman hand down a guilty verdict in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. He was convicted of being the causal factor in the late King of Pop’s death. Thus, he was remanded into custody and taken to jail.

We covered the courtroom happenings live as the verdict was handed down here. He was taken into custody and told he would be held there without bail until his sentencing on November 29, 2011. Now, we’ve learned that Conrad Murray has been placed on suicide watch at the L.A. County jail!

The L.A. Times reports:

A law enforcement source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, said Murray was placed on suicide watch once in custody.

With his treatment of Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray seemed to like the thrill of working for someone famous and threw out the oath to do no harm. In the end, it cost Michael his life.

He faces up to four years in jail when he’s sentenced. Stay tuned for that coverage on November 29th. We’ll keep you posted…

It’s been six weeks of the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. Both sides have presented their cases, expert witnesses and facts.

The Prosecution called doctors, a Propofol expert and a sleep study expert to reveal that Dr. Murray was egregiously violating the standard of care in his treatment of Michael.

Even the Defense couldn’t really argue against that fact. Dr. Murray should have called 911 within two minutes of finding Michael not breathing. He should have had proper monitoring equipment and he shouldn’t have been using Propofol in Michael’s bedroom.

Upon cross-examination, the Defense’s expert witness even conceded that they wouldn’t have administered Propofol without being in a hospital setting without proper monitoring equipment and back up doctors, in case something bad happened.

In the end, the jury deliberated for eight hours and 14 minutes and a verdict has been reached as of 11:01 AM PST today.

Michael’s sister LaToya, tweeted, “Verdict is FINALLY IN!!! I’m on my way! I’m shaking uncontrollably!” right after it was announced that a verdict had been reached.

We’re going LIVE to the courtroom to let you know what’s going down as it happens — so stay tuned!

Dr. Murray arrived a few minutes late to the courthouse. He’s looking nervous. The foreman has just provided the jury forms to the judge.

He’s been found GUILTY of involuntary manslaughter!

The Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray will go into its second day of jury deliberations tomorrow. The jury has yet to reach a verdict in the case, and we are anxiously awaiting the outcome.

The jury first started deliberations in the case on Friday, after final closing arguments were given by both sides. The Prosecution referred to the Defense’s expert witness, Dr. White, as giving “junk science”. The Defense insisted that Dr. Murray did not kill Michael Jackson. They tried to make the case that Michael overdosed himself while Dr. Murray was out of the room.

Still, we believe that he was negligent in providing Propofol to Michael in his bedroom. Dr. Murray was also negligent in that upon learning of Michael’s addictions, he didn’t refer the singer to a sleep doctor or refuse to take him on as a client.

We know that if it wouldn’t have been Dr. Murray, it would’ve likely been another doctor…but this could have been prevented with a simple 911 call when Dr. Murray found MJ not breathing.

What do you think of the case? Stay tuned, we’ll be covering this story when the jury reaches a decision.

UPDATE: A verdict has been reached as of 11:01 AM PST today. The decision is expected to be read within two hours. Stay tuned, we’ll be covering the verdict live, as it’s read!

UPDATE: He’s been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. VERDICT HERE.

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As you may already know, the closing arguments were given by both sides in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. Now, the jury is in deliberations over whether or not the doctor administered the fatal dose of Propofol on June 25, 2009.

The Prosecution called Dr. White’s claims “junk science” and said that even if Michael pushed his own drugs that day, Dr. Murray should still be considered negligent. He had drugs laying around and left the singer for two minutes or longer to use the bathroom and take phone calls, without monitoring him.

In the end, we believe that if Dr. Murray had called 911 within an appropriate amount of time, he would still be with us today. His failure to call 911 for 20 minutes was a sure sign that he wanted to clean up the evidence. He took an oath to do no harm and he violated that.

Playing the devil’s advocate for a moment, we would venture to say that if it weren’t Dr. Murray, Michael would have found another doctor to inject him with Propofol to get put to sleep.

Stay tuned, if the verdict is released today, we will have that right here at Earsucker! Do you think he’s guilty of manslaughter? Did the Prosecution prove their case? Sound off in the comments below and let us know what you think!

The question as to whether or not Dr. Conrad Murray will testify in his own defense at the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial has been answered. The Defense will resume its questioning of their final witness, Dr. Paul White, but Dr. Murray will not be taking the stand.

A source said, “Dr. Murray has told his lawyers from day one that he wants to testify, and tell his side of events. But lead attorney Ed Chernoff has determined that Dr. Murray will not take the stand because he wouldn’t be able to withstand the tough cross examination that the DA would subject him to.”

The source added, “Clients always want to testify, but in this case, Walgren would be able to wear him down, and Dr. Murray just wouldn’t be able to overcome the basic facts of the case: not calling 911 right away, failure to tell emergency room doctors and first responders that he had given Jackson propofol, and not having the proper monitoring equipment.”

Is it possible for the doctor to walk away from the trial without jail time? What do you think?

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Today, the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray will resume. Reportedly, the Defense will start to make their case today. Watch the trial here, LIVE! The trial starts at 8:45AM PST.

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Have you been following the trial? Stay tuned for updates!

Dr. Conrad Murray’s manslaughter case doesn’t seem to be going well for him. Yesterday, the Prosecution talked to Propofol expert, Dr. Steven Shafer, who told the court that the doctor continued to administer Propofol to Michael Jackson, even after his breathing stopped.

According to Dr. Shafer, Michael was still receiving an infusion of Propofol, even after his heart stopped beating.

On Thursday, he testified that Michael “died – but he’s died with the infusion running.”

He also testified that the late singer couldn’t have ingested the drug orally in order to sleep. He advised the court that he did a test on six people, who drank Propofol and were unaffected by it. He said that when taken orally, Propofol is metabolized by the liver before it reaches the blood, therefore it must be injected to receive the anesthetic effect.

Stay tuned as more details are revealed when the Defense begins its case.

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As we’ve previously reported, the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray is set to resume on Wednesday, when the court will hear the testimony of the Prosecution’s final witness.

The Deputy District Attorney, David Walgren has met with Prince Michael Jackson to discuss the possibility of them calling him to testify as a rebuttal witness against Dr. Murray.

Michael’s mother, Katherine, wants to make sure that her grandson is protected in the situation. A source said, “Even though she is steadfastly against prince testifying, she recognizes this is something he feels he must do if asked. Prince has information that’s clearly relevant to the proceedings. Make no mistake, Prince would have been called as a witness already if he was an adult.”
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