Legal Commentary

Michael Jackson's Brother's News Conference

By Jeralyn

Update: Really sad to watch the helicopter fly Michael Jackson's body to the morgue where the coroner will do the autopsy.

A news conference with the hospital where Michael Jackson died is about to begin. I will live-blog. (Update: There is no hospital news conference. I've changed the title to his brother's press conference and posted the video. ]

Hasn't started yet but a LAPD police detective gave a little interview. A coroner's investigation is underway. The robbery/homicide division was assigned because of high profile nature of the death. He said "Don't read anything into it."

Hospital conference still to come. Stay tuned. I may have to change channels. CNN's pundits can't stop talking about unproven allegations against Jackson and even bringing up Joe Jackson's alleged childhood abuse of Michael. [More...]

Their guests, with the exception of the lawyer they interviewed who was fired by Tom Mesereau during the 2005, are doing better. (Add another, one who was talking about Jackson's financial debt and his planned London concerts -- he just said Billionaire Phil Anschutz is connected to the Coors fortune. Huh? And he reminded Anderson Cooper he's a journalist.

Attorney Oxman is now on MSNBC making his allegations. Why do they have this guy on? He's now saying he doesn't know anything, he just predicted this from his past observations two years ago. Again, this guy was fired during the 2005 trial by Tom Meseareau. Michael Jackson later said Oxman doesn't represent him.

He keeps saying "we" when he's referencing the Jackson family as if he's one of them. Does he represent anyone of them? I don't think so. He just told Keith Olberman he's speaking only for himself.

Sounds like there isn't going to be a press conference tonight by the hospital or the family.

Update: After two hours I tuned back in to MSNBC and Keith Olbermann was still asking guests about why people would gather at the hospital when nothing was happening there. He's been obsessed by this all night. What's up with that? Does he ask why people bring flowers to the site of an accident or crime scene or the home of a celebrity when they die? Can he not understand that Michael Jackson had millions of fans and a few thousand who live in proximity may want to connect with the tragic event and each other? What should they do -- stay home and watch cable news? The coverage on all the channels has ranged from trite to abysmal.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).