They all knew about MJ’s true physical conditions at This Is It rehearsals…. Email on June 14, 2009 from Ortega to Gongaware: Paul, MJ did not have a good Friday and he didn’t show on Saturday. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355137949865742336 Email cont’d: He is not in great physical shape. I believe he’s hurting. He has been slow at grabbing hold of the work. We have twenty days https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355138612867768321 Email on Jun 14, 2009 from Gongaware to Ortega: Frank and I have discussed it already and have requested a face-to-face meeting with doctor https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355139622440927232 Email ends: We want to remind him that it is AEG, not MJ who is paying his salary. We want him to understand what is expected of him. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355139734273658883 Panish: Would it be fair to say as of June 14, 2009, you thought the show was in jeopardy? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355140008899919872 Panish: You saw, at least 4 times, MJ come to rehearsal in a condition you’d describe as under the influence? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355141047485075458 Ortega said Karen Faye, Travis Payne, Alif Sankey, assistants Stacy Walker and James Faris raised concerns about MJ’s physical condition. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355141324279779328 Panish asked if Bearden was also concerned with MJ’s health. “He may have, yes,” Ortega responded. Bearden is brilliant, successful musician https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355142056638816257 Email On June 16 from Bearden to Ortega: Hey guys! on MJ’s lead vocal re-sings. I’m not sure if we’re going to get what we need in time. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355142312067739648 Email cont’d: I’d like 2 try 2 get some alternate takes or un-processed leads from the vault if we can. I can go in with M Prince and re-mix https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355142505764892672 Email cont’d: the stuff we need on the 22nd (our proposed media day). I we can get everything we need from the vault I can use what we have https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355142695133511680 Email cont’d: and take out ad libs and such to try to make it feel new. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355142808274866176 Ortega said MJ arrived at night to rehearse on June 19, probably in the evening around 9 o’clock. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355144305972748288 I saw a Michael that frightened me, a Michael that was shivering and cold, Ortega said. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355144479352696833 Ortega: He, I thought there was something emotionally going, on, deeply emotional, thought something physical going on. He was cold. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355144541550018561 Panish: Troubling? Ortega: Very troubling As to his physical condition, Ortega said MJ was shivering, just seemed fragile. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355144594532466689 Panish: Did it appear he had lost weight? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355144805430464512 I observed Michael like I had never seen him before, Ortega said. It troubled me deeply, he appeared lost, cold, afraid. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355144848577265665 Ortega said MJ was coherent. “I think when he first came in he didn’t seem coherent, but when I started talking to him he became better.” https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145049467658240 Ortega: He seemed to warm up and feel a little better, but he wasn’t well. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145115502780419 Panish: Did you feel something was wrong? Ortega: Yes. Not well enough to rehearse https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145151494094848 Panish showed picture of MJ’s fitting on June 19th and asked if that’s how he always looked. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145548275269633 Panish: Is that how he always looked? Ortega: No P: What was different? O: His body, he looked very thin P: A little emaciated? O: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145701417693184 Panish: Did you ever seen his like that before? Ortega: No https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145856984424448 I remember asking for food, I asked if MJ had eaten Ortega recalled. I remember calling the doctor, I was very upset and I was concerned https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355145999913730049 Panish: Do you remember crying? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355146877936746497 Panish: Were you crying because you were concerned with Michael? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147024355700737 P: Overreacting? O: No P: Being a drama queen? O: No P: Serious concern? O: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147077426225152 Panish: Did you try to tell AEG there was a problem? Ortega: I believe you have records of it https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147199413362688 Panish showed email chain “Trouble At The Front”. Ortega said he sent emails to AEG only when he thought it was absolutely necessary. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147284012470272 Email on 6/19/09 from John Hougdahl to Gongaware and Phillips Subject: Trouble at the front Paul/Randy I’m not being a drama queen here… https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147605606543360 Email cont’d: Kenny asked me to notify you both. MJ was sent home without stepping foot on stage. He was a basket case https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147773760380929 Email cont’d: and Kenny was concerned he would embarrass himself on stage, or worse yet - get hurt. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147855557689344 Email ends: The company is rehearsing right now, but the DOUBT is pervasive. Time to circle the wagons. Bugzee https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355147955914817537 Email from Randy Phillips to Tim Leiweke on 6/19/09 “We have a huge problem here.” https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/336936127862820864 Email from John Branca to Phillips, Gongaware, Joel Katz, Frank DiLeo, Michael Kane on 6/20/09 : “I have the right therapist/spiritual advisor/substance abuse counselor who could help (recently helped Mike Tyson get sober and paroled) Do we know whether there is a substance issue involved (perhaps better discussed on the phone). https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/336936358469849088 https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/336937507587514369 Email from Ortega to Randy Phillips on 6/20/09: (chain of emails) : “I honestly don’t think he is ready for this based on his continued physical weakening and deepening emotional state” https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/336937759635800065 Phillips replied: Tim and I are going to see him tomorrow, however, I am not sure what the problem is. Chemical or physiological? https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/339891745183633411 From Gongaware to Phillips, on 6/20/09 at 5:59 am : Take the doctor with you. Why wasn’t he there last night? (ABC7) https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/339867663587225600 From Phillips to Gongaware, on 6/20/09 at 2:01 pm : He is not a psychiatrist so I’m not sure how effective he can be at this point obviously, getting him there is not the issue. It is much deeper. (ABC7) https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/336938841439100928 Ortega: I’m not a doctor, I just felt there was something going on, more than physical. My response was to have a professional evaluate him https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355183518562795520 Panish: And you had a real concern with Dr. Murray? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355183564331024385 Panish asked if Ortega thought MJ was not being cared for. “Not at the level I’d expected Michael deserved,” he answered. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355183639258075136 Ortega: I tried the doctor, who I thought it would be the most natural, and then reached out to AEG, Michael’s partners, for help https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355183839317983233 He seems lost, not like the Michael I’d seen, Ortega said. I couldn’t see his body but his physical presence wasn’t what I had seen last https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355184390445334528 Ortega said he believes his email was a strong suggestion that MJ needed to be seen by a doctor for his psychological condition. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355184464432865280 Randy Phillips to Ortega: ‘There’s nothing to be afraid of, we are going to do this, This Is It.’ That’s the Michael I had allegiance to. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355187127673290752 Phillips responded to Ortega that he not be an amateur psychiatrist. Ortega said that was not his intention. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355187298746384384 Ortega said he does not know whether Dr. Murray was ever successful, unbiased and ethical. The director did not check the doctor out himself https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355187383454547968 Ortega didn’t think Dr. Murray was giving good care to MJ. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355187448554336256 Panish: Do you think you were trying to sound an alarm? Ortega: Yes P: Raise a red flag? O: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355187489595588610 Panish: Were you trying to concern Mr. Phillips about this situation? Ortega: Yes P: Why? O: Because I was concerned https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355187700682326017 I felt Michael was in trouble and needed help, Ortega said. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188018124029952 Panish: If Phillips were more concerned about getting the show on the road rather than MJ, would that worry you? https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188157773398017 Ortega: Yes, because they were talking about a person’s health, I was more concerned about Michael’s health than anything else at that time. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188338195562496 Phillips testified he thought Ortega was entrenched in the situation and not being open minded. Ortega disagreed with Phillips’ perception. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188448195383298 Ortega: I wanted it to be taken care of, whatever it was, I wanted it looked into and taken care of. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188693843193856 Panish: In all the time you knew MJ, did you ever see him in the condition he was on June 19th? Ortega: No https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188758699708418 I just wanted Michael to be ok, Phillips said. He trusted both Phillips and Gongaware. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188795274043396 Panish: Do you know how you felt? Ortega: I was stressed P: Distraught? O: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188845416939521 Gongaware told Ortega about the meeting on the 20th. Neither Phillips nor Dr. Murray ever told Ortega they spoke on the phone for 20 mins. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355188969224404993 Meeting on the 20th was between Michael, Dr. Murray, Randy Phillips and myself. It happened at the parlor in the house. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189046177312768 Ortega said when he realized the meeting was about him, he stood up to express his feelings. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189098702569474 Ortega did not stay very long at that meeting. He estimates 10-15 minutes, definitely under a half an hour. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189362461384704 Ortega left by himself. The others stayed: Jackson, Dr. Murray and Phillips. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189535279284224 Ortega described the meeting as “accusatory.” Panish: Who was the one being accused? Ortega: Me P: Who was accusing you? O: Dr. Murray https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189697041014784 Dr. Murray was upset with Ortega, the director said. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189799163920385 Panish: Did Phillips ever tell you that he had a phone conversation, for 20 minutes, on June 20th with Dr Murray? Ortega: Yes, through email https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189922417754112 Ortega said all he’s familiar with is that Phillips had a lengthy conversation with Dr. Murray at some point. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355189994790457345 Ortega said Dr. Murray was angry at him at the meeting, “I was shocked,” Ortega explained. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355190216870465536 Ortega: I was shocked because what he was saying it wasn’t at all reflecting of what happened. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355190309564579841 Ortega said he excused himself. Dr. Murray said MJ was fine and could handle all responsibilities for the show. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355190384088989697 I was flabbergasted! Because I didn’t believe that was possible, Ortega testified, saying he felt hurt, insulted. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355190445116108802 Panish: Did Michael stick up for you? Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355190742018310144 Ortega: He (Dr. Murray) was upset with me, and he said I had no right to not let MJ rehearse. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355190890228236288 Ortega: Dr. Murray said MJ was physically and emotionally capable to handle all the responsibilities of the performance. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355191017227567104 Ortega said Dr. Murray told him to stick with his job and to leave the doctor job to him. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355191052837191681 Email on Jun 14, 2009 from Gongaware to Ortega: Frank and I have discussed it already and have requested a face-to-face meeting with doctor https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355139622440927232 Email from Gongaware: “We want to remind him that it’s AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary.” https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/368497720253612033 Phillips said “We want to remind Dr Murray that it’s AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary. We want him 2 understand what’s expected of him” https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/346812384037457920 Panish: And 5 days later Michael was dead Ortega: Yes https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355192005699174400 Gongaware called Ortega from the hospital. “Our boy is gone,” Ortega said Gongaware told him. https://twitter/ABC7Courts/status/355193207744770048 -------------- The executor of Michael Jackson Estate, Branca, lying on CNN, mentioning Ortega…. youtu.be/ueKf3gHcym Randy Phillips lying in interviews: dailymotion/video/x25doua_mjfam-lies-about-michael-jackson-s-health-that-lead-to-his-death_music Randy Philips slapped and screamed at Michael Jackson, pushing MJ in a corner and having a doctor performing malpractice on MJ. Promoter: I slapped ‘despondent’ Michael Jackson t.co/7kCDpZuJOc
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