Michael Jackson died due to repeated incompetence and negligence by his personal doctor, a prosecutor said Tuesday as the manslaughter trial opened for Dr. Conrad Murray.
But Murray's defense countered that Jackson caused his own death by taking a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol when Murray wasn't looking.
Both sides laid out their cases on the first day of opening statements in a Los Angeles courtroom. Jackson's family members, many dressed in black, watched, listened and wept.
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren played a recording of Jackson speaking in a slow, slurred voice to show the effects of the propofol that Murray administered to help Jackson sleep.
On the recording on Murray's iPhone, time-stamped 9:05 a.m. on May 10, 2009, Jackson discusses his feelings about his upcoming This Is It concert series in London.
"When people leave my show, I want them to say, 'I've never seen nothing like this in my life,' " Jackson says. "Go. Go. I've never seen nothing like this. Go. It's amazing. He's the greatest entertainer in the world."-PEOPLE
But Murray's defense countered that Jackson caused his own death by taking a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol when Murray wasn't looking.
Both sides laid out their cases on the first day of opening statements in a Los Angeles courtroom. Jackson's family members, many dressed in black, watched, listened and wept.
Deputy District Attorney David Walgren played a recording of Jackson speaking in a slow, slurred voice to show the effects of the propofol that Murray administered to help Jackson sleep.
On the recording on Murray's iPhone, time-stamped 9:05 a.m. on May 10, 2009, Jackson discusses his feelings about his upcoming This Is It concert series in London.
"When people leave my show, I want them to say, 'I've never seen nothing like this in my life,' " Jackson says. "Go. Go. I've never seen nothing like this. Go. It's amazing. He's the greatest entertainer in the world."-PEOPLE
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