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‘Jackson kids were shocked as medic pumped star’
Michael Jackson’s head of security has recounted how the star’s children crumpled in shock, as they saw their apparently dead father being given heart massage in his bedroom.
The court also heard that Conrad Murray, accused of manslaughter over Jackson’s death two years ago, asked aides if any of them knew how to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
“Paris was on the ground balled up crying, and Prince was standing there, and he just had a real shocked, you know just slowly crying type of look on his face,” said Faheem Muhammad, referring to two of Jackson’s three children.
“I went and gathered them together, and I kind of talked to them for a second, got the nanny ... And we walked downstairs and put them in a different location,” he said, recounting how Jackson died.
He was describing the scene after he was called up to the bedroom of Jackson’s rented mansion in the plush Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles on June 25, 2009, when the star died of an overdose of a powerful sedative.
Murray, who had been treating Jackson while he prepared for a series of comeback concerts in London, appeared to be giving the singer CPR when Muhammad entered the room, he said.
“He appeared very nervous ... He was sweating. He appeared to be administering CPR,” he said, adding that Jackson's body was lying on the floor next to the bed.
Asked to describe Jackson he said: “His eyes were open .. his mouth was slightly open.” Asked if he appeared to be dead, he replied: “Yes.”
Alberto Alvarez, another bodyguard, was already in the room when Muhammad arrived, he said, recounting how Murray asked the two men for help. “Dr Murray asked the question, ‘Does anyone know CPR?”
Muhammad did not explain whether Murray, a qualified and experienced cardiologist, was asking for help giving Jackson CPR while he intended to do something else.
Murray, 58, faces up to four years in jail if convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering an overdose of propofol.
The trial started on Tuesday and is expected to last five weeks.
The court also heard that Conrad Murray, accused of manslaughter over Jackson’s death two years ago, asked aides if any of them knew how to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
“Paris was on the ground balled up crying, and Prince was standing there, and he just had a real shocked, you know just slowly crying type of look on his face,” said Faheem Muhammad, referring to two of Jackson’s three children.
“I went and gathered them together, and I kind of talked to them for a second, got the nanny ... And we walked downstairs and put them in a different location,” he said, recounting how Jackson died.
He was describing the scene after he was called up to the bedroom of Jackson’s rented mansion in the plush Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles on June 25, 2009, when the star died of an overdose of a powerful sedative.
Murray, who had been treating Jackson while he prepared for a series of comeback concerts in London, appeared to be giving the singer CPR when Muhammad entered the room, he said.
“He appeared very nervous ... He was sweating. He appeared to be administering CPR,” he said, adding that Jackson's body was lying on the floor next to the bed.
Asked to describe Jackson he said: “His eyes were open .. his mouth was slightly open.” Asked if he appeared to be dead, he replied: “Yes.”
Alberto Alvarez, another bodyguard, was already in the room when Muhammad arrived, he said, recounting how Murray asked the two men for help. “Dr Murray asked the question, ‘Does anyone know CPR?”
Muhammad did not explain whether Murray, a qualified and experienced cardiologist, was asking for help giving Jackson CPR while he intended to do something else.
Murray, 58, faces up to four years in jail if convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering an overdose of propofol.
The trial started on Tuesday and is expected to last five weeks.
