Conrad Murray uses TV interview to defend his actions

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Source: The Guardian

The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson has defended his use of a surgical anaesthetic to put the pop star to sleep, claiming the singer was using the substance long before they met.

Conrad Murray, who was last Monday convicted of involuntary manslaughter and faces up to four years in prison, made the comments in a television interview to be shown on US channel NBC on Thursday and Friday.

Murray did not testify at his own six-week trial and his television appearance has angered the executors of Jackson's estate, who say Murray is getting a platform to smear Jackson's reputation without fear of cross-examination.

John Branca and John McClain have demanded that screening of the interview – which promotes a documentary made with Murray's co-operation, Michael Jackson and the Doctor: A Fatal Friendship – be cancelled.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/10/michael-jackson-doctor-tv-interview

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1. These are the interviews they did over the course of two years?

Paid interview? He had to pay his lawyers somehow...