UPDATE!
UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: The recording has concluded. In the last minutes of the interview, Murray said he recommended the family get an autopsy on Jackson "because I wanted to know," and also went through a laundry list of Michael's preexisting medical conditions: among others, Murray had treated him for pneumonia, upper respiratory viral infection, painful calluses and chronic dehydration. "He don't drink, he don't drink and he don't eat," he said. He also noted that Michael saw Dr. Arnold Klein three times a week, though never disclosed that to him personally or said what he was being treated for.
UPDATE 9:10 a.m.: Prosecutors wasted no time in resuming playing Murray's interview. Murray said it was "very important" that he console Katherine Jackson after informing her of Michael's death. "I was told that she has a heart condition, I was very, very careful giving information to her...she started weeping, I stayed there, I held her hand."
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He also said that he was part of the group, which also included Michael Amir Williams and social workers, that informed the children. He said they began "weeping, really weeping...They cried and cried and cried. I told [Paris], we would take care of her."
Paris reportedly told Murray through tears, "'I know you tried your best, I know you tried your best.' Then she asked to see him, and then that was another thing. How do you let the children see him?"
Welcome to week three.
While court wasn't in session yesterday, thanks to the Columbus Day holiday, the gang is all back in action this morning. First up on the stand will be Los Angeles Police Det. Scott Smith, who will resume his testimony from Friday. Lest you have forgotten where things ended up, prosecutors played the majority of the two-plus hour interview they conducted with Conrad Murray in the days after Michael Jackson's death. They did not manage to play the whole thing for the jury, however, and it's expected to be finished off this morning.
The lengthy interview was serving as a presumptive substitute for Murray himself testifying during the five-week trial, though rumors sparked yesterday that he may actually take his chances and the stand sometime in the coming weeks. So watch this space.
Meanwhile, E! Online will, as always, be streaming today's proceedings starting at 8:45 a.m. PT.
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