Expected to take the stand in the Michael Jackson trial is the co-partner of AEG Live and former concert promoter of Elvis Presley’s last tour Paul Gongaware. Elvis died from a  prescribed drug overdose in 1977 at the age of 42.  Dr. George Nichopoulos, “Dr. Nick,”  was treating Presley for insomnia. He was charged with over-prescribing drugs to Presley, […]

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson was physically exhausted from a day of grueling rehearsals for his marathon 50-night comeback tour. But his nightly battle with insomnia had just begun. After showering and getting into bed, he called for his “milk,” a powerful drug he had been using to escape into unconsciousness. Jackson saw the anesthetic […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than two years after the death of Michael Jackson, a judge swore in jurors Friday to hear the case against the doctor accused of killing the superstar with an overdose of a powerful anesthetic in a rented Los Angeles mansion. The jury of seven men and five women chosen for […]