Michael Jackson Tape Complaining About Family May Be Heard Today
Jurors in the Conrad Murray manslaughter trial could hear a drugged Michael Jackson today claiming his family took his money and robbed him of his childhood, sources told ABC News.
Jurors are expected to hear the rest of an audio recording first played during opening statements in the trial.
Last week, prosecutors played a portion of an audio recording made May 10, 2009 on Murray’s phone. In the recording, made just weeks before Jackson died of a drug overdose, Jackson’s voice is nearly unrecognizable as he stumbles and talks slowly about the impact he hopes his “This Is It” Tour will have on his reputation.
”We have to be phenomenal … when people leave this show, when people leave my show, I want them to say I’ve never seen nothing like this in my life. Go. Go. I’ve never seen nothing like this. Go. It’s amazing. He’s the greatest entertainer in the world,” Jackson mumbles.
“I’m taking that money, a million children, children’s hospital, the biggest in the world. Michael Jackson’s Children’s Hospital,” Jackson says in the recording.
In the portion that jurors could hear as early as today, Jackson will be heard saying that his family has used him for his money and that he never had a childhood.
This portion of the audio will be played not because of its impact on Murray, but because all of the audio must be played for the recording to be submitted as evidence.