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Next scheduled witness is AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips. There will be no trial this coming Friday. Hope to see you all tomorrow!
2:33 AM - 4 Jun 13
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That wrapped Day 22 of the trial. Paul Gongaware resumes testifying tomorrow. Attorneys are expected to finish with him by end of day.
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Gongaware said that on 6/20/09 he did not think MJ's health was deteriorating. Gongaware and Phillips were concerned with MJ's well being.
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Putnam: Did anyone tell you they were concerned with the care Dr. Murray was giving to MJ? Gongaware: No
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Putnam: Did anyone tell you at this point that MJ needed a drug addiction specialist?
Gongaware: No
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Gongaware said he believed MJ wanted to go on tour. He said he doesn't remember anyone talking about pulling the plug on the shows.
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Gongaware: If his patient is sick and he's your only patient, doctor should be there!
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"If the meeting was going to be about what happened that night, the doctor should be there," Gongaware said.
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Gongaware said on 6/19/09, he was out of town. "This is the day Michael had chills at rehearsal and was apparently sick," Gongaware recalled
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Gongaware testified he didn't recall having any concern about MJ's health/using painkillers as of Monday 6/15/09, 10 days prior to his death
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As to Bugzee's email saying MJ needed cheeseburgers, brats and beers, Gongaware said Bugzee was joking, Bugzee cared very much for MJ.
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Putnam showed email from Travis Payne, he suggested massage chair 2 be put in MJ's dressing room. Gongaware said it wasn't callous treatment
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"I made the deal with him (Ferrigno). He was supposed to be paid certain amount of money per session," Gongaware said.
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Gongaware said his understanding was that MJ hired a trainer of his choice, Louis (Lou) Ferrigno.
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As to MJ being habitual late, Gongaware said the singer worked on his own schedule, did things his way.
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"Michael Jackson would be paying his salary, but AEG would advance the money," Gongaware testified.
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Gongaware said he didn't remember writing/receiving the email, but never denied he did it.
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As to Gongaware's email saying AEG, not MJ, paid Dr Murray he said he mistaken. "We wouldn't pay his salary, we'd advance Michael's money"
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Gongaware said he was never present on any meeting where anyone told Dr. Murray how to treat MJ.
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"He's a doctor, he'd know better than anybody how to treat his patient," Gongaware said about Dr. Murray.
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"Michael was engaged in the meeting, attentive, seemed happy we were having this meeting," Gongaware opined.
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This was the first time Gongaware had with Dr. Murray. He said there were no signs of MJ being poorly treated by the doctor.
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Gongaware said Dr. Murray was really engaged in the meeting, seemed like a very intelligent guy and wanted to take care of MJ very much.
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Gongaware said he had no idea Dr. Murray was giving MJ Propofol and first heard of the anesthetic after Michael died.
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Gongaware said neither Dr. Murray nor MJ talked about the treatment singer was receiving. The meeting was about nutrition, vitamin, therapy
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Putnam: Do you recall anyone in that meeting ever tell Dr. Murray how he should be treating MJ? Gongaware: No
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There was a meeting scheduled to discuss MJ's nutrition with Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega, Dr. Murray, MJ, Gongaware and DiLeo.
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Gongaware said he met Dr. Murray once at MJ's Carolwood house and ran into him at The Forum during rehearsal.
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Gongaware said he didn't know if anyone was responsible for MJ's nourishment. Tour would be demanding and exhausting.
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The airplane door closes, MJ would actually take an elevator down and out of the building, but plane would take off over the audience.
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End of the show would be 3D animation. An airplane taxis up, door opens, Michael entered the plane.
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"I think the live audience would be just captivated by it," Gongaware said about the little girl running after the last plant on Earth song.
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Gongaware said they had to build the bulldozer like a prop. It would appear at the end of the song on stage.
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Putnam: A real bulldozer?
Gongaware: I wish, it would've been cheaper, but it would have crushed our ramps
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The mini-movie of "Earth" a bulldozer would come out from a ramp in center stage.
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Gongaware said he didn't remember any of the footage been removed because of how MJ looked. "We just let the footage speak for itself."
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Putnam: Did you try to alter in anyway how Mr. Jackson looked, appeared?
Gongaware: No
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Putnam showed clip from TII with making of Thriller 3D and Jackson wearing red jacket.
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Putnam: Did you remove anything from the movie?
Gongaware: No
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Regarding email Phillips sent Gongaware directing to remove MJ's "skeletal" scenes Gongaware said he didn't take anything out of the movie.
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Putnam showed clip of MJ in front of green screen with 11 dancers, who would become 11,000. Gongaware said MJ was great at this point.
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Email cont'd: A gentile, loving man who does care about people. "The shows were going to be spectacular," Gongaware said.
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Email cont'd: Hey look. No skin cancer. He's just a good dad, loving raising his kids. His art and his craft are paramount.
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Email cont'd: Taking it one step further. When people realize that bulls**t the press has been, they will be in receptive mood for the truth
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Email cont'd: Sang every one, he was amazing, captivating, riveting. And he's just getting started.
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Email cont'd: I'm here to tell you that be will. I have seen it for myself. Last night he ran 9 songs with full band, singers and dancers.
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Gongaware on 6/5/09 in response to Sunday Mirror Query: "We can only make this work, of course, if MJ puts on the best show of his life.
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An amazing show would be the answer, Gongaware said.
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Gongaware testified he woke up to one gossip headline pretty much every day. His idea was simply to ignore the tabloids.
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In one, it said MJ had asked AEG to reduce the number of shows by half. Gongaware said that such a discussion never happened.
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Putnam went through chain of email about tabloid reports in the UK regarding MJ.
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Gongaware said he never told security guard to get MJ to rehearsals, whatever it takes. He said he never told anyone to get MJ 2 rehearsals
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Michael Jackson rehearsal venues: Mar 28- Center Staging May 27- Forum June 23 - Staples Center July 13 - O2 Arena
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Gongaware said while they were rehearsing at Center Staging, he was not concerned with MJ's health.
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He said if the rumor about the cancer were true, they would've to deal with a lot to accommodate the shows.
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Gongaware said he was not concerned. "If there was something going on, if he had cancer, we would've heard about it."
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Email cont'd: We don't have to sell tickets, so we can just sit back and prove them wrong by just doing it.
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Email cont'd: Our redemption will be when he does his shows, that makes all of this build up so damn sweet.
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Gongaware on 5/27/09: The Kid is healthy and rehearsing every day. He was still there at dance rehearsals at 9pm last night when I left.
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The Sun claimed MJ had skin cancer on his chest. "It was sport over in London," Gongaware said about MJ's stories on tabloids.
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Gongaware said the media in the UK was going wild with gossip about Michael Jackson. "They just lie about things."
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Gongaware said during the period at Center Staging, MJ was good, engaging, didn't think MJ had any health issues or was using drugs.
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He said he wasn't sure what he would use the video for, but thought the website would be a good platform.
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The cost for crew to shoot the audition was very high, so Gongaware bought couple of cameras and use his own crew to shoot the rehearsals.
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Gongaware said Ortega wanted to film the audition to use fresh footage on
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Putnam played a clip of the dancers audition. Gongaware said MJ was very involved and chose the dancers.
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Dancers auditions took place at the Nokia Theater on April 13, 14, 15. MJ attended the last day and made the final decision, Gongaware said.
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MJ was a grown man with capability to make decisions regarding his health and medical care, Gongaware explained.
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Gongaware said MJ was ultimately responsible for his own health: "I think everyone is responsible for their own health and well being."
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Putnam: Did AEG pay Dr. Murray any kind of money? Gongaware: No
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Putnam: Do you have any understanding as to whether a contract with Dr. Murray was executed? Gongaware: One never was
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Gongaware said he passed Dr. Murray on to Timm Wooley, never had any other conversation with Dr. Murray about him possibly going to London.
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Gongaware said this was a message for MJ, that he had done what he asked. He didn't receive any response back from Michael Amir Williams.
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After the call, Gongaware said he let Michael Amir Williams know what the result was in an email. "Done at 150k per month, per MJ."
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Gongaware recalled Dr. Murray saying he would probably need an assistant and some equipment, but no details were given at this point.
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They talked about Dr. Murray's request for a house in London, and the doctor said he would need a three bedroom house.
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Gongaware inquired Dr. Murray how he would get a license in London and the doctor told him not to worry about it.
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Gongaware said Michael approved the amount of compensation. "Michael told me offer 150," Gongaware recalled. "And that's what I did."
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Gongaware told him the offer came directly from the artist and Dr. Murray responded: I'll take it.
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Gongaware called Dr. Murray, said he was authorized to offer him $150k a month. He said Dr. Murray responded that he couldn't do it for that
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Gongaware said he heard MJ in the car saying "offer 150, offer 150." Gongaware understood that to be $150k/month.
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The second call about Dr. Murray came from Michael Amir Williams saying they were going to need to get a deal done for the doctor.
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But Dr. Finkelstein would've done it for free, since he was on the Dangerous tour before and had a lot of fun.
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Dr. Finkelstein, a friend of Gongaware, said a doctor should charge $10,000 a month for the tour work.
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"It wasn't surprising he wanted a doctor," Gongaware expressed.
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As how MJ was, Gongaware said he was great. He didn't think he had relapsed, was using painkillers again and said MJ had always been thin.
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Gongaware said he never did background check on anyone he hired and had he done one on Dr. Murray, it would've been out of the ordinary.
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