Dr. Conrad Murray Trial - Michael Jackson's Former Bodyguards Defend DoctorTwo of Michael Jackson's former bodyguards have given the late singer's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, a big boost as he awaits a verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial - by going public with calls for the medic's acquittal.
Murray has denied allegations he administered the fatal dose of anesthetic propofol which cost Jackson his life in June, 2009. The six-week case was handed over to the jury to begin deliberations on Thursday afternoon (03 Nov. 2011).
But Jackson's ex-security guards, Javon Beard and Bill Whitfield, insist their former boss would be disappointed to learn his life was being scrutinized during a very public trial - and he'd have hated to see his trusted physician facing prison time for his death.
Beard and Whitfield hope the medic is acquitted of manslaughter and in an interview on U.S. breakfast show Good Morning America on Friday (04 Nov. 2011), Beard said, "There's no way in hell that Dr. Conrad wanted to kill Mr. Jackson. Why would he kill his paycheck?"
And Bill Whitfield added, "He (Jackson) would not step into another court room again. This trial brought him back into a court room. His character was back into question (sic)."
The minders insist that Murray should not be singled out as the one doctor who made dangerous drugs available to Jackson, as the King of Pop battled chronic insomnia.
Beard insisted, "It's way bigger than Dr. Conrad Murray."
And Whitfield continued, "That courtroom wouldn't be big enough to hold everyone in it that we feel would be accountable (for Jackson's death).
"If Dr. Murray may have helped Mr. Jackson sleep, we certainly believe there were certainly (sic) other doctors helping him to stay up (to perform during the day)."
Murray is the only medic charged in relation to the King of Pop's passing. His defense team maintains the singer is responsible for his own death by self-administering an overdose of propofol.
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