AEG Live has been found not liable in the wrongful death trial over pop singer Michael Jackson’s 2009 demise, the jurors in the trial said Wednesday.
The jury began deliberations last week.
The concert promoter had been sued by the singer’s mother, Katherine Jackson, and his three children, who contended that AEG Live was responsible for the “Beat It” singer’s death after pairing him with Dr. Conrad Murray, who provided Jackson with the drug propofol, which led to his 2009 death.
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AEG countered that Jackson had been responsible for his own death, and that Murray was retained at Jackson’s request.
The jury found that AEG had hired Murray, but found that Murray was not incompetent to perform his duties. The jurors were unanimous on both points.
Murray, who treated Jackson in the run-up to a string of planned comeback concerts at London’s O2 Arena, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson’s death in 2011.
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Brian Panish, who represented the Jackson family for the trial, asked jurors — who began deliberation Thursday — to award the family between $1 billion and $2 billion, both for the income that was lost due to the singer’s death and the personal suffering caused to the family by Jackson’s death, according to CNN.
Jackson died June 25, 2009 at age 50.
Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.
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