Attorney warns of ‘ugly’ side of Jacko

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Michael Jackson

An attorney for the concert promotion company AEG Live warned jurors they would see a very different view of the charismatic Michael Jackson as the company seeks to prove it was not liable for the pop star’s death.

Marvin Putnam, making his opening statement in what is expected to be an emotional wrongful death trial, said AEG officials had no idea that Jackson was taking the surgical anaesthetic that led to his death.
He said the three-month civil case would bring to light “some ugly stuff” about the singer’s private behavior.
“The public Michael Jackson was very different from the private Michael Jackson,” Putnam said. “He erected a wall between himself and his family. Even his family wasn’t sure what was going on at the house. He kept those who might have been able help him at a distance.”
He said Jackson had been using the powerful anesthetic propofol for years to help him sleep “and almost no one knew.”