TMZ Full Recap Part 41 - September 2012

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edited January 1970 in News
[size=18pt]MICHAEL JACKSON<br />'This Is It' Promoters <br />Called Jackson a 'Mess'[/size]<br />9/2/2012 3:50 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF<br /><br />0717-michael-jackson-article-getty-3.jpg<br /><br />Michael Jackson was "an emotionally paralyzed mess" who was "scared to death" leading up to his planned "This Is It" concerts in 2009, this according to newly obtained emails sent by the promoters of the show. <br /><br />In the emails, obtained by the LA Times, AEG's Randy Phillips traded messages back and forth with AEG President Tim Leiweke. In one email leading up to the 2009 press conference to announce the concerts, Phillips wrote, "MJ is locked in his room drunk and despondent ... I (am) trying to sober him up." <br /><br />Phillips said Jackson was "an emotionally paralyzed mess," that Jackson was "scared to death," and that Phillips and Jackson's manager had to dress him. The press conference ended up being very brief and very strange. <br /><br />The emails were part of the discovery in an ongoing lawsuit between AEG and the insurance company that backed the tour ... which is suing to get the $17.5 million policy nullified.<br /><br /><br /><br />[size=18pt]MICHAEL JACKSON <br />AEG Drops $17.5 Mil<br />Insurance Claim[/size]<br />9/11/2012 7:25 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF<br /><br />BREAKING NEWS<br />0911-mj-aeg-2.jpg<br /><br />The concert promoter behind Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" tour has dropped its claim to collect on a $17.5 million insurance policy for the singer ... after the insurance company claimed AEG hid the extent of MJ's extensive drug and health issues. <br /><br />AEG announced the move last night ... claiming the company has been contemplating the decision for months and it has nothing to do with the discovery of new emails that show AEG had doubts about MJ's health around the time the company applied for the insurance policy. <br /><br />FYI -- the insurance company, Lloyds of London, had sued both AEG and Michael Jackson LLC in the wake of MJ's death to cancel out the policy. L.O.L. has claimed AEG and MJ were not forthright about the singer's drug addiction and failing health at the time they applied for the policy. <br /><br />Now, a rep for Lloyds tells CNN ... "In exchange for AEG withdrawing its insurance claim, underwriters agreed to dismiss AEG from the case and to waive any costs recoverable from AEG." <br /><br />Lloyds says it's NOT dropping the case against Michael Jackson LLC -- explaining they will press on seeking "rescission of the policy due to nondisclosures of Michael Jackson's prior drug use."<br />

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