AEG exec called Michael Jackson 'freak' before signing

hachimanhachiman Posts: 188
edited May 2013 in News
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/23/showbiz/jackson-death-trial/index.html<br /><br /><br />Los Angeles (CNN) -- A top AEG executive referred to Michael Jackson as "a freak" and another called him "creepy" just hours before their company signed the pop icon to a huge concert deal.<br /><br />The revelation brought an audible gasp in the Los Angeles courtroom at the wrongful death trial Wednesday and left fans crying.<br /><br />Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live for the negligent hiring, retention or supervision of Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death.<br /><br />Katherine Jackson watched from the front row as her lawyer questioned AEG Live Senior Vice President and General Counsel Shawn Trell about an e-mail exchange with his boss at parent company AEG.<br /><br />"Is it the policy of AEG to talk in derogatory terms about the artist you're going to do business with?" Jackson lawyer Brian Panish asked.<br /><br />"No," Trell answered.<br /><br />Panish then showed jurors an e-mail Trell sent on January 28, 2009, to Ted Fikre, AEG's chief legal officer, letting him know he was about to go to Jackson's home for the signing of the contract for his "This Is It" concert tour.<br /><br />"Does that mean you get to meet the freak?" Fikre replied.<br /><br />Trell responded: "Apparently. Not sure how I feel about that. Interesting for sure, but kind of creepy."<br /><br />The e-mail exchange happened less than four hours before Trell and other AEG excutives visited Jackson's Los Angeles home.<br /><br />"This is a man you hoped to make millions and millions of dollars from?" Panish asked Trell. "Didn't your mom ever say if you don't have anything good to to say about someone don't say anything?"<br /><br />Trell earlier testified that he was excited to meet Jackson for the first time and was impressed with his "good, firm handshake."<br /><br />"I may not have necessarily agreed with some of the life choice Michael Jackson made but I certainly had enormous respect for him as an entertainer."<br /><br />A dry review<br /><br />Most of Wednesday's session was a dry review of Jackson and Dr. Murray's contracts as AEG Live's defense team worked to convince jurors that Murray was not hired by the concert promoter. Jackson chose, hired and supervised the doctor, they contend.<br /><br />Murray signed his contract the day before Jackson's June 25, 2009, death, but AEG executives and Jackson never put their signatures on it. Jackson lawyers, however, argue he was already working for two months based on an oral contract.<br /><br />The Jackson lawsuit contends that AEG Live executives ignored red flags that should have warned them Jackson was in danger from Murray's treatment.<br /><br />The coroner ruled that Jackson died from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, which Murray told police he was using to treat the singer's insomnia.<br />

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  • iloveyoumoreiloveyoumore Posts: 307
    Reminds me of Ghosts where mayor was insulting him like that.
  • Snoopy71Snoopy71 Posts: 952
    I would have loved to have been able to go to one of his concerts....or even had the privilege to meet him....<br /><br />Yet some of the people who have had the opportunity to meet and work with MJ were so mean and ugly to him.  :(<br /><br /><br />...funny how Trell tried to "clean it up" at the end;<br /><br /> "I may not have necessarily agreed with some of the life choice Michael Jackson made but I certainly had enormous respect for him as an entertainer."<br /><br /><br />...hmpfh! :icon_evil:<br /><br /><br />....they never deserved you MJ. <br />
  • blankieblankie Posts: 2,350
    Bad peoples, really bad peoples ....  :smiley_abuv:  :icon_eek: :icon_mad:
  • iloveyoumoreiloveyoumore Posts: 307
    anyway how dare they talk about him like that.  >:(<br />Michael will kick their a$$es and if he won't, WE WILL.
  • blankieblankie Posts: 2,350
    Anthony McCartney ‏@mccartneyAP 22 Mag<br />Panish to Trell: "This is the kind of respect that your lawyer shows to this artist, referring to him as a freak?"<br /><br /><br /><br />                                              :th_bravo:<br /><br /><br />https://twitter.com/mccartneyAP
  • MJonmindMJonmind Posts: 7,290
    The men of the world could learn so much from MJ, if they want women at their feet. He's at such a high level that they haven't got a clue what's he about--creating magic and changing the world!
  • Sadly I am sure this is the case for most artists in the industry. They are all nothing but a meal ticket to the powers that be, this is one of the reasons Michael Faked his death, for bs like this. who could blame him, I would not want to work with people who do not respect me.<br /><br />
  • blankieblankie Posts: 2,350
    on 1369462669:
    <br />The men of the world could learn so much from MJ, if they want women at their feet. He's at such a high level that they haven't got a clue what's he about--creating magic and changing the world!<br />
    <br /><br />Wonderful words MJonmind  :bearhug: :bearhug: greatest !!!!!<br />              <br /><br />                              3d-Amoureux2.gif<br /><br /><br />                mike%20%282%29.jpg<br />
  • MJFAN7MJFAN7 Posts: 3,063
    on 1369344845:
    <br />Reminds me of Ghosts where mayor was insulting him like that.<br />
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    on 1369348853:
    <br />anyway how dare they talk about him like that.  >:(<br />Michael will kick their a$$es and if he won't, WE WILL.<br />
    <br /><br />Agreeed!  :icon_evil: >:( realmad.gif
  • Hi there, beautiful hoax family! Katie here :)<br />Well, I couldn't agree more!<br />Your words are so true, MJonmind, u cannot imagine how often I thought about that, that every man could learn so much from Michael!<br />And your Akon quote, Blankie... wow! <br />No wonder Dr. Wayne Dyer called Mike a "transcendent human being" and "the man with the heart as big as the sky". Those words are still imprinted in my heart...:)<br />And yes Loveyoumore, we're gonna defend Michael to the bone, that's for sure!  :-* :bearhug:
  • suspicious mindsuspicious mind Posts: 5,984
    just want to throw this out there , may have absolutely no  relevance but while frank deleo was in the hospital randy jackson refered to him as freak .
  • MJonmindMJonmind Posts: 7,290
    Frank stayed 3 months in Los Angeles during MJ's 2005 trial, just to support him and MJ said he was the only one of 9 managers he'd had since Dileo who had supported him or even phoned.  http://floacist.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/hit-man-frank-dileo<br /><br /><br /><br />
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