Dr Ratner - Did he Administer Propofol During HIStory Tour?
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Check this video out.
Dr Neil Ratner, he supposedly gave MJ Propofol to MJ during the History Tour.
Notice how he dodges the question, but doesnt DENY it either.
Im sorry i cant put the video on here, cant embed it.. but click on this link to see it:
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Dr Neil Ratner, he supposedly gave MJ Propofol to MJ during the History Tour.
Notice how he dodges the question, but doesnt DENY it either.
Im sorry i cant put the video on here, cant embed it.. but click on this link to see it:
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There was a break during the HIStory tour:
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January 3, 1997 Honolulu United States Aloha Stadium 35,000
January 4, 1997
This was the end of the first leg and then leg 2 started:
May 31, 1997
June 3, 1997
June 6, 1997
June 8, 1997
June 10, 1997
June 13, 1997
June 15, 1997
June 18, 1997
June 20, 1997
June 22, 1997
June 25, 1997
So yes, there was a break when Prince was born.
Love you Michael!
Not really the most reliable source. Mike denied this doc ever put him under.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
This case. Actually, his attorney did:
He talks about inappropriate medications and treatment, I guess putting him under with Diprivan or Propofol to get sleep is inappropriate, since it doesn't make you sleep.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES
Michael Jackson Traveled with Mini Clinic; Debbie Rowe Might Seek Custody; Two Plane Crashes, One Survivor; Missing U.S. Service Member Believed Held in Pakistan
Aired July 2, 2009 - 23:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST: Tonight, a number of major developments in the Michael Jackson investigation to tell you about. Let's get started.
We're going to show you video we first obtained of Michael Jackson's last full rehearsal. As well as my interview with the men who saw him last the night before he died at the Staples Center.
Also, confirmation Debbie Rowe may fight for custody of two of Jackson's children. We'll have all the developments on that.
But we begin with potentially significant breaking news, news you'll only see here on 360. As you know a registered nurse who had worked for Jackson three months ago has claimed he asked her for a powerful intravenous sedative drug three months before his death.
Tonight, new information on Jackson's history with potent sleep drugs -- 360 M.D. Sanjay Gupta has been on the trail of a doctor who we've learned worked for Jackson on tour in the late 1990s, an anesthesiologist himself with a checkered medical past. Sanjay what have you learned?
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I'll tell you. We know several things now. Sources close to Michael Jackson tell us that during the "History" tour back in '96 and '97 Jackson was actually traveling with what looked like a mini clinic, including an IV pole, drips and what looked like a rack with lights and monitors and such.
Sources who had the opportunity to see Jackson at various points during the tour say Jackson was traveling with at least two doctors and one of whom was anesthesiologist Dr. Neil Ratner.
Now, one source said he asked Ratner about all this elaborate equipment, and Ratner said he was there because Michael simply couldn't sleep. Now Ratner went on to say, according to the source, "I take him down at night" -- referring to Jackson -- "and I bring him back up in the morning."
Now, a source said Michael Jackson often appeared groggy. And when the source asked Jackson about all of this equipment, he just said he needed sleep. So, it was pretty remarkable, Anderson, to just hear that so clearly. COOPER: Well Sanjay, I mean, over the past couple of nights we've talked to each other about how dangerous powerful anesthetics can be. Do we know anything about precautions taken to protect Jackson on this tour?
GUPTA: Yes, we do. Sources say that Ratner would keep the equipment in his hotel room, which would be next to Jackson's. And he would use that for monitoring Jackson's vital signs when he was asleep, or under, as the source put it.
Now, there was a "Vanity Fair" article that said a former business associate of Jackson's said the singer had a quote, "sleep disorder," and then Ratner confirmed that to us today on the phone.
But I really want to talk to him some more, so we tracked him down, Anderson, today at the Woodstock, New York, where he now lives with his wife. Here's what he had to say.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GUPTA (on camera): We've come here because your name was obviously associated with Michael Jackson. And people said that there was a question of whether or not you gave anesthesia to him while he was on tour. And we just wanted to come to the source, you, and hear and find out if that had happened.
DR. NEIL RATNER, FORMER PHYSICIAN OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S: I'm very upset. I'm distraught. Michael was a good person.
I can't talk about it right now. It's really something I don't want to talk about right now. I've lost a friend and I feel very badly about that.
GUPTA: There were two people, and I just want to allow you to respond to this. And you can or you don't have to. But I think it's important that you hear this. We have a couple of different sources have said they would see IV equipment, what sounded like probably pumps, they described as sort of an audio rack sort of looking thing in a hotel room with Michael. And they made it sound like that was your stuff. Are they wrong? I was really...
RATNER: I don't want to talk about this topic at all now. I really have nothing to say about it right now. You know? The man hasn't had a funeral, and the man hasn't been buried. It's inappropriate. I don't want to talk about it right now. And I appreciate it if we could end this now.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
GUPTA: So, who is Dr. Neil Ratner? Well, he's a board-certified doctor who, as we mentioned, served as one of Jackson's doctors on that "History" tour that spanned '96-'97; over 80 performances on that tour.
Now, Ratner was actually stripped of his medical license for three years back in 2002 after being found guilty of insurance fraud -- Anderson.
COOPER: So, back to the hotel rooms, the "History" tour. Did Ratner or your sources say anything about seeing -- there's been talk about this drug Diprivan or Propofol in the last couple days because of this registered nurse who said that Jackson asked her for that three months ago. And has the sources mention anything about that?
GUPTA: Well, there's no specific mention of those -- medication Propofol, also know as Diprivan, no specific medication. But it's worth noting that, now we're talking back in '97. At that time at least Propofol wasn't nearly as commonly used as it is today. But there weren't specific drugs mentioned, just that equipment -- Anderson.
COOPER: Is it odd to you as a medical doctor to have an anesthesiologist with somebody on a tour?
GUPTA: Completely odd. No question, very odd, and to have all that equipment as well. I've never heard of such a thing, to have that equipment outside some sort of medical setting. So you know, I'm hearing things that frankly I've never heard of before as a doctor.
COOPER: All right. Sanjay, obviously a lot still we don't know. And just to be clear, we do not know what, if any drugs, Michael Jackson was taking for insomnia or for any other reason. And we won't know until the toxicology reports are made public.
I talked with Jackson's concert promoter today, who told me at point blank the singer had passed a five-hour insurance physical with flying colors. That interview later on in this hour.
But I want to show you some of the last images ever recorded of Michael Jackson performing. This is Tuesday night, two days before he died; a full-length dress rehearsal for his upcoming show. Take a look.
(VIDEO CLIP)
COOPER: The tape a very vivid reminder that no matter what information comes out in the next weeks or days or months even, that tape reminds us all, that this is a story about a man who died far too soon, a remarkable performer the world has lost.
We're going to show you the whole tape later on this hour.
We all know how many conflicting stories that we have had since June 25th and that seems to go along with stories from over a decade ago as well!!
With the grueling schedule that a concert does bring, I can't imagine anyone not needing 'something' to help them unwind especially when you are performing every other day or every two days.
Will you be there? Yes, Michael we will be here no matter what.
Love you Michael!
Murray on the other hand did not know what he was doing and he killed MJ.
May I remind you that this is a hoax forum and that we firmly believe MJ is not dead? Therefore Murray didn't kill anyone.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."