A day before opening statements in the trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician, a judge ruled jurors will not see video of the pop star’s final news conference.
Lawyers for Dr. Conrad Murray had argued that the footage showed Jackson “under the influence” in public three months before his death and that it established the singer had agreed to a comeback concert series of just 10 “This Is It” shows and not the 50 ultimately scheduled.
But Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor noted Jackson never mentioned the number of shows in the video and said that it was irrelevant to how he died, the issue at Murray’s trial.
“The proposed evidence is not relevant to what may or may not have happened on June 25, 2009, or shortly beforehand,” Pastor said.
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