Michael Jackson’s son testifies

King of Pop’s family to face more drama after his death.

LOS ANGELES:

Prince Jackson, the eldest son of late pop star Michael Jackson, is expected to testify in the wrongful death suit filed by his family against concert promoter AEG Live, according to a Jackson family attorney.

Lawyers for the Jackson family will call Prince Jackson, 16, to the stand four years after the King of Pop died from drug overdose.

Prince was 12 when Jackson died from an overdose of a surgical anesthetic while the singer rehearsed in Los Angeles for a series of comeback concerts in London in 2009.

AEG Live executives, Jackson’s personal chef and the choreographer for his aborted This Is It concert series, are among those who have testified at the trial, which began in April.

Witnesses have painted a picture of the singer’s final months. They testified Jackson, 50, had grown so weak he had difficulty executing dance moves and remembering song lyrics.

The Thriller singer’s mother, Katherine, is suing the company, which was promoting Jackson’s This Is It concerts, for negligence in hiring Dr Conrad Murray as his personal physician.

Murray was caring for the singer as he prepared for the shows. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011.

AEG Live has said it did not hire or supervise Murray and argues that Jackson had prescription drug and addiction problems for years before entering into any agreement with the company.

AEG Live also has said they could not have foreseen that Murray posed a danger to Jackson.

Katherine Jackson, 83, along with the singer’s three children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — are listed as plaintiffs in the case.

Earlier this month, Jackson’s 15-year-old daughter Paris was rushed to the hospital after a suicide attempt, forcing Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff to order a court investigation into the teenager’s health, education and welfare.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2013.

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