Michael Jackson’s bodyguard Alberto Alvarez, who took the witness stand in the death trial of the singer on Friday, claimed doctor Conrad Murray asked him to hide drug vials and an IV bag before calling 911.
The defence lawyers, however, attacked Alvarez’s testimony, saying his account of the doctor’s actions was physically impossible and influenced by offers of huge sums from tabloids.
Murray, Jackson’s personal physician at the time of his death, is charged with causing the singer’s death by accidentally giving him a fatal dose of the anaesthetic Propofol to help the singer fight his chronic insomnia. Murray has pleaded not guilty in the case. He faces four years in jail if convicted. Alvarez was the first person to reach Jackson’s bedroom after his doctor called for help.
He claimed that before Murray asked him to dial the emergency, he ordered him to gather up drug bottles, vials and an IV bag of a “milky, white substance.”
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David Arquette dating reporter Christina?
Scream 4 star David Arquette is dating news reporter Christina McLarty and says he’s totally smitten with her. The 40-year-old actor, who split from estranged wife Courteney Cox last October, has now found new love in McLarty and says she makes him feel good, reported E! online.
“She’s adorable. I’m not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good. We try to see each other as much as possible,” he said.
Before meeting McLarty earlier this summer, Arquette, who has a seven-year-old daughter, Coco, with the former Friends star, said that the future of his marriage to Courteney was up in the air.
“I really don’t know. It’s up in the air. But we really love each other and we’re great parents together and we have a business together. We’re both figuring out a lot about our lives at the moment and our personalities and what we need to feel more complete,” he said.
— PTI
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Wilde thinks Garner should keep having kids
Actress Olivia Wilde thinks Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck should never stop having children as they make pretty babies.
The 27-year-old actress, who will be seen with Garner in the upcoming movie Butter, says the expectant mother should keep having children after she welcomes her third child with Ben Affleck this winter, reported Us magazine.
“She makes pretty babies,” Wilde said. The actress also said that she hopes to work with more women like Garner in the future.
“She was such an awesome co-star and a wonderful producer. I’ve worked with a lot of the greatest guys in the business, and now I am slowly working with more and more women. We don’t really get to work together, the girls so much,” Wilde added. — PTI
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Shania stalker to plead guilty in court
Singer Shania Twain’s alleged stalker has pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a court order to stay away. Giovanni Palumbo, who was charged with criminal harassment, interrupted testimony at his trial in Ontario, Canada, and declared he would plead guilty, reported E! online.
During the hearing Twain testified via video and told the court Palumbo’s visits to her family retreat made her feel uncomfortable.
The singer said that she had to hire security for a party after he was spotted nearby, sitting in his Lamborghini.
Towards the end of Twain’s testimony, the former doctor stood up in court and addressed his victim by her birth name, stating, “Eileen, you can trust me, I’m going to plead guilty... I’ve been offended too much.”
— PTI