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Jackson Self-Injecting Demerol, Doctor Says

Posted Jul 10th 2009 12:08PM by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson Self-Injecting Demerol, A doctor who treated Michael Jackson claimed the singer self-injected Demerol into his system.

We've combed through tens of thousands of pages of the official file for the 2005 molestation trial. In the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's notes, a member of Jackson's security detail -- retired L.A. County Sheriff's deputy Michael Laperruque -- said some doctors were trying to get Jackson off of Demerol, and that one of the doctor's in Santa Barbara "was upset with JACKSON because he had been self-injecting."

Laperruque told detectives he had picked up Jackson's prescriptions for the singer, usually under the name Chris Carter. Carter was one of Jackson's bodyguards.

Laperruque also told detectives one time when he was at Neverland his job was to keep Jackson's family out because they were planning an intervention.

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16. Yep, I'll stand by my theory. Michael was a egomaniac. He thought he was mentally superior to everyone else. He was also a hypocondriac who made up ailments for his multiple addictions. He was able to lie without guilt. Watch the Martin Bashir interview on YouTube again. This man should not have been allowed to be around his kids much less any other kids. Very disturbing, but because he was famous, many of you want to find logic to make it okay.

Posted at 12:17PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Whadda-Do

17. It's too late for Michael Jackson but what will the fallout of this be for the rest of us? Will they make the laws ridiculously strict? Let´s hope that people who have to use perscription drugs, and who use them responsibly, don't have to pay for Jackson´s mistakes. The problem here is not the drugs --- they have a legitimate reason to exist --- but the power and indulgence that are given to celebrities.

Posted at 12:15PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Legitimate Patient

18. Wouldn't this be considered Heresay on the part of the doctor? Why didn't the LAPD investigate this years ago? They were so focused on railroading him for a child molestaton case that they seem to have overlooked the fact that there was some severe prescripton drug abuse going on by MJ and the doctors. IMO I feel there are a whole lot of people that need to go down for this. And why is this just being reporting now? It seems to me that if it were investigated during the trial MJ could have been forced into a drug rehab and he may very well have been alive today.

At this rate, MJ will never RIP.

Posted at 12:15PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Kand P

19. i feel bad for his store bought children

Posted at 12:15PM on Jul 10th 2009 by o

20. The little rooms to hide in,,the locks on the doors,,,maybe the cops missed that stuff and MJ GOT LUCKY

Posted at 12:16PM on Jul 10th 2009 by hidden rooms

21. this is the man who sheila jackson lee wants to put through a bill and had a moment of silence for? i feel sorry for those kids because they are already messed up from living with a drug addict. we are living in a very mixed up world. where we idolize failed people and bash good and decent people........it says in the bible at the end of the world that good becomes bad and bad become good.

Posted at 12:16PM on Jul 10th 2009 by maria

22. Man, he was a dope head, case closed! When someone O.D."s it's over. Everyone new he was an train wreck looking for a place to happen.
I think this is what he wanted, to go out with a smile on his face. Man, let it go, Please!!

Posted at 12:17PM on Jul 10th 2009 by floydpink

23. Is there anything this guy was not addicted to? How in the hell did he live so long? What a complete waste of space. The only thing he was good for was keeping the drug companies in business.

Posted at 12:18PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Wangy

24. But i thought you couldnt do that because as soon as it gets into your system your out of it? or isthat rubbish i've just made up?

Posted at 12:27PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Whiskey

25. sad, can't believe hes gone

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Posted at 2:13PM on Jul 10th 2009 by models in Orlando, Florida

26. I just keep reading this lately that his family was planning an intervention few years ago, as they were alarmed with Michael's state. What if all this is THE intervention of his family? He was so on the edge, maybe they thought these concerts gonna kill him and they intervened. The memorial was so staged, their attidude was so staged during the memorial...

Posted at 12:18PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Andrei

27. someone shouyld have been there to watch over that stuff

Posted at 12:19PM on Jul 10th 2009 by models in Orlando, Florida

28. i feel bad for his store bought children

Posted at 12:19PM on Jul 10th 2009 by o

29. BTW, it is being reproted by Radaronline that MJ's body is being held at Berry Gordy's crypt in Forrest Lawn until the family decides where to bury him.

True? Decide for yourself. But makes sense to me.

Posted at 12:34PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Kand P

30. Yeah and just to think this all started from the molestation trials in which he was framed and acquitted of. How sad. He admitted then that he was going into re-hab for pain killers. One thing I hope happens is Michael's vindication and that Evan Jordy Chandler family admits they lied to get money.

Posted at 12:25PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Sharonjones

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