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Jackson Seemed High After Leaving Docs

Posted Jul 10th 2009 2:00AM by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson used to leave the offices of various doctors looking "out of it," according to a former bodyguard who was interviewed by detectives during the 2004 child molestation investigation.

Chris Carter, a former Jackson bodyguard, was interviewed by detectives from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. Carter told detectives he would drive Jackson to doctors' offices in New York, Florida and California. The Sheriff's documents, obtained by TMZ, say "[Carter] named Dr. [Arnold] Klein, Dr. [Allan] Metzger, Dr. Barney from Solvang, Dr. Saunders and Dr. Farshchian."

The notes continue, "Carter described JACKSON as being sharp and 'in tune' prior to the doctor visits and afterward he would be out of it and sedated."

The notes also say "Dr. Farshchian told him that JACKSON was addicted to Demerol, but said he was giving JACKSON a placebo to wean him off."

Carter talks of an incident where Jackson was intoxicated in a hotel room and fell on his face. Carter said he confronted Jackson and spoke with him about his drug problem for an hour. Carter said Jackson denied having a problem. According to the notes, "Carter said he told Jackson he was not comfortable in getting prescriptions for him." Carter says he then quit being Jackson's bodyguard as a result.

Tags: chris carter, ChrisCarter, demerol, drug abuse, DrugAbuse, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, pharmaceuticals, santa barbara sheriffs, SantaBarbaraSheriffs

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1. No Way!
Not MJ!
He never took drugs or diddled little boys.

Posted at 2:08AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Fatty

2. sad, all these people around him but no one was able to get him into detox where he needed to be

Posted at 2:08AM on Jul 10th 2009 by singermagic1

3. They have been feeding that wiger dope for years.
It was just a matter of time.

Posted at 2:10AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Bubba

4. Really good father here. Poor kids.

Posted at 2:12AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Alibaba

5. $ony payed the doctors to kill MJ so they get back the catalogue!
LOOK INTO THIS TMZ!!!!

Posted at 2:12AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Magic

6. He has pubic hair for sideburns.
No wonder he was bummed out.
He so despritely wanted to be white...
Sorry bro
For Shizzle My Nizzle

Posted at 2:18AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Bubba

7. How sad, it seems that everyone knew about his severe addiction to drugs, yet no one really stood up to him and got him the help he needed. Its called throwing in the towel and giving up, that is what Lisa Marie Presley did, its what his family did, and its people like Debbie Rowe who gave him children that should be looking in the mirror.....for what did her and Micheal think they were doing by bringing kids into his painful world...he is now gone and they are really orphans. How sad for them, micheal had a good heart but he was lost and in pain. I watched the video "Heal the world" tonight and it made me cry, he had such talent and he could have done so many more amazing things with that talent.

Posted at 2:22AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Sad

8. TMZ ....Please remove the racist comments above. It's so nauseating to read that garbage.

Posted at 2:24AM on Jul 10th 2009 by justmyimagination

9. They couldn't get him into detox because he didn't want to be there -- he was in denial, and there's only so much you can do to help a person who won't admit he has a problem; those who did try to speak the truth to him got shut out of his life as punishment. He was an addict, and unfortunately his life ended because of it. Don't call me a "hater", I admired his talent and I think it's sad that he died so young and left behind 3 children who will miss him forever. But the truth is, he was addicted to some heavy-duty meds and, as with all addicts, the desire/need for the drugs clouded his judgment and ruined his health. The doctors who supplied the drugs certainly played a part but they can't take all of the blame.

Posted at 2:27AM on Jul 10th 2009 by bluesfan

10. Fell on his face. So...say he had several surgeries and the bridge of his nose was weakened. Would that cause his nose further damage? Would that explain why at some point in the photos, his nose looks noticeably made up or has bandages, etc.?

Posted at 2:27AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Anon

11. Please everyone....have some respect for Micheal...he has died, he has left this world far to early. Its WRONG to say anything negative about him when you never knew him. The only thing you and the rest of the world knows about him, is from the media, and lets face it, they are wrong most of the time. Rest in peace Micheal.

Posted at 2:38AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Sad

12. Thanks TMZ for keeping the pressure on MJ's doctors! They need to be held accountable and I hope the family will eventually press charges. I don't disagree that MJ was responsible for himself and he made the choice to take medication. However, if he was addicted and the doctors willing continued to feed his addiction this MUST be to addressed.

(Brilliant idea TMZ to post hard core MJ stories when most international fans are awake and then other American gossip stories when most Americans are awake.)

Posted at 2:47AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Lori

13. if you look closely you can see brown spots on his face in that picture
you can tell that there was black spots underneath the make up

Posted at 3:12AM on Jul 10th 2009 by fatimaaa(:

14. Its funny these so called Michael's friends come on TV and talk about him. Real friends are supposed to help their friends when they are in trouble not ignore them. Or talk about their problems when they are gone.

The people close to Michael should have helped him. Addicts don't admit their problems even if they knew. Plus he's taking things a doctor has given.

There is a letter of information regarding to be clean and get help. Maybe Michael wanted to get help and get clean. But you need a lot of support and love and encouragement to go into that. I think he didn't have that. Sad.

Posted at 3:56AM on Jul 10th 2009 by bello

15. you can see brown spots on him
you can see that he had make up on him
and that his skin was not entirely white
he had a disease and he did not bleach his skin-.-
some people are stupid and willl do anything to get people to buy tabloids
rest in peace michael , you deserve it

Posted at 4:15AM on Jul 10th 2009 by fatimaaa(:

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