One of Michael Jackson's doctors wanted
Michael Jackson to trade his dependence on
Demerol for another "potent narcotic."
Dr. Alex Farshchian wrote Michael Jackson a letter -- dated July 21, 2002 -- in which he writes, "Buprinex (sic) is the potent narcotic I told you about last week. It is just like the
D but better." Buprenex is an injectable narcotic painkiller.
During a search of Neverland, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies seized a scribbled note -- which may have been written by Jackson and found around his drug stash -- that says "Buprenex does the same as demerol, the only difference is you can't become an addict on Buprenex." The note refers to Buprenex as "synthetic demeroll (sic)." It goes on: "2 viles, I would feel safe having it in case of axident (sic)."
Our research shows if Buprenex is taken for long periods of time or at high doses, it can become addictive.
The doctor refers in his letter to a "5-7 day program that offers you the solution." The doctor does not explain the program.
Joe Jackson continues talking to anyone who will listen -- and last night on "
ABC News" he said he
does believe there was "foul play" in the death of his son, Michael.
As far as drug use is concerned, Joe says he didn't know anything about it but said whatever Michael took he did so he could "relax and sleep."
Everyone's speculating on
Michael Jackson's
funeral. We know three things for sure.
-- it won't be until next week
-- it will not be at Neverland
-- it will be in the L.A. area, and the
Staples Center is an option but it hasn't been decided.
Beyond that -- the family still hasn't made its decision.
The
Jackson family has just released a statement via their newly acquired reps, saying there will be no public or private service for
Michael Jackson at
Neverland.
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Contrary to previous news reports, the Jackson family is officially stating that there will be no public or private viewing at Neverland.
Plans are underway regarding a public memorial for Michael Jackson, and we will announce those plans shortly."
A
white carriage hearse was spotted on the 405 Freeway -- making its way North yesterday -- toward Santa Barbara -- adding fuel to the rumors that Michael Jackson will be taken to
Neverland for his final resting place.
We've already told you about the hotels that have
sold out ...
construction trucks and
porta-pottys near the Ranch. But we're hearing nothing about the funeral has even been decided by the family.
The buzz is that Jackson's body will be taken to Neverland tomorrow, but so far we're told nothing has been decided.
A shipment of concrete was just delivered to the
Neverland Ranch.
We saw the concrete truck drive onto the property. A rep from the construction company told us they got a call today for 32,000 pounds of the hard stuff -- for what, we're not sure ... but it's certainly interesting ...
The part owners of
Neverland Ranch have released a letter to the residents of Santa Barbara, warning of the impending madness that will engulf the county if
a public viewing of MJ's body occurs later this week.
The letter -- sent by a rep for Colony Capital, LLC -- calls Neverland a "temporary sanctuary" for
Michael Jackson fans who "will come, with or without permission or an invitation."
The doc also addresses Neverland's dark past by saying, "As we all know, the impressions left by Michael's last interaction with Santa Barbara County were not positive." But it goes on to say, "Michael was accused, tried and acquitted in our county and found innocent on all counts."
If you had your eye on the gloves from "Edward Scissorhands" or the
actual gates of Neverland Ranch, we have some disappointing news for you -- the auction of
Michael Jackson's crazy stuff ain't happening.
As part of a settlement between Jackson's production company and Julien's Auction House, Jackson gets to keep the nearly 2,000 items that were to be auctioned off beginning next week.
Terms of the settlement are confidential, but the attorney for the auction house tells us "everyone is happy."
The auction house had previously said they spent $2 million organizing the sale and it was guessing the items could have fetched $12 million.
Dante Basco, a.k.a. "
Ru-fi-ooooh" in "
Hook," has come a long way from Neverland -- and yesterday, the 33-year-old mohawked leader of the Lost Boys filled us in on what he's been up to these days: Writing poetry!?
So much for never growing up...
Is it wrong to buy gigantic metal gates from a very creepy man? Apparently not, according to the one person who bid at least $10,000 to buy the gates from
Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch via the singer's online auction.
Some of the items also up for grabs: A gigantic, five-foot tall statue of Geppetto holding Pinnochio, the claws from Edward Scissorhands and even an autographed basketball from Michael Jordan.
It's nice to know Jacko is still sticking to his guns by refusing to represent himself as a normal human being who doesn't own scary things.
Michael Jackson has fired off another legal attack in the hopes of keeping his personal creepy stuff from
Neverland off of the auction block -- but these legal papers come fully equipped with an item-by-item breakdown of every bizarre, disturbing item on his property.
Warning: It gets weird...
Here's a sample of some of the various works of art on the 2,952 item list: "
boy with accordion," "
boy sitting on bricks," "
boy w/ baton and hat w/ feathers," "two
boys on swing bar," "two
boys with ladder," "
boys sleeping on bench," "
boys milking goat," "
boy on a toy car with girl," "
boy pulling, 2
boys on a bike," "
boy lifting girl," "2
boys sitting on a sunflower," "little
boy with turquoise overalls on a stand," "bronze
boy and girl hugging," "bronze
boy carrying a fruit basket," "
boys catching fish." And it goes on and on and on and on ....
Jacko also has an item described as "child's upper body mannequin." In fact, he has two of those.
Check out the documents. Discuss among yourselves...
