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Posted Jul 12th 2009 8:57AM by TMZ Staff
Doctors aren't the only ones in the cross hairs of authorities who want to find out how Michael Jackson scored various drugs, including anesthesia -- turns out Jackson knew his way around various dental offices as well.
As we have already reported, medical professionals have told TMZ Jackson was an "anesthesia addict," who would would seek out Propofol and other drugs that would sedate him or knock him out. Law enforcement is aware of this, sources say, and dental offices are part of their investigation.
Several Los Angeles doctors have told TMZ it was known in medical circles that Jackson used dentists to feed his habit.
A story just published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal buttresses the stories we've been reporting -- that Jackson had "doctor shopping" down to a science. According to the report, in 2003, a doctor (who spoke on the condition of anonymity) was summoned to Jackson's suite at the Mirage in Vegas.
The doctor says Jackson complained of a sore throat and cough and quickly determined it was a ploy to score prescription drugs. The doctor said, "The whole thing was staged. It was all a lie. They just wanted drugs. They wanted me to call in all these pills under someone else's name."
The doctor says when he refused to go along, Jackson's handlers intimidated him, saying doctors always helped the singer. The MD says at one point he said, "I'll see what I can do," and the handler "came up to me and put a finger in my chest and said 'You do that.'"
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: anesthesia, body, dentist, dentists, doctor, doctor shopping, doctors, DoctorShopping, las vegas, LasVegas, Michael Jackson, MichaelJackson, mirage, overdose, propofol
Posted Oct 23rd 2006 6:03PM by TMZ Staff
When it comes to men, sometimes a woman just can't make up her mind. Lucky for Paris Hilton, she doesn't have to. This weekend the model-turned-pop star was caught liplocking with two different guys at two different clubs in a span of roughly three hours.
First, Paris hit up Vegas hotspot Jet nightclub in the Mirage hotel, where she got cozy with world-famous illusionist and Minnie Driver's supposed boyfriend, Criss Angel. Paris even made sure to capture the moment on film. Hey, they don't call it Sin City for nothing. Then it was off to TAO nightclub in the Venetian where she hooked up with Canadian-born model James Neate.
Hilton was in Vegas to attend a joint 26th birthday party for best friend Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Nick Cannon.
Kim and party pal Paris Hilton took turns dancing on the catwalk and passing the house mic around during the evening. At one point a TMZ spy says Paris was heard saying, "Hey you f***ers -- it's my friend Kim's birthday! I love you bitch!"
Nick's "Wild 'N Out" co-star DJ D-Wrek also made it out for the celebration, as well as funnyman Pauly Shore and "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis.
Filed under: Paris Hilton, Hot Vegas, Kim Kardashian , The Kardashians
Tags: Criss Angel, CrissAngel, James Neate, JamesNeate, Jet Night Club, JetNightClub, kim kardashian, KimKardashian, mirage, nick cannon, NickCannon, Paris Hilton, ParisHilton, Tao Night club, TaoNightClub, venetian
