Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson "had a real monkey on his back" with a longtime drug addiction, his family kept it secret from the world and it led to his overdose death, a lawyer for AEG Live said.
The concert promoter's defense against the Jackson family's wrongful death lawsuit began Tuesday and will include testimony from "all of the many, many doctors" who treated Jackson over the past decades, AEG Live attorney Marvin Putnam said.AEG Live executive John Meglin, who is the CEO of the Concerts West division, returns to the stand Wednesday after testifying Tuesday that Dr. Conrad Murray's request for $5 million to work as Jackson's personal physician was a topic at a meeting of the company's executive committee. Jackson lawyer Brian Panish said that was an important revelation that would help his case.Panish pressed Meglin on the question of if he agreed with his boss, AEG Live President Randy Phillips, who testified that he thought Jackson was the greatest artist of all time."I think that Michael's very big in the pop world, but the Rolling Stones are bigger, or Led Zeppelin," Megline said. 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The doctor told investigators he was using the drug to treat Jackson's insomnia as he prepared for his "This Is It" debut in London.Jackson, not AEG Live, chose and controlled Murray, Putnam argued. He said in his opening statements at the start of the trial 12 weeks ago he would show jurors "ugly stuff" about Jackson to prove that AEG Live executives had no way of knowing about the dangerous treatments the doctor was giving in the privacy of Jackson's bedroom.Michael's mom speaksThe appearance of Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson's 83-year-old mother, as a concluding witness in her case gave Putnam a chance to probe what family members knew about Jackson's drug abuse history."There are a lot of enormous inconsistencies in what is being said and what the truth is," Putnam told reporters Monday after he finished his cross-examination of Katherine Jackson.She "reported to the world and to the press that he never had a problem with prescription drugs," that he never entered drug rehab and that the family never attempted an intervention to stop his drug use, he said. "As we now know, Michael Jackson had a longtime problem with prescription drugs, so what had been told to the world during his lifetime wasn't true."The Jackson family's lawyer, Brian Panish, said AEG Live executives were "in the best position to help Michael Jackson" when they saw his health deteriorating in the last two months of his life.if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery171=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery171.setImageCount(15);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial", 1);
Katherine Jackson: Michael's mother, 82, was deposed for nine hours over three days by AEG Live lawyers. As the guardian of her son's three children, she is a plaintiff in the wrongful death lawsuit against the company that promoted Michael Jackson's comeback concerts.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":1,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Dr. Conrad Murray: He was Michael Jackson's personal physician in the two months before his death, giving him nightly infusions of the surgical anesthetic that the coroner ruled led to his death. Murray, who is appealing his involuntary manslaughter conviction, has sworn that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination and refused to testify in the civil trial. There is a chance that Murray will be brought into court from jail to testify outside the presence of the jury to allow the judge to determine if he would be ordered to testify.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":3,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Joe Jackson: Michael's father, 84, is on the witness list for the trial and may testify. The Jackson family patriarch, who lives in Las Vegas separately from his wife, has suffered several ministrokes in the last year, which some close to him say have affected him.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":4,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Prince Jackson: Michael's oldest son is considered a key witness in the Jacksons' case against AEG Live, since he is expected to testify about what his father told him about the concert promoter in the last days of his life. Prince, who turned 16 in February, is becoming more independent -- he now has a driver's license and jobs.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":5,"title":""} 
Paris Jackson: Michael's daughter, who turned 15 on April 3, is on the list of witnesses and was questioned by AEG Live lawyers for several hours on March 21 about her father's death. Paris is an outspoken teen who often posts messages to her 1 million-plus Twitter followers.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":6,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Kevin Boyle: The Los Angeles personal injury lawyer is leading the Jackson team of at least six attorneys in the wrongful death suit against AEG Live. One of his notable cases was a large settlement with Boeing on behalf of two soldiers injured when their helicopter malfunctioned and crashed in Iraq.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":9,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Perry Sanders, Jr.: Katherine Jackson's personal lawyer is helping steer the Jackson matriarch through her relations with her son's estate, probate court and the wrongful death suit. He is also known for representing the family of Biggie Smalls in their suit against the city of Los Angeles over the rapper's death investigation.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":10,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Philip Anschutz: The billionaire owner of AEG, parent company of AEG Live, is on the Jacksons' witness list. He is the force behind the effort to build a football stadium in downtown Los Angeles to lure a National Football League team to the city. He recently pulled his company off the market after trying to sell it for $8 billion.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":12,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Tim Leiweke: He was recently fired as AEG's president as Philip Anschutz announced he was taking a more active role in the company. The Jackson lawyers say Leiweke's e-mail exchanges with executives under him concerning Michael Jackson's health are important evidence in their case.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":13,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
Paul Gongaware: The AEG Live co-CEO worked closely with Michael Jackson as he prepared for his comeback concerts. He testified at Dr. Conrad Murray's criminal trial that he contacted the physician and negotiated his hiring at the request of Jackson. AEG lawyers say it was Jackson who chose, hired and supervised Murray. Gongaware knew Jackson well, having been tour manager for the singer in previous years.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":14,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} 
John Branca: He's one of two executors of Michael Jackson's estate. Branca was Jackson's lawyer until about seven years before his death. He said Jackson rehired him just weeks before he died.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":1,"pos":15,"title":"Key players in Jackson wrongful death trial"} Key players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trialKey players in Jackson wrongful death trial Who's who in Jackson trial if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery172=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery172.setImageCount(21);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Jackson children in the spotlight", 1);
Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died on June 25, 2009. Four years after their father's death, Jackson's children -- Prince, Paris and Prince II, aka Blanket -- have stepped into the spotlight to honor their father's memory and create careers and identities of their own. One of the world's first glimpses at the kids was when photographers caught them leaning out of a limousine in Los Angeles in 2000. Here are more moments growing up Jackson:cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":1,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
To protect their privacy in public, Jackson would cover his kids' faces with masks and other obscuring accessories. Here, under the gauzy veils, are Paris and Prince during a trip to the Berlin Zoo in 2002. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":2,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"}
Michael Jackson with Prince (left), Paris (center), Prince II, aka Blanket (front), and real estate developer Mohamed Hadid in 2008.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":3,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Blanket is seen out in public five months after Jackson's death in 2009.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":4,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Paris, Prince and Blanket attend the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009. Paris paid tribute to her father by saying, "Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine ... I just want to say I love him so much."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":5,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Paris and Prince dressed as Michael to accept his Lifetime Achievement award at the Grammys in 2010.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":6,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
In 2011, Paris, Michael's sister LaToya Jackson, Prince and Blanket donated 13 pieces of original art by MJ to Children's Hospital Los Angeles.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":7,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Paris plays football on a boys' team in 2011.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":8,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
The kids make a coffee run in 2011.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":10,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight "} 
Paris and Prince step out in 2012. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":11,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"}
Prince, Blanket and Paris at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 2012.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":13,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Blanket, Paris and Prince at the Los Angeles premiere of Michael Jackson "The Immortal" tour in 2012.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":14,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Prince and Paris show their father's hometown some love in 2012. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":15,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"}
Paris and Prince speak with fans at a candlelight vigil held at Michael Jackson's childhood home in Gary, Indiana, in 2012.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":16,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
LaToya Jackson and Michael's kids pose with the mayor of Gary, Indiana, Karen Freeman-Wilson, in 2012.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":17,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Prince, LaToya, Blanket, Monica Gabor and Paris attend a party for Mr. Pink drinks in 2012.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":18,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Paris sports a closely cropped hairdo while picking up coffee in May of this year. Just weeks later, the "sensitive 15-year-old" would be hospitalized for a suicide attempt.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":19,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Earlier this year, Prince kicked off an acting career by appearing on the TV show "90210." Just as he was back in regular kid mode, out for pizza with girlfriend Remi Alfalah and her family in Los Angeles, Paris was taken to the hospital.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":20,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} 
Prince and Blanket are photographed for the first time since Paris was hospitalized, where she remains today.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":2,"pos":21,"title":"Jackson children in the spotlight"} Jackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlight Jackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlightJackson children in the spotlight Michael Jackson's children in the spotlight if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery173=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery173.setImageCount(20);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("All in the Jackson family", 1);
Paris Jackson made headlines recently when she was rushed to the hospital after she reportedly cut one of her wrists. Jackson is the second child of famed singer Michael Jackson and Deborah Jeanne Rowe. Click through to see more of the Jackson family tree.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":1,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Katherine Jackson is the matriarch of the Jackson family. Here she attends the hand and footprint ceremony for son Michael at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in January 2012 in Los Angeles.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":2,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Yashi Brown, Rebbie Jackson's second child, is a poet and advocate on mental health issues. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":5,"title":"All in the Jackson family"}
Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson, the third of the Jackson children, has three sons: Toriano Adaryll "Taj"Jackson Jr., Taryll Adren Jackson and Tito Joe "TJ" Jackson, who are members of the group 3T. Tito Jackson performs in Liverpool, England, in 2009.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":8,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Taryll Adren Jackson, Tito Jackson's middle son, performs with his bothers in memory of his uncle, Michael, in 2011.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":10,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Tito Joe "TJ" Jackson performs in honor of his uncle, Michael.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":11,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is the fourth of Joe and Katherine's children. He has seven children. With Hazel Gordy, Jackson had three children: Jermaine Lu Juane Jr., Autumn Joy and Jaimy. He had two children with Margaret Maldonado: Jeremy and Jourdynn. His two youngest children, Jaffar and Jermajesty, were born to Alejandra Oaziaza. He has no children with his current wife, Halima Rashid. Jackson and Rashid are pictured at the Royal Festival Hall in London in October 2010.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":12,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Marlon David Jackson was born a year before brother Michael Jackson. He has three children with Carol Parker: Valencia, Brittany and Marlon David Jr.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":14,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. attends a baseball game in August 2012 during a visit to his late father's hometown of Gary, Indiana.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":16,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Genevieve Jackson, pictured in November 2011, is Randy Jackson's second child.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":19,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} 
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is the youngest of Joe and Katherine Jackson's children. The pop star has no children. She was briefly married to singer James DeBarge before secretly marrying dancer Rene Elizondo in 1991. The couple divorced in 2000, and she married businessman Wissam Al Mana in 2012. She's pictured performing at the Sydney Opera House in 2011 in Australia.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":3,"pos":20,"title":"All in the Jackson family"} Photos: All in the Jackson family if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery174=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery174.setImageCount(15);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Michael Jackson, King of Pop", 1);
The death in 2009 of superstar Michael Jackson, who died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50, sent shockwaves around the world. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":1,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"}
The Jackson 5 perform on a TV show circa 1969. From left, Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Jermaine Jackson.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":2,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Michael Jackson quickly became the stand out star of the Jackson 5. Here he performs onstage circa 1970. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":3,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"}
Michael Jackson poses during a portrait session in Los Angeles in 1971.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":4,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Michael Jackson performs with The Jacksons in New Orleans on October 3, 1979.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":5,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Jackson achieved superstardom with his solo career in the 1980s. Here Jackson is shown on stage in Kansas in 1983.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":6,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Michael Jackson performs on stage circa 1990.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":7,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Jackson broke a world record during the Bad tour in 1988 when 504,000 people attending seven sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":8,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Jackson perfoms in concert circa 1991 in New York City. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":9,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"}
Known for his dance moves, Jackson is seen here jumping in the air while performing during the Dangerous tour in 1992.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":10,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Michael Jackson performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":11,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Jackson performs with his brothers.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":12,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Jackson performs during the Bad tour at Wembley Stadium in London.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":13,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} 
Michael Jackson earned the Legend Award during the MTV Video Music Awards in Tokyo in 2006.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":17,"y":4,"pos":15,"title":"Michael Jackson, King of Pop"} Photos: Michael Jackson, King of Pop Show director Kenny Ortega sent a series of e-mails to top AEG Live executives warning them that Jackson showed "strong signs of paranoia, anxiety and obsessive-like behavior" at a rehearsal."I think the very best thing we can do is get a top psychiatrist in to evaluate him ASAP," Ortega wrote. "It's like there are two people there. One (deep inside) trying to hold on to what he was and still can be and not waiting us to quit him, the other in this weakened and troubled state."Production manager John "Bugzee" Houghdahl sent an e-mail to producers saying he "watched him deteriorate in front of my eyes over the last 8 weeks. He was able to do multiple 360 spins back in April. He'd fall on his ass if he tried now.""They knew he was having a problem," Panish said. "He needed them for this concert. They could have easily told him, 'Look, until you go see the appropriate doctor and come back, we're not going on with the rehearsal.' They're the only ones that really had the ability to do something about it and they chose not to."Ortega testified this month that he thought AEG Live should have halted production on the show until Jackson was well.Mother: 'I want to know what really happened'Despite the e-mail evidence and testimony, Putnam insisted Monday that AEG Live executives knew nothing about Jackson's failing health."They had little interaction with Michael Jackson in terms of the production and promotion of that," Putnam said, adding that the executives "certainly" did not know "that he was having any problems."But Panish said the executives should have known: "He was deteriorating in front of their own eyes.""They watched him waste away," Katherine Jackson testified.Jackson testified in her first day on the stand Friday that she filed the lawsuit "because I want to know what really happened to my son."During cross-examination, the AEG Live lawyer played a clip from an interview she gave to NBC a year after her son's death in which she said Michael Jackson had hired the doctor. In response, her lawyer argued she made the statement before seeing AEG e-mails indicating that the company hired him.Putnam questioned her about a statement she and several of her children signed in 2007 accusing People Magazine of publishing "untrue and inaccurate information" about Michael Jackson's drug use."We categorically deny ever planning, participating in, or having knowledge of any kind of intervention, whatsoever," the statement read.Katherine Jackson acknowledged, however, that she participated in an attempted intervention with her son at his Neverland Ranch in 2002."I wanted them to stop lying," she testified, referring to the magazine. "I was worried about all the lies they were telling about the family.""Was it a lie to say your son had a problem with prescription drugs?" Putnam asked."He did not have a problem," she insisted.Putnam later asked Jackson's mother if she liked to "shut your ears to bad things.""I don't like to hear bad news," she said.Jackson appeared combative at times when Putnam cross-examined her, punching back at his questions."What does this have to do with my son dying?" she replied at one point."I think she was badgered, but that wasn't the first time," Panish told reporters later. "In her deposition, she was asked questions like, "Does your husband ever beat you?'"Doctor: Promoter knew about Jackson's drug dependencyFor the pretrial deposition, she was questioned for about 12 hours over three days.Putnam denied he was being overly aggressive in his questioning of her."I just wanted to know the facts from her and there was no reason to be aggressive with her," he said. "She was combative, but you can't blame Mrs. Jackson for that. None of us want to find ourselves in a situation where we're having to confront the very public death of our child."Putnam refused to discuss why he asked Katherine Jackson in the deposition if her husband, Joe Jackson, ever beat her."What occurred in those depositions was confidential at Mrs. Jackson's request, therefore I am not at liberty to go into to the private matters that we went into in that deposition," Putnam told CNN. However, Katherine Jackson and her lawyer both brought up the question in court Monday."I am not going to go into what we went into about the very tragic history Michael Jackson had with his parents and father over the period of his life," Putnam said. "That is something we did not go into on the stand because it is not relevant. I'm not bringing that up."Testimony is expected to last into September, the judge told the jury./* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/24/showbiz/jackson-death-trial/index.html","title" : "AEG Live tries to show Michael Jackson had secret drug addiction"});
July 20, 2013 -- Updated 0036 GMT (0836 HKT) 
Michael Jackson's mother told jurors she filed a wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live "because I want to know what really happened to my son."July 11, 2013 -- Updated 1046 GMT (1846 HKT) 
Kenny Ortega choked up with emotion as he read aloud an e-mail he wrote days before Michael Jackson's death.June 24, 2013 -- Updated 1515 GMT (2315 HKT) 
Michael Jackson died while preparing to set a world record for the most successful concert run, but he unknowingly set another record that led to his death. June 19, 2013 -- Updated 2306 GMT (0706 HKT) 
Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter.July 4, 2013 -- Updated 1126 GMT (1926 HKT) 
A London tabloid declared that "secret FBI files" reveal Michael Jackson paid millions to silence dozens of boys he abused.June 16, 2013 -- Updated 1622 GMT (0022 HKT) 
Michael Jackson's health deteriorated so badly that he couldn't perform some of his trademark dance moves.June 6, 2013 -- Updated 1316 GMT (2116 HKT) 
Like her father had done countless times before, Paris Jackson stepped to the microphone.June 4, 2013 -- Updated 1455 GMT (2255 HKT) 
Michael Jackson traveled with what amounted to a mini-clinic and an anesthesiologist who used a surgical anesthetic to put the singer to sleep after shows during his "HIStory" tour.May 31, 2013 -- Updated 1545 GMT (2345 HKT) 
The phrase most spoken by AEG Live's co-CEO during his testimony in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial was: "I don't recall."May 23, 2013 -- Updated 2148 GMT (0548 HKT) 
A top AEG executive referred to Michael Jackson as "the freak" and another called him "creepy" just hours before their company signed the pop icon to a huge concert deal.May 16, 2013 -- Updated 1857 GMT (0257 HKT) 
A dancer-choreographer befriended by Michael Jackson when he was a child now calls the late pop icon "a pedophile and a child sexual abuser."May 13, 2013 -- Updated 1343 GMT (2143 HKT) 
The portrait of Michael Jackson in the last week of his life, painted by people close to him, is a disturbing picture of an emaciated man, unable to sleep or eat, and unlikely to be ready for his comeback concerts just days away.May 7, 2013 -- Updated 2034 GMT (0434 HKT) 
Jurors hearing the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial got a stark look at the dead pop icon after a lawyer showed them an autopsy photo.May 10, 2013 -- Updated 0224 GMT (1024 HKT) 
Michael Jackson appeared paranoid, repeating himself and shivering from chills in his final days, his longtime makeup artist testified.April 3, 2013 -- Updated 1258 GMT (2058 HKT) 
The doctor convicted in Michael Jackson's death serenaded CNN's Anderson Cooper with a song that he said "tells my story." March 26, 2013 -- Updated 1526 GMT (2326 HKT) 
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