Judge blocks testimony about Jackson contract
ANTHONY McCARTNEYANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer?
?Dr. Conrad Murray listens during cross examination of propofol expert Dr. Steven Shafer in Los Angeles Superior Court during his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 24, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)
Dr. Conrad Murray listens during cross examination of propofol expert Dr. Steven Shafer in Los Angeles Superior Court during his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 24, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)
Cheryln Lee, a nurse who treated Michael Jackson for sleep disorder in early 2009, testifies during the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Calif. Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)
Dr. Allan Metzger, Michael Jackson's former physician, takes the witness stand during the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Calif. Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)
Judge Michael E. Pastor presides over the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Calif. Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The judge hearing the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor says defense lawyers won't be able to ask about the singer's multimillion-dollar contract for his final concert series. The lawyers say Jackson was desperate to do the concerts and gave himself a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep.
But Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor says allowing testimony about the contract might confuse jurors who will consider whether Dr. Conrad Murray's actions caused Jackson's 2009 death.
Prosecutors contend Murray, who has pleaded not guilty, gave the fatal dose of anesthetic.
Defense attorney Ed Chernoff told the judge Tuesday that Jackson would have been indebted to promoter AEG Live for nearly $40 million if the shows were canceled.
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