Dr. Conrad Murray Faces Charges In Michael Jackson Death

Dr. Conrad Murray, MD is the cardiologist accused of playing a role in the death of music legend Michael Jackson. Murray is a licensed doctor who had been acting as Jackson’s personal physician in the state of California. He had been hired by AEG Live executives to accompany Jackson on his upcoming tour.

The company claims they only hired the doctor because Jackson insisted. The pop star was familiar with Murray and felt comfortable with him. Murray had been treating Jackson for a little over three years. Jackson’s health was not a concern for the promoters but in order to keep the singer happy they fronted Jackson the cash up front to pay for the cost of having a doctor on staff.

Dr. Conrad Murray, MD is licensed in his home state of Texas as well as California, Hawaii and Nevada. He has practices set up in Texas and Nevada. His current residence listed is a country club community just outside of Las Vegas. He graduated in the top 50 percent at Meharry Medical College in 1989. He completed his internal medicine residency at Loma Linda University in 1992. He went on to complete his cardiology fellowship at the University of Arizona in 1995. Dr. Conrad Murray, MD also completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at the Foundation for Cardiovascular medicine in 1996. He has been practicing cardiology for 17 years.

At the time of Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009, Murray was in residence. He was performing CPR when the emergency service personnel arrived but disappeared after it was announced that Jackson had passed away. Murray has been accused of issuing a lethal drug cocktail that ultimately caused the singer’s death.

After nearly eight months since the singer’s death, Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter on February 8. Murray entered a not guilty plea on February 10. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison. He was released on 75,000 dollar bail and will be returning home to his family and practice. The judge also restricted his medical license, but it has not been revoked, yet. Dr. Conrad Murray, MD is not expected back in court until April.

The California attorney general has begun the process to revoke Murray’s medical license.

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