Conrad Murray: Concert promoter told me penniless Michael Jackson 'is going to be homeless'


Days after his manslaughter conviction in , Dr Conrad Murray is painting a bleak picture of the King of Pop's last days in a provocative documentary.
In Michael Jackson and the Doctor: A Fatal Friendship, Murray alleges AEG Live boss Randy Phillips took him aside to complain about the perks Jackson was getting.
'What's this bullsh*t all about? Listen this guy is next to skid row. He's going to be homeless. Nine security guards? Why does he need that?
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Michael Jackson
Conrad Murray began shooting a documentary about  almost immediately after he died
Harsh claims: Dr Conrad Murray alleges in new documentary that AEG boss Randy Phillips, above, complained that Michael Jackson was nearly 'homeless' and complained about how the King of Pop was spending his money
Harsh claims: Dr Conrad Murray alleges in new documentary that AEG boss Randy Phillips, above, complained that Michael Jackson was nearly 'homeless' and complained about how the King of Pop was spending his money
'I'm paying for that s**t. I'm paying for the toilet paper he wipes his f***ing ass with.'
During Murray’s trial, however, Mr Phillips contended the conversation never happened.
The controversial documentary also reveals strategy sessions between Jackson’s lawyers, Ed Chernoff and Michael Flanagan.
At one point, Chernoff says:  'I think the media made him appear weirder than he is,' to which Flanagan shot back: 'You gotta be kidding me - he can't be any weirder than he is.'
Murray also claimed that he told Jackson his sleeping chamber must be cleaned, because the singer 'peed the bed' and 'it did not smell good.'
Guilty: Dr Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in LA yesterday
Guilty: Dr Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in LA yesterday
The documentary, which began filming right after Jackson's death, aired last night in the U.K., and will be broadcast on MSNBC in the U.S. tonight.
As the disgraced doctor awaits sentencing, worldwide interest in the trial suggests he will take a handsome cut of the profits from the film.
A book deal and chat show appearances also seem inevitable, for which Murray will surely demand high fees.
The father-of-seven was heavily in debt when he met Jackson in January 2008, with a string of legal judgments against him.
Handcuffed: Murray was led out of the courtroom by bailiffs. His sentencing is scheduled for November 29
Handcuffed: Murray was led out of the courtroom by bailiffs. His sentencing is scheduled for November 29
Court documents show that he owed $228,420 (£143,660) to a finance company, $135,302 (£85,110) to a leasing company (which may be why he was driving his sister's car) and $71,302 (£44.846) in school fees.
Plus, of course, the many thousands he owed to the various mothers of his children.
Combined with an appetite for fast cars and beautiful women, it was little wonder that he happily agreed to Jackson’s offer of a salary of $150,000 (£94,000) a month to be Jackson's doctor.
Michael Jackson's sister La Toya Jackson
Michael Jackson's mother Katherine Jackson
Relief: Sister La Toya Jackson (left) and mother Katherine (right)
Produced by October Films and distributed by Zodiak Rights, the documentary filmed with Murray throughout the intervening two years and continued to record with him during the trial.
Shot by multi-award winning director Tom Roberts, it explores the last three months of Jackson’s surreal life and how Murray, an unknown cardiologist from Texas found himself a confidante to the most famous man in the world.
Adam Bullmore, executive producer for October Films, said: ‘Made with remarkable levels of access and complete editorial independence, we believe this film is the most complete and accurate story of what really happened to Michael Jackson and Conrad Murray on 25 June 2009, and why.’
Michael Jackson's father Joe (left) and brother Jermaine Jackson leave the courthouse after the announcement
Michael Jackson's father Joe (left) and brother Jermaine Jackson leave the courthouse after the announcement
The jury was sensationally shown this image of Jackson's dead body by the prosecution early on in Murray's trial
The jury was sensationally shown this image of Jackson's dead body by the prosecution early on in Murray's trial
During the trial, prosecutors painted Murray as a greedy opportunist who threw his medical know-how out of the window to cater to the dangerously bizarre whims of a superstar.
The defence painted him as a caring cardiologist battling against the odds to keep his celebrity patient from self-destructing.
Even if Murray is sent to jail for the maximum four years for involuntary manslaughter, he could walk free in months.
It is even possible the 58-year-old cardiologist could be allowed to remain at home on house arrest with an electronic tracker ankle bracelet, according to law enforcement sources in Los Angeles.
With the city's jail system bursting at the seams, judges have little control over the amount of any prison term inmates have to complete.
Michael Jackson fans react to the guilty verdict and cry out in celebration
Michael Jackson fans react to the guilty verdict and cry out in celebrati

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