Background Checks: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson: AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that no legal or financial checks were done involving Conrad Murray or anyone else who worked as an independent contractor on the This Is It shows. TIMELINE: Michael Jackson: Major events in his career, recent developments Michael Jackson civil case details life, addictions in opening statements Michael Jackson's MD called unqualified to treat him, according to CBC. Trell said he thought a background check would be appropriate for people working in financial roles, but not tour personnel who weren't employees of AEG and AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician. Jackson's mother Katherine is suing AEG claiming it failed to properly investigate Murray, who was deeply in debt when he agreed to serve as Jackson's tour physician in 2009 for $150,000 US a month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.