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MICHAEL JACKSON - JANET JACKSON: 'WE ATTEMPTED INTERVENTIONS WITH MICHAEL'
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JANET JACKSON: 'WE ATTEMPTED INTERVENTIONS WITH MICHAEL'
The JACKSON family tried "a few times" to stage an intervention and put an end to MICHAEL JACKSON's drug dependency, the late superstar's sister JANET has confirmed.
The Rhythm Nation hitmaker was rumoured to have led a family initiative to help her troubled brother in 2007 and again earlier this year (09), months before the King of Pop died in June (09).
Michael's former longtime publicist, Raymone Bain, dismissed the claims in July (09), insisting reports the Jacksons were locked out of his Las Vegas home after trying to take him to rehab were "not true".
But Janet Jackson reveals they did attempt an intervention on more than one occasion - because they realised Michael was becoming more and more reliant on prescription medication.
In a candid TV interview with America's ABC News, she says, "Of course (we intervened). That's what you do. Those are the things that you do when you love someone, you can't just let them continue on in that way and we did (try an intervention)... a few times... we weren't very successful."
Janet hints that the Thriller star refused to seek professional help because he believed he had his addiction under control.
She adds, "(He) understood that it was (out of) love, because of caring, but when it's something like that (drug addiction), people can tend to be in denial."
The TV chat with newswoman Robin Roberts will air in the U.S. on Wednesday night (18Nov09).
Investigators looking into Jackson's death have focused their case on his personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray, who stands accused of administering the powerful prescription drug Propofol to the superstar prior to his death on 25 June (09).
Janet recently placed the blame for her brother's death on Murray, who has been identified in court records as a suspect in a police manslaughter investigation.
18 November 2009 16:12
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Janet Jackson is right, her brother Michael Jackson was killed from this
irresponsible doctor Murray.
Michael's early death was not a given. Only the most imperceptive would deny
that the slow drip of the anaesthetic that killed him was - in reality, just a
formality. What killed Michael, was the sustained trauma of being put through a
baseless, protracted trial that should never have reached court, knowing that
if found guilty he would be removed from his children's lives. And even after
acquittal, facing the relentless villification by the media, who - post 2005,
decided to simply disregard a verdict they found economically inconvienient. In
years to come, perhaps reasons will emerge from the rubble as to why a
supernovic talent with a history of unparalleled giving and a persona of
complex innocence was systematically and wilfully humiliated, tortured and
stripped of his dignity and spirit for a period of over 15 years on the basis
of such astonishingly non-credible accusations – and more importantly, why this
was actively encouraged. On the 25th November something amazing is going to
happen. A global prayer, request, affirmation - call it what you will; is going
to sweep the planet. Millions will come together at 14:00 LA time in a
concerted effort to anchor love and healing on this planet, all on it and to
connect with the - now world soul of Michael. Go to majorloveprayer.blogspot -
for details and time converter information. An intention has also been put into
effect.
I invite all who wish to participate to add this intention into the effort on
the 25th. Affirm it daily in your hearts and minds and hold this vision with
trust and belief. ' That the truth of Michael's integrity and the innocence of
his intentions and relationships with children will be unequivocally known and
understood by all on this planet - in our lifetime.'
The truth is coming.


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