Michael Jackson’s Attending Doctor Accused of Being Too Distracted by Personal Issues

In a bombshell revelation, Dr. Conrad Murray, who was Michael Jackson's attending physician when the King of Pop suddenly died in 2009, was too distracted and overwhelmed by issues in his personal life to properly care for Jackson. The Associated Press via Billboard reports that court documents citing Murray's problems and negligence were filed yesterday. Murray is on trial for involuntary manslaughter.

The evidence against Murray is pretty damning, with prosecutors claiming they have proof that Murray was both talking on his cell phone and sending text messages to three different women when he should have been attending to his famous patient. The lawyers also say that the not-so-good doc was trying to impress these women by telling them Jackson was under his care, which is against the medical code of ethics and violates the doctor-patient confidentiality oath.

One of the conversations carried on for 11 minutes and was with a cocktail waitress Murray met in Houston. Their discussion apparently ended when Murray realized that Jackson was no longer breathing. The prosecutors also state that Murray was also texting two women he met at a strip club in Vegas.

Even worse, Murray is accused of revealing confidential information to these women, all the while withholding it from authorities who were investigating Jackson's death. "He had a pattern of revealing confidential information when it suited him, but he was unwilling to reveal patient information at the most critical time," the motion said.

None of this is conduct becoming a prominent physician with a patient in crisis.

Murray has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include gross negligence, since he administered the anesthetic propofol and other sedatives to Jackson before he died and never told paramedics that he did so.

Murray's lawyer is trying to stop evidence involving Murray's relationships with the women, which are said to be scandalous, into the case. "This evidence has no rational bearing on any issue in this matter and is presented merely to harass and discredit Dr. Murray," a defense motion stated.