Joe Jackson: 'Someone should pay' for son's death

Joe Jackson: 'Someone should pay' for son's death
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jackson's father says he'd never heard of the drug propofol until it was implicated in his son's death.

"I'm not angry. I'm mad," Joe Jackson said in an interview that aired Monday on NBC's "Today" show. "I didn't know all this was going on. That's what I'm mad about."

The Los Angeles County coroner's office announced Friday that Michael Jackson's death on June 25 was a homicide caused primarily by propofol and another sedative, and ruled propofol with other anti-anxiety drugs was a contributing factor in his death.

Jackson was using propofol to help him sleep, a practice medical experts consider extremely dangerous.

Joe Jackson said the coroner's announcement "tells me there was foul play done. That's what it tells me. And more to be investigated to see what is behind all of this stuff, not just Dr. Conrad Murray."

Murray, a Las Vegas cardiologist who was Michael Jackson's personal physician, hasn't been charged with any crime but he is the target of what police term a manslaughter investigation.

"Someone should pay. Not just someone but all of them should pay that's involved," Jackson said.

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  • he's right about this. But who's gonna pay for the fact that his son was always told he's ugly, and he's never good enough ...

    oh, and dont forget about the beating.
    StacyK6 9/3/09 Reply
  • Very true. I think we're all mad at the fact he was taken so suddenly. The doctors involved need to pay the price otherwise who knows what'll happen next.
    DanielM54 9/1/09 Reply
  • Its true though someone needs to pay for the death of Michael Jackson. He would've been alive and making a great comeback if any of this would've not happend. someone needs to pay!!!!!!
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply
  • I wish Joe would go somewhere and shut the Heck up.
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply
  • but hes right
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply
  • THIS COMING FROM JOE JACKSON, FATHER OF THE YEAR! NOT!!!!!!!!!
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply