Joe Jackson on Son's Drug Use: I'm Mad Because I Didn't Know

Joe Jackson on Son's Drug Use: I'm Mad Because I Didn't Know
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Joe Jackson says in a new interview that "someone should pay" for the sudden death of his son Michael Jackson.

 

Joe told NBC’s Jeff Rossen on the "Today" show that he wants justice to be served, following the ruling from the Los Angeles County Coroner that Michael's death was a homicide. "Someone should pay. ... Not just someone, but all of ’em should pay that’s involved."

When asked if he was referring to the doctors, the father to the King of Pop responded, "I didn’t say doctors. Everybody else that’s involved."

The coroner's office announcement on Friday indicated that Michael died of "acute Propofol intoxication" and "other conditions contributing to death: Benzodiazepine effect." A Benzodiazepine is a sedative-hypnotic.

Joe said he was unaware that his son was receiving such powerful drugs. “I’m mad about it because I didn’t know all this was going on,” Joe said on the morning show. “I didn’t know he was taking that type of medication. First time I ever heard about the drug.”

He continued, “[We want] justice to be done. ... And that’s what’s being done.”

Published 8/31/09 by the Insider

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  • BECAUSE OF JOE, MJ DID THE DRUGS PROB JUST TO HELP THE PAIN GO AWAY. I KNOW MY FATHER WAS LIKE JOE AND I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT/BOOZER. MJ STATED HE WOULD GET SICK AT SEEING HIS FATHER...I CAN RELATE. JOE, YOU HELPED KILL UR SON. SORRY. RIP MJ
    Anonymous 9/17/09 Reply
  • His Dad is a loser and just wants his money and recognition he could never get, an abuser to his children, go back to Vegas Joe and leave the family alone they are better off without you!
    Anonymous 9/2/09 Reply
  • Joe Jackson was a brutal father who not only abused Michael by beating him but also by being abusive in other matters. Joe Jackson is nothing but an ignorant, uncaring, disgusting and as well a pathetic human being. Burn in Hades Joe Jackson upon...
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply
  • Hey, Joe..admit you beat Michael you coward. I mean really.
    KristinL5 8/31/09 Reply
  • What happened to the family intervention that they had..
    Trying to get Michael off the drugs before Dr Murray..
    Did people forget about that>>La Toya and Joe..
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply
  • What happened to the family intervention that they had..
    Trying to get Michael off the drugs before Dr Murray..
    Did people forget about that>>La Toya and Joe..
    Anonymous 8/31/09 Reply