JACKSON'S DOCTOR DENIES GIVING DANGEROUS DRUGS

JACKSON'S DOCTOR DENIES GIVING DANGEROUS DRUGS

Michael Jackson's dermatologist said he had sedated the pop star in the past for painful medical procedures but never had given him dangerous sedatives like Propofol to use.

“I was not one of the doctors who participated in giving him overdoses of drugs or too much of anything,” Dr. Arnold Klein said in an interview that aired Wednesday on NBC's “Good Morning America.” In fact, I was the one who limited everything, who stopped everything.”

Investigators looking into the cause Jackson's death have honed in on drugs that were administered to the insomniac musician. The powerful sedate Deprivan, also known as Propofol and usually administered by anesthologists in hospitals, was found in Jackson's home, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person wasn't authorized to comment about the matter.

Any drugs he used with Jackson were on very mild levels, Klein said. “How am I going to prescribe Deprivan when I don't know to use it?” he said.

Klein said he saw Jackson three days before he died on June 25. In response to rumors that the musician was dangerously thin at the time of his death, Klein said he saw nothing to make him worry.

“He danced in my office,” he said. “He danced for my patients.”

Still, Klein said he was always concerned about Jackson because he knew that whatever he wanted, he could always find someone to give it to him.

The sage surrounding Jackson's death will continue past Tuesday's memorial service in LosAngeles, watched by millions around the world.

Despite the presence of stars like Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, and Kobe Bryant, the emotion speech by Jackson's 1l-year-old daughter, Paris was the memorial's most heart-tugging moment. NBC's “Today” show replayed portions of it three times in its first eight minutes Wednesday.

“Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father I could imagine,” Paris said, dissolving into tears and turning into the arms of her aunt Janet Jackson. “I just want to say I love him so much.”

Custody of Jackson's three children is one of the biggest legal issues still unresolved. In his 2002 will, Jackson made his wishes clear—his three children should remain under the care of his mother, Katherine.

Debbie Rowe, the biological mother of Paris and her 12-year-old brother, Prince Michael, has indicated she may seek custody. The surrogate mother of Jackson's youngest child, 7-year-old Prince Michael II, is unknown. A custody hearing was scheduled for Monday.

As the world paused to remember Jackson, authorities released his death certificate, which did not list a cause of death. The official determination will likely wait until toxicology results are completed, which could be weeks away.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Jackson's brain, or at least part of it, was still being held by investigators and would be returned to the family for interment once neuropathology tests were completed.

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