JACKSONS V AEG TIMELINE
The Jacksons v AEG Live Timeline
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THIS IS IT SHOWS ANNOUNCED
February 2009
• Jackson planning massive live comeback?
March 2009
• Jackson to announce O2 shows
• Jackson announcement today
• Michael Jackson reveals very little
• More Jacko dates expected
• Jackson reveals O2 dates
• Jacko residency up to 30 nights
• Jacko residency extended to 50 plus dates
• Fifty Jacko shows sell out
• Jacko plotting US and Japan farewells
• AEG may self-insure Jacko residency
• Jacko tops all of Tixdaq’s ticket resale charts
• Martin failed to get tickets for Jackson gigs
• PETA worried about Jacko’s O2 residency
• Jacko rumour round-up
April 2009
• Jackson told to bulk up for comeback
May 2009
• Will.i.am says Jacko’s voice is great
• Michael Jackson is sued shocker – promoter says This Is It violates contract
• Jacko show will be ace, honest
• Jacko doctor denies skin cancer claims
• Jacko comeback put back five days
• Jacko fans petition for postponement rethink
• More Jacko speculation
June 2009
• Akon expects Jacko to mime
• Jacko claims he only wanted to do ten O2 shows
• Is Jackson fasting to beat skin cancer?
• Jacko happy with 50 shows, say AEG
• Jackson has Neverland-style plans for London residence
• Jackson in no fit state to perform, says former publicist
• Jacko to provide children for deaf fans
• Allgood file lawsuit over Jacko dispute
• Jackson wants disabled child on stage, says Sun
• More Jacko tickets go on sale
MICHAEL JACKSON DIES
June 2009
• Michael Jackson dies
• An awful lot of tributes
• Mega memorial planned
• Jacko tributes continue
July 2009
• AEG boss talks tribute concert
• Memorial service being planned for LA’s Staples Center
• BBC admits it received complaints over Jacko coverage
• 1.6 million Jacko fans register for memorial tickets
• Jackson family split on memorial and burial plans
• Smash Hits returns to pay tribute to Jacko
• Jacko memorial event stuff
• US politician hits out at the celebration of "pervert" Jacko
• Jacko fans and auction sites try to thwart memorial show touts
• Jackson remembered at all-star memorial
• Mega viewing for Jacko memorial
August 2009
• Jackson to be buried
• Jacko – Insurance, drugs, brain and burial
• Jackson burial delayed
September 2009
• Michael Jackson buried
• Randy pissed off by helicopters over burial
AEG MAKES WHAT IT CAN FROM THE ‘THIS IS IT’ VENTURE
June 2009
• Implications of Jacko’s death on his business partners
• Ticketing agents promise full refunds
• AEG announce refund process for Jacko ticketholders
July 2009
• More on those tickets
• Jacko fans petition against ticket scam
• AEG talking to Sony Pictures about Jacko documentary
• Jacko tribute off as DVD deal is done – rumours
August 2009
• Jacko ticket scam deadline today
• Jacko – No to post-mortem results and yes to film release
• Jackson merch deal approved, exhibition questioned, burial announced
• Jacko film and Warhol painting news
September 2009
• Yet more Jackson – Wills, films and Madonna tributes
• AEG boss talks Jacko movie
October 2009
• Amazon to have This Is It digital exclusive
• iTunes will sell This Is It
• Jackson premiere takes place worldwide
November 2009
• This Is It screenings extended
December 2009
• This Is It DVD gets January release
POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO JACKSON’S DEATH
June 2009
• An awful lot of Jacko – investigation begins
• Even more Jacko – Father shares foul play theory
• Jackson autopsy rumours not true, coroner says
July 2009
• More on the drugs that may have killed Jackson
• Nanny denies pumping Jackson’s stomach
• Drug agency involved in Jacko investigation
• Former Jacko doc denies prescribing drugs
• Police chief hasn’t ruled out foul play in Jacko investigation
• La Toya – Michael was murdered
• Jacko toxicology results may be ready this week
• Jackson senior – Michael could never have done 50 shows
• Mail hack calls on Dr Murray to talk to La Toya
• Jacko nurse – He was like a living corpse
• Jacko death focus returns to the doc
• Are LA police planning a murder charge over Jacko?
• Jacko news – Sony/ATV, Jermaine’s thoughts, Neverland
• Offices of Jacko doc searched
• AP told propofol did kill Jackson
• Another helping of Jacko news – Murray investigation, will update
• Dodgy prescriptions at heart of Jacko investigation
August 2009
• Aide administered fatal drug to Jackson, reports claim
• Jacko – No to post-mortem results and yes to film release
• Jacko’s doctor posts video online
• Jacko death investigation documents released
September 2009
• More Jacko – coroner’s report, conspiracy video, parenthood
• LAPD’s Jacko investigation nearly complete
October 2009
• Jacko was "fairly healthy", autopsy reveals
November 2009
• A load of Jacko – LAPD take it slow, Janet accuses the doc, Joe appeals
December 2009
• No charges likely in Jacko death investigation until new year
January 2010
• Jacko doc facing criminal charges
February 2010
• Jackson doc could be charged with manslaughter today
JACKSON ESTATE DEALS WITH SINGER’S FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
June 2009
• Jacko finances still to be untangled
• Jackson sales boom in the US too
July 2009
• More from the Jacko file – the will
• Michael Jackson’s will leaves everything to family trust
• Jacko business advisor talks to AP
• Katherine Jackson loses control of Jacko’s estate
• McCartney on those Jacko will rumours
• Administrators given court clearance to start negotiating on behalf of estate
• Jackson family move to get Katherine named as trustee
• Jacko news – Sony/ATV, Jermaine’s thoughts, Neverland
• Another helping of Jacko news – Murray investigation, will update
August 2009
• Jacko merchandising deals on table
• Jacko – Insurance, drugs, brain and burial
• Jacko – No to post-mortem results and yes to film release
• Jackson merch deal approved, exhibition questioned, burial announced
September 2009
• More Jackson – Mum’s pay day, legal settlements, Jackson TV
• Yet more Jackson – Wills, films and Madonna tributes
• Jackson estate sue the Heal The World Foundation
October 2009
• A load more Jacko – estate developments and litigation
• A whole load of Friday-style Jacko – estate disputes, AEG remarks
• Time for some more Jacko – estate wrangling, Murray docs, pap collision
• Jackson executors given more powers
• More on the Jackson estate’s alleged Universal talks
November 2009
• Jackson senior wants allowance from Jacko estate
• Rift in Jackson clan over Jacko estate
• Jackson executors confirmed
• A load of Jacko – LAPD take it slow, Janet accuses the doc, Joe appeals
• Murray to sue over unpaid fees, AEG say no contract
• Jacko police request warrants stay sealed until January
• Jacko doc docs released
December 2009
• Jacko estate attorneys want to be paid
January 2010
• Another lawsuit for Jacko estate to consider
March 2010
• Sony does $200 million deal with Jacko estate
• Jacko estate confirm Sony deal
April 2010
• Jacko trustees knock back seven legal claims
June 2010
• Joe Jackson wants Jacko estate earnings made public
August 2010
• AllGood lawsuit dismissed, Murray trial decision scheduled
February 2011
• Jackson owed $400 million when he died
April 2011
• Jackson estate reaches settlement with Heal The World Foundation
September 2011
• Jackson estate will pay $30 million to his mother and children
December 2011
• Michael Jackson estate executors renegotiate fees
CONRAD MURRAY IS CHARGED
February 2010
• Jackson doctor charged
• Conrad Murray returns to work
• Murray to change story over Jacko death
March 2010
• Murray didn’t mention propofol to paramedics
• More Murray speculation
• Jacko’s drugs bag had eleven containers of propofol
• Jacko bodyguard dismissed by Jackson family
April 2010
• Murray keeps medical licence for now
June 2010
• Murray’s medical licence not revoked
July 2010
• Seven Jackson doctors escape charges
August 2010
• AllGood lawsuit dismissed, Murray trial decision scheduled
January 2011
• Allegations stack up against the doc in Jacko death prelim hearing
• Conrad Murray to face full trial over Jacko death
• Murray still pleading not guilty, trial date set
February 2011
• The Conrad Murray case – To note or not to note
March 2011
• Conrad Murray trial rescheduled
• Murray lawyers ask for more security camera footage
April 2011
• Murray defense to say Jackson committed suicide
• Murray prosecutors want to bring in his lady friends
• Doc Murray trial – was a third person involved?
May 2011
• Conrad Murray trial postponed
JOE JACKSON SUES CONRAD MURRAY
February 2010
• Joe Jackson wins access to Jacko medical files
March 2010
• Jackson Senior prepping wrongful death suit
April 2010
• Jackson Senior’s lawyer says Conrad Murray guilty of murder
June 2010
• Jackson Senior files wrongful death lawsuit against doc
October 2010
• Joe Jackson wants up to $500 million from Murray lawsuit
December 2010
• Joe Jackson re-files wrongful death lawsuit against Murray
January 2011
• Conrad Murray lawyers call for Joe Jackson lawsuit to be dismissed
June 2011
• Murray requests Joe Jackson lawsuit be dismissed
July 2011
• Joe Jackson wants to add AEG Live to his Murray lawsuit
February 2012
• AEG removed from Joe Jackson’s wrongful death lawsuit
August 2012
• Joe Jackson drops Conrad Murray lawsuit
KATHERINE JACKSON SUES AEG LIVE
September 2010
• Mrs Jackson sues AEG, Jacko doc sues Jacko doc
• AEG Live hits out at Jackson lawsuit
January 2011
• Katherine Jackson stands by her AEG Live lawsuit
February 2011
• Katherine Jackson’s AEG lawsuit allowed to proceed
June 2011
• AEG’s Jackson death lawsuit scheduled for September 2012
November 2011
• Will civil trial reveal more about Jackson death?
April 2012
• Jacksons told to give AEG more information in ongoing lawsuit
May 2012
• Jackson v AEG lawsuit unlikely to reach court until next spring
July 2012
• AEG demands access to more of Michael Jackson’s medical records
LLOYDS OF LONDON SUES AEG LIVE
August 2009
• Jacko – Insurance, drugs, brain and burial
June 2011
• Insurers sue over Jackson death and This Is It policy
September 2011
• Murray prosecutors urge judge to ban Jackson files being handed over
January 2012
• Jackson death still in courts – Lloyds, Murray, Klein
September 2012
• AEG ends legal dispute with Lloyds over This Is It policy
January 2014
• Jackson Estate settles with This Is It insurers
PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR MURRAY TRIAL
February 2011
• Cameras to be allowed to film Murray trial
June 2011
• Murray defence want to see all ‘This Is It’ rehearsal footage
July 2011
• Murray hearing delayed to allow for more video viewing
• Murray lawyers want jury sequestered
• Sony moves to have This Is It footage removed from Murray trial
• Jackson rehearsal footage not to be shown at Murray trial
September 2011
• Murray case judge rejects a load of defence witnesses
• Murray prosecutors urge judge to ban Jackson files being handed over
• Murray defence want postponement pending sequestering appeal
• Murray trial jury selection to go ahead as planned
THE CONRAD MURRAY TRIAL
September 2011
• Jury selection begins, media circus not present: Murray trial update
• Did Jackson drink fatal drugs?: Murray trial update
• Defence want to show This Is It announcement: Murray trial update
• The jury is in place: Murray trial update
• Press Conference footage not allowed: Murray trial update
• Misplaced trust cost Michael Jackson his life: Murray trial update
• Doctor called PA before paramedics: Murray trial update
• Michael Jackson doctor hid vials and saline bags: Murray trial update
October 2011
• He never mentioned the propofol: Murray trial update
• Jackson doctor was desperate and devastated: Murray trial update
• Four gallons of propofol sent to girlfriend’s home: Murray trial update
• "Michael’s sick" said manager to doc: Murray trial update
• Defence toughen up: Murray trial update
• Michael said "give me ‘milk’ so I can sleep": Murray trial update
• Did painkiller withdrawal cause insomnia: Murray trial update
• Circumstances do not support self-administration: Murray trial update
• It was like leaving a baby sleeping on a kitchen top: Murray trial update
• Klein’s Demerol may have caused Jackson’s insomnia: Murray trial update
• A slight delay: Murray trial update
• "Saying yes is not what doctors do": Murray trial update
• Self-administration theory is "crazy": Murray trial update
• The defence fight back: Murray trial update
• A pharmacological never-never land: Murray trial update
• He wanted residency: Murray trial update
• A generous and kind doctor: Murray trial update
• Jackson was probably dependent on Demerol: Murray trial update
• Self-administration the credible theory: Murray trial update
November 2011
• Star defence witness accused of contempt: Murray trial update
• The defence rests: Murray trial update
• Final arguments: Murray trial update
• Guilty: Murray trial update
MURRAY IS SENTENCED
November 2011
• Jackson estate urges broadcaster not to air Conrad Murray doc
• Conrad Murray moved to jail’s medical facility
• Murray trial expert ordered to pay $250 for disobeying judge’s rules
• No additional tests – Murray lawyers return to court
• Murray prosecutors push for maximum sentence
• Full four year sentence for Conrad Murray
December 2011
• LA District Attorney may push for harder jail time for Murray
CONRAD MURRAY APPEALS, PLUS LEGAL WOES FOR OTHER DOC
December 2011
• Conrad Murray lawyers begin appeals process
• Jackson’s dermatologist faces medical board hearing
• Conrad Murray wants publicly-funded lawyer for appeal
• Conrad Murray lawyer criticises jail conditions
January 2012
• Jackson death still in courts – Lloyds, Murray, Klein
• Murray lawyers re-present self-administration theory
• US body commends Conrad Murray prosecutors
• Murray prosecutors drop restitution claim
• Murray asks to be released from jail pending appeal
February 2012
• Conrad Murray has medical licence withdrawn in Texas
• Conrad Murray prosecutors object to bail application
• Murray says courts should have considered Jackson’s state of mind
• Murray denied bail
March 2012
• Murray drops 30 pounds because of jail food and water supply
July 2012
• Murray lawyers file appeal
October 2012
• Conrad Murray could be out of jail by Christmas
April 2013
• Conrad Murray speaks (and sings) as Jacksons v AEG reaches court
• Murray comments again as Jacksons v AEG Live case approaches kick off
October 2013
• Conrad Murray plans to fight to get medical licence back
• Conrad Murray is out of jail
November 2013
• Conrad Murray “held Michael Jackson’s penis every night”
December 2013
• Jackson estate sends cease and desist letter to Murray
• Hearing set to consider Conrad Murray appeal
January 2014
• Conrad Murray conviction upheld by appeal court
JACKSONS V AEG: THE LEAKED EMAILS
September 2012
• AEG execs expressed concerns about Jackson prior to his death
• AEG livid over leaked emails, Jacksons allegedly blamed
• AEG maintains that Jacksons had role in embarrassing email leak
October 2012
• AEG asks judge to ban leaked emails from Jackson legal battle
November 2012
• Jacksons not behind AEG emails leak, says judge
JACKSON PA SUES AEG
November 2012
• AEG faces new lawsuit over This Is It
• AEG hits out at Jackson PA’s lawsuit
PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR JACKSONS V AEG
January 2013
• Conrad Murray resisting efforts to make him testify at Jacksons v AEG
February 2013
• Judge likely to let stripped back Jacksons v AEG case to proceed
March 2013
• AEG emails unsealed as Jackson court battle looms
• Jacksons suing AEG for $40 billion
April 2013
• Conrad Murray speaks (and sings) as Jacksons v AEG reaches court
• Jackson family’s all-star witness list revealed
• Jacksons v AEG will not be televised
• Jacksons request to see visitors logs of Murray jail
• Jury in place for Jacksons v AEG Live
• Murray comments again as Jacksons v AEG Live case approaches kick off
JACKSONS V AEG: THE TRIAL
April 2013
• "The truth is Mr Jackson fooled everyone": Jacksons v AEG Update
May 2013
• "Murray’s finances may have played a role": Jacksons v AEG Update
• CMU Beef Of The Week #155: The Jacksons v AEG Live
• "There was nothing anatomically wrong with him": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "What was this doctor planning to do?": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "I kept saying that Michael is dying": Jacksons v AEG Live Update
• "I was supposed to exhibit tough love": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "Never in a million years": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "I know this statement is not accurate": Jacksons v AEG Update
• CMU Beef Of The Week #157: The Jacksons v AEG Live (Part Two)
• "Does this mean you get to meet the freak?": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "He passed with flying colours": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "Don’t be a Dr Nick": Jacksons v AEG Update
June 2013
• "I just expect doctors to be ethical": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "In retrospect, that’s not 100% true": Jacksons v AEG Update
• More AEG emails dissected: Jacksons v AEG Update
• "He is shooting him up with something": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "It creates an inherent conflict of interest": Jacksons v AEG Update
July 2013
• Ortega takes the stand: Jacksons v AEG Update
• "I should stick to my job": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "There are people behind it all": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "They would like to blame somebody else": Jacksons v AEG Update
August 2013
• Conrad Murray comments on Jacksons v AEG via leaked phone message
September 2013
• AEG execs removed as defendants on Jackson case
• AEG decides not to call Katherine Jackson
• "He wanted to redeem Michael Jackson": Jacksons v AEG Update
• AEG opposes bigger courtroom for closing arguments in Jackson case
• "No AEG, no Murray, Michael’s still here": Jacksons v AEG Update
• "It was his money, his doctor, his choice": Jacksons v AEG Update
October 2013
• Not liable – Jacksons v AEG Update
• Jackson family planning to appeal ruling in AEG lawsuit
JACKSONS V AEG: THE APPEAL
November 2013
• Jackson family file appeal in AEG case
December 2013
• Jacksons present arguments for appeal in AEG case
• Katherine Jackson disputes legal costs claimed by AEG
January 2014
• LA judge dismisses Jacksons’ call for retrial in AEG case
April 2014
• Katherine Jackson ordered to pay at least $800,000 towards AEG legal fees
Last updated: April 2014
