Michael Jackson's vanity secrets revealed
Jurors hearing the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial were given a disturbing look into the personal life of the King of Pop.
An autopsy photo showed by a lawyer depicted a very different Michael Jackson than the public thought they knew. While the majority of what jurors heard was a repeat of the evidence presented in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who is now serving a prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter, some of what is in the coroner's report gave unsettling insight into Jackson's life before he died.
According to CNN, Dr. Christopher Rogers noted in his autopsy report that Jackson's lips were tattooed pink, while his eyebrows were a dark tattoo. The front of his scalp was also tattooed black, apparently to blend his hairline in with the wigs he wore.
The autopsy confirmed Jackson's explanation for his lighter skin tone that became noticeable in the 1980s, which was that he had "vitiligo, a skin pigmentation disease," Rogers said. "So, some areas of the skin appear light and others appear dark."
The doctor who conducted Jackson's autopsy returns to the witness stand for a second day Tuesday in the trial, brought on my the singer's mother and children, to decide if concert promoter AEG Live shares blame in his death with Murray.
Jackson's mother and three children are suing AEG Live, the company that was promoting his "This Is It" tour, contesting that it was liable for his death because of the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of Murray.
AEG Live argues that Jackson chose Murray as his tour doctor and that the company had no way of knowing he was using the surgical anesthetic propofol to put the singer to sleep each night.
Rogers concluded that a propofol overdose killed Jackson, although several sedatives Murray gave him that morning contributed to his death.
He also stated that Jackson's health appeared good enough for him to live a normal lifespan. Rogers testified: "There was no indication from the autopsy that there was anything anatomically wrong with him that would lead to premature death."