Faheem Muhammad testifies - Day 2 -
Michael Jackson's head of security, Faheem Muhammad, states Prince and Paris saw what happened in their dad room in the morning of June 25 until had to be removed from the scene.
The room was off-limits to Jackson's staff and Muhammad paused before racing up the stairs.
He described a heart-wrenching scene.
Alvarez was pacing nervously, Muhammad told the jury.
"What did you observe about his face," prosecutor David Walgren asked
"That his eyes were open," Muhammad said. "That his mouth was slightly open."
"Did he appear to be dead," Walgren asked.
"Yes."
The bodyguard soon noticed that Jackson's children, Prince and Paris, had gathered by the doorway.
"Paris was on the ground, balled-up crying," Muhammad said. He ushered the children out of the room, and then into a sport utility vehicle so they could follow the ambulance to the hospital.
Paparazzi were already swarming the perimeter of the mansion and were waiting at the hospital, Muhammad recalled.
Muhammad testified Paris was "on the ground, balled up crying," and Prince "was shocked and slowly crying.Muhammad claims Jackson appeared to be dead when he arrived at the scene -- and when he noticed Prince and Paris in the doorway, he took them downstairs.
Muhammad says that's when he heard Murray asking if anyone knew CPR -- and his fellow bodyguard Alberto Alvarez rushed to help.
Once MJ was pronounced dead, MJ's assistant Michael Amir Williams relayed to him Murray's request to go back and retrieve the cream and that's when they both agreed not to let Murray back in the house.
Muhammad also claimed MJ visited Dr. Arnold Klein's office several times a week and often came out "a bit tipsy" -- but never explained why. According to Muhammad, MJ once said to him, "You must think I'm crazy for going to Dr. Klein's everyday."
During day two of the trial, prosecutors delved deeper into the final moments before Jackson's death, as well as Murray's actions after he realized Jackson was no longer breathing.
The prosecution began with showing the courtroom a layout of the Holmby Hills mansion rented by Jackson where he lived with his three children. A picture of Jackson's children was also shown to jurors.
Then Deputy District Attorney David Walgren asked Michael Amir Williams about the voicemail he received from Murray.
"It was Dr. Murray. I can't quote it exactly, but it was, 'Call me right away, call me right away, thank you,'" Williams testified.
Williams said when he called Murray after hearing the voicemail, Murray asked him where he was.
"I said, 'I'm downtown,' and he said, 'Get here right away. Mr. Jackson had a bad reaction,'" Williams testified.
Walgren probed further, pointing to what Murray did and did not do. He asked if Murray asked him to call 911, to which Williams responded, "No, sir."
Williams went on to describe the subsequent confusion that followed, the phone calls that he made to Jackson's security at Jackson's residence, and then coming to the residence and seeing a chaotic scene, as paramedics carried Jackson's body on a gurney.
Then at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, there was word that Jackson had died, and Murray made what Williams thought was an odd request, which Williams denied.
"He said that there's some cream in Michael's room or house that he wouldn't want the world to know about, and he requested that I or someone give him a ride back to the house to get it," Williams said.
Faheem Muhammad, who was the head of Jackson's security, also took the stand on Wednesday. Muhammad was summoned to Jackson's room by Murray on the day the King of Pop died, June 25, 2009.
On the stand, Muhammad said he saw Murray standing at Jackson's bedside attempting to revive Jackson, who appeared to be dead.
Two of Jackson's children, Paris and Prince, were in the room at the time and were crying, Muhammad testified.
Muhammad said Murray "appeared nervous" and asked those in the room what he considered an odd question.
"Dr. Murray asked the question, 'Does anyone know CPR?'" Muhammad said.
Outside the courtroom, Murray's attorney, Michael Flanagan, said his client asked that question because CPR is better performed by two people than by one, and that Murray had administered CPR for 15 to 20 minutes and had become fatigued.
Also, he said Murray delayed the 911 call because it is better performed by a doctor who is more expert than paramedics.
MJFS - sources: tmz / abc