Tohme Tohme to testify during the trial

Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Paul Takakjian, is representing Tohme Tohme, Michael Jackson’s former business manager, Tohme Tohme must testify in the trial of Murray (case number SA073164, People v. Conrad Murray) as a result of a judge’s ruling.

According to an article on CNN.com, Murray’s lawyers have argued that Tohme is a critical witness for their strategy to prove Jackson gave himself the fatal dose of anesthesia on June 25, 2009. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor has agreed to let the subpoena of Tohme stand because he was Jackson’s business manager at the time of his death, though Pastor indicated that he may later consider limiting the subjects on which Tohme would be questioned in the trial. 

Murray’s attorneys indicated that Tohme may shed light on the pressure that was placed on Jackson in the last months of 2009. He was preparing for the 50 shows he was to perform for AEG Live in London, starting that July. The defense indicated that Tohme had been responsible for negotiating the deal with AEG.

One of Murray’s lawyers, Nareg Gourjian, stated that Tohme had “intimate knowledge of his (Jackson’s) finances, drug use, his habits” and would therefore be relevant to the case.

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Source:  prweb.com