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本帖最后由 rem_79 于 2009-8-2 16:50 编辑
请大家仔细看这篇来自美联社的文章。
当莫里医生成为杰克逊的私人医生时，他（莫里）需要一大笔钱。这位拉斯维加斯的心脏病医师欠至少78万美元以解决他的商业问题，未偿还房子的按揭付款，拖欠助学贷款、子女抚养和信用卡费用。那还不包括拖欠生意伙伴达6.8万美元的能量饮料的货款。
法庭的记录显示莫里在拉斯维加斯的困境（在这个城市警察搜查了他家，作为过失杀人调查的一部分）有助于解释为什么——在名人的光环下——莫里的工资会一下跳跃到15万美元一月，杰克逊的出资人准备支付他费用以保障杰克逊在一系列伦敦演唱会中保持健康。
莫里在5月成为杰克逊的医生，当时他的财政状况一团糟。他已经被法庭要求偿还超过36.3万美元的心脏诊所的器材费用以及7.1万美元1980年代的助学贷款，那项判决是今年4月份做出的。在内华达法院两项指控控告他欠着24万美元器材费用。
莫里同时不能或不想解决更多的债务问题——一个判决要他支付孩子接近3700美元的赡养费以及两张拖欠2600美元的信用卡。莫里那5268平方英尺的住宅将不会再是他的庇护所，他从去年12月就没再支付每月15000美元的供房款，可能在11月会失去这所房子。Stewart Title公司负责回赎的职员Mary Hunt说。
一位匿名的官员说，调查人员相信莫里给杰克逊注射了一剂致命的麻醉剂丙泊酚以帮助他入睡。丙泊酚通常用于外科手术，并不能作为促进睡眠的药物用于私人家庭。因为它强大的效力，只能在受过麻醉专业训练的人才能使用，并且病人必须得在不间断的监测之下。警察并没有把莫里列为嫌疑犯，但他们在寻找他过失杀人，为一位“药物上瘾者”提供药物的证据。
莫里的律师 Chernoff说，杰克逊和AEG公司都没有付薪酬给这位医生。“因为这次的调查，莫里医生已经没有谋生能力了”他说。“他的希望是他能阻赎取抵押品权力被取消直到他作为医生重新开始工作。”
南加州大学的法学教授及前任保健欺诈案件联邦检察官Rebecca Lonergan说，如果公诉人起诉的话，莫里的财政因素将成为这起案件的一个关键环节。“这可以为潜在的基于经济原因的犯罪动机提供证据，包括在不需要药物的情况下开处方药”，她说（Rebecca Lonergan）。
莫里的财务困境与他过去的财务问题是相吻合的。他于1992年宣告破产，并在1993年至2003年 有一系列的从萨克拉门托和圣贝纳迪诺县到马利柯帕郡，亚利桑那州的税收留置权 。
莫里几年前和John Thomas做生意，批发一种叫Pit Bull的能量饮料，Thomas说在2005年和2006年莫里有权在特立尼达和多巴哥批发这种饮料，在他1980年代来到美国之前，他一直在特立尼达和多巴哥工作和生活。这种饮料一直在当地不受欢迎，莫里付清了第一批货物的账单，然后他就没有付接下来三批货物的账单了， Thomas 说。
虽然Thomas说莫里欠他68，000美元，他仍对医生保持友好，并在杰克逊离世前与医生有过几次简短的交谈，当他邀请莫里参加在拉斯维加斯举办的搏击运动开幕式时，莫里告诉他他不在城里，不能参加。“你总是认为你了解一个人” Thomas说。“所有肮脏的东西都会浮出水面。”
Dr. Conrad Murray needed a big payday when he became Michael Jackson's personal physician last spring.
The Las Vegas cardiologist owed at least $780,000 for settlements against his business, outstanding mortgage payments on his house, delinquent student loans, child support and credit cards. And that doesn't include the $68,000 the distributor of an energy drink says Murray, a one-time business associate, owes for skipping out on payments.
Court records chronicling Murray's woes in Las Vegas, where authorities searched his home this week as part of their manslaughter investigation into Jackson's death, help explain why - beyond basking in a celebrity's aura - Murray might have jumped at the $150,000-a-month Jackson's promoter was prepared to pay him to keep the star healthy through a series of concerts in London.
Murray hooked on with Jackson in May, as his bleak financial picture threatened to worsen. He already was under court orders to pay more than $363,000 for equipment for his heart clinic and $71,000 in student loans dating to the 1980s, a judgment that hit in April. Two lawsuits claiming he owes $240,000 more for unpaid equipment are pending in Nevada courts.
And Murray had appeared unable or unwilling to settle more modest debts - a nearly $3,700 judgment for not paying child support and two recent credit card company claims totaling $2,600.
Murray's 5,268-square-foot home near the 18th hole of a golf course offers no refuge - he's in "pre-foreclosure" after failing to make payments on his $1.66 million loan, records show. He stopped paying the $15,000-per-month mortgage in December and could lose the home by November, said Mary Hunt, the foreclosure officer handling the case for Stewart Title company.
Authorities investigating Jackson's death at his rented Los Angeles mansion believe Murray gave the star a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Propofol is commonly used for surgeries and is not meant as a sleep agent or to be given in private homes. Because of its potency, only trained anesthesia professionals are supposed to administer it and patients are to be constantly monitored。
Police have not labeled Murray a suspect but have said in search warrants they are seeking evidence he committed manslaughter and prescribed drugs to "an addict," an apparent reference to Jackson.
Murray, 56, has not spoken publicly since Jackson's June 25 death. His lawyer, Ed Chernoff, has said the doctor did not prescribe anything that "should have" killed Jackson.
Neither Jackson nor AEG Live, the promoter for the London concerts, paid Murray for the two months the doctor worked for the pop star, according to Chernoff.
"Dr. Murray has lost the ability to make a living as a result of this investigation," he said. "His hope is he can forestall foreclosure until he can once again begin working as a doctor."
Murray's financial background could become an important part of the case if prosecutors file charges, said Rebecca Lonergan, a University of Southern California law professor and former federal prosecutor of health care fraud cases.
"It does potentially provide evidence of good motive for financial-based crimes, including prescribing when there is not a medical necessity," she said.
Murray's cresting financial woes fit into a history of money problems. He filed for bankruptcy in California in 1992 and had a string of tax liens from Sacramento and San Bernardino counties as well as Maricopa County, Ariz., between 1993 and 2003.
Several years ago, Murray branched out, striking up a deal with John Thomas, distributor of an energy drink called Pit Bull. Thomas said in 2005 and 2006 Murray had the rights to distribute the drink in Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean island nation where Murray lived and worked before coming to the United States in the 1980s to study medicine。
The drink never gained popularity there. Murray paid his bill for a first shipment, then didn't pay for three subsequent shipments, Thomas said.
Though Thomas said Murray owes him $68,000, he remained friendly with the doctor and spoke briefly with him days before Jackson's death, when he invited Murray to the opening of a mixed martial arts gym in Las Vegas. Murray told him he was out of town and wouldn't be able to attend.
"You always think you know a guy," Thomas said. "All the dirt is coming out now."
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Ritter reported from Las Vegas. Contributing to this report were Associated Press reporters Juan Lozano in Houston, Thomas Watkins in Los Angeles and Tony Fraser in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and AP Researchers Judith Ausbel and Barbara Sambrinski in New York. |
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