Katherine Jackson Caught in HUGE Contradiction About Michael That Could Sink Wrongful Death Claim -- See The Proof!
May 1 2013, Published 6:32 a.m. ET
Katherine Jackson has been caught in a huge contradiction about her son Michael's drug use -- a contradiction so big it could sink her $40 billion wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting exclusively.
An attorney for Katherine told jurors Monday in opening statements of the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial that the late King of Pop had been addicted to prescription drugs for decades and that Michael's family knew it and only AEG claims to have been unaware of it.
But Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively obtained a statement signed by the Jackson family matriarch claiming that her son DIDN'T have an addiction to painkillers or alcohol.
And you can see the proof below, as Breaking Celebrity News has obtained the signed statement that pokes a huge hole in the argument offered by Katherine's attorney.
In 2007, nearly two years after Jackson had been acquitted of child molestation charges in Santa Maria, California, and two years before his death, Katherine Jackson, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Marlon issued a public statement, signed by all five, declaring Michael didn't have ANY substance issues.
They all also declared they had never attempted to stage an intervention on Michael. The statement was released after People magazine published a story that the King of Pop was dependent on booze and pills.
It's a key point because Katherine is suing concert promoter AEG and her attorneys claim everyone knew Michael had painkiller addiction problems -- trying to cast doubt on AEG's claim that it was unaware. Now, suddenly, it seems as if the family's position has shifted to fit the lawsuit.
The family's statement, issued on September 7, 2007, says, "People Magazine has followed other publications in reporting untrue and inaccurate information about MIchael Jackson and the Jackson family. Of these wildly