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Michael Jackson's Ex-Wife Debbie Rowe In Tears As She Recalls King Of Pop's 'Incredible' Pain

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Aug. 14 2013, Published 7:17 p.m. ET

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The ex-wife of Michael jackson told a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday that two doctors routinely gave the King Of Pop the powerful anesthetic agent proposal during cosmetic procedures.

Debbie Rowe told jurors in Katherine Jackson's wrongful death lawsuit that the Thriller hit-maker was given the drug on at least 10 separate occasions -- by Doctor Steven Hoefflin and her ex-boss Doctor Arnold Klein.

“These idiots (Hoefflin & Klein) were going back and forth the whole time not caring about him," Rowe, the biological mother of Jackson's two eldest children, Prince and Paris, said.

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“Klein was not doing what was best for Michael," she added. "The only physician who ever cared for Michael was Allan Metzger."

Dr. Metzger was Jackson's internist.

"Michael had a very low pain tolerance and his fear of pain was incredible. I think the doctors took advantage of him that way," Rowe testified.

Rowe was called to the witness stand by the defendant in the case, concert promoter AEG Live.

The Jackson family matriarch contends AEG is responsible for the singer's death, because it failed to properly supervise his personal physician, Conrad Murray. Murray was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter death of Jackson.