Nurse Cries Recalling Jackson's Drug Demands

A nurse has broken down in tears as she described how Michael Jackson ignored her attempts to steer him away from the powerful anaesthetic that killed him.

Cherilyn Lee told the trial of the doctor accused of killing Jackson that the star insisted propofol was the only thing he trusted to "knock him out" and induce the sleep he needed.

Ms Lee recalled a meeting with Jackson at his rented mansion two months before his death in which he mentioned propofol for the first time.

At one point she asked him: "What if you didn't wake up?"

Jackson insisted he would be safe if he had a doctor who could monitor him while he slept.

Prosecutors claim Dr Conrad Murray abandoned Jackson after administering a fatal dose of propofol and failed to have proper life-saving and monitoring equipment on hand.

Dr Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and says Jackson must have self-administered the drug.

Although called by the defence, under cross-examination Ms Lee acknowledged a conversation with Jackson about propofol in which she told him: "No one who cared or had your best interest at heart would give you this."

She said her final refusal to provide the drug came on April 19, 2009, and she never saw Jackson again.

The court also heard from the head of AEG, the concert promoter that planned Jackson's ill-fated This Is It shows in London.

Randy Phillips, the company president and chief executive, said the star was excited and committed to restarting his career in London where he could settle down with his children on a country estate "so they wouldn't be living as vagabonds".

He said Jackson, who he described as a "genius", agreed to an extended schedule on condition his own doctor travelled with him, he was provided with a lavish country home with streams and horses and that the Guinness Book of Records attend the 50th and last concert.

The court heard there were concerns about Jackson's health and his absence from some rehearsals.

Mr Phillips said Dr Murray reassured them that Jackson was in good health.

The defence have been prevented from using Jackson's contract with AEG as evidence in the trial.

They claimed it shows he would have owed millions in compensation if he cancelled the concerts.

Judge Michael Pastor said: "This is not a contractual dispute. This is a homicide case."

The defence will continue their case later today.

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