The Assocaited Press Published: June 29, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor said his client never gave or prescribed Jackson the painkillers Demerol or OxyContin, and denied reports suggesting that the doctor gave the pop star drugs that contributed to his death. Edward Chernoff told The Associated Press on Sunday that any drugs that physician Conrad Murray gave Jackson were prescribed in response to a specific complaint from Jackson. "Dr. Murray has never prescribed nor administered Demerol to Michael Jackson," Chernoff said. "Not ever. Not that day. ... Not Oxycontin [either] for that matter." Jackson still had a faint pulse and a warm body when Murray found him in bed and not breathing on Thursday afternoon, Chernoff said. Chernoff told the AP that Murray was at the pop icon's rented mansion when he...
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