Investigators focus on five Jackson doctors

By Scott Glover, Rong-Gong Lin II and Cara Mia DiMassa, | July 5, 2009 (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) They want to know who prescribed drugs for the singer, especially the powerful sedative Diprivan. Investigators are focusing on at least five doctors who prescribed drugs to Michael Jackson as they try to unravel the circumstances surrounding the pop star's death, according to law enforcement sources. Authorities removed drugs and other medical evidence from the Holmby Hills mansion where Jackson was stricken and are trying to determine whether the medications were properly prescribed and whether they played any role in his death. The names on some of the prescriptions were Jackson pseudonyms, and in some cases, the drugs had no prescription labels on them at all, the sources told The Times. One of the most... [read full story]                    

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