Jul 13 2009LaToya Jackson: 'Michael was murdered'
In an interview with News of the World, LaToya Jackson reveals she's convinced Michael was killed by his handlers and is determined to bring those responsible to justice:
"Michael WAS murdered," declared La Toya, 53. "And we don't think just one person was involved. Rather, it was a conspiracy of people. I feel it was all about money. Michael was worth well over a billion in music publishing assets and somebody killed him for that. He was worth more dead than alive."
As she posed a series of vital questions about 50-year-old Jacko's sudden death 17 days ago at his rented mansion in Los Angeles, La Toya said the pop icon was:
* FED a series of addictive drugs to keep him submissive and controlled.
* KEPT from his family by manipulative people who blocked their visits.
* WORKED to exhaustion even though he DIDN'T want to do the gruelling string of 50 shows due to start at London's O2 arena tomorrow.
* ROBBED of TWO MILLION in cash and gems as he lay dying.
Because of her close bond with Michael, La Toya was chosen by the family to sign the death certificate. Now the first step in her battle for justice is underway, with the second, independent, autopsy she ordered.
I'm going to trust LaToya on this one because I believe twins share a special, telepathic bond that modern science has yet to quantify. Sure, maybe Michael and LaToya are three years apart, but my God, look at her and tell me that's not Michael's identical clone. Seriously, it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars for him to look like that. Oh, wait.
Photos: Splash News
Reader Comments
1. a - July 13, 2009 1:24 PM
=(
2. Ian - July 13, 2009 1:25 PM
Michael Jackson is still alive!!
3. joho777 - July 13, 2009 1:27 PM
I'm glad to see that there is no chance of sanity breaking out any time soon in the Jackson family.
I wonder if La Toya has been channeling Courtney Love?
Oh, wait. Was I supposed to say, "Frist!" at the beginning?
4. Newcastle - July 13, 2009 1:28 PM
Why in the fuck is she wearing that hat?
5. Viv - July 13, 2009 1:28 PM
What if she can prove he was murdered?
6. RichPort's Ghost - July 13, 2009 1:31 PM
Good luck charging Pfizer with murder.
7. Darth - July 13, 2009 1:34 PM
Was he murdered by aliens?
8. David - July 13, 2009 1:35 PM
A lot of people are "murdered" because of the pharmaceutical industries greed. People are fed so many medications that are not exactly "harmless". These pills are not healthy yet they are so readily available. Doctors will give you ANYTHING if you ask for it.
9. GodHatesUgly - July 13, 2009 1:37 PM
Man. This story is going to provide the world with entertainment for years to come, I predict.
10. Really??? - July 13, 2009 1:37 PM
HAHAHAHAHA...."by his handlers." Siegfried and Roy maybe? Oh GOD that was funny!
11. Gando - July 13, 2009 1:37 PM
If she can prove this then it might be true.
12. eattrn - July 13, 2009 1:49 PM
Close ties? I thought she was the only one in the family to bash the guy in public.
13. Vince Lombardi - July 13, 2009 1:56 PM
Only his face was murdered. But that happened long before he died.
14. tony - July 13, 2009 1:58 PM
She would.....have to be the first one to speak. It's obvious she needs money. I don't believe a word she's saying. They know MJ had a problem with prescrip drugs.
15. Anonymous - July 13, 2009 1:59 PM
I guess she's needing some publicity. Lord knows she doesn't have a career to speak of.
16. dude - July 13, 2009 2:00 PM
So, if he was worth billions dead, why is his family stiffing L.A. on the funeral bill?
17. april - July 13, 2009 2:08 PM
how could anyone believe a word from that womans mouth?
18. n jane - July 13, 2009 2:12 PM
agree with #12 - stupid LaToya, won't forgive her for that. Although it may not surprise me if she were right on this one.
19. alexberb - July 13, 2009 2:14 PM
Guys, the good side of this is that MJ is not gone forever, we still have La Toya to remember him.
20. alexberb - July 13, 2009 2:14 PM
Guys, the good side of this is that MJ is not gone forever, we still have La Toya to remember him.
21. Your Bedazzler (TM) - July 13, 2009 2:21 PM
#2, HAR! I concur... one only has to look at the picture of La Toya to know that this is true. This is how Michael is relieving himself of crushing debt. The disguise of La Toya was created by Michael years ago, for just this purpose.
#4, she ALWAYS wears that hat. It is to differentiate her from Michael. He wore the jacket, she wears the hat. That way, you only have to buy one dress uniform.
22. twzzlrgirl - July 13, 2009 2:23 PM
This is like saying that any stupid celebrity (who has the money to procure whatever illegal substance he or she wants) is murdered by the person who is willing to be bought off.
Celebrities die of many asinine things because, frankly, they can afford to be assholes and they know that the more ridiculous the stunt, the greater the publicity. They push the envelope over and over again, in hundreds of ways, and then they always have "family" and "friends" to come out of the woodwork once they are dead and cry foul play. Well, if anyone had REALLY cared about MJ, they would have looked into this crap when he was alive. It's all bullshit.
23. Ayota - July 13, 2009 2:33 PM
I think there's something weird about the doctor...he could possibly be a murderer.
Daym, I didn't know how much I'd miss MJ now that he's gone.
24. Ralph - July 13, 2009 2:36 PM
Self murder is called suicide! Michael has been on this path for a looong
time. Shame on her for blaming others. Is she trying to say that she and the rest of thier family couldn't get to Michael when they wanted. BS !!!
25. Lloyd Johnson - July 13, 2009 2:37 PM
Latoya: M. Bison wants his hat back.
26. I Am Canadian - July 13, 2009 2:38 PM
Oh, God help us. Another kook coming out of the woodwork. Go away, LaToya, Don't talk, LaToya.
Now she will get to appear on the Larry King show and NOT answer any questions.
These people need to take responsibility and let Michael take responsibility for what happened to him.
If you listen to the sane people, like the Rabbi and Deepak Chopra, they say it best when they say that if you did not agree with what Michael was doing to himself you were cut out of his life.
27. ebony - July 13, 2009 3:18 PM
i cant believe you guys are talking about la toya in a bad way she loves and cares for her brother and you guys need to stay out of her and michaels buissness the media dont know the truth they just guessing and you guys are feeding on this bull crap!
28. ebony - July 13, 2009 3:18 PM
i cant believe you guys are talking about la toya in a bad way she loves and cares for her brother and you guys need to stay out of her and michaels buissness the media dont know the truth they just guessing and you guys are feeding on this bull crap! i love you so much michael!
29. ebony - July 13, 2009 3:18 PM
i cant believe you guys are talking about la toya in a bad way she loves and cares for her brother and you guys need to stay out of her and michaels buissness the media dont know the truth they just guessing and you guys are feeding on this bull crap! i love you so much michael!
30. havoc - July 13, 2009 3:24 PM
By "murdered" she means ingesting 10 Xanax a night with a Jesus Juice chaser. Since 1984....
That murder....
.
31. mmkay - July 13, 2009 3:42 PM
uhhhh....so in other words she's trying to say that he was a member of the church of scientology??
32. Parker - July 13, 2009 3:43 PM
While I've known all along he faked his own death, of all things why would he choose to dress up like a girl? Haha, sorry, I mean, why would he put on lipstick and women's clothing and say he's a girl? I thought at minimum he'd take the Elvis route and pretend he's an impersonator to get a lounge act in Vegas.
33. Inmate #2648927 - July 13, 2009 3:47 PM
Aye, aye, captain.
34. Uh-huh... - July 13, 2009 3:56 PM
#32, well, because if he put on makeup and a dress and DIDN'T say he was a girl, we'd know he wasn't really dead, right?
(I actually think that he normally wore more makeup than La Toya.)
35. Chupacabra - July 13, 2009 4:29 PM
Yea, you know who murdered him? Joe Fucking Jackson.
DUN DUN DUNNNN!!!!!!
36. emmy-em - July 13, 2009 4:36 PM
Uh, that's funny. Did anyone READ the drugs he was on? Some, you can only be given when you are in the hospital. He got them, because he was rich, he was MICHAEL JACKSON (sad, but true)...and the mere fact he was able to march....er..."rehearse" was nothing short of a miracle.
I love all these idiot celebrities saying how pure, sweet, and private he was.
Well, one doesn't do drugs like he did out in the open, do they?
Nor do they get onstage, looking like a mutilated she-monster, and grab their crotch.
But wait, there's more!
Ohhhh...that would be Billy Mays, who REALLY DID DIE TOO SOON.
37. Champ - July 13, 2009 4:55 PM
Just another gold digger, like the rest of his family.
They are licking their chops now to get hold of his fortune.
38. Uncle Eccoli - July 13, 2009 5:07 PM
Please.
39. Tom K - July 13, 2009 5:11 PM
LOL @ #25. M. Bison!!! Street Fighter!!! I feel like hooking up super nintendo and playing that now.
I don't think Latoya is crazy I mean she was brainwashed by her ex husband and he forced her to say Michael molested children and he used to beat her ass if she didn't do what he wanted, so I guess she knows the signs of someone being brainwashed.
40. mikeock01 - July 13, 2009 5:28 PM
He murdered his career, Does that count? Now that the family cash cow is dead, the rest of those fucking Jackson's are about as relevant as a Kennedy.
41. Urbanspaceman - July 13, 2009 6:05 PM
Clearly Michael willed his nose to LaToya.
42. Urbanspaceman - July 13, 2009 6:05 PM
Clearly Michael willed his nose to LaToya.
43. DCMikeRotch - July 13, 2009 6:07 PM
HOLY SHIT, IT'S MICHAEL! But why is he wearing a captain hat?
44. Kim - July 13, 2009 6:42 PM
I'd like to know what was murdered and made into her weave.
45. jennyb - July 13, 2009 6:48 PM
Well, she is right about one thing. He was worth more dead than alive. HAHA
46. robert - July 13, 2009 6:59 PM
I'm kinda surprised they didn't bury him in a clown car.
47. Psuedonym - July 13, 2009 7:09 PM
Take off that cover you fucking scumbag!!
48. Jamie's Uterus - July 13, 2009 7:28 PM
She's desperate for attention and publicity again. Will this family ever go away?
49. xanadujulie - July 13, 2009 7:46 PM
they look like twins cause they're related.
Michael once said the only work he had done was on his nose and chin, the rest was due to aging and his skin condition (which has been proven to be true) I think by the looks of his family members and early photos of him (circa Thriller) he's telling the truth. his face has always been that shape, his cheekbones as we know from an early age have always been high (a trait other celebs pay at the ass for in surgery) and everyone in his family have somewhat separated eyes. His sister got a nose job & boobs, maybe a face lift by the looks of it, but the more secrets revealed about him & his family seem to all point to one thing: the dude was shooting straight.
Long live the king of pop & may all his enemies get what they deserve!
50. Max Planck - July 13, 2009 7:53 PM
There is a family resemblance...they have the same plastic surgeon.
51. timmy the frisky virus - July 13, 2009 9:26 PM
She's just pissed because Bruno made her look stupid. Let me help.
HEY LATOYA: COHEN CUT THE SCENE FROM THE MOVIE. DON"T WORRY, NOBODY WILL EVEN SUSPECT THAT YOU'RE AN IDIOT!
52. zyko - July 14, 2009 5:02 AM
This is the most fucked up family on the face of the earth.
53. Insecthero - July 14, 2009 11:22 AM
"He was worth more dead than alive."
Quoted For Truth. And Zyko, you're absolutely right. Well, I'm sure there are worse families, but the fact that these freak shows are famous, wealthy, and have legions of slobbering idiots who would likely commit mass suicide for them, makes this one of the biggest failures of mankind in history.
54. Insecthero - July 14, 2009 11:24 AM
Incidentally Fish, my sister once was on a flight with LaToya...or at least, that's what everyone said. When the freakish lump, wrapped up in high collars and sunglasses, was ushered off the plane amid masses of security, one passenger noted quite loudly, "Hell, that could've been Michael judging by the looks!"
55. el ces - July 14, 2009 4:44 PM
It IS pretty suspicious.
Any news on the Dave Carradine death?
56. meltdown09 - July 14, 2009 8:42 PM
Oh my G...I always wondered what happened to Captain Stuebing! Man she has had as much work done as the MJ. What do these Jackson's have against noses? The saga continues....
57. Monique - July 14, 2009 10:03 PM
I think that if his family feels that he was murdered that they should look into geting him justice. As far as his personal affairs go , we dont know if he was gay or not and if he was so what. I think these reporters and the media is mad because they could get any of his money. If he liked men so what, these reporters better stop talkin about the king of pop, you know what they probly wanted a peice of micheal too, i mean they are obbsessed with his private lie dont you think.
58. fred - July 14, 2009 10:15 PM
Didn't she used to be black also?
59. BigKaTuna - July 15, 2009 3:05 PM
**** It seems like this woman will do or say anything to get the limelight on her. Pretty pathetic. ****
...........BTW, WTF happended to her nose... she paid for that?
60. LifeVox - July 15, 2009 11:23 PM
Latoya, wouldn't they wait until AFTER the tour to murder him? Wouldn't they milk the 50 London shows first? Thing logically...I know that's impossible for the Jacksons, but still.
61. missywissy - July 16, 2009 4:23 PM
Aye yaye, captain Latoya! He was murdered by pirates!
62. rip michael jackson - July 19, 2009 6:18 AM
shes making alot of sence because 1 the doctor was an un liscence idot and 2 gave michael cpr on a bed. im sure michaels monkey would have been smarter den that and would have know cpr can only be given on a hard surface lastly 3 the doctor had a cell phone but didnt call 911 because he "didnt know the address" ... please not only did mkchael live in the most popular place in california but now a days the police can track were a call is coming from. im not sayin the " doctor" wanted to kill him but he was an idiot
63. yvon - July 23, 2009 10:03 AM
everybody wants to blame someone for micheal 's passing, but i think he was old enough to know the danger of the medication he was taking.i feel bad for the famely and again i hope they'll find peace in there heart to let him go .p.s hopefully he'll be burried in neverland, where he felt in peace and that he built to get away . with love s.y.payant
64. yvon - July 23, 2009 10:03 AM
everybody wants to blame someone for micheal 's passing, but i think he was old enough to know the danger of the medication he was taking.i feel bad for the famely and again i hope they'll find peace in there heart to let him go .p.s hopefully he'll be burried in neverland, where he felt in peace and that he built to get away . with love s.y.payant
65. Cindy McCreey - August 26, 2009 4:43 PM
He was a beautiful, talanted, child that grew in to an amazing young man. On one can understand what it was like to be MJ. His life was a bizzard circle of events that we will never understand. If he took advantage of children, god will punish. As for all the harsh comments remember a brother is flesh and blood. As for his music there is no denying his talent was brusting out his seams.
66. Maeleine Giraud - September 20, 2009 2:31 AM
He was deffinently murdered ! he had a heart of gold, hope that justce shall be found . I miss you M.J. I listened to you since I was 10 years we only have 6 years apart .
REST IN PEACE