Thank you so much Bonnie! I need to read it as soon as I get home from work... ---------- "...be alive, be free, feel consciousness, subsciousness, being GOD..." MJ
Thanks for posting this, I've just read the 'conclusion' and have tears in my eyes. I feel so awful for what happened. Why didn't anyone help him? It's all down to $, that's why...he said it himself...'anything, anything, anything for money I'd lie for you, I'd die for you, even sell my soul to the devil' I'd love to know if he has any opinion on this book, if he knows about it that is, it is the only real account of the 'truth' that I have read so far.
I read through the Leonard Rowe book last night. Thank you for putting this up for us to have easy access.
The story is so compelling, deeply saddening, and evokes SUCH ANGER in me. It makes me want to go beat up all of these guys and I don't have a violent bone in my body!
I don't know how you can hear these things from Michael and work on all of this and keep any sanity about you. I have been deeply affected by what Leonard had to say and accounted for.
These people are the scum of the earth that did this to Michael and Michael's family!
The only thing that I know for us to do would be to go on an all-out political mission to remove ALL of them from office so that justice can finally be done in the legal since. And, ONLY the legal sense because the horrible - horrible damage has already been done. Oh - this is so hurtful!
And, of course - NEVER give a PENNY to Sony or the rest of them for the rest of our lives!!! Plus, spread the word to others.
We need to SHAME these people into giving EVERY PENNY they make to Michael's charities.
I don't know HOW the family can live with this injustice on top of the horrible pain they have to endure over losing Michael.
I read the book in it's entirety. The amount of injustice & evil within is simply more than I can comprehend. There are no words..
I'm grateful to Leonard Rowe, firstly for being one of the few true friends to Michael, for his astute and detailed account of events, and apparently NOT for profit.
My heart goes out to him for the endless injustice and struggles he personally experienced in his own career.
I hope the contents of this book will be helpful in the 'justice for Michael' process, and eventual justice for the 'sociapathic' elements in the music industry (I know that's a long shot!).
For those who have read the 2nd part of the book only, I highly recommend reading the first 117 pages when you have time! It's well worth it in my opinion.
Okay, I am still reading- Mr. Rowe stated that to the best of his knowledge there was no contract signed- does he mean before the tickets went on sale, or no contract at all? He states numerous times that no contract was signed. On page 169 he is stating that MJ was "tricked and manipulated into signing."
I am confused, I'll admit. I think I need to read it all again, but that stood out.
And I'll admit that something did not feel right reading about his efforts to talk MJ into performing with his brothers once more- by suggesting a 1 Million Dollar payment to his mother. Does that strike anyone as a slightly unusual practice? In his words Michael agreed and just asked for a bigger payment toward his mother.
A number of people have tried talking MJ into performing with his brothers again and he refused a number of times. That was certainly interesting to read, to say the least.
I wanted to post a comment first after having read the whole book. I just jumped in for a short moment and read your post.
There is one thing I want to say so far - though I read some pages only up to now - for me personally something feels strange about the book. I cannot yet say what it is exactly as I have not read it to the end. Either something is missing as in all biographies too or something is wrong or he tells stories and added something which is not really the truth. A weird feeling remains so far. It will take me a bit more time to finish the book but I will comment on it in any case.
I am still in the process of reading the entire book. But having read some of those latter chapters I happen to share your observations above.
These things sound exploitative to me. As far as I have understood it post the Victory tour was where the line was drawn.
The whole thing of pressuring Michael by playing with his affection for his Mother doesn't sit right with me either. Sounds to me a little like some of the guys he is speaking out against.
Going back to my reading...
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Perhaps I've been too gullable and trusting re this book. One thing that did stand out for me was the signature on one of the contracts was clearly not Michael's. I'm sure you'll notice. I did not read all of the contracts, as the the print was too small and they were very long.
I think I want so much to learn that there were people Michael could trust, however few they were.
I have no idea of knowing if the book is based on fact or not. But, what I would say is that he surely has been advised that he would be sued to the hilt if these things were not true. He does not hold back - on anyone!
I am like Chaturi - I am very trusting. I believed what I read. I felt Rowe cared about Michael. And, I think the money offered to his mom and then reporting that Michael asked for a-million more - is maybe just how things are done in the entertainment industry. I don't know though.
I was wishing that Michael would have said good-bye to everyone else and taken this deal though.
I am VERY disturbed about the fact that Michael supposedly signed the will on July 7th when he was not even in L.A. That seems easily proven.
xxxooo Sunflower1111
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I agree Irina. Everyone played a part in dropping the ball and is pointing the proverbial finger at the next person in the Michael Jackson inner circle. Even Mrs. Jackson is accused of causing Michael's death. It is hard to know who to believe.
I have a question.
Leonard Rowe talks about AEG having a life insurance policy out on Michael that would pay AEG millions of dollars upon Michael’s death. Rowe talks about the policy being kept secret by the police and how strange that is. I thought Life insurance policies couldn't be paid out if the insured person was murdered. Is that true or am a watching too much TV?
I know Rowe mentions a “drug overdose provision” added to Michael's life insurance policy. Is this normal to add such a provision?
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I think you are right about the insurance only being withheld if suicide is the cause of death. Unless (I think) the person being paid is the murderer.
The reports are contradictory and I get very confused also.
Maybe someday we will be able to get some closer by the real information behind all of this being disclosed to the public. I am glad to be able to read Rowe's book.
For people reading Leonard Rowe's book, I am posting this interview he did some time ago. I don't know whether or not he's being consistent in his information as I have not read his book and will not have the time to read it for a while, but people can listen to what he has to say and tie it in to what he has written.
~Carmen~
Edited to Add: I hope it's okay to repost this video here, Bonnie. I know I have posted it before in another thread topic a while back, but it does seem to fit in here and works within the context of this topic.
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Thank you for the video Carmen. There is one point that Leonard Rowe made while trying to prove a point about Michael being unfit that was not true. Michael was not underweight. I think this interview was done before the autopsy report, but Rowe stated that Michael weighed between 110 - 115 lbs.
If you look on page 3 of the URL below (numbered top right of pages under the big “12”), you will find under the section “External Examination” that Rowe was wrong about Michael's weight. Michael weighed 136 lbs, and it states further down the page that he was within normal weight for his body structure and height. http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0208_mj_case_report_wm.pdf
Also it has been reported that many Professional Entertainers getting ready for performances will drop weight.
Read this portion of the article (URL Below):
“The Los Angeles County coroner's report shows Jackson's weight of 136 pounds was in the acceptable range for a 5-foot-9 man. His heart was strong with no sign of plaque buildup. His kidneys and most other major organs were normal.”
There is another thing that stands out. Michael is being described as hardcore addict, in this book as well.
The coroner's report stated no long term damage, say in the liver. (an addiction longterm and severe as assumed would have shown up in other tissues as well, not just in the liver) There was nothing found to support the idea that Michael was the hardcore addict that died of an accidental overdose.
The coroner's report found no other organ damage that would point to long term drug abuse- somehow that must have escaped a few people.
Not saying one couldn't pick up an addiction very fast, but I find it interesting that right after Michael's passing everybody and their mother went on Larry King to pronounce Michael an addicted wreck.
The coroner's report certainly makes me ask question, somehow the addiction angle seems very convenient.
All medications found (except for this weird Propofol and medications in connection with him) were nothing "spectacularly weird". Antibiotics, glaucoma drops and prostate medication, nothing out of the ordinary for a 50 year old male. The most "exciting" thing was his vitiligo cream for final depigmentation- now how does that all make sense? A bag of dried up weed, that wasn't used up- and they are saying that's all a hardcore addict would have in his house?
He also had a CLEAN report from an extensive insurance exam that he took for the multi-million dollar policy.
So, there were TWO independent reports that were both more extensive in tests than anything else Michael could have done to prove he was not the addict that many claim.
Interesting about Smith- especially considering the fact that for years varies people were doing everything in their power to get her to back down on her claim to a HUGE fortune. And then she ends up dead.
It's also not very difficult to walk into any Doctor's Office and claim you are person such and such. Anybody across the US could walk into any Doctor's Office using my name- and should something happen my name would suddenly show up everywhere, think Identity Theft. Especially on a self-pay basis, it's not like you present anyone a passport. (only people with certain insurance coverage go through verification process of any kind- I only met one Dentist who wanted people's drivers licenses- and that can be faked no problem)
Michael also has had more than one SSN.
In any worst case scenario- imagine a Doctor being part of a murder. Simply imagine the accomplice A walking into a Doctor's Office, pretending to be person xyz under an alias. Now imagine someone impersonating MJ under an alias name- while MJ maybe never acquired such medications- all you see is the assumed person supposedly demanding prescriptions under an alias.
Falsifying medical records and altering of such happens every.single.day despite very strict standards. Your office might mark you as "difficult" patient in the corner with a little smily in erasable pencil (which is big nono...and when you request your records, that stuff gets erased very quickly... and nobody would ever know...
That is why many insurance now request "file checking day" and demand to be able to pick a random file and check them for accuracy- that day is usually DREADED in any Office, lol. You wouldn't believe how much "creative billing" happens every day- stuff that gets billed as "comprehensive exam" while you saw your Provider for all of 60 seconds, lol.
Think of Mr. Murray's description of what he gave when. There are strict rules of how every single little something has to be put down in which way in a file- that alone makes my hair stand up. Even if stuff was an emergency, you have to add this to this file later. Every sticky note you wrote somewhere would be added to a file. There is SO much wrong with this Murray story- he shouldn't even waver on his story, because he should have written down every.single.dose of everything. And thanks to "News of the World" we know that there was no shortage of yellow post it- notes in Michael's room.
Somehow I am thinking that partial Identify Theft is part of questionable deaths like this- especially if patients are "known" and labeled as "addicts". Because people question less.
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