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"&lt;img alt=\"0402_michael_jackson-02\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/02/0402-michael-jackson-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's pretty shocking ... but&lt;strong&gt; Katherine Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; may have taken a giant step today toward convincing a jury AEG Live was negligent in protecting &lt;strong&gt;Michael Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; just days before his death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AEG Live honcho &lt;strong&gt;Randy Phillips&lt;/strong&gt; had trouble explaining to Katherine's lawyer why he thought MJ \"looked really good\" in a meeting 5 days before his death when a photograph taken a day before the meeting clearly showed otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The photo shows a smiling Jackson but someone who looked gaunt and pale.&amp;#160; On top of that, there is testimony that producer/director&lt;strong&gt; Kenny Ortega&lt;/strong&gt; and others were alarmed over Jackson's health.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the days preceding his death, Jackson had missed rehearsals and was sweating profusely.&amp;#160; He also seemed out of it.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for how Phillips reconciled his statement with other evidence, he said, \"I was confused as anybody.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the deal ... This case was AEG's to lose.&amp;#160; AEG could have made it simple and just said they assumed MJ was being properly cared for by the doctor MJ handpicked.&amp;#160; But AEG has gotten a little too cute, painting a picture that the jury may not be buying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short story ... Propofol aside, if the jury believes AEG unreasonably pushed MJ like a circus animal, they could be in beaucoup trouble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2013/06/14/michael-jackson-performance-photos/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0614_michael_jackson_performance_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/06/14/0614-michael-jackson-performance-footer-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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