c.. Is Klein father of two oldest Jackson children? "Not to the best of my
knowledge"
d.. Klein will appear on "Larry King Live" on Wednesday night
updated 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
By Alan Duke
CNN
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's dermatologist did not
rule out that he may be the biological father of Jackson's children, and Dr.
Arnold Klein denied that he ever gave Jackson dangerous drugs.
Michael Jackson danced around Dr. Arnold Klein's office three days before
his death.
Klein, in an interview Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America," denied
that he was on the list of doctors being investigated by the Los Angeles
Police Department.
When he saw that someone gave Jackson a dangerous drug, he was the one "who
limited everything, who stopped everything," Klein said.
Jackson danced around Klein's Beverly Hills office just three days before
his death and was "not in terrible pain," Klein said.
Debbie Rowe, who was briefly married to Jackson and gave birth to his two
oldest children, worked for 23 years in Klein's office, he said. The doctor
refused to say whether he thought Rowe should get custody of them instead of
Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson.
"I can't make those answers, because 'should have' and 'will' are two
different things," he said.
Klein was scheduled to talk to CNN's Larry King about Michael Jackson on
Wednesday night.
Klein's response when Diane Sawyer asked whether he was the biological
father of Jackson's children left open the possibility that he was.
"Not to the best of my knowledge," Klein said. "All I can tell you is, best
of my knowledge, I am not the father of these children. But I am telling
you, if push comes to shove, I can't say anything about."
Klein said he "can't answer it in any other way, because, you know what, I
don't want to feed any of this insanity that is going around."
Katherine Jackson was given temporary guardianship of the children by a
judge several days after her son's death. Rowe was considering whether she
will seek custody or visitation of the two born to her, her lawyer said last
week.
The Los Angeles County coroner is waiting for toxicology test results -- not
due for at least another week -- before determining what killed Jackson last
month. The death certificate listed the cause of death as "deferred."
Sources said Tuesday that when Jackson collapsed, his arms were riddled with
marks, and their veins had collapsed, both characteristics found in
intravenous drug users. The revelations add to the growing speculation that
prescription drugs played a part in Jackson's death.
Klein said that when Jackson came to his office the week of his death, there
were no indications anything was wrong: no "problems of slurred speech,
shorten movement or anything."
"I saw nothing at that point that would make me worry whatsoever," he said.
"But I was always concerned about him, because I was always worried about
other doctors."
He said "the problem with Michael" was that because he was rich, "no matter
what he wanted, someone would give it to him."
Klein said he once convinced Jackson not to take Dilantin, a drug he was "10
times stronger than morphine."
"I said, 'You can't take that. It's poison. Throw that in the trash,' " he
said. "And I got him to throw it in the toilet. But I can't be there every
minute."
Klein said that LAPD investigators have not contacted him and that he is
"not one of the doctors" being questioned about Jackson's drug use.
"I have given him medication, yes," he said. "He could take all the
medication I have given him in a year, and nothing would happen to him."
Klein said he has "sedated him in the past," when he "put him through very
painful procedures.
"There was nothing wrong with the manner I treated Michael, because what I
had to do is restructure for an individual who had lupus, who had terrible
acne scarring his face," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/08/jackson.dermatologist/
The yawn-inducing Jackson dope opera continues! heehee...
Doc
Don't worry about Paternity, Royalties all the way I say.
LB