LOS ANGELES — It took up to a half-hour for paramedics to be called to Michael Jackson’s home after he was found stricken in the bedroom of his rented mansion, an attorney for the firm representing the pop icon’s doctor said Monday.
Matt Alford, a partner in the Houston law firm representing Dr. Conrad Murray, said the physician was unfamiliar with his surroundings and that that delayed the call.
“He didn’t know where he was, didn’t know the physical address,” Alford said in an interview with The Associated Press. “There was no land line, no phone in Jackson’s room that would have allowed him to call. It was all happening so fast.”
Fire Department officials have said it took three minutes for paramedics to arrive at Jackson’s home once they received the call for help. They spent 42 minutes working with Murray on Jackson before transporting him to UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
