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LOS ANGELES — A defense attorney in the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor disclosed in court Friday that he knew months before trial that a theory that the singer drank a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol would have to be abandoned.
J. Michael Flanagan, who represents Dr. Conrad Murray in the involuntary manslaughter case, made the statement without the jury present.
Flanagan said defense attorneys were swayed by a report from the leading expert on the drug, who is expected to testify for the prosecution next week. He said Dr. Steven Shafer had questioned “the bioavailability of oral propofol,” meaning whether it would be absorbed into the body if swallowed.
