Michael Jackson

Dr. Arnold Klein, Michael Jackson's former dermatologist and close friend, has now changed his story about MJ's alleged relationship with Jason Pfeiffer.

Pfeiffer, Klein's one-time office manager, claimed last year that he had a sexual relationship with Michael Jackson, an assertion that Klein corroborated.

Klein said that Jason Pfeiffer was the only man Michael was ever intimate with, and that Jason was "the love of [MJ's] life." Now? He says otherwise.

Pfeiffer met Jackson when he used to work for Klein.

On his Facebook page, Klein (above, left) says that "Allegations about ... Jason being Michael Jackson's lover are ridiculous. That story was made up ... "

It did seem a little far-fetched at the time, although, given that Klein personally backed Jason's story up to TMZ, it's hard to know what to believe here.

Klein also scoffs at allegations (indirectly made by Dr. Conrad Murray and others) that he contributed to MJ's death, saying he only tried to help him.

"I made two interventions on Michael's Propofol Abuse myself."

The involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, will include haunting, starkly different depictions of MJ's final days.

In addition to rehearsal footage for his This Is It tour, prosecutors will show autopsy photos of the singer's lifeless body on a coroner’s gurney, a judge ruled.

Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor cleared prosecutors to present the footage and autopsy photos in a lengthy hearing that set up evidentiary boundaries.

One of the Michael Jackson autopsy photos shows Jackson's naked body, but the judge explained "certain parts" will be "blocked out." He didn't explain which.

The judge ruled that the photos are relevant under the evidence code and are "not gruesome, graphic or inflammatory." However, he did rule out other material.

Specifically, Pastor barred both sides from delving deep into personal details. He wants the focus on the medical care, not MJ's personal life - or Murray's.

Jurors, Pastor said, will NOT hear about Murray being a player, his out-of-wedlock kids or penchant for strip clubs, all of which prosecutors hoped to discuss.

Nor, he said, will they hear evidence that the defense had sought to introduce concerning Michael Jackson’s debt, pending lawsuits and erratic behavior.

Video of Michael Jackson's last two rehearsals for his 2009 "This Is It" tour could be played in court during Dr. Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial.

The L.A. County District Attorney filed a motion today asking the judge to allow the rehearsal footage from June 23-24 to be entered as evidence.

The D.A. believes the footage supports the testimony from "This Is It" director Kenny Ortega that Michael was "happy and excited for the future."

Michael Jackson Tour Rehearsal

It also opposes the defense's theory that after the last rehearsal, MJ became desperate and "took desperate measures that caused his own death."

The D.A. also filed a motion to allow limited photos from MJ's autopsy, claiming the pictures are not gory or gruesome and won't prejudice a jury.

The L.A. County District Attorney wants the judge in the Michael Jackson case to ensure that irrelevant character attacks on the late music icon are inadmissible.

As we know, Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team is throwing everything it can against the wall in hopes that something sticks that will create reasonable doubt.

It's a fine line. His theory that Michael Jackson killed himself with a lethal dose of Propofol is at least rooted in events that may have happened June 25, 2009.

Making Jackson look like an out-of-control whack job, however?

The D.A. wants non-pertinent assertions and accounts of Michael's behavior left out of the case. Specifically, evidence involving Michael and the Nation of Islam.

D.A. Steve Cooley says: "Evidence concerning the Nation of Islam is irrelevant [and] does not relate to the defendant's participation in Michael Jackson's death."

Cooley's move is a preemptive strike to keep the defense from trying to make Michael Jackson look like a weirdo and an unsympathetic character in general.

Dr. Conrad Murray "sounded tired and he was like I'm gonna get some sleep whatever" just a few hours before Michael Jackson died, a stripper says.

Michelle Bella, one of three women Murray was juggling at the time, met MJ's personal doc at the Spearmint Rhino gentleman's club in Vegas in '08.

Bella told detectives that on June 25, 2009, Dr. Murray left a message on her phone at about 8:30 a.m. It sounds like the physician was just beat.

Bella told cops Murray had mentioned Jackson to her before and said:

"I mean his schedule was obviously, you know ... I know that he was like up all hours because of his work so when - so when he called, you know, he sounded tired and he was like I'm gonna get some sleep or whatever."

A long-held theory among law enforcement is that Dr. Murray may have actually fallen asleep during the time the drug [Propofol] was administered to MJ and may have awakened to find Jackson already dead from heart failure.

It may make his claim that Michael Jackson killed himself even more dubious.

On an unrelated note, you gotta read how Conrad met Michelle:

If you've followed the Michael Jackson case and noted that Dr. Conrad Murray had dealings with several different women the day MJ died, that's not an error.

Dr. Murray crossed a professional line in treating Michael based on his involvement with three women, according to new documents filed by prosecutors.

According to the documents, Dr. Murray was on the phone with a cocktail waitress prosecutors say was his girlfriend minutes before the 911 call was made.

Prosecutors say this woman in question, Sade Anding, was in Houston where she met Murray while working as a cocktail waitress. Why was he calling her?

Who the heck knows, but officials say the call proves Murray was paying attention to his girlfriend, and not MJ, during the critical period before MJ's death.

Moreover, prosecutors want to admit into evidence a $500 check that Dr. Murray wrote to Sade Anding "after the two came back from a social outing."

Murray allegedly had communications with two other women that day, too:

Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyers and the prosecutors in the upcoming Michael Jackson manslaughter trial want to know all sorts of things about potential jurors.

A 30-page long questionnaire with 117 questions asks everything from whether individuals read celebrity gossip blogs to whether they're insomniacs.

Some of the many highlights of the exhaustive list include:

• What Internet sites or celebrity blogs if any, do you visit on a regular basis?
• Have you posted any blogs concerning Michael Jackson or Conrad Murray?
• Have you or anyone close to you ever worked in any aspect of the media?

Then there are these six questions in which prospective jurors must select either Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree or No Opinion ...

The feeling may not be reciprocal here, but that's nice at least.

While out at The Grove in Los Angeles yesterday, a photographer caught up with Dr. Conrad Murray, who is awaiting involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Michael Jackson, and asked about the late King of Pop's offspring.

His response: "That's my children, I love them. I love them."

Dr. Conrad Murray: Man on the Street

And this concludes your Dr. Conrad Murray update this week. It's been fun. We'll see if jurors show him similar love when his trial kicks off in late April.

Jury selection gets underway this week in the manslaughter case involving Michael Jackson's death, and Dr. Conrad Murray is targeting responsible people.

What we mean by that is 12 men and/or women who take responsibility for their actions. Reading between the lines a bit - less likely to scapegoat others.

A big part of Dr. Murray's defense is that Michael was a hard-core addict who hid his dependence, thus absolving Murray of blame for what happened.

Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

One of the more revealing questionnaire items: "Do you believe patients have the responsibility to tell their doctors about their complete past and current social behaviors, including use of drugs, alcohol and prescription medications?"

Murray may also contend that Jackson killed himself with the final, lethal dose of Propofol, but it's interesting that he's playing up MJ's past as well.

Other questions focus on what people think of the case:

Charged with involuntary manslaughter, Dr. Conrad Murray will likely argue that Michael Jackson killed himself with a lethal dose of Propofol.

Even if that were true (and it's a stretch), it still wouldn't get Murray off the hook. The treatment he gave MJ was suspect for myriad reasons.

To that end, Murray's lawyers just filed documents pointing fingers at none other than Dr. Arnold Klein - Jackson's longtime doctor and friend.

Murray claims that Klein addicted Jackson to Demerol and other powerful narcotics. It's part of his plan to establish Michael as a lost cause physically.

Murray's legal team claims Klein fueled MJ's addiction as recently as 2009 by giving him scores of Demerol injections in the months prior to his death.

He may have a point there. In the months before Jackson died, Dr. Arnold Klein gave Jackson 51 Demerol injections. But is it relevant to the case?

The docs claim it is for this reason: "Due to Mr. Klein's actions, Mr. Jackson became physiologically and psychologically dependent on Demerol."

Murray's team says Dr. Arnold Klein, who is also the rumored biological father of MJ's kids Paris and Prince, "is a relevant, highly material witness."

Dr. Conrad Murray ...