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Katherine Jackson in Las Vegas in June 2012.
Appearing sometimes confused and citing memory problems, Katherine Jackson faced cross-examination for a second day in the Los Angeles courtroom where she is suing the concert promoters in charge of what would have been Michael Jackson's last tour.
Repeating her testimony from Friday that she was not aware her son was a drug addict, Katherine said that she never saw her son under the influence of drugs and never saw him ?loopy, or out of it," even on the telephone. But, after her other children told her they believed he was addicted to prescription drugs and Michael denied it to her, she participated in an intervention at the Neverland ranch in 2002.
?I knew he was taking them (pain pills) but I didn?t know he was abusing them,? Katherine told the jury. She said Michael was upset when the family staged the intervention "because when we got there, there was nothing wrong with him.? The intervention, she added, didn't really take place because he was upset and yelled at them and she became embarrassed to be there, she testified.
Katherine Jackson, 83, and Michael Jackson's three children have sued AEG Live claiming the entertainment company that promoted the King of Pop's last concerts failed to pick up on warning signs that could have saved his life. As part of the lawsuit, the Jackson family also alleges that AEG did not properly investigate Conrad Murray, the doctor who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the superstar's death in 2011 and sentenced to four years in prison.
Jackson died while rehearsing his 50-show comeback tour in London, three weeks before the tour was to start. His two eldest children have also testified at the trial, 16-year-old Michael Jackson, Jr. known as "Prince," who testified about his relationship with his dad and the harrowing day he lost his father; and his sister, Paris, 15, who offered videotaped testimony. Paris is currently being treated in a hospital after a suicide attempt in June. On Friday, her grandmother testified that Paris tried to kill herself "because she wanted to be with daddy."
On Monday, Katherine testified that she did not believe her son was responsible for his death. When questioned by AEG lead counsel Marvin Putnam, she "did not remember" if she attended Murray's manslaughter trial and assisted the prosecution in that case.
Katherine also said she did not know that her son used Propofol and that he gave Murray money "because he felt bad for [him] because he didn't have no money--not because he had hired him." Despite the fact that she is ?83-year-old and may not remember everything clearly,? Katherine testified that she distinctly remembers that AEG hired Murray--not her son. She had no idea the doctor spent six nights a week at her son's home.
Katherine could not recall if she had a bank account in 2010 and said she was surprised to learn that her son was having financial problems before his death. ?I heard that from different people,? she said. ?I heard for years that Michael Jackson was broke but he wasn?t.?
This report contains additional reporting from E!'s Claudia Rosenbaum.
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