Entertainer Michael Jackson displays his right arm in this undated photo released by the office of attorney Mark Geragos. Jackson said during an interview on ``60 Minutes,'' aired Sunday Dec. 28, 2003 that he was bruised and his shoulder dislocated because of jailers' rough treatment, and that he was locked in a feces-smeared restroom for 45 minutes after he asked to use the facilities. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Jim Anderson said Wednesday Dec. 31, 2003 Jackson was treated ``with the utmost respect and courtesy'' during his arrest and booking Nov. 20 on suspicion of child molestation and was ``in no way manhandled or abused.'' (AP Photo/Courtesy of the office of Mark Geragos)
Michael Jackson will get a ride back to the hospital tonight by ambulance which is parked outside the courthouse according to Fox News. Well, another sign that makes me think there was no aching back. If it was his back, and it was bad enough to need an ambulance to go back, one would have brought him. Or he would have had a wheelchair. There is no backache. The ambulance is probably there at the order of the judge who wants him returned to the hospital.
I think Jackson took too many pills or something to avoid going through this. That is why he was so dishelved, groggy, etc. I know it could have been from meds in the hospital for pain. But I have a chronic pain condition, and when I am given strong meds I am not alert enough to know if there are people around me. He responded to the cheering crowds quite normally - waving, then buttoning his coat and walking. When I have strong meds I am out of it, I cannnot begin to think about my appearance, or wave or anything. Period.
Jackson is evidently going back in the hospital "to be observed," and the judge probably knows the truth. That is why he just proceeded with the trial today. The judge is the only one that the doctors could have told the real truth too, because of the HEPA laws. And so, knowing Jackson is, perhaps, pushed to the possibility of doing something drastic, the judge agreed to have the trial and Jackson go back to the hospital where he will have psychiatric and medical care.
If had had been his back, truly, someone would have been prepared to meet him at the court with a change of clothes, etc. There is more to this. I suspect the family felt Jackson would stay in the hospital, that this backache story would fly, and the judge would cancel today's testimony. They got a big surprise. The family (or whoever took him to the ER) also know the truth, but surely won't say what it is.