Michael Jackson once used nine fake names to collect tranquilizers, with the support of a Hollywood dermatologist.

On September 6, Fox channel will premiere the documentary TMZ Investigates: Who Really Killed Michael Jackson, explaining the cause of death of the “King of Pop”. The artist was discovered in cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009 at his home, due to an overdose of the sedative propofol – by his personal doctor Conrad Murray – prescription. Although he was only imprisoned for two years, Murray then had to endure the hatred of Michael Jackson fans for the rest of his life.

In some previously revealed film content, the crew explains the direct and indirect impacts that led to the superstar’s passing at the age of 50. Orlando Martinez, investigator of the Los Angeles Police Department (USA) ), said: “Things are much more complicated than the information that only Dr. Murray was by his side when Michael died”.

According to Martinez, in addition to Murray, many other doctors have allowed the “king of pop” used large doses of tranquilizers for most of his life. They let him buy the medicine he wanted anywhere, in the quantity he wanted.

Michael Jackson drank as much propofol as a bottle of mineral water on the day he died. According to Dr. Murray, the medical community contributed to the star’s obsession with the substance, making it impossible for him to sleep without the drug, especially before each tour. “Jackson used it for decades. Different doctors, from all over the world, sometimes allowed him to inject himself,” Murray said. Besides temporary sedatives, the singer also uses some specialized drugs that have addictive effects.

From left: Michael Jackson, Dr. Arnold Klein, Elizabeth Taylor. Arnold Klein passed away in 2015. Photo: WireImage

The pop king began to depend on drugs in 1984, when he burned his scalp while filming a commercial and was given painkillers by doctors to recover.

Things got worse when Jackson met a famous Hollywood dermatologist – Arnold Klein. In 2009, Klein admitted to providing Jackson and many other stars with demerol – a high dose of painkiller. Jackson took demerol in large doses, 300 milligrams at a time, at Klein’s clinic. The singer even mentioned this substance in the song Morphine, 1997. Debbie Rowe – Jackson’s ex-wife, who used to work as Klein’s assistant for years – saying this doctor did all sorts of unethical things to attract Hollywood elite to his clinic. Rowe said in the documentary that the prescriptions Klein prescribed were often unrelated to the disease they were treating.

Tour promotional trailer “This Is It” by Michael Jackson, aired three months before the music legend’s death. Video: ITV

When Jackson and Klein became close friends, the doctor also helped the star cheat to buy more than the prescribed amount of medicine. The singer had 19 fake names to buy medicine from, and Klein kept a notepad, marking which prescriptions matched each name.

Harry Glassman, the late artist’s plastic surgeon, said: “The way Michael got all this medicine was by having it filled with a doctor’s prescription. He has many different doctors, he can ask doctor A to prescribe one type, and doctor B to prescribe another. Michael bears the greatest responsibility for his own death, but he certainly had a lot of help from the medical community”.

Things came to a standstill for Michael Jackson in 2009, when he was preparing for a tour This is it. Director Kenny Ortega expressed his concerns about the artist in an internal email: “There are clear signs of paranoia, anxiety and almost obsessive behavior. I think the best thing we can do is get a top psychiatrist to evaluate him as soon as possible. There is no one responsible for taking care of him every day”. In addition, Jackson also put all his effort into practicing for the long tour. That was also the factor that led to his death.

Fans held banners protesting Dr. Murray after Michael Jackson passed away. Photo: AP

Murray said he did not know that Jackson used drugs from doctors other than the ones he prescribed. “He acted like I was the only doctor. If I had known, I would have made a suggestion, one was to take Jackson to the necessary place for treatment. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be doing this job… Michael Jackson was a master manipulator, and I was also a victim of manipulation. I have never allowed my patients to become addicted to drugs,” Murray said in the film.

Inspector Martinez also said that Murray had unfairly suffered consequences for his actions that were not his own. “We know there are many doctors who are doing the same thing that Murray has been doing for many years. But at that time, we decided to focus on finding the culprit that day. There are many people to blame, they never considered his death,” Martinez said.