BIG BLOW TO DEFENSE IN MJ MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL

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The judge in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial just undercut a big part of the defense, by ruling 16 hours of rehearsal footage for the “This Is It” tour doesn’t show MJ to be in poor health.

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Dr. Conrad Murray‘s lawyers wanted the outtakes to prove Jackson was very ill in the days before his death.  The argument goes — he was already dying, so Dr. Murray can’t be held responsible for his death.

But Judge Michael Pastor ruled … the outtakes were valuable to Sony Pictures — which objected to turning over the footage — and the video did not show MJ in poor health.

If the hours of video show a healthy Michael, it undercuts a major line of defense for Murray.

[TMZ]

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