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Jackson doctor's clinic raided | |
(21 minutes later) | |
The Houston clinic of Michael Jackson's physician, Dr Conrad Murray, is being raided by officers from the Drug Enforcement Agency. | |
Dr Murray's spokeswoman told the BBC the raid "was a surprise to us and it was a surprise to the attorneys". | |
The doctor was at the singer's mansion and tried to revive him before he died on 25 June. | |
His lawyer, Edward Chernoff, said earlier his client had been helping police with their inquiries. | |
Mr Chernoff said investigators had asked for medical records in addition to those already provided by Murray. | |
"The coroner wants to clear up the cause of death; we share that goal," said Mr Chernoff in a statement on his law firm's website on Tuesday. | |
Painkiller denial | |
Speaking a few days after Jackson's death, Mr Chernoff denied Dr Murray administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer's death. | |
Dr Murray is frustrated by negative and often erroneous media reports - he has to walk around 24/7 with a bodyguard Dr Conrad Murray | |
Any drugs his client may have given to Jackson were in response to a specific health complaint, the lawyer added. | |
He said the star still had a faint pulse and was warm when Dr Murray found him in bed. | |
Mr Chernoff said: "He just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn't breathing." | |
Paramedics were called to Jackson's Los Angeles mansion while Dr Murray was performing CPR, according to a recording of the 911 call. | |
Mr Chernoff said in Tuesday's statement that Dr Murray had since received unwelcome attention from those angry over the singer's untimely death. | |
"Dr Murray was the last doctor standing when Michael Jackson died and it seems all the fury is directed toward him," Mr Chernoff said. | |
He added: "Dr Murray is frustrated by negative and often erroneous media reports - he has to walk around 24/7 with a bodyguard. | |
"He can't operate his practice. He can't go to work because he is harassed no matter where he goes." |