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Michael Jackson’s lifeless body wasn’t even cold when his Doctor Feelgood launched into cover-up and getaway mode, a trusted assistant said yesterday.
Jacko’s security chief, Alberto Alvarez, told jurors that before he could dial 911 on June 25, 2009, Dr. Conrad Murray ordered him to gather up the singer’s medications.
Murray went to Jackson’s nightstand, inches from the corpse, and “reached over and grabbed a handful of bottles,” according to Alvarez.
“He [Murray] said, ‘Here, put these in a bag,’ ” Alvarez said.
Moments later, Murray allegedly asked Alvarez to pack up a saline bag from an IV hooked up to Jackson.
“I was able to notice, at the bottom of the bag, what appeared to be a milky white substance,” Alvarez said. “I recall seeing it at the bottom of the bag.”
Jackson was fond of the powerful anesthetic propofol, which he called “milk,” to help him sleep.
Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter for allegedly doping up The Gloved One with anesthesia and sedatives without proper hospital safeguards.
Alvarez testified that he saw no heart, oxygen or blood-pressure monitors hooked up to Jackson when he entered the bedroom and saw a frantic Murray giving one-handed CPR.
It was only after 911 had been called that Murray attached a heart monitor to Jackson, Alvarez said.
At the time, none of Murray’s instructions seemed odd, Alvarez said.
“I believed Dr. Conrad Murray had the best intentions for Mr. Jackson, so I didn’t question his authority,” he testified. “I thought we were packing, getting ready to go to the hospital.”
The defense scored one of its best moment when Jacko’s chef, Kai Chase, recalled how Murray ran down the stairs at 12:05 p.m. ordering her to get help.
“He was flustered. His eyes were big. He was screaming, and he was panicked,” said Chase, who sent Jacko’s son Prince upstairs and then went back to cooking.
“Go get help! Go get security! Go get Prince!’’ Murray said, according to Chase.
The DA had been hammering Murray for not immediately calling 911. Now defense lawyers have a chance to argue that Murray did, in fact, seek help long before 911 was actually dialed by Alvarez at 12:21 p.m.
Descriptions of heart-wrenching panic were sprinkled throughout the day’s testimony.
Alvarez said Jackson’s daughter, Paris, walked in the bedroom and spotted her father — stiff as a board, face up, his eyes and mouth open, and his arms by his side and palms upward.
“Paris screamed, ‘Daddy!’ ” Alvarez sadly recalled.
“Dr. Conrad Murray said, ‘Don’t let them see their dad like this. Don’t let them see their dad like this.’ ”
“I ushered them out. I said, ‘Kids, don’t worry, we’ll take care of it. Everything is going to be OK.’ ”
Alvarez’s testimony seemed to match up with a previous DA witness, security guard Faheem Muhammad, who was also in Jackson’s bedroom on June 25.
Alvarez said he has been in financial ruin since losing his gig with Jackson.
He testified that he has fielded more than 20 offers to talk to the media, including paydays for $200,000 and $500,000.
But he said he hasn’t taken a dime from anyone, speaking only to police and prosecutors.