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La Toya Hits Out At Jackson Doctor Charge
Michael Jackson's sister La Toya has hit out at the apparent decision to charge his doctor with involuntary manslaughter.
She says Dr Conrad Murray should face the more serious charge of premeditated manslaughter, which carries a heftier sentence.
Talking to reporters outside Mr Chow's restaurant in Beverly Hills, La Toya said: "He should have been charged with premeditated."
She was then asked if she thought more people were involved in her brother's death, to which she replied: "Absolutely".
The singer was speaking as the authorities prepared to charge Dr Murray following a lengthy police investigation.
According to reports in the US, he will present himself to Los Angeles police on Friday morning.
He is then expected to be charged with involuntary manslaughter before being taken to court to appear before a judge.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles attorney's office said she could "neither confirm nor deny" the reports.
Jackson died suddenly last June aged 50 as he was preparing for a series of sell-out concerts at the O2 arena in London.
Dr Murray, who was treating the star, told detectives he had given him the general anaesthetic propofol and two other sedatives to help him sleep.
Jackson, a chronic insomniac, used to describe the drug as his "milk".
Dr Murray said the King of Pop relied on propofol to sleep but he was trying to wean him off it. He strongly denies any criminal wrongdoing.
"We continue to maintain that Dr Murray neither prescribed nor administered anything that should have killed Michael Jackson," said his spokeswoman Miranda Sevcik.
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