Jackson doctor: I did not give him dangerous drugs….

USA Today

08/09/09

A doctor who previously treated Michael Jackson says he never gave the singer sedatives beyond what was needed for painful medical procedures.

Dr. Arnold Klein talked to ABC’s Good Morning America Wednesday, just one day after a much-watched public memorial for Jackson, who died June 25.

“I was not one of the doctors who participated in giving him overdoses of drugs or too much of anything,” Klein said. “In fact, I was the one who limited everything, who stopped everything.” It is still not known what caused Jackson’s cardiac arrest. The official determination will likely wait until toxicology results are completed, which could be weeks away.

Klein also said he saw Jackson three days before his death and that the singer seemed to be in fine health, even dancing for other patients in the office.

Jackson’s public memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Tuesday drew several stars and thousands of fans, some of whom had traveled from around the world to attend.