Michael Jackson's doc was distracted with strippers the night singer died

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Dr. Conrad Murray was distracted with two strippers, third woman night Michael Jackson died: lawyers

Nancy Dillon
DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF

Thursday, April 14th 2011, 9:26 PM

Murray is accused of failing to monitor Michael Jackson after giving him very strong medication.
 
Law Firm Stradley, Chernoff & Alford; Mark Mainz/Getty
Murray is accused of failing to monitor Michael Jackson after giving him very strong medication.
 
LOS ANGELES - Add another stripper to the list of women Dr. Conrad Murray was juggling the day Michael Jackson died.

Michelle Bella, a dancer at the Spearmint Rhino in Las Vegas, got a text from Murray at 8:30 a.m. on June 25, 2009 - about two and a half hours before he found the King of Pop unresponsive on a bed, a prosecution motion filed Thursday said.

Prosecutors previously revealed that Murray, who was living with his stripper babymama Nicole Alvarez at the time, called Houston <snip>tail waitress Sade Anding at 11:51 that morning, about an hour after he admittedly gave his famous patient the powerful anesthetic propofol in an IV drip.

The star's personal physical also received two unanswered calls from a third woman he met at the Vegas strip joint Cheetahs in 2003, prosecutors said.

The third girlfriend, Bridgette Morgan, was trying to reach Murray to discuss a plane ticket he promised to buy her during a lunch date earlier that month, court documents stated.

Prosecutors are asking the judge to allow evidence of Murray's wild social life because they think it shows a pattern of "inattentiveness and distraction."

Murray's defense has called the move prejudicial but declined to comment Thursday since jury selection is already underway.

"Evidence which points to a defendant's guilt is, by definition, prejudicial," the deputy district attorneys handling the case wrote in the motion.

Murray, 57, is accused of giving Jackson the hospital-strength anesthetic propofol to help him sleep and then failing to properly monitor him.

Jackson, 50, died of acute propofol intoxication, the coroner found.

Murray told police he gave Jackson Valium, lorazepam and the sedative midazolam between 1:30 and 7:30 on the morning in question and claims he was at Jackson's bedside keeping close eye on a pulse oximeter (connected to Jackson's finger) around the time he allegedly texted Bella.

He said he took a bathroom break after giving the first dose of propofol at 10:40 a.m. and found the singer unresponsive when he returned.

A staff member dialed 911 at 12:21 p.m.

Prosecutors claim Murray broke patient-confidentiality rules by bragging about his Jackson job to the alleged girlfriends but neglected to mention his personal phone communications during his first interview with police.

"He had a pattern of revealing confidential information when it suited him, but he was unwilling to reveal patient information at the most critical time," the DA motion stated. "He was receiving personal phone calls during the hours when he was supposed to be completely focused on the care of Mr. Jackson."

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