Nanny Says Michael Jackson's Stomach Had to be Pumped Regularly

The shattered and suspicious family of Michael Jackson ordered a second autopsy on the late King of Pop Saturday as his children's longtime nanny revealed his frequent prescription drug binges forced her to pump his stomach "many times."

As the pop icon's personal physician denied any role in the mysterious death, the Jacksons - following a day-long meeting at the family's California compound - had a followup autopsy conducted in Los Angeles, TMZ.com reported.

The star's incensed father, Joe Jackson, in his first public comments since his son died Thursday, said he is desperate to learn what caused his boy's sudden death.

"That's what we're trying to find out right now," Joe Jackson told People magazine. "There's a lot to be told, though, I'll tell you that right now. . . . The truth is still to be told.

"We miss Michael endlessly, our pain cannot be described in words. But Michael would not want us to give up now. So we want to thank all of his faithful supporters and loyal fans worldwide, you - who Michael loved so much," Jackson said.

"Continue to spread his message, because that is what he would want you to do. Carry on, so his legacy will live forever."

The elder Jackson's demand for answers came as the former nanny of Michael Jackson's kids painted a picture of the faded singer as a delusional nomad hopelessly addicted to prescription drugs.

"I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it," Grace Rwaramba, 42, told London's Sunday Times. "There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see him. . . . He always ate too little and mixed too much."

Rwaramba said she once became so concerned she reached out to Jackson's mother and sister to attempt an "intervention," only to have the pop star accuse her of betraying him.

"He didn't want to listen," Rwaramba, who worked for Jackson for more than a decade before leaving last December, told the paper.

Rwaramba said Jackson shuttled from country to country, staying in one hotel after another. At times, he was so penniless, Rwaramba said, she had to use her own credit card to purchase things like balloons for his children's birthday parties.

The Rev. Jackson, after sitting with the family, said the mystery of what killed 50-year-old singer remained an open wound for his parents and famous siblings.

"This thing has gone from inquiry to investigation," Jackson told CNN. "Right now there is no peace. We don't know what happened and we need to know.

"Michael was not sick. . . . He was not frail."

An LAPD official told the Sunday Times the singer had become "heavily addicted" to the powerful painkiller OxyContin and was given an injection of Demerol, another highly addictive painkiller, an hour before his death.

A family source told the Daily News that the family's insistence on further investigation came in part from the 1994 drowning death of Tito Jackson's ex-wife.

Initially, DeDe Jackson's death was ruled accidental - but a second autopsy, at the request of Tito and his family, led to a murder conviction in the case.

Just hours after Michael's death, an overwrought Jermaine Jackson said his world-renowned brother had died after going into cardiac arrest.

Since then, Jackson family and friends - along with published reports - suggested drugs were involved in his collapse just weeks before the start of his highly anticipated 50-show run in London.

Promoters sold 750,000 tickets worth $85 million for the concerts, Jackson's return to the stage after a dozen years.

Jesse Jackson suggested the new autopsy might resolve questions surrounding Dr. Conrad Murray, the lone witness to Jackson's sudden and stunning death on Thursday afternoon.

Cops quizzed Murray for three hours yesterday, his lawyers said.

"During the meeting Dr. Murray helped identify the circumstances around the death of the pop icon and clarified some inconsistencies," said a spokeswoman for the law office of Ed Chernoff.

"Dr. Murray has been in Los Angeles since the death of Mr. Jackson. He rode in the ambulance to the hospital and stayed at the hospital for hours comforting and consoling the Jackson family.
Investigators say the doctor is in no way a suspect and remains a witness to this tragedy."

According to 911 tapes, Murray was desperately performing CPR on the dying superstar in the minutes after his collapse.

Murray - who had a history of financial problems - was hired at Jackson's insistence as part of the tour entourage for his London performances.

Murray's silver BMW was impounded by police after the death as part of their probe.

Compunding the Jackson family's grief, Michael Jackson's lawyers have reportedly barred the clan from seeing his will.

"The family has no idea what to do," a source told People magazine. "They don't even know when to bury
him. They don't know what to do about anything. They aren't getting any answers from Michael's lawyers."

The family also fears Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe will seek custody of the singer's two oldest children, sources told People.

But a source close to Rowe rejected that possibility, telling London's Sunday Times she only wants more access to her kids and will not fight for custody.

Jackson's brother, Randy, is believed to be assuming control of his legendary sibling's estate, TMZ.com reported.

The second autopsy came one day after the Los Angeles coroner's office released Jackson's body to his family. He was taken to an undisclosed mortuary.

The coroner's office said it would take up to eight weeks to determine if Jackson had drugs in his system - and whether they caused his apparent heart attack.

The original autopsy turned up no signs of foul play or trauma.

As the investigation went on, Jackson's best-known sibling - his sister Janet - visited the Holmby Hills home where her brother died.

A somber Janet Jackson, silent and hidden behind a pair of sunglasses, drove through the gates inside a Bentley and did not stop to speak with reporters.

The 43-year-old singer - known for hits like "Control" - was preceded at the home by eight movers, with dollies and packing equipment, who arrived in moving vans.

Brother Jermaine was also reportedly at the scene, where several SUVs were spotted on the still cordoned-off block outside the death house.

Jackson's three children - Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince Michael, 12; Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11, and Prince Michael II, known as Blanket, 7 - were with his family in Encino.

Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine, brought the family together at their Tudor-style home in California after the tragedy.

A family friend told The Associated Press that the Jacksons were debating whether to hold a "Thriller"-scaled public funeral or a private memorial for the international superstar.

There was no word on any plans yesterday.

Three days after Jackson's death, fellow music superstars were still staggered by his loss.

Lionel Richie - co-writer of the charity anthem "We Are the World" with Jackson - called him "a world phenomenon."

"He was very misunderstood, but yet tried desperately to be a part of this world," Richie said. "We all watched him as he struggled with that balance."

Source: NY Daily News

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