Conrad Murrays Girlfriend Called To Testify

First Published: October 4, 2011 3:36 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Dr. Conrad Murray watches Alberto Alvarez, one of Michael Jacksons security guards, testify during his involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles on September 29, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Prosecutors on Tuesday called the girlfriend of the doctor charged in Michael Jacksons death to detail the physicians busy schedule on the day the singer died and her own interactions with the late King of Pop. Nicole Alvarez told jurors during the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray that the doctor had first told her that hewas Jacksons personal physician for a year before the singers June 2009 death. Alvarez beamed as she described meeting Jackson for the first time in Las Vegas, where Murray maintains a medical practice. I was speechless, Alvarez said. I couldnt believe I was meeting Michael Jackson. Alvarez said she and Murray met Jackson several other times, including after the birth of the couples young son. Prosecutors also asked Alvarez, 29, about shipments that Murray had sent to her Santa Monica, Calif. apartment. She admitted receiving the items, but never opening them. Authorities contend the shipments contained the anesthetic propofol, which Murray was giving to Jackson as a sleep aid. Authorities accuse the Houston-based cardiologist of giving Jackson a lethal dose of propofol and other sedatives in the bedroom of the singers rented mansion. Murrays attorneys claim Jackson took the fatal dose himself. In opening statements, a prosecutor said Murray had received more than four gallons of propofol while working with Jackson. Murray has pleaded not guilty. The doctor told police after Jacksons death that he was giving the singer propofol as a sleep aid. Alvarez said after April 2009, Murray would frequently leave her apartment at night and return early the next day. She said she knew Murray was working as Jacksons personal doctor while the singer prepared for a series of comeback concerts. Phone records displayed in court Monday showed Murray called Alvarez four times the afternoon of Jacksons death in 2009, including once while he was in the ambulance with Jacksons lifeless body on the way to the hospital. For two days, prosecutors kept jurors focused on the doctors phone records from the day Jackson died, attempting to show that Murray was trying to juggle his medicalpractice, personal life and superstar patient all at the same time. With Alvarez and another witness, pharmacy owner Tim Lopez, the case shifted its focus to propofol. Lopez told jurors Murray first contacted him about obtaining a skin lightening cream used to treat vitiligo, a pigment condition Jackson had, but that by early 2009 he was inquiring about propofol. With the exception of Alvarez, witnesses who testified about the phone calls Murray made have been relatively brief, but have filled in the governments timeline of Murrays actions in the hours leading up to Jacksons death. The phone records have revealed the special relationship Murray kept with his patients. Houston-based Dr. Joanne Prashad told jurors she called Murray the morning of Jacksons death to inquire whether it would be safe to operate on a patient whom Murray had treated. Prashad said she was surprised that Murray remembered the patient and the exact dosage of medicine that he was taking. Murrays lead defense attorney Ed Chernoff asked Prashad whether Murrays recall was unusual for a doctor. She said yes. I was impressed, Prashad said. (Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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