Kenny Ortega, director and producer of Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” will be a star witness in prosecutors’ bid to convict Dr. Conrad Murray of manslaughter. Ortega’s testimony is crucial, because – to make a long story short – he will help the prosecution argue that MJ was fine before Murray began drugging him . A week before MJ died, he was too weak to perform , so rehearsals for This Is It (later made into a film, which you can see the trailer for below) were canceled. The next day (June 20, 2009), an emergency meeting was held at Michael’s home with Jackson, Ortega, Murray, officials from AEG and Dr. Murray present. The meeting was “intense, loud and argumentative,” with Kenny reading Michael the riot act, imploring him to take care of himself with the tour imminent.
