Las Vegas Weekly

July 30, 2009 · 8:58 AM

Financial worries mount for Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s physician

By Robin Leach

Pop star Michael Jackson waves to fans as he leaves a downtown Tokyo U.S. Army heliport for the U.S. Army base in Zama, near Tokyo, for a friendly visit on March 10, 2007.

Photo: Itsuo Inouye/The Associated Press

Neighbors in the prestigious gated Red Rock community where Michael Jackson’s personal physician lives are gossiping about him facing the loss of his home there. Rumor there is that Dr. Conrad Murray has fallen behind some $100,000’s worth of payments due the mortgage holder and the Red Rock management association -- and that the foreclosure process has begun.

One resident told me last night: “We don’t like having the swarms of media stalking our community, let alone raids by police and government agents. If he’s kicked out of here because his home goes into foreclosure, you won’t find too many unhappy people seeing him leave.”

I’m also reliably told that a paparazzi unit shelled out the extraordinary sum of $50,000 just to rent the vacant house that’s two doors away from Dr. Murray’s home so they can watch his activities around the clock.

Meantime, online sources are reporting that Dr. Murray, already at the center of the Michael Jackson death investigation, has had previous scrapes with the law over nonpayment of child support for six children, even though he’s still reportedly married to a second wife.

At Radar Online, there are some interesting quotes from Las Vegas model Maggie Goldstein: “I was one of 10 models and promotion girls from Vegas hired by Dr. Murray to fly to Trinidad in the Caribbean where he was publicizing a new energy drink, Pit Bull. He had a ball. He was up into the early hours, drinking, having fun and even posing bare-chested with the other girls. I was shocked to find out later he was married because he wasn’t only partying with the models, but he’d brought a black singer girlfriend along from Los Angeles with him.”

The foreclosure stories all over the wires now only add to our shocking gossip!

Photo: Mohamed Hadid

Mohamed Hadid with his two children and Michael Jackson with his three children at Thanksgiving. Michael's children are Paris Michael Katherine, Michael Joseph Jr. and Prince Michael II.

In other Michael Jackson news

CBS’ The Early Show and NBC’s Today are reporting that Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson, will receive custody of his three children Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, aka Blanket, 7, in a deal that’s just been reached. According to reports, Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael’s oldest children, will receive visitation but no extra money.

Londell McMillan, Katherine's attorney, said on The Early Show this morning: “It’s an agreement, an agreement for the best interests of the children. This is not a money deal. This is not about money.”

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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