Criminal charges against Michael Jackson's personal physician will
be filed "in the near future," in connection with the pop star's death,
law enforcement sources said, but there is confusion over when he will
be booked.
Negotiations between prosecutors and Murray's
lawyers broke down Thursday evening, law enforcement sources with
detailed knowledge of the talks told Beth Karas of "In Session," of CNN
sister network truTV.
"I don't know what part of negotiations
could have broken down, in light of the fact that we've placed
ourselves in the hands of law enforcement to surrender at any time,"
said Ed Chernoff, Murray's lawyer.
Murray, who was Jackson's
doctor when the pop star died last summer, will nonetheless show up at
the Los Angeles courthouse airport location to surrender at 1:30 p.m.
PST Friday, as previously planned, a spokesman for his legal team told
Karas.
If authorities refuse to take him into custody for a
court arraignment, then Murray and his lawyers will meet with reporters
outside the courthouse, Miranda Sevcik said.
Prosecutors could file charges at any
time, however, setting up a scenario for Los Angeles police to find
Murray on their own, arrest him and take him to jail.
A
surrender -- in which a defendant turns himself at a police station for
booking -- would allow the doctor to avoid being seen in public
handcuffed and escorted by police.
The chances of a surrender appear dead, a law enforcement source told Karas.
Chernoff
said earlier Thursday that he and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney
David Walgren "share the goal of the efficient administration of this
process."
"An arrest of Dr. Murray
would be a waste of money, time and resources," he said. "We've always
made it clear: You tell us where; we'll be there. I'm sure something
can be arranged."
The doctor traveled to Los Angeles last week from his home in Houston, Texas, in anticipation of possible charges.
Murray
was hired as Jackson's personal physician last spring as the
entertainer prepared for his comeback concerts in London, England.
The
doctor told Los Angeles police investigators that he was with Jackson
through the early morning hours of June 25 in an effort to help the pop
star fall asleep, according to a police affidavit.
He administered sleep aids, and after Jackson
finally began sleeping in the late morning hours, Murray said, he left
the bedroom for "about two minutes maximum," the affidavit said.
"Upon his return, Murray noticed that Jackson was no longer breathing," it said.
The
doctor stayed with Jackson as an ambulance rushed him from his
$100,000-a-month rented mansion in Holmby Hills to UCLA Medical Center.
Efforts at CPR proved fruitless, and Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.
The
Los Angeles County coroner ruled Jackson's death a homicide resulting
from a combination of drugs, primarily propofol and lorazepam.
The
coroner's statement said Jackson died from "acute propofol
intoxication," but there were "other conditions contributing to death:
benzodiazepine effect." Lorazepam and two other drugs Murray said he
used are benzodiazepines.
The doctor told investigators he had
given Jackson three anti-anxiety drugs to help him sleep in the hours
before he stopped breathing, a police affidavit said.
Murray had
been treating Jackson for insomnia for six weeks at the time of the
singer's death. The doctor told investigators he gave Jackson 50
milligrams of propofol, the generic name for Diprivan, diluted with the
anesthetic lidocaine every night via an intravenous drip.
The doctor told police he was worried that Jackson was becoming addicted to the drug and tried to wean him off it.
During
the two nights before Jackson's death, Murray said, he put together
combinations of other drugs that succeeded in helping Jackson sleep.
CNN's Ted Rowlands contributed to this report.
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