Michael Jackson’s final words were begging his doctor for a powerful sleep medication, Dr. Conrad Murray says in a documentary filmed during the manslaughter trial that ended Monday in his conviction.
Cable-news channel MSNBC is rushing the special, “Michael Jackson and The Doctor: A Fatal Friendship,” onto the air Friday night.
The network won a bidding war — which included the right to record its own interview with Murray — before the trial was over, according to industry sources.
Asked to recall Jackson’s final words on June 25, 2009, before succumbing to an overdose of the anesthesia propofol, he says:
“It was probably . . . when he was pleading and begging me to please, please let him have some ‘milk’ because that was the only thing that would work,” Murray said.
“Milk” was Jackson’s code for propofol, which he used to sleep, according to reports.
MSNBC showed one excerpt from the film yesterday with Murray, saying he and Jackson shared a special bond as the sons of cold, demanding dads.
“He said that all my life, I have found one friend, which is you, Dr. Conrad Murray,” the now-jailed doctor says.
The film was recorded by a British production crew in the months before and during his trial on involuntary manslaughter charges.
Because of a court-imposed gag order, it could not be shown until after the verdict.
According to sources familiar with the bidding war, MSNBC paid a six-figure sum for the film — including the right to air portions on the “Today” show later this week.
Murray’s defense lawyer, J. Michael Flanagan, says he fears the worst when the doctor is sentenced this month.
“I’d like it to be the lightest, two years or probation,” he told The Post. “But who knows? [Judge Michael] Pastor hasn’t shown any leniency. Every ruling has been against us.”
Murray’s defender was particularly miffed that Judge Pastor locked up his client without bail, before sentencing. Flanagan sarcastically said: “I don’t think people need to be afraid he’ll be running up to them on the street and injecting them with propofol.”