Michael Jackson doctor: no dangerous drugs

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's dermatologist said he had sedated the pop star in the past for painful medical procedures but had never given him dangerous sedatives like Propofol to use.

"I was not one of the doctors who participated in giving him overdoses of drugs or too much of anything," Dr. Arnold Klein said in an interview that aired Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "In fact, I was the one who limited everything, who stopped everything."

Investigators looking into the cause of Jackson's death have homed in on drugs administered to the insomniac musician. The powerful sedative Diprivan, also known as Propofol and usually administered by anesthesiologists in hospitals, was found in Jackson's home, according to a law-enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person wasn't authorized to comment.

Meanwhile, CNN and ABC reported sources said needle marks were found on Jackson's body after his June 25 death, indicating possible intravenous injection. The marks on Jackson's body "could certainly be consistent with the regular IV use of a drug, like Diprivan," CNN quoted the source as saying.

Last week a nutritionist who worked with Jackson earlier this year told CNN the star had pleaded with her to acquire Diprivan.

As the world paused to remember Jackson during Tuesday's memorial at Staples Center in Los Angeles attended by 20,000 people, authorities released his death certificate, which did not list a cause of death. The official determination likely will wait until toxicology results are completed, which could be weeks.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Jackson's brain, or at least part of it, still was being held by investigators and would be returned to the family for interment once neuropathology tests were completed.

Jackson's final resting place was another unknown. A private memorial was held Tuesday at the Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills that is the resting place of many stars, but it does not appear Jackson will be buried among them.

Nielsen Media Research estimated Wednesday that some 31.1 million people in the United States watched the Jackson memorial on television, with millions more catching video streams on their computers. President Obama's inauguration in January was seen by 38 million people on TV, and the "American Idol" finale in May had 28.9 million viewers. Twelve years ago, 33.2 million people in the United States watched Princess Diana's funeral.

The Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday it spent about $1 million on overtime for officers and civilian personnel handling the Jackson memorial. The number is lower than the estimated $2.5 million the department expected to pay for the event. The crowds were much smaller than anticipated, and about 1,000 officers of the 3,200-officer deployment were released early.

It's still unclear what the city's total costs will be, including traffic control and street services. It's also unclear whether the sum includes police crowd control at the Jackson family compound and Forest Lawn cemetery.

Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich told the City Council that his new management team was going to find out how the city got into the position of providing support for the event and how it could recoup some of the money.

The city has also set up a Web site urging fans to make tax-deductible donations through credit cards, PayPal or check to help defray costs.

Donations have not yet been tallied, but mayor's spokesman Matt Szabo said the site received so many hits that the servers temporarily crashed.

Compiled from The Associated Press and Los Angeles Times