Dr Arnold Klein files lawsuit against fellow Jacko doctor Steven Hoefflin
Feb 3, 2010 Drugs, Michael Jackson
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B.J.
Michael Jackson’s former doctor has filed new legal papers in his battle with a fellow plastic surgeon.
Dr Arnold Klein (pictured) is suing Dr Steven Hoefflin for defamation over Hoefflin’s insinuation that Klein was responsible for the King Of Pop’s sudden death last June.
According to a report on TMZ.com Klein is “bewildered” over Hoefflin’s animosity towards him and his hinting that he was the source of the fatal dose of Propofol taken by Jackson.
Now in his latest legal papers, Klein claims: “It is not clear to me why Dr Hoefflin holds the malice for me that he manifested by stating publicly that I was instrumental in providing the medication that caused Michael Jackson’s death.”
Hoefflin – who along with Klein performed numerous procedures on Jackson – is trying to get Klein’s defamation case dismissed, arguing that Jackson’s death is a matter of public interest and Hoefflin’s comments are protected speech.
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