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A lot of bad news in celebrity arrests this week, and the Michael Jackson case is at the top of the list. No, you aren’t seeing a reincarnation of the King of Pop here, but rather an artistic entrepreneur who has taken a lead on capitalizing on the King of Pop’s memory by becoming an impersonater. And along the streets of Hollywood Boulevard, these folks are a dime a dozen, and making quite much more than that following the demise of Michael Jackson. Nonetheless, entrepreneur’s aside, that the world has not said or heard much about the King’s death of late does not mean investigation into such as all but stopped, rather the opposite as TMZ is one of the first to report that an arrest is very near. It turns out that all eyes that have been on Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray are going to stay that way as he is about to turn himself in after the uncovering of some nasty evidence. One of our fave celebrity websites TMZ.com claims Dr Murray could be charged with involuntary manslaughter as soon as within the next few days. After a lengthy investigation the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office believes Dr Murray caused the King of Pop’s sudden death. The physician has already admitted injecting Jackson with the powerful sedative Propofol in the hours before his death and investigators allegedly believe this gross negligence was to blame for the tragedy. Jackson died of a heart attack caused by “acute Propofol intoxication”, according to the Los Angeles coroner, who ruled the death was a homicide. TMZ.com now claims Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is ready to go ahead with criminal action against Murray. And of course, as is the case of many homicides, the 50-year-old doctor denies any wrongdoing and his lawyer said Murray wanted to hand himself in to police if charges are pressed – rather than face a humiliating arrest. Jackson died last June after allegedly requesting an array of sedatives from Murray after returning home following rehearsals to get ready for his shows at The O2 arena in London. The late pop legend – who died of acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 – was last seen alive by his personal physician, but with his death ruled homicide by drug overdose last week, and the anaesthetic Propofol considered the primary factor, leading to this likely arrest, or the submission of Murray to the authorities by himself. And of course, we can’t get a straight answer, not even TMZ can as to what or how this will happen. After much haggling between prosecutors, defence lawyers and law enforcement officials over whether the physician should be arrested or not, it appears the doctor will now hand himself in to authorities, as it stands right now anyway, but anything could happen, not many take homicide charges lightly and the legal maneuvers here will be tricky no doubt. According to reports, he will face a judge next week, where it is thought a video camera will record the event. Law enforcement officials previously revealed that prosecutors planned to charge the doctor with involuntary manslaughter, alleging he gave Michael, 50, the powerful anaesthetic to help him sleep but that instead led to his death. Officials from the Los Angeles Police Department had wanted to go to the residence he was staying at to arrest him, so it wouldn’t look as though he was being given special treatment, but Attorney Ed Chernoff said last night that Murray would turn himself in because an arrest would only be for the benefit of news cameras. He said:

“You tell us where, we’ll be there. It’s a waste of time, it’s just a show. There’s no reason to handcuff a guy, drag him downtown so you can take a photo when he’s been sitting here for a week waiting to turn to himself in.”

No reason for handcuffs? Last I checked murder was a pretty good reason to handcuff someone. And we thought he wasn’t getting special treatment. This one sounds like it is going to get interesting, so stay tuned!