MJ turned to ‘self-harm’ in weeks before his death

Michael Jackson intentionally hurt himself in a desperate bid to feed his drug addiction, according to reports.

The King of Pop allegedly turned to “self-harm” in the weeks before his death on June 25 to persuade his personal physician Dr Conrad Murray to give him painkillers, including strong anaesthetic Demerol.

The singer, who reportedly spent 30,000-pounds a month on prescription drugs, purportedly went to extreme measures as part of his drug hell.

His drug induced side-effects reportedly included shaking fits, violent outbursts, hallucinations and bouts of wailing during the night.

“LAPD detectives have interviewed some 30-35 witnesses so far, and it has come to light that Michael was prone to self-harming,” the Mirror quoted a source close to the police investigation as saying.

“He’d bang his head against the wall, hit his fists and arms against furniture, anything to cause a cut or bruise.

“He wanted to convince his doctors that he’d had an accident and was in a lot of pain – a legitimate reason to ask for painkillers.

“This came up as part of the investigation into Michael’s drug-taking. So far there’s no evidence to prove or disprove the claims,” the source added.

A Jackson family source claimed that the music legend at times invented pain or hurt himself and craved attention when he fell ill.

The source said: “Staff had their suspicions that he sometimes invented pain or hurt himself to get attention.

The source added: “Michael self-harmed mainly as an attention-seeking mechanism or to gain sympathy. He enjoyed being cared for. It was a huge cry for help.”

Vivek meets up old mate Hrithik, avoids Aishwarya!

Once madly in love with ethereal Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi is a changed man these days! Now, when Aishwarya Rai has become a Bachchan bahu, the ghost of his past still haunt Vivek as the actor leaves no stones unturned to stay away from his ex-flame.

According to the latest buzz, Vivek Oberoi recently visited the sets of ‘Guzaarish’ only when Aishwarya left the place. B-town gossip has it that Vivek came to the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest flick at Mehboob Studios.

Story goes that Vivek came in to meet his old pal Hrithik Roshan and the two guys chatted for more than two hours. But all this bonhomie happened only after Aishwarya had left the movie set.

Talking about the incident a source told a news daily, “Vivek was doing a photo shoot at Mehboob Studios for ‘Kurbaan’ with Saif and Kareena. While packing up in the evening, he learnt that his good friend Hrithik too was shooting in the same studio. So he thought of catching up with him. However, when Vivek learnt that Hrithik was shooting for ‘Guzaarish,’ he contemplated whether he should pop in. He was apprehensive as he did not want to come face-to-face with Aishwarya, whom he was once dating. Only when he confirmed that Aishwarya was not present on the sets, did he go to meet Hrithik.”

The source further maintained, “Both Hrithik and Vivek have not been in touch with each other due to their professional commitments. Of late, they have only met each other at social events and parties, so they had a lot of catching up to do. They chatted about everything, from their films to personal lives, for almost two hours. Even Bhansali joined in their conversation.”

Asin receives a solitaire, and a proposal!

Asin’s single status might change any day. She is receiving proposals, and who knows which one would win over the talented beauty! In an extraordinary incident, recently the ‘Ghajini’ star received a massive rock, along with the proposal, of course! The one wooing her is a secret fan that has made Asin both flattered and embarrassed. She confessed, “It’s an extremely personal issue involving a fan and I would’t really like to comment on it.”

One of Asin’s close friends said, “ It’s extremely flaterring to get such attention and Asin is overwhelmed and at the same time embarrassed by it all.”

Recently, she was stalked in Singapore, which unsettled her considerably.

With her popularity and fan base going stronger in strength, she might need a hunk by her side soon to guard her and keep those wild fans at bay. Who knows it would be the one with this very rock!

Jeetendra lands up in land row

Yesteryears` actor Jeetendra is in a land row. Some builders have allegedly used muscle power to take possession of a piece of land the actor says he purchased on behalf of Balaji Telefilms and used local police force to intimidate the senior actor`s staff.

"How can they do this to us in a city like Mumbai? We bought the land after four land searches. Then we bought the land and got all the proper documents. We also gave an ad in the paper saying, if anyone has any claim over the land, please come forward. Having done all that some builders have come forward to claim it`s their land," angry Ekta Kapoor, Jeetendra`s daughter, told IANS.

"Shockingly, they came to our land Tuesday with cops and took our people to jail. The cops have illegally removed our people when we`ve all the papers. Because the other builder is a goon, they`ve put my people in jail," she added.

The incident took place Tuesday evening at Mira Road in Thane district. Ekta and his family are planning to sue the police.

Balaji`s lawyer Sandeep Singh Sidhu said: "There is a status quo order by the Mumbai High Court. Without honouring that particular order...I think the local police was approached by RNA and they tried to dispossess us forcibly at around 5 pm on Tuesday."