Jermaine Jackson Stands Up For Michael: "Michael is not an Addict"

On the recent "Ellen" episode, Jermaine Jackson said that his brother, Michael, was definitely not an addict, repudiating long time allegations that his brother could have live if he wasn't so dependent on illegal substances. "No, he wasn't addicted.

There was an addiction to Demerol in 2001 in the early 2000s but that was because of pain. Even during the autopsy report there was no addiction to any of that. Michael just wanted to sleep. He did not want to die. He trusted the doctor and the negligence and everything," said the former Jackson 5 member.

Jackson also said that the death is still so painful for their whole family. Even when Michael's former doctor, Conrad Murray, was found guilty, the Jackson family just didn't have it in them to celebrate.

"It's really sad because we lost an incredible person. To see and hear the verdict...My mother cried and we consoled her and the fans were cheering and everything but it's not bringing Michael back. We lost a brother," he said, profoundly touching on how much grief the family still feels about the unfortunate event.

The Murray trial was concluded Sunday of last week (Nov. 7) with the conviction of Murray for involuntary man slaughter. Murray will be facing a maximum of 4 years of jail time as well as the retraction of his medical license. When Jackson was asked what he thought of the sentence, he simply said that it wasn't enough, a sentiment with which Ellen agreed.

"Well, clearly we all lost somebody great. That we all have feelings about and memories attached but the fact that a doctor someone we trust like you said, could be allowed to ever possibly get their license back after something like that. That should just be a given that he would never be able to practice again. That should be at the very least. We would know that he would never be able to practice again," allowed the talk show host.