Dr. Shafer was retained by the prosecutors in the case.
One of the reports Dr. Shafer prepared for the case said that if Mr. Jackson had taken the propofol orally, 99 percent of it would have been metabolized by the liver before entering the bloodstream and not caused any adverse side effects.
Defense attorneys have said that Mr. Jackson drank or injected the drug.
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