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Doctor testifies about concerns about Michael Jackson’s use of painkiller in 1993

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FILE - In this June 23, 2009 handout photo provided by AEG, pop star Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A doctor who treated Jackson on his 1993 "Dangerous" tour testified on Monday, July 8, 2013, in a negligent hiring suit against AEG Live LLC that he expressed concerns that the singer had problems with prescription painkillers to a promoter who later became a top AEG Live executive. (AP Photo/ Kevin Mazur, AEG/Getty Images, file) ** MANDATORY CREDIT. NO SALES, ARCHIVE OUT **

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Jurors hearing a lawsuit involving Michael Jackson’s death have heard from a doctor who treated the singer in the early 1990s and believed he had a problem with prescription pain medications.

Dr. Stuart Finkelstein testified Monday about giving Jackson two doses of painkillers while the singer was on 1993’s “Dangerous” tour, which ended prematurely when the superstar entered rehab.

Finkelstein’s testimony was shown to jurors after being videotaped earlier this year.

Finkelstein testified that he relayed his concerns to Paul Gongaware, a promoter who is now a top executive for concert promoter AEG Live LLC.

Jackson’s mother is suing AEG Live claiming it negligently hired Conrad Murray, a cardiologist later convicted of giving her son an anesthetic overdose in 2009.

AEG denies wrongdoing.

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