Michael Jackson's former skin doctor ARNOLD KLEIN is suing a cosmetic surgeon for suggesting he taught the King of Pop's physician how to administer Propofol - the anaesthetic drug which killed the pop star.
The dermatologist claims false statements Dr. Steven Hoefflin made to a British tabloid were slanderous.
In court papers filed in Los Angeles on Monday (14Sep09), Dr. Klein insists the remarks were an attempt to wreck his reputation.
He says Hoefflin's comments to The Sun were, "wilful, fraudulent, malicious, oppressive and reckless".
But the surgeon is standing by what he said, telling TMZ.com, "They (The Sun) check their facts with an electronic microscope. There is factual evidence that the statements that I made are true. They have in their possession phone records, recordings, documents and other evidence that confirms facts in their stories before they're published."