LaToya is out for justice, ya’ll.

As investigators wait for the results of toxicology tests on Michael Jackson to determine the singer’s cause of death, older sister LaToya Jackson has come up with her own theories about what felled her 50-year-old brother. In an interview with England’s Mail on Sunday, LaToya blames her brother’s death on a shadowy cabal of hangers-on who she alleges manipulated Michael into signing up for a 50-date engagement at the O2 Arena in London and cutting him off from his family and friends.

“I believe Michael was murdered, I felt that from the start. Not just one person was involved, rather it was a conspiracy of people,” said LaToya, 53, a onetime Playboy model who was estranged from the Jackson clan for a time in the early 1990s, after she claimed that she believed Michael acted inappropriately with children. She later said she was manipulated into the statement by her controlling ex-husband.

Last week, the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department said it is still possible that the investigation into Jackson’s death could turn into a homicide case, depending on the results of toxicology tests.

“He was surrounded by a bad circle. Michael was a very meek, quiet, loving person. People took advantage of that. People fought to be close to him, people who weren’t always on his side,” LaToya said, not blaming anyone in particular, but referring to a “shadowy entourage” who supplied her brother with prescription drugs. Since his death, a number of stories have emerged detailing Jackson’s alleged addiction to prescription medications, including an intravenously delivered surgical anesthetic not intended for private use that the singer is said to have used as a sleep aid.

LaToya told the paper that less than a month ago, she thought Michael was going to die before his London shows — which were slated to kick off on Monday (July 13) — because “he was surrounded by people who didn’t have his best interests at heart.” [continue]