Why was Dr. Tohme secretly keeping Michael Jackson Millions

Dr. Tohme in the background during Michael Jackson’s death announcement

Yesterday, TMZ reported, “Special Administrators of Michael Jackson’s estate filed legal papers saying they just recovered $5.5 million in cash from a former financial advisor.” The name of the anonymous financial advisor has become public. The advisor is Dr. Tohme Tohme.

The $5.5 million dollar question is, who is Dr. Tohme and what is his involvement with the late King of pop?

In December 2008, Dr. Tohme Tohme held a press conference to dispute the Jackson cancer scandal, "Wild allegations concerning Mr. Jackson’s health are a total fabrication," says Dr. Tohme Tohme. At the time he identified himself as Jackson’s "official and sole" spokesperson.

Dr. Tohme is an orthopedic surgeon from Saudi Arabia turned businessman. It is believed that he was introduced to Micheal through Jermaine, Michael’s brother. Dr. Tohme assisted by refinancing Michael when the singer was defaulting on million dollars worth of loan. Dr. Tohme quickly became Jackson’s manager and confidant after the refinancing deal.

Our sources confirmed that Dr. Tohme brokered a deal between Jackson and Colony Capital, a private-equity firm run by billionaire Tom Barrack Jr.

Philip Anschutz, owner of AEG Live, the entertainment giant which went on to handle the final tour, then received a call from Mr. Barrack, his friend.

Randy Phillips, AEG chief executive, said: "I got a call from Dr. Tohme, who said Michael was in bad financial straits." Last December, Mr Phillips presented Dr. Tohme with his vision. "Phase one would be 10 shows at the O2," he said. But as the pressure of what had grown to 50 shows mounted, it appeared that Michael and Dr. Tohme had differences of opinion and went their separate ways.

If they parted and went their separate ways, what prompted Dr. Tohme to return Jackson’s $5.5 million dollars that only he and Michael apparently knew he had?