Debbie Rowe won't be called to testify this week in Michael Jackson wrongful death trial

Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's ex-wife and the mother of two of his children, won't be called to testify this week in the King of Pop's wrongful death trial. She will likely take the stand after other witnesses, including Michael's older sister Rebbie.

Debbie Rowe won't be called to testify this week but remains a probable witness in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial unfolding in Los Angeles, a defense lawyer said Monday.

AEG Live lawyer Marvin Putnam said Rowe, the King of Pop's ex-wife and the birth mother of his oldest son and daughter, "probably" will be called to testify but not until other witnesses including Michael's oldest sibling Rebbie Jackson take the stand.

Jurors also are expected to hear videotaped deposition testimony from Michael's youngest brother Randy Jackson, he said.

Putnam said during his opening statement in April that Rowe had intimate knowledge of the superstar's lengthy use of the surgery-strength anesthetic that ultimately killed him.

He told jurors that Rowe would testify about Michael using propofol as a sleep aid as far back as the 1990s.

"(She) will tell you she saw several doctors put Mr. Jackson to sleep with propofol overnight in hotel rooms (while touring)," he said. "Ms. Rowe knew this was incredibly dangerous. …She would always insist on being there when he got propofol overnight."

He said Rowe "doesn't know the names of all the doctors" who gave the anesthetic but would name the ones she could.

Rowe undoubtedly would be a complicated witness. She used to work for Michael's dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein and reportedly has blamed her former employer for having a hand in the "Thriller" singer's death.

But her testimony about Michael's propofol use could harm the case that her kids Paris and Prince have brought along with their grandmother Katherine and younger brother Blanket against AEG.

Rowe has grown extremely close to Paris since the 15-year-old's failed suicide attempt June 5, sources told the Daily News.

As Michael's heirs, Katherine and the kids are asking a jury to find AEG financially liable for negligently hiring and supervising Dr. Conrad Murray, the personal physician convicted of giving the music icon a deadly dose of propofol in June 2009.

AEG has denied any wrongdoing, arguing that Michael personally hired Murray and carefully hid his propofol use behind locked doors.

On Monday, an expert witness testifying for AEG continued his assault on Katherine's claim her son could have earned more than $1 billion had he lived.

Eric Briggs, a consultant who has worked for the estates of Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, said it was dangerously "speculative" to assume Michael would have completed all 50 dates of his sold-out "This Is It" concert series in London - much less a 260-date world tour.

He called Katherine's projections "unprecedented," arguing that the best selling tour of all time - U2's "360" tour - grossed a grand total of $736 million. He said U2 band members only pocketed a fraction of that amount after paying for venues and pricey production costs.

He then underscored prior testimony that Michael's "Dangerous" tour lost money while his "HIStory" tour only broke even.

Briggs also questioned Michael's ability to line up sponsors and endorsement contracts due to his poor ratings in an influential poll of consumers.

And "Michael Jackson had a significant history of cancelling projects, even when they were fairly far along," Briggs testified.

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