TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray defended his appellate lawyer from "a slew of disparaging remarks" just days before she files the appeal of the doctor's involuntary manslaughter conviction in Michael Jackson's death. CNN has obtained sections of that 300-page appeal, including the defense argument that the trial judge erred by not allowing the testimony of Dr. Arnold Klein, a dermatologist the defense contended addicted Jackson to Demerol in his last weeks. Murray's appeal, which will be filed Monday, also argues that prosecutors never proved Jackson was hooked up to an IV drip of the drug that killed him. The defense theory was that Jackson had administered the fatal dosage himself while the doctor was away.Murray calls from jail citing "injustice" done to appeal lawyerAppeal lawyer Valerie Wass " took a personal hit for me," Murray tells CNNMurray witnessed Wass and trial lawyer Michael Flanagan argue at the jailWass will file Murray's appeal on Monday 
 Question:"The evidence is consistent with a scenario in which _ quickly self-injected the lethal bolus dose of propofol while appellant was outside the bedroom," the appeal contends.

SOLUTION: Michael Jackson

PROBLEM: Philippe Coutinho will more than likely be sidelined for Liverpool's Europa League clash with Bordeaux on Thursday after suffering a minor hamstring strain at the weekend. The in-form Brazilian scored the Reds' second goal in their 4-1 demolition of Manchester City on Saturday but limped off in the second half with a leg problem. A scan on Monday night revealed no major damage and the 23-year-old is a chance to be involved when Swansea City visit in the Premier League on Sunday. Although only a minor set-back, the blow comes at a terrible time for Coutinho after he's managed to string together a series of stand-out performances.Philippe Coutinho was replaced in the second half of Saturday's winIn-form Brazilian more than likely to miss Thursday's visit by BordeauxThe forward was diagnosed with a minor hamstring strain after scansHe's a chance of being fit for Sunday's Premier League clash with SwanseaJohn Aldridge: Jurgen Klopp is Liverpool's 12th man 
 Question:'It's been personally a good year for me, with big moments, some good goals and receiving awards,' _ told liverpoolfc.com.

SOLUTION: Philippe Coutinho

PROBLEM: (CNN) She's been called a "Russian government attorney," a "trusted insider" of the Kremlin, the "go-to lawyer for the Moscow regional government" and an acquaintance of Russia's powerful prosecutor general. Natalia Veselnitskaya, 42, rose from obscurity to international notoriety following the disclosure of her June 9, 2016, meeting with Donald Trump, Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. She also appears to have amassed considerable wealth in a very short period of time, 14 years ago, when her legal career in the Moscow region (not to be confused with the city of Moscow) was in its infancy and she was just transitioning from being a government employee to a private practitioner.Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was a key participant at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and campaign aidesMichael Weiss: How a young provincial attorney with a modest income was able to afford seven figures worth of property is a very Russian mystery -- as is her journey to the Trump Tower meeting 
 Question:According to two different privately run databases, which draw on personal financial and employment information from Russian state records, _ went from a lowly state salary of $1,559 a year to a much more comfortable $53,645, between 1999 and 2003.

SOLUTION:
Natalia Veselnitskaya