Heath Ledger Investigation Closed
Mary-Kate Olsen is off the hook for now. It seems that the investigation into how Heath Ledger obtained the cocktail of drugs found in his system after his death is closed:
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan had been overseeing a Drug Enforcement Administration probe into whether the painkillers found in Ledger’s system were obtained illegally. But the prosecutors have bowed out “because they don’t believe there’s a viable target,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no charges have been filed.
The decision comes after recent reports that actress Mary-Kate Olsen was demanding immunity before answering questions about the startling death of her close friend and his drug use. Authorities say she was the first person called by a masseuse who found the 28-year-old “Dark Knight” actor’s lifeless body in his Manhattan apartment.
The DEA had obtained a subpoena that could have forced Olsen if she continued to hold out. But the subpoena, issued in April, is no longer valid because it was contingent upon prosecutors pursuing the case, the official said Wednesday. The official added that the case could still be revived if evidence of a crime emerges.
They were investigating what he had in his system, why it was there, and how he obtained it to start with:
DEA investigators suspect the painkillers found in Ledger’s system, oxycodone and hydrocodone, were obtained with phony prescriptions or other illegal means. Oxycodone is sold as OxyContin and hydrocodone as Vicodin. [...]
Other drugs taken by Ledger, including anti-anxiety medication and sleeping pills, were prescribed legally by doctors in California and Texas.
Mary-Kate has insisted she does not now how Heath obtained the drugs.
I don’t know. If I was a friend of someone who died in this manner, and if I were the first person called after the death, and if I had nothing to hide, speaking to the police about it would not be a problem. But, while perhaps she didn’t have anything to do with the drugs found in his system, maybe it’s her own, unrelated activities that night which the police would have found suspicious…maybe she was covering her own skinny butt, but not in the way we think.
In any case, the investigation is closed unless they find something which pries it open again. This death did not have to happen. Please, people, pay attention to what you’re doing, and keep a network of people around you if you’re having problems.
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I agree with you, she’s hiding something. And it’s just too weird that the masseuse called her like three times before calling 911. You would think family or an ambulance would get the first few calls…
Comment by Brooke — August 8, 2008 @ 12:39 am
Is Mary Kate made of wax???
Comment by Mary Jane Jones — August 8, 2008 @ 10:16 am
Who did she pay off?
Comment by Jannah — August 8, 2008 @ 4:03 pm