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Should Mary-Kate Olsen get immunity to questions about Heath Ledger's death?

Plantgypc 2008/08/05 12:04:43
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NEW YORK - Federal investigators want to question Mary-Kate Olsen about how Heath Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his accidental overdose death, but she's refusing to talk without immunity, a law enforcement official said Monday.

Olsen's lawyer has twice refused requests for her to speak with investigators, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. The lawyer, Michael C. Miller, said the "Full House" actress has nothing to do with the drugs, and has already told the government everything she knows.

"We have provided the government with relevant information including facts in the chronology of events surrounding Mr. Ledger's death," Miller said in a statement Monday, "and the fact that Ms. Olsen does not know the source of the drugs Mr. Ledger consumed."

The official confirmed a report that Olsen wants a promise of immunity from prosecution before speaking to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Olsen was a close friend of Ledger's, and was the first person called by a masseuse who found the 28-year-old "Dark Knight" actor's lifeless body in his Manhattan apartment.

Authorities have obtained a subpoena that could force Olsen to appear before a grand jury if negotiations with her lawyer fail, the official said. Other potential witnesses all have answered questions voluntarily, including doctors, Ledger's ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams and anyone who was in his apartment around the time of his death, the official added.

DEA investigators suspect the painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone found in Ledger's system were obtained with phony prescriptions or other illegal means, the official said. Oxycodone is sold as OxyContin; and hydrocodone as Vicodin.

The other drugs, including anti-anxiety medication and sleeping pills, were prescribed legally by doctors in California and Texas, the official said.

The medical examiner's office wouldn't say what concentrations of each drug was found, but made clear he was killed by the combination — not an excess of any one drug in particular. It's common for the DEA to investigate an overdose death with so many different drugs involved, spokesman Garrison Courtney said last month.

The DEA's New York office declined comment on the stalemate with Olsen, which was first reported Monday by the New York Post. There was no immediate response to a message left with a spokeswoman for Olsen.

The masseuse discovered Ledger's body on Jan. 22. Police say she spent nine minutes making three calls to Olsen before dialing 911 for help, then called the actress a fourth time after paramedics arrived. At some point during the flurry of frantic calls, Olsen, who was in California, summoned her personal security guards to the apartment to help, police said.

Shortly after the Australian-born actor's death, Olsen issued a statement that read: "Heath was a friend. His death is a tragic loss.
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  • Lish 2008/09/09 19:44:20
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    Lish
    That bitch should burn!
  • SarahsTwilight 2008/08/22 00:14:34 (edited)
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    SarahsTwilight
    Mary Kate Olsen should rot in prison for what she did.
    Let that spoiled rotten brat get a taste of the real world.
    Just because shes famous dose not mean she sould
    get special treatment
    Dont do the crime if you cant do the time.
  • Ryoko 2008/08/19 22:18:58 (edited)
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    Ryoko
    +2
    NO SHE SHOULD NOT GET IMMUNITY! She Knows something that we dont and she NEEDS to tell. Heath was supposed to be her *friend* so why wont she say anything? She is acting strange. She knows It, and she is trying to hide it. It dont fool nobody. She asks for immunity? How Much more suspicious can you get? Heaths other friends, family, and fans deserve to get the WHOLE truth not just half of it. The Bottles for the other sleeping pills where missing.....hmmmm wonder why that is, wonder who did it. Heath was a great person, We will Miss him. SEE YAH IN HEAVEN HEATHY! R.I.P. Until then.
  • G 2008/08/12 02:16:59
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    G
    +2
    Hell NO! She shouldnt have goten those pills from whoever it was in the first place
  • memebabe 2008/08/07 01:22:17
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    memebabe
    +1
    she is bad bad news
  • Luna 2008/08/06 21:36:10
  • This Much Luna 2008/08/06 21:42:13
    This Much
    +2
    that would be none
  • Luna This Much 2008/08/06 21:55:53
  • Ryoko Luna 2008/08/19 22:20:40 (edited)
    Ryoko
    +1
    Im Afraid You and I wouldnt get much immunity if any so therefore she shouldnt get any either. Nice saying!
  • noname 2008/08/06 21:20:51
  • Captain America 2008/08/06 16:37:21 (edited)
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    Captain America
    +2
    she should get her little ass kicked if she had a part in his death.

    But she is still cute though - only because sometimes slightly messed up girls can be fun.

    Bag on me if you want - just keeping it real.
  • missnoee 2008/08/06 14:02:03
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    missnoee
    +3
    She doesn't deserve any more protection then anyone else. If she's not guilty, she wouldn't be refusing to talk.
  • Eddie 2008/08/05 17:11:45
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    Eddie
    +5
    She needs to talk to officials
  • noname Eddie 2008/08/06 21:24:37
  • Eddie noname 2008/08/06 21:30:53
    Eddie
    +3
    I agree completely! She is awfully skinny, I wonder what she's taking ;-)
  • noname Eddie 2008/08/06 21:52:24
  • Eddie noname 2008/08/06 21:58:21
    Eddie
    +2
    Oh right!
  • noname Eddie 2008/08/06 22:02:56
  • Eddie noname 2008/08/06 22:42:45
    Eddie
    +2
    Of course not! ahahahahah!!
  • noname Eddie 2008/08/07 02:01:20
  • Attila Proper 2008/08/05 13:02:45
    Yes immunity she was not to blame.
    Attila Proper
    +3
    Only if she tells where she hid the body.
  • noname Attila ... 2008/08/06 21:25:16 (edited)
  • This Much 2008/08/05 12:36:31
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    This Much
    +4
    of course not - would the cops give anyone else immunity? immunity cops immunity
  • noname This Much 2008/08/06 21:32:22
  • Seonag 2008/08/05 12:17:30
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    Seonag
    +4
    Bring her before the grand jury. They have the supoena to do so, according to the news.
  • noname Seonag 2008/08/06 21:33:50
  • Ravenhon - Patriotic Atheist 2008/08/05 12:13:48
    Yes immunity she was not to blame.
    Ravenhon - Patriotic Atheist
    +2
    He would have figured out how to find drugs if he wanted them bad enough. She isn't responsible for his death.
  • This Much Ravenho... 2008/08/05 12:41:49
    This Much
    +3
    How would you know? They cant even ask her questions - and if she did supply the drugs I believe she is responsible like any drug dealer would be.
  • Ravenho... This Much 2008/08/05 12:43:20
    Ravenhon - Patriotic Atheist
    +2
    She would be responsible for selling him a couple of pills which would get her a couple of months worth of probation. Woopdeedoo.
  • This Much Ravenho... 2008/08/05 12:44:33
    This Much
    +3
    no that would be manslaughter --- he died remember
  • Ravenho... This Much 2008/08/05 12:45:44
    Ravenhon - Patriotic Atheist
    +2
    She'll plea out of it. You must be forgetting just how much money she has. I'd love to see her in prison too, but realistically, it's not gonna happen.
  • Plantgypc Ravenho... 2008/08/05 12:51:42
    Plantgypc
    +3
    That's my point. She should be as responsible as any other shmow.
  • noname Ravenho... 2008/08/06 21:46:23 (edited)
  • noname Ravenho... 2008/08/06 21:43:24
  • noname This Much 2008/08/06 21:39:58
  • Plantgypc Ravenho... 2008/08/05 12:50:08
    Plantgypc
    +1
    The drugs he had were hers. She gave them to him.
  • noname Plantgypc 2008/08/06 21:50:59
  • noname Ravenho... 2008/08/06 21:36:14
  • Plantgypc 2008/08/05 12:06:36
    No immunity she own up to your part.
    Plantgypc
    +3
    I am tired of these hollywood do littles getting kit glove treatment.

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