Brittany Murphy Wrongful Death Suit: Husband Simon Monjack Says Warner Brothers 'Killed Her'

Daily Beast:

The Daily Beast has learned that Simon Monjack, the much-maligned husband of Brittany Murphy, is only days away from filing a wrongful-death action against Warner Brothers, claiming that the studio is responsible for the unexpected death of the 32-year-old actress last December. "They killed her," he told me. Although the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office hasn't released a final cause of death, Monjack and Brittany's mother, Sharon, who also spoke to me, are convinced that the once-promising star died of a heart attack from the stress caused by Warner Brother's canceling of a contract just two weeks before she died. Murphy was excited to have begun production on the sequel to the animated hit Happy Feet, but when she was fired by Warner Brothers, Monjack says, "She was devastated."

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Comments

[Sarahlein]

07:18 PM on 01/28/2010

Read the original story. Brag much, Simon? This guy is a bag of wind.

[Bude]

11:08 AM on 01/28/2010

Who's he suing her?

[roostertatoo]

10:52 AM on 01/28/2010

Sorry, I look at him and I see creep. I read an article in People Magazine where he said stuff like Brittney loved to shop for $3,000 handbags, etc. what a crock. He is the one looking for the $'s. The truth will come out soon, and I just know he will be the one to blame for her death.

[JRRWIRED]

10:44 AM on 01/28/2010

Ah Simon, who's your next meal-ticket? Sue Warner because they killed Murphy? Your case won't even make it to discovery.

Dismissed.

[luvapetadopt]

09:59 AM on 01/28/2010

Well, his source of money is unfortunately gone...so now what, he has to go out and find a REAL job?

Oh heck no....let him find a way to sue.....

[GoldStarMom]

07:33 AM on 01/28/2010

I can't sue Bush Inc. for wrongful death related to my son being killed in Iraq when his hummer ran over a buried IED. This guy has NO chance of pinning his wife's death on work related stress, especially if she had a diagnosed heart defect.

While he has my sympathy, there are some things in life you have little to no control over.

[laaambchop]

09:32 AM on 01/28/2010

My sympathies to you and the rest of your family.

[abbienormal]

09:48 AM on 01/28/2010

My sympathies are with you also.

[doublels]

11:00 AM on 01/28/2010

My sincere condolences.

[happykiddo]

06:44 AM on 01/28/2010

This lawsuit tells me that he is still drunk.

[RingworldEngineer]

06:35 AM on 01/28/2010

huh? he doesn't have a case against warners.

[ppitstop]

04:59 AM on 01/28/2010

(Snarky or not) While I am sorry for his loss, it is utterly foolish to try to make Warner liable for her death. Imagine the circus of a court system if everyone who lost a gig blamed whatever catastrophe that followed - be it health, personal, financial, etc. - on his/her former employer? I mean come on... "I'm suing my former employer because my house burned down because I used a space heater because my gas got shut off because I was fired..." "Her family is suing because she was so distraught over being fired that she went out and got drunk then drove herself into a wall..."

[RasputinsLiver]

09:48 AM on 01/28/2010

Thank you. Exactly what I was thinking when I read the article.

[NoSillyName]

03:45 AM on 01/28/2010

Snarky comments. Bother to read the interview?

[Balzac]

03:37 AM on 01/28/2010

Brittany's mother's choice to support Monjack is significant, in addition to this excerpt:

“In all the time I’ve known her, she has never, and I repeat NEVER, done drugs,” Monjack told me. “Not a line of cocaine, not a hit from a joint, nothing. She was anti-drugs. There are no drugs involved. If any were, I would not be on the phone with you.” She was afraid of even drinking too much caffeine, adds Sharon, ever since she was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse, a common heart condition in which the valve doesn’t close completely. She was also hypoglycemic, not diabetic as widely reported.

The mitral valve prolapse and the hypoglycemia are especially significant. I'm not sure if there is anyone at all to blame for this tragically early death of a very popular and beautiful actress. Ideally, we'd all be living with less stress in our lives.

[anna kahn]

02:58 AM on 01/28/2010

what was wrong?

http://picturesvideosonline.com/brittany_murphy_911_call

[TheMuckraker]

01:00 PM on 01/28/2010

I listened to the first link on that page:

http://picturesvideosonline.com/free_watch_online_video_brittany_murphy_911_call_1

It sounds like the Mom is culpable. She didnt follow or relay the instructions of the 911 Operator to the husband.

[KriTiKiT]

02:06 AM on 01/28/2010

i would sue the clonopin manufacturer

[TheMuckraker]

01:58 AM on 01/28/2010

Wait a dammed minute.

HE insisted they NOT do an AUTOPSY.....

[TheMuckraker]

02:02 AM on 01/28/2010

....so how will they prove she died from a broken contract?

[JhNyc]

02:54 AM on 01/28/2010

There was an autopsy, but it couldn't possibly prove contract-related death.

[wadenelson1]

01:50 AM on 01/28/2010

Suing for a broken heart? What's next, spilling hot coffee on your lap?

[RogerHWerner]

02:31 AM on 01/28/2010

I don't have a problem with the hot coffee law suit and guess what? If that coffee spilled in your mother's lap you;d sue too. I suggest you learn the details of the hot coffee law suit rather than listening to the crap dished out by the GOP. The suit was merited. If you bothered to read the article without forming an opinion before hand you would see that the husband's suit has nothing to do with a broken heart. This man sounds genuinely pissed. again, if you had a wife and she died in your arms from work-related stress and substandard working conditions I suspect you might consider litigation too. It's easy for insensitive boneheads to be critical of what others do but my experience with such people is that they are the first to whine if something happens to them.

[hottingers]

03:31 AM on 01/28/2010

You would also want to sue if you lost your meal ticket.

[Klitorisaurus]

06:33 AM on 01/28/2010

You go ahead and tell the third world about our little starlets substandard working conditions.... Pah-lease!