David Carradine's Widow Sues Over His Death

LOS ANGELES — David Carradine's widow filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against a French company handling the actor's last film, claiming it failed to provide proper services to protect him.

The lawsuit is against MK2 S.A., a French company responsible for the production of the movie "Stretch."

The lawsuit claims the company promised to provide Carradine the best possible amenities and an assistant to help him navigate Bangkok but left him behind for dinner on the night before the actor was found dead.

"Defendants were negligent in failing to follow industry standard and provide David Carradine, the performer, with sufficient assistant during the course of filming Stretch in Bangkok, Thailand," the lawsuit states.

Officials at MK2 reached Friday morning in Paris had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.

Carradine, star of the popular "Kung Fu" television series and films such as "Kill Bill," had been in the city only three days. The lawsuit also claims Carradine's widow, Anne, has run into difficulties collecting on an insurance policy that MK2 was required to have for the actor.

Carradine, 72, was found hanging naked last June in a suite at a luxury Bangkok hotel. The lawsuit does not offer any additional details about Carradine's death. Thai authorities have never released the results of their investigation.

The lawsuit claims Carradine's assistant and other film staffers left the actor behind for dinner after failing to reach him in his hotel room. He called the assistant an hour later but was told the group was across town and he would have to make his own arrangements that evening.

According to the film database IMDB.com, production on "Stretch" was halted earlier this year. The site lists nearly 100 film credits for MK2, dating back to the late 1960s.

The lawsuit does not specify how much Anne Carradine is seeking.

(This version CORRECTS Corrects French company name in lawsuit to MK2, adds company declining to comment. Moving on general news and entertainment services.)

Comments

[thoughtsoutloud]

09:59 PM on 06/06/2010

If my husband died in this manner, I don't think I would ever leave the house again. Why on earth would she want to keep the story alive?
The only person responsible for DC's death was DC. There were stories about him and strange stuff as far back as when he was with Barbara Hershey. Yuck.

[zjin]

04:19 PM on 06/06/2010

Wait, didn't Carradine die while masturbating (using a risky self-asphixiation technique to enhance his orgasm)? How would such off-set personal activity be the liability of the movie company?

[Privatepractice]

01:23 AM on 06/06/2010

So the film company gagged and tied him up in the closet because he requested the kinky stuff? What kind of nonsense is this? Carradine did the freaky stuff and it eventually took him out but the wife is suing the film company? I am going to give myself a paper cut and sue the paper company. Is there anyone on the board that can provide legal representation for a small fee if and when I win?

[Doctor ME]

01:52 PM on 06/05/2010

Legendaryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

[Doctor ME]

01:37 PM on 06/05/2010

Give me a break.....more of societies 'lets blame someone else' attitude and get some money out of it........

[CANTHATBE]

12:42 PM on 06/05/2010

A frivolous case. So the attendant is suppose to stay in Carradine hotel room and watch while Carradine is involved in all kinds of freaky stuff..

[jmink]

11:17 AM on 06/05/2010

So he would have been eating dinner instead of bondage, if he had not been left behind? The room service at the hotel must have been lousy.

[KIVPossum]

08:18 AM on 06/05/2010

Not sure how a death caused by auto erotic behavior is the studios' fault unless the assistant was supposed to stang guard and watch.

[ilovedessert]

12:54 AM on 06/05/2010

He tries to _____ while choking off air, thus supposedly increase his pleasure, during that special moment, which certainly is questionable and has a far better chance of doing what it did killing himself.

Loss of oxygen to the brain causes brain damage,...............perhaps his widow nd her attorney have brain damage from doing the same aerial event...............Translation: His widow & attorney have the nerves of a bad tooth!

[ywcachieve]

12:34 AM on 06/05/2010

Some people are looking to be unjustly enriched, it is just a shame.

I just hope the courts will stop letting these frivolous, greed, lawsuits be heard.

[HankyJoe]

12:28 AM on 06/05/2010

I'm confused.

[ywcachieve]

12:28 AM on 06/05/2010

The wife is out of her mind, and greedy to boot. What a disgraceful lawsuit.

[Ascoli]

06:09 AM on 06/06/2010

..............as well as disgusting

[kinogod]

12:04 AM on 06/05/2010

Oh come on, seriously? The widow is suing the prod co cuz they didnt stop the man from privately performing auto asphyxiation? WTF?!

[bridgeman]

11:18 PM on 06/04/2010

David Carradine's Widow Sues Over His Death

well that took a lot of ba.lls to do that.

[tanya1111]

04:53 PM on 06/05/2010

if you use capital i's instead of L's you can write baIIs... I mean I like to write baIIs morning noon and night so I know. ;)

[bridgeman]

05:24 PM on 06/05/2010

LOL!

[dissanayake]

10:40 PM on 06/04/2010

Did she expect them to be their in the room, while he sat in the closet and did his thing? This women is shameless.