Friday 8 August 2008

Olsen seeks immunity for Ledger questioning: source

NEW YORK () - Mary-Kate Olsen will non speak to federal investigators about player Heath Ledger's death unless she is granted immunity from pursuance, a jurisprudence enforcement reference told on Monday.





Olsen, 22, was a acquaintance of Ledger and the first person called by his masseuse, who establish the 28-year-old Australian dead in his New York apartment in January from an accidental prescription do drugs overdose.





Olsen, best known for her role in TV series "Full House," summoned private security department guards, wHO arrived at Ledger's apartment in Manhattan's SoHo dominion at the same time as emergency services workers.





The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating the source of Ledger's drugs and medicines. "We have asked to interview her (twice) and it has not happened," the law enforcement source aforesaid.





The source aforementioned that investigators are in negotiations with Olsen's lawyers and the prosecutor's power.





Olsen lawyer Michael Miller aforesaid that, at her quest, he had provided investigators with relevant information, including a chronology of the events surrounding Ledger's death.





"Mary-Kate Olsen had nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs establish in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them," Miller aforementioned in a statement.





Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a gay cowboy in 2005's "Brokeback Mountain." His final function as the Joker in the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight," released last month, is being critically hailed with Internet buzz touting him as an Oscar campaigner in 2009.�






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