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[indistinct chatter]
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- Oh, they're gonna have a
weekend rendezvous, look out.
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[laughter]
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- One day, a friend of mine,
an Englishman,
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who lives in Los Angeles,
who was in the world of film,
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he called me and told me that
he had two friends in town,
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a filmmaker who was making
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an important indie film
in London,
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and his girlfriend.
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I learned that
this is Simon Monjack.
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He said his grandfather
founded British Steel,
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something like that,
and he's worth $1 billion.
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Since I'd never met
a billionaire before,
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and I'm a very curious person,
I decided to host a dinner.
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[glasses clink]
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So Simon kind of held forth
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and he kind of
controlled the table.
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And he told us a lot of things
about himself that night.
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He said that he was the
largest collector of Vermeer,
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the great Dutch painter.
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He had more Vermeers
than anyone else in the world.
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He had dated Elle Macpherson
and Madonna.
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He said that he had been dying
from terminal brain cancer
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and that he had bought
an experimental treatment
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derived from
the fins of sharks
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and that it
had saved his life.
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He said that he had
a collection of Ferraris,
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17 in all.
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You know, we laughed
and we had a good time,
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and, you know, I wondered
if he'd ever finance
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one of the movies
I wanted to make,
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and that was it.
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The only hint
that anything was askew
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was that Simon
had told me his movie
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was getting the best reviews
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in the history of independent
film in England.
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My friend, in London,
went to see the movie,
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and he came back and he said,
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"This is--
it's pretty terrible."
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- In this generation of lust,
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I never [...] found you, Lucy.
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No, I can't hear you, Lucy.
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[tires screeching]
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[screaming]
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- So that was kind of shocking.
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Time goes by, I get an email
from his girlfriend.
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And I find out that
every single word
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out of his mouth
was a lie.
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One of the ways that Simon
legitimized those lies
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was by bringing a lovely girl
into the equation.
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That was the cloak.
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And it was perfect because
she believed the lies too.
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So he lived off this girl
that had worked her heart out
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for every penny she had.
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And when her money ran out,
he was gone.
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And very quickly, he became
engaged to one of her friends.
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I can't stress enough
how convincing this man was.
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["Die Young"
by Sylvan Esso playing]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ I had it all planned out
before you met me ♪
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♪ Was gonna leave early
and so swiftly ♪
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♪ Maybe in a fire
or crash off a ravine ♪
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♪ People would weep,
how tragic, so early ♪
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♪ I was gonna die young ♪
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♪ Now I gotta wait
for you honey ♪
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♪ I was gonna die young ♪
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[thunder rumbles]
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- I want to talk now
about Brittany Murphy,
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her controversial husband.
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The unemployed British
screenwriter Simon Monjack
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is being portrayed
as the villain,
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the drunken bully living off
a woman that he married
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because his visa had expired.
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- I don't think
Simon has recovered
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from the bad publicity.
He was like a Svengali.
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- People don't die at home
with the husband present
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of pneumonia, of anemia.
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- "Every story
needs a villain,"
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Monjack said after his wife's
tragic death, concluding,
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"And everyone decided
it is me."
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And on that point,
ladies and gentlemen,
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I agree with him.
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- I'm Linda Monjack,
and I am
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Simon Monjack's mother.
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- And I'm James Monjack,
Simon's brother.
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- As he was growing up,
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Simon was
the most incredible guy.
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He had an IQ off the scale.
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He was able to charm anyone,
old ladies, mothers.
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He would turn
his charm on anyone.
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- From early childhood,
Simon had that ability
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to manipulate the environment
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to get what he wanted
out of it.
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- Simon was 16
when his father died.
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It was a terrible,
terrible shock.
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He never was the same again.
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He was still witty
and full of life and funny,
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but something died in him.
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And I think he became
more and more...
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unreal.
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He lived in the now.
The now is important.
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The now meant
everything to him.
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In a minute,
that's not the now.
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The next moment happened,
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and there's a new moment
to experience.
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But he did fall in
and out of love very easily.
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He was in a very good place
when he met Brittany.
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They were very much in love.
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When you saw them together,
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they literally fell
into each other's eyes.
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I mean, literally drowned
in each other.
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The one conversation
that I remember with her
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was just before she died,
and I said,
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"Oh, Brittany, Simon tells me
you're not feeling well.
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What's the matter?"
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She said,
"I'm having trouble breathing.
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If I go up the stairs,"
she was like,
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"By the time I get
to the top of the stairs,
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I can't breathe."
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She said,
"Do you think I'm dying?"
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So I said, "No, of course
you're not dying, you're fine.
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But you need to go
to the doctor."
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[siren wails]
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I didn't speak to them again
until Simon phoned me
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on that terrible day.
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He was totally devastated,
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and he cried for about
two hours on the phone.
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He just could not get
his head around it.
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He kept saying, "She's dead.
How can--she can't be.
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How? How?"
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[somber music]
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♪ ♪
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He was in shock for months.
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Nobody could get
through to him.
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He's too frightened
of the paparazzi,
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and he was getting
increasingly ill.
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And you could see it in
his face, his hair was wild.
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I phoned him, and I couldn't
get him for a couple of hours.
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And I finally got hold of him,
and he said, "I'm alive.
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I'm alive.
I went sleep and I'm alive."
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Which I couldn't get
my head around.
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I didn't know why
he would say such a thing.
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He was confused.
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So I think he felt
let down by everyone.
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[birds cawing]
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[clock ticking, bell chimes]
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- In May, I had
taken a trip to Hawaii
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with, like, a significant
other at the time.
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Simon called me a lot.
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And I didn't answer a lot
because I was,
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like,
"No, I'm on vacation."
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Some of his messages,
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you could sense
this growing frustration
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that I wasn't there for him.
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I certainly never viewed
my friendship with Simon
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as anything romantic.
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And I don't think he did.
I mean, I have a wife.
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I don't even look
at men that way,
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so it definitely
wasn't something,
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but it did cross my mind
just because you never know.
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That probably was hard
for him at the time.
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I'll never know
because it was
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right after I got home
from that trip that he died.
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[helicopter blades whipping]
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[siren wails]
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Everybody ready?
- Yes, sir.
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- This evening, Mr. Monjack
was found unresponsive.
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Paramedics responded
to the house.
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He was pronounced
at 2145 hours.
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His death
is under investigation
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by the Los Angeles County
Department of Coroner
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with the assistance of LAPD.
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I got notified
of Simon's death,
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and then it's like,
"Are you kidding me?"
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- I get a call in the night.
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Sharon's screaming,
"Please, please come here.
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"Please come here.
It's happening all over again.
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I'm living Brittany
all over again."
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So I get in the car,
head up to the house,
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and when I get up there,
there is media everywhere.
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I couldn't get to the gate,
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much less
get through the gate.
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- That's a day I won't forget.
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Simon came out,
he was sweating.
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And he's got a cigar
in one hand,
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a cognac in the other hand,
but he would be talking to me
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and he would drift off
to sleep.
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And then he would just
open his eyes
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and come back
into the conversation
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like he was there
the whole time.
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And when I think
back about it,
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he's dying in front of me,
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and I don't know
he's dying in front of me.
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- Here's a copy of
Simon Monjack's report.
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Cause of death is listed as
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community acquired acute
bronchial pneumonia.
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The toxicology study
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showed the presence
of multiple medications.
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The media, they said,
"Isn't that strange?
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Both died from the same
cause of death."
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And it'd be like, "Yeah,
we don't get a lot of those."
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- Just five months
after Brittany passed away,
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Simon, her husband, passed away
in the same bathroom
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in the same mansion
for almost identical reasons.
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- A small, tiny, petite woman
and a very large man,
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they die of the same thing
in the same house.
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- People start thinking
there's more behind this,
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there's something else.
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[dark music]
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♪ ♪
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[wind whistling]
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- After Simon died,
it was like, "What happened?"
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You know?
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I think the initial
thought was like something
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is causing this
in the house.
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- I've pleaded with Simon
to go to the hospital.
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He looked terrible.
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My husband was very worried
because he's a builder,
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and he thought
it was to do with the mold.
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- To me, it was obvious
when I went to the house,
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in this gorgeous
picture window.
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I'm looking around
the frame of that window
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and you visibly see mold
on the side,
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across the top,
across the bottom,
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and I look over to the French
doors and there's mold there.
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I don't think there's
any other explanation
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for their death.
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- All of the symptoms,
disorientation,
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feeling sick,
dreadful headaches,
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all these things come from
inhaling spores from mold.
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- Sharon Murphy
claims she discovered
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deadly mold hiding
in the walls of their mansion.
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Just look at what we found
at Brittany's home today.
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- I know that there
were rumors that toxic mold
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may have played a role
in Brittany's death
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and possibly the death
of her husband.
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But on my autopsy,
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I didn't see any evidence
of mold in her lungs
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or any other organs because
you can see the hyphae,
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which are little strands of
mold or the fruiting bodies.
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- I told Sharon I would get
somebody from County Health
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to come up
and they'd check the house.
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And then I got a call
from her attorney
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who said Sharon doesn't want
to give any access,
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and she's selling
the house anyway.
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Just stay away.
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- New shocking allegations
coming from her father,
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who says she was poisoned.
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And Murphy's father, Angelo
Bertolotti, joining us now.
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Angelo, do you
suspect somebody?
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- Yeah, I do really, but I'd
rather not speak about that.
254
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I feel she was poisoned.
255
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There's no question
about that.
256
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And I feel she was murdered.
257
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- Once the two of them
had died of the same cause,
258
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Brittany's dad
reached out to me.
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He was sure that
someone had done it.
260
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- Angelo Bertolotti
lived down in Florida
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and ran a string
of nightclubs.
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- Sharon, Brittany's mom,
really does not like Angelo.
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She said that he only
came around
264
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when she started making money.
265
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- He says, "I was involved
with the mob.
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I wasn't very involved
in my marriage."
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- Angelo was actually banned
from ever seeing his daughter
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at the gravesite multiple times
until he was able to prove
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he was the biological father
of Brittany Murphy.
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That's horrible.
271
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- Take two.
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- I'm Wendy Abrahamson,
273
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and I was a fan of Brittany
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and the best friend
of her father Angelo.
275
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So her dad, he needed help
to find her grave,
276
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and so some of the fans said,
"Oh, we're gonna help."
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We just became really close.
278
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Of course, that common
denominator of Brittany
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started it and then we were
just best friends.
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And of course, he thought
it was really strange
281
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that the mother, his ex-wife,
was perfectly fine.
282
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And that the married couple,
much younger than her,
283
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were both dead.
284
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These are things
that nobody has seen.
285
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We went, of course,
to the coroner's office
286
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to obtain the hair samples
and have those tested.
287
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- Ed Winter says his office
did forward toxicology samples
288
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to a private lab hired
by the late actress's father.
289
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The private analysis
states Brittany Murphy
290
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had high concentrations of ten
heavy metals in her system
291
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and may have been
intentionally poison.
292
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- I received a call, an email
from Angelo Bertolotti.
293
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I can understand him asking,
294
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"What are you telling me,
my 32-year-old daughter,
295
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she just died like that
from pneumonia and anemia?"
296
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He then said he had gotten
hold of a toxicology report
297
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on a sample of hair,
298
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and it showed heavy levels
of heavy metals.
299
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I've had cases like that,
fascinating cases,
300
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one with a woman
who was repeatedly poisoning
301
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her husband with thallium.
302
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I'm not unfamiliar with that.
303
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- Heavy metals
are commonly found
304
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in rat and insect killers.
305
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They can cause the symptoms
306
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Murphy experienced
before her death.
307
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- I absolutely, positively
thinks she was poisoned, yes.
308
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I'm calling for her
to be exhumed.
309
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- You know, Angelo was
in the press quite a bit.
310
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And they were
putting stuff out there,
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like she poisoned them.
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She's responsible
for their deaths.
313
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So what happens?
314
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You got a grieving mom who now
becomes a murder suspect.
315
00:15:32,975 --> 00:15:34,977
That's ridiculous.
I mean, it's crazy.
316
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- It was just magazine covers
and salacious headlines,
317
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and it became this circus.
318
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So that's when the conspiracy
theories go into overdrive.
319
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- Like, maybe her mother
could have had something
320
00:15:46,121 --> 00:15:48,357
to do with it,
just speculation.
321
00:15:48,457 --> 00:15:51,994
- It was a plan from
the beginning for both of them
322
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to take her money
after she died.
323
00:15:54,563 --> 00:15:58,333
And the mom
got the last laugh.
324
00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,902
- I would never put two
and two together,
325
00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:04,206
but these days and age,
mothers, you know,
326
00:16:04,306 --> 00:16:08,143
they take out their kids
all the time.
327
00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:13,048
- Brittany and Sharon were as
close as two people could be.
328
00:16:13,148 --> 00:16:17,386
Maybe Sharon
made some mistakes.
329
00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,524
But I know that she loved
that girl wildly.
330
00:16:23,492 --> 00:16:26,061
- Never for a minute
did I ever believe
331
00:16:26,161 --> 00:16:28,997
that Sharon Murphy
was responsible
332
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for those
two young people dying.
333
00:16:30,766 --> 00:16:33,235
I would never believe it.
334
00:16:33,335 --> 00:16:35,904
Not for a millisecond.
335
00:16:36,004 --> 00:16:41,009
- Initially, when I was given
this private laboratory report,
336
00:16:41,076 --> 00:16:42,844
I said, "Oh, my God.
What is this?"
337
00:16:42,911 --> 00:16:46,715
And then I looked
carefully and saw
338
00:16:46,782 --> 00:16:49,084
that this was not
a case of poisoning.
339
00:16:49,184 --> 00:16:52,754
The heavy metals were found
in the hair, not in the roots.
340
00:16:52,854 --> 00:16:57,459
Heavy metals take a while
to be absorbed from the blood.
341
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In order to be in the hair,
342
00:16:59,795 --> 00:17:01,897
they got to be picked up
by the hair root,
343
00:17:01,963 --> 00:17:03,899
and then they got to grow out.
344
00:17:03,965 --> 00:17:08,603
These metals had to have come
from hairsprays, hair dyes,
345
00:17:08,703 --> 00:17:10,372
and things of that nature.
346
00:17:10,439 --> 00:17:12,074
They are not
in her bloodstream.
347
00:17:12,140 --> 00:17:13,575
They are in her hair.
348
00:17:13,642 --> 00:17:18,146
Did she die because
someone poisoned her?
349
00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:19,748
No.
350
00:17:19,815 --> 00:17:22,484
- There were elevated levels
of things like aluminum
351
00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:24,886
or one or two other things,
but it's hair dye.
352
00:17:24,953 --> 00:17:26,621
That's what does it.
353
00:17:26,721 --> 00:17:29,658
And Brittany has dyed her hair
many different times.
354
00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:33,628
And I didn't see any evidence
of any type of poison.
355
00:17:33,728 --> 00:17:35,630
- There is no question
in my mind
356
00:17:35,730 --> 00:17:37,299
about the cause of death.
357
00:17:37,399 --> 00:17:40,135
So this is
a 32-year-old woman.
358
00:17:40,235 --> 00:17:44,306
I don't know the bankroll
of her and her husband,
359
00:17:44,406 --> 00:17:46,641
but I assume
that they had money.
360
00:17:46,741 --> 00:17:50,479
And yet they lived as if
they were peasants in squalor.
361
00:17:50,579 --> 00:17:53,448
To develop an anemia
of this nature,
362
00:17:53,515 --> 00:17:55,183
she was not eating.
363
00:17:55,283 --> 00:17:57,452
How did all of this develop?
364
00:17:57,519 --> 00:17:59,321
That's the fascinating
question.
365
00:17:59,421 --> 00:18:01,790
This is where you got to bring
in the forensic psychiatrist
366
00:18:01,857 --> 00:18:05,594
and see if he can dig up
enough information about her
367
00:18:05,660 --> 00:18:07,696
and her husband Simon Monjack
368
00:18:07,796 --> 00:18:10,799
to try to answer
that question.
369
00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:19,841
- That was during a little dip
she was having
370
00:18:19,941 --> 00:18:21,309
that he came along.
371
00:18:21,376 --> 00:18:25,881
And I think that's
where her judgment
372
00:18:25,981 --> 00:18:29,117
was muddled and desperate,
373
00:18:29,184 --> 00:18:31,653
and she became prey to things
374
00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,055
that she thought
would help her.
375
00:18:36,057 --> 00:18:39,528
[tense music]
376
00:18:39,628 --> 00:18:42,964
- I feel like what brought
Brittany Murphy's career down
377
00:18:43,031 --> 00:18:47,335
is a perfect storm of getting
cast in the wrong movies
378
00:18:47,402 --> 00:18:49,171
and her personal life.
379
00:18:49,237 --> 00:18:53,842
Mid 2000s, the biggest rumors
that I was hearing
380
00:18:53,909 --> 00:18:56,344
and not reporting
were about drugs.
381
00:18:56,411 --> 00:18:57,712
- Do we read them?
382
00:18:57,812 --> 00:19:00,882
No, we wait.
Okay.
383
00:19:00,982 --> 00:19:02,717
- I remember her
as a presenter
384
00:19:02,817 --> 00:19:05,487
at the 2003
Independent Spirit Awards,
385
00:19:05,554 --> 00:19:07,589
where her assignment
was to read the names
386
00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:08,890
of five nominees,
387
00:19:08,990 --> 00:19:10,892
open an envelope,
and read the winner.
388
00:19:10,992 --> 00:19:13,195
She kept trying to read
every nominee as the winner.
389
00:19:13,261 --> 00:19:15,230
And when she arrived
triumphantly
390
00:19:15,330 --> 00:19:16,932
at the real winner,
391
00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,901
she inspired no confidence
that she had it right.
392
00:19:20,001 --> 00:19:25,073
- America, just one moment,
please.
393
00:19:25,173 --> 00:19:26,575
audience: No!
394
00:19:26,675 --> 00:19:28,276
For crying out stinking loud,
395
00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:30,278
please tell me
when you're going to drop it.
396
00:19:30,378 --> 00:19:32,013
Okay.
And the winner is...
397
00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,115
audience: No!
398
00:19:36,685 --> 00:19:40,288
- Brittany Murphy, around
the beginning of my career,
399
00:19:40,388 --> 00:19:45,360
was talked about a lot.
400
00:19:45,427 --> 00:19:47,429
I first started hearing rumors
401
00:19:47,529 --> 00:19:50,565
shortly after her split
from Ashton Kutcher,
402
00:19:50,632 --> 00:19:53,768
rumors about her just being
impossible to deal with,
403
00:19:53,868 --> 00:19:58,106
whereas Ashton was
the golden boy of Hollywood.
404
00:19:58,206 --> 00:20:02,944
Ultimately, you can only
keep things quiet for so long.
405
00:20:03,044 --> 00:20:05,413
When it starts
to get out there,
406
00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,618
then you start to develop
a reputation.
407
00:20:09,718 --> 00:20:13,221
- Perez Hilton didn't get
to be Perez Hilton
408
00:20:13,288 --> 00:20:15,957
by writing nice stories
about celebrities.
409
00:20:16,057 --> 00:20:18,727
He was writing doodles
on their photos.
410
00:20:18,793 --> 00:20:20,662
Brittany Murphy,
"Is she pill popping?"
411
00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:22,797
"Is she anorexic?"
"Is she bulimic?"
412
00:20:22,897 --> 00:20:27,469
- I remember she called me
crying and said,
413
00:20:27,569 --> 00:20:29,137
"Can you call my manager?"
414
00:20:29,237 --> 00:20:32,907
Who was a very, very,
very big manager at the time.
415
00:20:32,974 --> 00:20:34,843
"He thinks I'm on drugs."
416
00:20:34,943 --> 00:20:38,647
I know that hurt her deeply.
417
00:20:38,747 --> 00:20:40,682
- You were kind of nasty
at times.
418
00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:42,150
- I was more than nasty.
419
00:20:42,250 --> 00:20:45,320
I--I didn't even view
Brittany Murphy
420
00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:49,624
or any of the celebrities
that I covered as real people.
421
00:20:49,691 --> 00:20:51,526
They were characters to me.
422
00:20:51,626 --> 00:20:52,861
It was almost like a way
423
00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:56,631
to disassociate myself
from my actions,
424
00:20:56,698 --> 00:20:58,500
from what I was writing
and saying.
425
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,468
"Oh, this isn't real,
426
00:21:00,535 --> 00:21:03,672
and also Perez
is a character."
427
00:21:03,772 --> 00:21:06,174
I would tell all these things
to myself
428
00:21:06,274 --> 00:21:09,311
to help me sleep at night.
429
00:21:10,445 --> 00:21:12,314
If you're at a point
in your life
430
00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:14,783
where your career
is struggling,
431
00:21:14,849 --> 00:21:18,620
your personal life
is also struggling,
432
00:21:18,687 --> 00:21:23,458
you might be drawn
to the wrong people.
433
00:21:23,525 --> 00:21:27,028
[indistinct chatter]
434
00:21:27,128 --> 00:21:28,630
- Hey, hey, hey!
Whoa!
435
00:21:28,697 --> 00:21:30,532
- Brittany, can we get
a fashion shot?
436
00:21:30,632 --> 00:21:32,033
- She was an open vessel.
437
00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:35,370
If she trusted you,
she let you in.
438
00:21:35,470 --> 00:21:38,473
He saw her coming
a mile away.
439
00:21:38,540 --> 00:21:41,409
She was pure, trusting,
440
00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:45,880
loving, open,
and he saw her coming.
441
00:21:45,980 --> 00:21:48,683
- And got it.
Mark.
442
00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:50,352
Great.
Thank you.
443
00:21:50,418 --> 00:21:52,187
- My name is Harley Pasternak.
444
00:21:52,253 --> 00:21:55,256
I am a celebrity fitness
and nutrition author.
445
00:21:55,357 --> 00:22:00,862
I trained Simon Monjack
a number of years ago.
446
00:22:02,230 --> 00:22:03,565
First time I met Simon,
447
00:22:03,665 --> 00:22:05,900
he rolled up
in a vintage Ferrari,
448
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,436
and he got out smoking
these fancy, I think,
449
00:22:08,536 --> 00:22:10,672
Cohiba cigars,
and his girlfriend
450
00:22:10,739 --> 00:22:12,574
had the biggest diamond ring
you've ever seen.
451
00:22:12,674 --> 00:22:15,443
They got engaged the night
before, and she was happy.
452
00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:18,380
And then he said, "We're both
gonna work with you."
453
00:22:18,446 --> 00:22:21,916
And then his balance
started to run up a lot more,
454
00:22:22,016 --> 00:22:24,085
and I wouldn't let him
book new sessions.
455
00:22:24,185 --> 00:22:25,787
And then he called me
one day and he says,
456
00:22:25,887 --> 00:22:28,590
"Hey, I'm dating
Brittany Murphy now.
457
00:22:28,690 --> 00:22:31,393
"And I want to bring her in and
for us to work out together,
458
00:22:31,459 --> 00:22:33,428
and I'll pay you
what I owe you."
459
00:22:33,528 --> 00:22:35,397
And they showed up one day.
460
00:22:35,463 --> 00:22:38,767
Brittany was for sure under
the influence of something.
461
00:22:38,867 --> 00:22:40,068
Pills maybe.
462
00:22:40,135 --> 00:22:41,936
She was kind of slurring
her words.
463
00:22:42,036 --> 00:22:44,606
She was very sweet and--and--
464
00:22:44,706 --> 00:22:46,408
but kind of
all over the place.
465
00:22:46,474 --> 00:22:48,943
And he said,
"Brittany's got a big project,
466
00:22:49,043 --> 00:22:51,479
and I want you to get her
ready for the role."
467
00:22:51,579 --> 00:22:54,549
"Okay, well, if I'm
gonna work with Brittany,
468
00:22:54,616 --> 00:22:56,284
I'll just deal
with her team."
469
00:22:56,384 --> 00:22:58,086
And I remember reaching out
to her team and saying,
470
00:22:58,153 --> 00:22:59,888
"She fired all of us.
471
00:22:59,954 --> 00:23:03,224
"Simon is her agent, manager,
and lawyer and everything now.
472
00:23:03,291 --> 00:23:05,293
You have to go through Simon."
473
00:23:05,393 --> 00:23:06,895
And they said,
"We're concerned
474
00:23:06,961 --> 00:23:10,131
"because no one
can contact her directly.
475
00:23:10,231 --> 00:23:11,833
You can only
go through Simon."
476
00:23:11,933 --> 00:23:13,435
I don't even know
if she had a phone.
477
00:23:13,501 --> 00:23:15,637
Simon was the only one
who carried the phone.
478
00:23:18,907 --> 00:23:22,010
- She just seemed
like she was high.
479
00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:25,146
So I don't--I don't know.
480
00:23:25,246 --> 00:23:28,183
[uneasy music]
481
00:23:28,283 --> 00:23:30,952
♪ ♪
482
00:23:31,019 --> 00:23:33,755
- I would say
that Simon Monjack
483
00:23:33,822 --> 00:23:36,858
accelerated the path
that Brittany Murphy
484
00:23:36,958 --> 00:23:39,994
was heading down by the time
that they got together.
485
00:23:40,094 --> 00:23:44,032
- I couldn't believe that this
bottom-feeding sociopath
486
00:23:44,132 --> 00:23:47,502
had actually worked his way
up the food chain
487
00:23:47,602 --> 00:23:50,605
to someone who was actually
a legitimate artist.
488
00:23:50,672 --> 00:23:53,041
So the first thing I did
was I called her agency.
489
00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:56,010
I said, "You need to tell her
every word out of his mouth
490
00:23:56,110 --> 00:23:59,347
is a lie and that she's got
to get the hell out."
491
00:23:59,447 --> 00:24:02,650
The word coming back
was her manager had tried
492
00:24:02,717 --> 00:24:04,686
and gotten fired
as a result,
493
00:24:04,786 --> 00:24:06,354
that there was
no talking to her.
494
00:24:06,454 --> 00:24:09,390
So I did something I never
imagined myself doing,
495
00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:11,526
I called
the "National Enquirer."
496
00:24:11,626 --> 00:24:13,061
I called their tip line,
497
00:24:13,161 --> 00:24:14,696
and I said,
"I don't want money for this,
498
00:24:14,796 --> 00:24:16,731
because this guy
is dangerous."
499
00:24:16,831 --> 00:24:21,569
This big story comes out
about Simon and Brittany.
500
00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:24,305
A week later, Perez Hilton
came out with a headline
501
00:24:24,372 --> 00:24:27,041
that said
"The kook and the crook."
502
00:24:27,141 --> 00:24:29,677
And I thought,
"Okay, my work is done here.
503
00:24:29,744 --> 00:24:31,546
I have gotten the word out."
504
00:24:31,646 --> 00:24:33,381
- This is all starting
to come out.
505
00:24:33,481 --> 00:24:37,051
Her true friends know
that Simon's not good news.
506
00:24:37,151 --> 00:24:39,821
There was this talk
of an intervention,
507
00:24:39,888 --> 00:24:43,858
and this intervention
took place at Brittany's house.
508
00:24:45,226 --> 00:24:47,262
These friends
were showing Brittany
509
00:24:47,362 --> 00:24:49,097
and her mother documentation
510
00:24:49,197 --> 00:24:52,066
that, you know, Simon
had trouble with the law,
511
00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:56,070
that Simon had outstayed
his visa, which he had.
512
00:24:56,170 --> 00:24:58,439
Brittany and her mom said,
"No, we love Simon,
513
00:24:58,540 --> 00:25:00,542
and we believe Simon.
Sorry."
514
00:25:00,608 --> 00:25:01,943
And the intervention fails.
515
00:25:02,043 --> 00:25:05,914
- Simon started building
a wall around her.
516
00:25:06,014 --> 00:25:08,049
He took charge--
he took charge of finances,
517
00:25:08,116 --> 00:25:09,450
making investments.
518
00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:11,219
He was buying property.
519
00:25:11,286 --> 00:25:15,256
He was buying jewelry,
had a tiara made of diamonds
520
00:25:15,356 --> 00:25:18,126
that was a replica
of Audrey Hepburn's tiara
521
00:25:18,226 --> 00:25:19,861
in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
522
00:25:19,928 --> 00:25:21,429
So they could have
523
00:25:21,529 --> 00:25:23,631
all these investments
to fall back on.
524
00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:25,934
- He was making
all of her decisions.
525
00:25:26,034 --> 00:25:28,736
He was clearly
getting her money.
526
00:25:28,803 --> 00:25:32,440
He started driving her
to work but waiting.
527
00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:34,809
And every time
there was a break,
528
00:25:34,909 --> 00:25:37,545
she would leave
and go be in the car with him.
529
00:25:37,612 --> 00:25:39,614
And it got more
and more restrictive,
530
00:25:39,714 --> 00:25:41,749
and it got more and more
apparent to all of us
531
00:25:41,816 --> 00:25:43,418
that she wasn't hanging out
532
00:25:43,484 --> 00:25:46,487
or having lunch with us
or talking.
533
00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:49,290
- One day,
her numbers were changed.
534
00:25:49,390 --> 00:25:53,161
No one knew where she was,
couldn't find her.
535
00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:56,297
Disappeared.
Disappeared.
536
00:25:56,397 --> 00:25:59,500
Simon took her away.
537
00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:00,902
That was it.
538
00:26:00,969 --> 00:26:03,838
He made sure
no one could get to her.
539
00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:08,142
♪ ♪
540
00:26:08,242 --> 00:26:09,611
- Action.
541
00:26:11,980 --> 00:26:15,016
- This room is a personal
favorite of mine.
542
00:26:18,152 --> 00:26:21,656
You will be joining some
very distinguished company.
543
00:26:24,092 --> 00:26:25,927
- Cut.
544
00:26:25,994 --> 00:26:28,329
- My name is Alex Merkin.
I'm a director.
545
00:26:28,429 --> 00:26:29,998
I directed Brittany Murphy
546
00:26:30,098 --> 00:26:32,266
in the film
"Across the Hall" in 2008.
547
00:26:32,333 --> 00:26:34,602
"Across the Hall"
was my first feature film.
548
00:26:34,669 --> 00:26:36,137
When we sat down and we met,
549
00:26:36,204 --> 00:26:38,039
she was incredibly engaged
in the material.
550
00:26:38,139 --> 00:26:41,609
She was so enthusiastic,
so bright.
551
00:26:41,676 --> 00:26:43,711
There's this energy
that's very infectious.
552
00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:47,448
In the meeting, I felt
confident in her dedication
553
00:26:47,515 --> 00:26:49,651
to the material
and her excitement for it.
554
00:26:49,717 --> 00:26:52,387
- ♪ Shine in
my backyard someday ♪
555
00:26:52,487 --> 00:26:56,357
- B15, 66 apple.
Take one, mark.
556
00:26:56,457 --> 00:26:59,394
- ♪ I'm going down ♪
- Cut.
557
00:26:59,494 --> 00:27:03,698
- I did start to feel
some red flags.
558
00:27:03,798 --> 00:27:05,867
First day,
Brittany's coming set,
559
00:27:05,967 --> 00:27:07,735
she's three hours late.
560
00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:10,672
And I went to her trailer,
561
00:27:10,738 --> 00:27:14,809
and Simon Monjack ordered
an egg sandwich off of me.
562
00:27:14,876 --> 00:27:17,645
He seemed--he seemed
fairly out of it.
563
00:27:17,712 --> 00:27:19,380
He seemed
to not exactly know
564
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,183
who he's talking to
or where he was.
565
00:27:22,250 --> 00:27:24,218
And yeah,
I was concerned about it.
566
00:27:24,318 --> 00:27:25,720
I was definitely
concerned about it.
567
00:27:25,820 --> 00:27:28,389
I say, I say, "He's here.
He's at the hotel.
568
00:27:28,489 --> 00:27:29,924
How did he find us?
Or how did he--"
569
00:27:30,024 --> 00:27:31,693
- Yea, how did he--
- Set.
570
00:27:31,759 --> 00:27:33,261
- How did he find me here?
571
00:27:33,361 --> 00:27:34,829
- And...
- Oh, I'm sorry.
572
00:27:34,896 --> 00:27:36,264
Hold on one second, please.
Sorry.
573
00:27:36,364 --> 00:27:37,999
- There would often be times
574
00:27:38,066 --> 00:27:39,901
where she just completely
didn't know the lines,
575
00:27:40,001 --> 00:27:41,569
and I'd be feeding her
the line
576
00:27:41,669 --> 00:27:43,104
or the actor would have
to feed her the line.
577
00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:46,407
- He didn't screw it up at all.
- Line.
578
00:27:46,507 --> 00:27:49,610
- I think you get off
on fucking him over.
579
00:27:49,711 --> 00:27:52,046
- No, you mean everything
in the world to him.
580
00:27:52,113 --> 00:27:55,416
More than I ever could.
581
00:27:55,516 --> 00:27:58,119
We'll take it from here.
Keep rolling, please.
582
00:27:58,219 --> 00:27:59,754
- The other thing
that I was seeing
583
00:27:59,854 --> 00:28:02,623
was that Brittany
would come to set
584
00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:05,293
and she'd be
in a really good space.
585
00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:11,399
And then I would see her,
you know, go off with Simon
586
00:28:11,466 --> 00:28:13,968
and spend some time,
and when she came back,
587
00:28:14,068 --> 00:28:16,270
I felt a stark change
in her mood.
588
00:28:16,370 --> 00:28:18,606
- [groaning indistinctly]
589
00:28:18,706 --> 00:28:20,708
[sobs]
590
00:28:20,775 --> 00:28:23,244
- It would be like
Jekyll and Hyde
591
00:28:23,311 --> 00:28:25,279
from the moment she had
interacted with him.
592
00:28:25,379 --> 00:28:27,415
I mean, I learned
that she didn't have access
593
00:28:27,482 --> 00:28:28,916
to her own email address.
594
00:28:28,983 --> 00:28:31,452
I learned she had no access
to her own phone.
595
00:28:31,552 --> 00:28:34,922
And if I wanted to reach her,
I had to reach her through him.
596
00:28:34,989 --> 00:28:38,159
It felt to me a lot like he
was planting this insecurity
597
00:28:38,259 --> 00:28:39,627
and this fear into her.
598
00:28:39,727 --> 00:28:41,095
- That's a cut.
599
00:28:41,162 --> 00:28:42,797
- I'm so sorry.
600
00:28:45,099 --> 00:28:46,734
- Yeah, let's go.
601
00:28:46,801 --> 00:28:49,904
- We had a scene to film
with her, they embrace.
602
00:28:49,971 --> 00:28:51,572
There's some short kissing,
603
00:28:51,639 --> 00:28:54,275
and then they fall
out of frame, and that's it.
604
00:28:54,342 --> 00:28:58,279
And I had to spend time
on the set with her
605
00:28:58,346 --> 00:29:00,481
fighting where she was
not gonna do any scenes
606
00:29:00,581 --> 00:29:03,284
that depict
any kind of intimacy
607
00:29:03,351 --> 00:29:05,186
with anybody
other than her husband.
608
00:29:05,286 --> 00:29:09,657
She sold it to me as this
thing that she could not do
609
00:29:09,757 --> 00:29:14,529
because she's evolved into
this magical relationship.
610
00:29:14,629 --> 00:29:16,798
This is actually
the moment where I was--
611
00:29:16,864 --> 00:29:18,666
I was ready
to replace her.
612
00:29:18,766 --> 00:29:20,935
I went outside with
one of the producers,
613
00:29:21,002 --> 00:29:24,672
and I saw Simon Monjack.
614
00:29:24,772 --> 00:29:27,775
And I intentionally
loudly said,
615
00:29:27,842 --> 00:29:30,278
"We're gonna just have to go
with somebody else."
616
00:29:30,344 --> 00:29:32,547
I wanted him to hear it.
617
00:29:32,647 --> 00:29:34,182
And he did.
618
00:29:34,282 --> 00:29:37,118
And he started to panic,
and he came up to me.
619
00:29:37,185 --> 00:29:39,854
He said, "Hey, listen, we can--
we can work this out.
620
00:29:39,954 --> 00:29:42,824
"She'll do whatever
you want to do.
621
00:29:42,890 --> 00:29:47,228
Let me go speak with her and
we'll get this all worked out."
622
00:29:51,465 --> 00:29:53,568
- Hey.
- Hey.
623
00:29:58,339 --> 00:30:01,309
[gentle music]
624
00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:06,080
♪ ♪
625
00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:08,382
- I do love him.
626
00:30:13,654 --> 00:30:17,158
I wanted to make sure
that it was my love
627
00:30:17,225 --> 00:30:19,060
that I was feeling,
628
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,731
and not--not just his love.
629
00:30:24,665 --> 00:30:26,400
- There was something,
630
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,537
I don't want to say worshiping
about their relationship,
631
00:30:29,604 --> 00:30:32,874
but it did feel like it
bordered on that.
632
00:30:32,940 --> 00:30:35,042
- [indistinct]
633
00:30:35,109 --> 00:30:36,944
- It's something that felt
completely unhealthy,
634
00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:40,014
something that felt
delusional on some level,
635
00:30:40,081 --> 00:30:43,251
a manipulative ploy
on his part to control her
636
00:30:43,351 --> 00:30:46,187
and to keep his hooks in her.
637
00:30:46,254 --> 00:30:48,856
- This isn't me.
638
00:30:48,923 --> 00:30:51,759
[indistinct chatter,
camera shutters clicking]
639
00:30:53,027 --> 00:30:56,364
This--this isn't me.
640
00:30:56,430 --> 00:30:58,466
Jules.
641
00:31:01,602 --> 00:31:03,738
- We heard that
he was controlling.
642
00:31:03,804 --> 00:31:06,140
Is that something
you would agree with?
643
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,409
- Well, only to say that
when I saw them together,
644
00:31:08,476 --> 00:31:09,810
they were very much in love.
645
00:31:09,911 --> 00:31:12,280
It's a very fine line,
isn't it,
646
00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:13,748
between controlling somebody
647
00:31:13,814 --> 00:31:17,785
and managing them
to have the best career?
648
00:31:17,885 --> 00:31:19,453
I don't know.
649
00:31:19,553 --> 00:31:23,658
- Do you think that how Simon
presented himself to Brittany,
650
00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:26,661
he exaggerated things to her?
651
00:31:26,761 --> 00:31:28,963
- Um, I don't know
how I can answer that.
652
00:31:29,063 --> 00:31:30,765
- There's a chance.
653
00:31:30,831 --> 00:31:33,301
- I know he wasn't in
the market to hurt anybody.
654
00:31:33,401 --> 00:31:36,137
You know, people do believe
what they want to believe.
655
00:31:36,237 --> 00:31:37,972
You hear what you want to hear.
656
00:31:38,072 --> 00:31:41,809
You react to what you want
to hear from that other person,
657
00:31:41,909 --> 00:31:46,314
and I think that's--you know.
658
00:31:46,414 --> 00:31:49,317
[uneasy music]
659
00:31:49,417 --> 00:31:52,119
♪ ♪
660
00:31:52,186 --> 00:31:54,155
- Less than a week
after Simon passes away,
661
00:31:54,255 --> 00:31:56,324
Sharon calls me
up to the house
662
00:31:56,424 --> 00:31:58,326
and she brings out
this jewelry,
663
00:31:58,426 --> 00:32:01,529
diamond rings,
bracelets, necklaces.
664
00:32:01,629 --> 00:32:03,497
And she says,
"I need cash.
665
00:32:03,597 --> 00:32:05,599
So I want you to take this
and sell it."
666
00:32:05,666 --> 00:32:07,668
I said, "I represent
two jewelry designers
667
00:32:07,768 --> 00:32:11,305
on Rodeo Drive."
668
00:32:11,372 --> 00:32:13,140
And so I took everything
669
00:32:13,207 --> 00:32:15,276
and I went to the first
jewelry designer client
670
00:32:15,343 --> 00:32:17,845
and I said,
"Well, what's it worth?"
671
00:32:17,945 --> 00:32:20,514
And he just took the thing
out of his eye and he said,
672
00:32:20,614 --> 00:32:22,183
"None of it's real."
673
00:32:22,283 --> 00:32:24,885
So I take it and I go
to my other jewelry client.
674
00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:26,854
I said, "Can you tell me how
much this jewelry is worth?"
675
00:32:26,954 --> 00:32:28,522
He takes the thing out,
puts in his eye,
676
00:32:28,622 --> 00:32:30,358
and he's looking at it,
he's looking at.
677
00:32:30,458 --> 00:32:33,461
He said, "Roger, I'm so sorry,
none of this is real."
678
00:32:33,527 --> 00:32:36,497
And I started realizing,
"Oh, my gosh.
679
00:32:36,564 --> 00:32:40,301
"He has lied to Sharon.
She's gonna be devastated.
680
00:32:40,368 --> 00:32:42,169
"She thinks she's got
a million dollars
681
00:32:42,236 --> 00:32:43,304
just in one piece."
682
00:32:43,371 --> 00:32:44,839
So I get back to the house.
683
00:32:44,905 --> 00:32:46,407
And she looked at me like,
"What is it?
684
00:32:46,507 --> 00:32:48,175
Why is this jewelry here?"
685
00:32:48,242 --> 00:32:50,711
I said, "I just have to
tell you, none of it's real."
686
00:32:50,811 --> 00:32:53,014
And her face,
687
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,548
she didn't have
to say anything,
688
00:32:54,648 --> 00:32:55,850
'cause her face said at all.
689
00:32:55,916 --> 00:32:57,218
She said, "Well, I guess
690
00:32:57,318 --> 00:32:58,753
"there's no property
either then.
691
00:32:58,853 --> 00:33:00,388
"I guess there's
no stocks and bonds,
692
00:33:00,488 --> 00:33:02,390
and I guess
there's no real estate."
693
00:33:02,490 --> 00:33:05,559
Simon went through 3 million
of Brittany's dollars
694
00:33:05,659 --> 00:33:06,994
in three years,
695
00:33:07,061 --> 00:33:08,662
a million a year
in three years.
696
00:33:08,729 --> 00:33:11,732
Sharon thinks
she's got financial security.
697
00:33:11,832 --> 00:33:13,367
She has nothing.
698
00:33:13,434 --> 00:33:17,238
All she's left with
is the house,
699
00:33:17,338 --> 00:33:19,273
Brittany's pension,
700
00:33:19,373 --> 00:33:21,675
and whatever was in the bank.
701
00:33:21,742 --> 00:33:23,911
She was devastated.
702
00:33:24,011 --> 00:33:26,914
She was devastated.
703
00:33:27,014 --> 00:33:29,784
- He owed me a lot of money
for a long time.
704
00:33:29,884 --> 00:33:31,285
It's funny, in Hollywood,
705
00:33:31,385 --> 00:33:33,020
you don't need
to threaten violence.
706
00:33:33,087 --> 00:33:35,022
You just need
to threaten publicity.
707
00:33:35,089 --> 00:33:37,725
I told him
I was going to the press.
708
00:33:37,792 --> 00:33:40,895
And then I got a check
for the whole amount.
709
00:33:40,961 --> 00:33:42,730
He had been running
for a long time.
710
00:33:42,797 --> 00:33:44,365
There was things he did
in other states,
711
00:33:44,432 --> 00:33:47,768
used fake names,
stole money, bounced checks.
712
00:33:47,868 --> 00:33:50,237
And then when he became
this public figure because
713
00:33:50,304 --> 00:33:53,107
he was with Brittany Murphy
now, people could find him.
714
00:33:53,207 --> 00:33:55,476
So all the people that he
screwed over all of a sudden,
715
00:33:55,576 --> 00:33:59,580
"Oh, I know where he is."
Very simple.
716
00:33:59,647 --> 00:34:02,316
- Once I was told
certain things,
717
00:34:02,416 --> 00:34:03,784
everything else
made sense to me.
718
00:34:03,884 --> 00:34:05,286
I was putting
a puzzle together,
719
00:34:05,386 --> 00:34:08,088
a jigsaw puzzle,
very complicated puzzle.
720
00:34:08,155 --> 00:34:10,391
And the more
information I got,
721
00:34:10,458 --> 00:34:14,795
the more everything else
that happened made sense.
722
00:34:14,895 --> 00:34:17,665
He had all these secrets.
723
00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:20,968
None of--nobody knew about,
all these little secrets.
724
00:34:21,068 --> 00:34:23,137
And if something started
come to the surface,
725
00:34:23,237 --> 00:34:24,772
"It's absurd.
It's crazy."
726
00:34:24,839 --> 00:34:28,342
He would, "No, they're lying.
It's not true."
727
00:34:28,442 --> 00:34:30,678
Brittany and Sharon
believed him.
728
00:34:30,778 --> 00:34:35,182
And what we find out later,
we find out that he had a child
729
00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:36,817
that Brittany
didn't know about,
730
00:34:36,917 --> 00:34:38,352
that none of us knew
that he had a child.
731
00:34:38,452 --> 00:34:40,121
He was putting that child
through private school
732
00:34:40,187 --> 00:34:41,622
in England.
733
00:34:41,689 --> 00:34:43,624
So I'm sure quite a bit
of money of Brittany's
734
00:34:43,691 --> 00:34:45,593
went to the child.
735
00:34:45,659 --> 00:34:48,429
- The interesting thing
about Simon's personal life
736
00:34:48,496 --> 00:34:50,798
is how little I think
Brittany really knew about it.
737
00:34:50,865 --> 00:34:52,933
When he died,
it started coming out.
738
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,702
So he had a daughter
in England,
739
00:34:54,802 --> 00:34:56,604
by then she was a teenager.
740
00:34:56,670 --> 00:34:59,206
But what people didn't know
was that through my reporting,
741
00:34:59,306 --> 00:35:01,208
I had gotten in touch with
a woman who lived in France,
742
00:35:01,308 --> 00:35:03,010
and she had had
a son with him.
743
00:35:03,110 --> 00:35:06,347
He had a child that
nobody was talking about
744
00:35:06,447 --> 00:35:10,184
and nobody really knew about.
745
00:35:13,654 --> 00:35:15,189
- Excuse me?
746
00:35:15,289 --> 00:35:17,358
- There's a second child.
- I didn't know that.
747
00:35:17,458 --> 00:35:19,393
Uh-uh.
I only know about one child.
748
00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:22,396
There was a second child?
Wow.
749
00:35:24,899 --> 00:35:27,468
- My name is
Elizabeth Ragsdale.
750
00:35:27,535 --> 00:35:29,737
I knew Simon.
751
00:35:29,837 --> 00:35:33,174
I was engaged to him,
and I have his child.
752
00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:37,077
And so it's time now
to tell my story.
753
00:35:37,178 --> 00:35:40,581
[mellow guitar music]
754
00:35:40,681 --> 00:35:42,716
♪ ♪
755
00:35:42,816 --> 00:35:45,753
So the night that I met Simon,
it was, like,
756
00:35:45,853 --> 00:35:48,055
probably one of the strongest
times in my life.
757
00:35:48,155 --> 00:35:50,891
I'd financed myself
an apartment in Paris.
758
00:35:50,991 --> 00:35:53,093
I was gonna write my book.
759
00:35:53,194 --> 00:35:55,229
A friend,
she called me up and said,
760
00:35:55,329 --> 00:35:56,897
"You gotta meet this guy."
761
00:35:56,997 --> 00:35:59,500
I'm like,
"Okay, I'll come."
762
00:35:59,567 --> 00:36:02,236
So he had a car come
and get me.
763
00:36:02,336 --> 00:36:04,405
I just immediately
was intrigued
764
00:36:04,505 --> 00:36:06,607
with his
dark chocolate eyes.
765
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:11,045
I just felt like he could see
all the way down into my soul.
766
00:36:11,111 --> 00:36:16,050
He wanted to see me
the next night.
767
00:36:16,884 --> 00:36:21,522
And I stayed
the next night, so...
768
00:36:21,589 --> 00:36:23,757
I never left him again.
769
00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:28,262
He proposed to me
in Harrods department store,
770
00:36:28,362 --> 00:36:30,064
and he called me on the phone.
771
00:36:30,130 --> 00:36:32,866
And I answered it,
and he said, "Look behind you."
772
00:36:32,933 --> 00:36:36,904
And I turned around,
and he was on one knee.
773
00:36:36,971 --> 00:36:39,940
And he had a Tiffany's bag.
774
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,377
He took a box out of it
and a crowd gathered around,
775
00:36:43,444 --> 00:36:45,646
and he--he said,
776
00:36:45,746 --> 00:36:48,315
"Elizabeth Ragsdale,
will you marry me?"
777
00:36:48,415 --> 00:36:51,952
And, um...
778
00:36:52,052 --> 00:36:56,223
and I said,
"Yes, yes, I will."
779
00:36:58,726 --> 00:37:01,762
Simon tearfully
told me one night
780
00:37:01,829 --> 00:37:04,431
after I would not
make love with him
781
00:37:04,498 --> 00:37:07,301
that he had spinal cancer
782
00:37:07,401 --> 00:37:09,803
and that he was gonna
have to go
783
00:37:09,903 --> 00:37:13,307
to have this shark cartilage
treatment in Monaco.
784
00:37:13,407 --> 00:37:15,276
So of course,
I break down
785
00:37:15,342 --> 00:37:19,580
because the love of my life
has cancer,
786
00:37:19,647 --> 00:37:21,115
I find out all of a sudden,
787
00:37:21,181 --> 00:37:26,654
and, you know,
so everything changes,
788
00:37:26,754 --> 00:37:30,491
and then we have sex
789
00:37:30,591 --> 00:37:31,992
after that.
790
00:37:32,092 --> 00:37:34,361
- So he got what he wanted?
- He got what he wanted.
791
00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:37,598
He was very rough.
792
00:37:41,035 --> 00:37:44,171
It wasn't always
when I wanted to.
793
00:37:44,271 --> 00:37:47,274
[gentle music]
794
00:37:47,341 --> 00:37:52,212
♪ ♪
795
00:37:52,313 --> 00:37:54,014
He said that we had
to get pregnant
796
00:37:54,114 --> 00:37:56,150
if we were gonna have
our own children
797
00:37:56,216 --> 00:37:58,218
because the shark
cartilage treatments
798
00:37:58,319 --> 00:38:00,020
would make him sterile.
799
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,023
I was really sick in Monaco
800
00:38:03,123 --> 00:38:05,392
in the beginning
of the pregnancy.
801
00:38:05,492 --> 00:38:08,362
It was just severe nausea,
802
00:38:08,462 --> 00:38:10,631
where I couldn't
raise my head.
803
00:38:10,698 --> 00:38:13,400
So I wanted to fly my sister
and everybody over.
804
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:19,039
"No, no, no, no, I don't want
any people around right now."
805
00:38:21,241 --> 00:38:23,577
Then my friend who,
806
00:38:23,677 --> 00:38:26,747
she's not the type
to take no for an answer
807
00:38:26,847 --> 00:38:28,582
and she was also
very worried about me
808
00:38:28,682 --> 00:38:30,984
'cause I'd been cut off
from everybody,
809
00:38:31,051 --> 00:38:35,222
and she showed up at the villa,
and she said, you know,
810
00:38:35,322 --> 00:38:39,393
"You look like you've just come
out of a concentration camp."
811
00:38:39,493 --> 00:38:43,731
And she tells Simon, "If you
do not get her to a doctor,
812
00:38:43,831 --> 00:38:45,666
then I'm taking her now."
813
00:38:45,733 --> 00:38:47,067
And he said, "I will."
814
00:38:47,167 --> 00:38:50,738
But I believe that
my friend saved my life.
815
00:38:52,906 --> 00:38:56,910
He said, "I want for you to
have the baby on U.S. soil."
816
00:38:57,010 --> 00:39:01,548
So Simon got me to New York,
and he was in Monaco.
817
00:39:01,615 --> 00:39:03,751
You know, he got my ticket
and everything,
818
00:39:03,851 --> 00:39:06,053
and I got there and I got up
into my little studio,
819
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,055
and I called him
to tell him I was there.
820
00:39:08,122 --> 00:39:10,591
And I said, "Simon,
I've made it, I'm here in--"
821
00:39:10,691 --> 00:39:13,193
Click, he hung up on me.
822
00:39:13,260 --> 00:39:16,930
And then trying to call him
back a million times
823
00:39:17,030 --> 00:39:19,733
and realizing
he's just not picking up
824
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,969
or something's happened to him
or something's wrong.
825
00:39:22,069 --> 00:39:23,871
And I started
looking for ways
826
00:39:23,937 --> 00:39:25,606
to get in touch
with his mother.
827
00:39:25,706 --> 00:39:27,775
And I found his mother,
and she told me
828
00:39:27,875 --> 00:39:30,477
that he didn't have
spinal cancer
829
00:39:30,577 --> 00:39:33,547
and that he had been
using her money for that.
830
00:39:33,614 --> 00:39:35,616
But she was furious with him.
831
00:39:35,716 --> 00:39:37,785
The owner of the villa
told me
832
00:39:37,885 --> 00:39:41,789
that he was already
with somebody else.
833
00:39:41,889 --> 00:39:45,559
I thought about, um...
834
00:39:45,626 --> 00:39:47,961
killing myself
835
00:39:48,061 --> 00:39:50,597
because I didn't--
836
00:39:50,664 --> 00:39:54,168
Who does that?
I mean--
837
00:39:54,268 --> 00:40:00,607
And then the reason I didn't
is because of the baby.
838
00:40:00,674 --> 00:40:03,610
[light music]
839
00:40:03,677 --> 00:40:10,784
♪ ♪
840
00:40:12,085 --> 00:40:14,321
After not being in touch
for a long time,
841
00:40:14,421 --> 00:40:16,824
I worked in Paris
and lived outside Paris.
842
00:40:16,924 --> 00:40:19,193
And so I was on the train
coming home from work,
843
00:40:19,293 --> 00:40:22,429
reading a magazine, there was
a little picture that said,
844
00:40:22,496 --> 00:40:23,997
"Brittany Murphy
has married."
845
00:40:24,097 --> 00:40:26,834
And it was Simon.
He got in touch with me.
846
00:40:26,934 --> 00:40:29,369
He offered, at that point,
to buy me a house,
847
00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:31,171
and we talked
for a little while,
848
00:40:31,271 --> 00:40:33,307
and that one ended with him
849
00:40:33,373 --> 00:40:35,509
threatening to come
and get my son.
850
00:40:35,609 --> 00:40:37,177
So I was quiet.
851
00:40:37,277 --> 00:40:39,313
That, I believe,
was his intention
852
00:40:39,379 --> 00:40:41,048
was to try to keep me quiet
853
00:40:41,148 --> 00:40:43,650
because the stakes
were a lot higher with him
854
00:40:43,717 --> 00:40:45,352
being married to Brittany.
855
00:40:45,452 --> 00:40:46,854
He didn't need
anybody to know
856
00:40:46,954 --> 00:40:50,691
that I was out there
with his son.
857
00:40:50,791 --> 00:40:53,360
I know why Brittany
chose Simon.
858
00:40:53,460 --> 00:40:56,864
He worked his spell on her.
859
00:40:56,964 --> 00:40:59,299
And she fell for it
like I did.
860
00:41:01,168 --> 00:41:04,037
- Everything is a lie?
861
00:41:04,137 --> 00:41:05,405
Everything is a lie.
862
00:41:05,506 --> 00:41:07,007
[static crackling]
863
00:41:07,074 --> 00:41:10,410
Every--every--everything--
everything is a lie.
864
00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:12,646
- Don't take it personally,
Mare.
865
00:41:12,713 --> 00:41:13,714
Mare Bear.
866
00:41:13,814 --> 00:41:15,415
- Don't touch me.
867
00:41:15,516 --> 00:41:21,255
- The man you fell in love
with is not real.
868
00:41:21,355 --> 00:41:24,224
[somber music]
869
00:41:24,324 --> 00:41:25,893
♪ ♪
870
00:41:25,993 --> 00:41:29,062
- So, you know, we did speak
to Elizabeth Ragsdale,
871
00:41:29,162 --> 00:41:31,899
Elijah's mom.
872
00:41:31,999 --> 00:41:33,534
- Well, he never
acknowledged--
873
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:38,539
you do know that he never
acknowledged his existence.
874
00:41:38,605 --> 00:41:40,207
When you look at Elijah,
875
00:41:40,274 --> 00:41:42,009
you can see
there's a likeness,
876
00:41:42,075 --> 00:41:45,212
but what I'm saying
is that it's very difficult
877
00:41:45,279 --> 00:41:48,115
to acknowledge something
that you don't know.
878
00:41:48,215 --> 00:41:50,751
- There's this story about
the shark fin treatments.
879
00:41:50,851 --> 00:41:52,553
Was there any truth
to any of that?
880
00:41:52,619 --> 00:41:56,890
- He was terribly fearful that
his father got cancer at 29.
881
00:41:56,957 --> 00:41:59,259
I certainly don't think
he went out to tell people,
882
00:41:59,359 --> 00:42:01,228
"I have cancer."
I think he believed it.
883
00:42:01,295 --> 00:42:04,064
- We heard that
Simon had actually
884
00:42:04,131 --> 00:42:06,533
swindled money off of you.
885
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,369
- He never swindled money
from me.
886
00:42:09,436 --> 00:42:13,073
I gave him money,
copious amounts of money,
887
00:42:13,140 --> 00:42:17,110
but I just gave it willingly
and freely, probably foolishly.
888
00:42:17,210 --> 00:42:23,317
But nevertheless, he didn't--
he didn't cheat me.
889
00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:35,295
[gentle music]
890
00:42:35,395 --> 00:42:37,998
♪ ♪
891
00:42:38,098 --> 00:42:39,466
- Simon and Brittany
892
00:42:39,566 --> 00:42:41,435
were basically
locked up in that house.
893
00:42:41,501 --> 00:42:43,470
They did these really
weird photoshoots
894
00:42:43,570 --> 00:42:44,938
in the middle of the night
895
00:42:45,005 --> 00:42:47,240
where he would dress her
like a doll.
896
00:42:47,307 --> 00:42:51,311
He encouraged her to become
addicted to plastic surgery.
897
00:42:51,411 --> 00:42:53,313
He would tell her,
"Your teeth aren't right.
898
00:42:53,413 --> 00:42:54,848
"Your nose isn't right.
899
00:42:54,948 --> 00:42:56,850
We might need to do something
with your chin."
900
00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:59,019
And she became increasingly
insecure about her appearance,
901
00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:02,623
increasingly paranoid about
people being out to get her.
902
00:43:04,024 --> 00:43:07,594
Simon had the landlines
disconnected.
903
00:43:07,661 --> 00:43:10,464
So the only way you could
reach Sharon or Brittany
904
00:43:10,530 --> 00:43:12,032
was through Simon.
905
00:43:12,132 --> 00:43:14,668
Simon and Brittany
would stay up late nights
906
00:43:14,768 --> 00:43:16,837
and take downers
and then chug coffee
907
00:43:16,937 --> 00:43:18,705
and take uppers
to come back up.
908
00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:21,008
And, you know,
they rarely left the house.
909
00:43:21,108 --> 00:43:23,977
- I remember
I was at some show,
910
00:43:24,044 --> 00:43:25,846
like 40 minutes into it,
911
00:43:25,946 --> 00:43:29,850
she shows up scooting
through the seats with Simon
912
00:43:29,950 --> 00:43:31,718
with, like, bleary eyes,
913
00:43:31,818 --> 00:43:34,688
and I just didn't
recognize her anymore.
914
00:43:34,788 --> 00:43:40,861
Brittany was
just cloudy and gone.
915
00:43:40,961 --> 00:43:46,233
- It was alarming to see
how thin she had gotten.
916
00:43:46,333 --> 00:43:48,168
Emaciated.
917
00:43:48,235 --> 00:43:51,171
She was so frail.
918
00:43:51,238 --> 00:43:54,474
- When I saw Brittany Murphy
getting really thin,
919
00:43:54,541 --> 00:43:57,244
I knew that he had
something to do with that.
920
00:43:57,344 --> 00:43:59,880
He loved anorexic women.
921
00:43:59,980 --> 00:44:04,551
He would look at me from behind
in my jeans and he would go,
922
00:44:04,651 --> 00:44:07,187
"Do you really think
you need to wear those jeans?
923
00:44:07,254 --> 00:44:11,391
Because, you know,
you look kind of--"
924
00:44:11,491 --> 00:44:12,926
- He was everything.
925
00:44:13,026 --> 00:44:15,228
He was the agent.
He was the manager.
926
00:44:15,328 --> 00:44:16,830
He was the makeup artist.
927
00:44:16,897 --> 00:44:18,899
Nobody touched her.
Nobody got close to her.
928
00:44:18,999 --> 00:44:20,067
It was all him.
929
00:44:20,167 --> 00:44:21,568
When the offers are drying up
930
00:44:21,668 --> 00:44:23,570
because you got going
around town,
931
00:44:23,670 --> 00:44:25,072
"Don't deal with Brittany
932
00:44:25,172 --> 00:44:26,740
because her husband's
a lunatic,"
933
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,408
he took what he could get.
934
00:44:28,508 --> 00:44:30,410
- If you look at someone
who just a few years ago
935
00:44:30,510 --> 00:44:32,579
was in really iconic movies,
936
00:44:32,679 --> 00:44:34,448
I mean, "Eight Mile,"
"Clueless."
937
00:44:34,548 --> 00:44:36,950
These are movies that will
stand the test of time,
938
00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:39,920
to then be in thrillers
and slashers
939
00:44:40,020 --> 00:44:42,522
that are going
straight to video,
940
00:44:42,589 --> 00:44:45,092
it looks like failure.
941
00:44:45,192 --> 00:44:47,427
- Mark.
942
00:44:47,527 --> 00:44:48,762
- I'm Trista Jordan.
943
00:44:48,862 --> 00:44:50,897
I am a celebrity
makeup artist.
944
00:44:50,964 --> 00:44:56,069
And I was the last one
to film with Brittany.
945
00:44:56,136 --> 00:44:58,739
When I got to that set,
I was told her husband
946
00:44:58,805 --> 00:45:00,373
was gonna be
her makeup artist.
947
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:01,808
So it's day one.
948
00:45:01,908 --> 00:45:05,946
I rushed to set just to find
a makeup disaster.
949
00:45:06,046 --> 00:45:07,314
[chuckles]
950
00:45:07,414 --> 00:45:10,817
Simon had taken
a red tube of lipstick
951
00:45:10,917 --> 00:45:13,487
and had drawn lips
952
00:45:13,587 --> 00:45:15,956
outside her natural lip line
like a clown.
953
00:45:16,056 --> 00:45:19,826
Her blush was lopsided.
Her hair was greasy.
954
00:45:19,926 --> 00:45:21,495
Your job as a makeup artist
955
00:45:21,595 --> 00:45:22,963
is you're looking behind
the monitor
956
00:45:23,063 --> 00:45:24,798
to see if things
are changing.
957
00:45:24,898 --> 00:45:27,400
And watching Simon, he wasn't
looking in the monitor.
958
00:45:27,467 --> 00:45:29,102
He was looking straight ahead.
959
00:45:29,169 --> 00:45:31,138
He was in a catatonic state,
960
00:45:31,238 --> 00:45:33,073
and I snapped my fingers
in front of his face
961
00:45:33,140 --> 00:45:35,809
to see if he'd react,
and he didn't even flinch.
962
00:45:35,909 --> 00:45:38,812
I've been around
thousands of actors
963
00:45:38,912 --> 00:45:41,481
and never seen
someone that thin.
964
00:45:41,581 --> 00:45:43,316
Her elbows.
965
00:45:43,416 --> 00:45:46,086
And getting out of a chair,
she looked like Bambi.
966
00:45:46,153 --> 00:45:48,155
She just seemed
like she was in pain,
967
00:45:48,255 --> 00:45:50,157
especially when she moved.
968
00:45:50,257 --> 00:45:52,025
I think she was sick.
969
00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:53,960
She didn't care
if her hair was messed up.
970
00:45:54,027 --> 00:45:55,428
She didn't ask for a mirror.
971
00:45:55,495 --> 00:45:57,697
And that's unusual
in Hollywood.
972
00:45:57,798 --> 00:46:01,001
I just think she lost
the ability to care.
973
00:46:01,101 --> 00:46:02,936
She was a disaster
in her heart,
974
00:46:03,003 --> 00:46:06,840
and she was a disaster
emotionally and physically.
975
00:46:06,940 --> 00:46:09,476
[thunder rumbles]
976
00:46:28,328 --> 00:46:31,498
- We found that, evidently,
Simon got involved.
977
00:46:31,565 --> 00:46:34,034
I don't know if he slapped
somebody or hit somebody,
978
00:46:34,134 --> 00:46:35,635
and she got fired.
979
00:46:35,702 --> 00:46:38,471
And that's why
they came back early.
980
00:46:38,538 --> 00:46:41,374
- It was reported this week
that actress Brittany Murphy
981
00:46:41,474 --> 00:46:43,543
was fired from her
upcoming film "The Caller"
982
00:46:43,643 --> 00:46:47,147
for being a detriment
to production and--oh, no.
983
00:46:47,214 --> 00:46:49,549
- Seth...
[laughter]
984
00:46:49,649 --> 00:46:50,884
- Brittany Murphy.
985
00:46:50,984 --> 00:46:52,586
- Yeah.
986
00:46:52,686 --> 00:46:54,321
They fired me.
987
00:46:54,387 --> 00:46:57,157
[chuckles]
Yeah.
988
00:46:57,224 --> 00:46:59,392
[laughter]
989
00:47:00,927 --> 00:47:05,332
- In Puerto Rico, they became
ill with flu-like symptoms.
990
00:47:05,398 --> 00:47:07,367
They had flown back.
991
00:47:07,434 --> 00:47:10,570
Brittany started showing signs
of not feeling good,
992
00:47:10,670 --> 00:47:13,039
but they were treating
her sickness
993
00:47:13,106 --> 00:47:15,742
with over-the-counter
medications.
994
00:47:15,842 --> 00:47:17,510
And, you know,
after a few days,
995
00:47:17,577 --> 00:47:20,247
if the over-the-counter
medications aren't working,
996
00:47:20,347 --> 00:47:25,252
you know, seek a professional
diagnosis on what's going on.
997
00:47:25,352 --> 00:47:27,954
According to the information
that we got,
998
00:47:28,054 --> 00:47:30,557
it was kind of a habit
that Simon,
999
00:47:30,624 --> 00:47:33,126
he'd keep her up late,
they would order food in
1000
00:47:33,226 --> 00:47:34,761
at 2:00 and 3:00
in the morning,
1001
00:47:34,861 --> 00:47:37,197
and stay up
and watch television.
1002
00:47:37,264 --> 00:47:39,099
She'd be exhausted
the next day
1003
00:47:39,199 --> 00:47:40,867
and she wasn't getting
enough rest
1004
00:47:40,934 --> 00:47:43,103
and her immune system
was dropping.
1005
00:47:43,203 --> 00:47:44,938
He just was blanketed
around her
1006
00:47:45,038 --> 00:47:47,807
and yet didn't remove
that blanket
1007
00:47:47,908 --> 00:47:51,111
and seek medical attention
when she needed it.
1008
00:47:51,211 --> 00:47:52,779
- She was a tiny girl.
1009
00:47:52,879 --> 00:47:55,415
Your body can only
take so much.
1010
00:47:55,482 --> 00:47:57,951
[static crackling]
1011
00:47:58,051 --> 00:48:00,954
[light music]
1012
00:48:01,054 --> 00:48:03,290
♪ ♪
1013
00:48:03,390 --> 00:48:05,392
[indistinct chatter]
1014
00:48:05,458 --> 00:48:07,560
- Don't move, ma'am.
Don't move.
1015
00:48:07,627 --> 00:48:10,096
♪ ♪
1016
00:48:10,163 --> 00:48:13,466
- The premiere of our film
was at the end of 2009.
1017
00:48:13,566 --> 00:48:16,236
When I saw her there,
she was extremely sweet,
1018
00:48:16,303 --> 00:48:19,306
she was extremely proud.
1019
00:48:19,406 --> 00:48:22,642
But she was also,
felt to me, extremely frail.
1020
00:48:27,113 --> 00:48:30,750
- She embraced my hands
and her hands were shaky.
1021
00:48:30,817 --> 00:48:33,320
She looked very,
very, very thin,
1022
00:48:33,420 --> 00:48:35,422
like she had lost
a lot of weight.
1023
00:48:39,192 --> 00:48:42,295
Outside of that,
she wasn't acting strangely.
1024
00:48:42,362 --> 00:48:44,431
She actually talked to me
about children that she was
1025
00:48:44,497 --> 00:48:46,933
planning on having,
things that were very sweet.
1026
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:50,804
It felt really a lot more
like the person that I had met
1027
00:48:50,870 --> 00:48:52,939
when we were going into
this whole process.
1028
00:48:53,006 --> 00:48:54,808
- Thank goodness
everyone was kind.
1029
00:48:54,874 --> 00:48:58,845
No one generally
tends to be in a--
1030
00:48:58,945 --> 00:49:03,216
on a set that's
an independent film,
1031
00:49:03,316 --> 00:49:07,120
that has a short schedule
unless they really want to be.
1032
00:49:07,187 --> 00:49:08,488
- What do you think--
1033
00:49:08,555 --> 00:49:10,056
- Everyone
wanted to be there,
1034
00:49:10,156 --> 00:49:11,958
and that was a pleasure.
1035
00:49:12,025 --> 00:49:14,227
♪ ♪
1036
00:49:14,327 --> 00:49:16,296
- Obviously,
the shoot experience
1037
00:49:16,363 --> 00:49:19,165
was crazy and chaotic
and volatile at times.
1038
00:49:19,232 --> 00:49:21,901
But I saw the person that
I had originally met with.
1039
00:49:22,002 --> 00:49:24,137
It almost felt like it
came full circle.
1040
00:49:24,204 --> 00:49:25,872
If we were like,
let's do another one,
1041
00:49:25,972 --> 00:49:29,009
I probably would have been
in this weird sort of,
1042
00:49:29,075 --> 00:49:31,811
you know, euphoric space
with like,
1043
00:49:31,878 --> 00:49:33,380
"Oh, this is great,
everything's good,
1044
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,582
and she's proud
and she's here to support."
1045
00:49:35,682 --> 00:49:39,085
It turned out to be two weeks
before she passed away.
1046
00:49:39,185 --> 00:49:43,189
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
1047
00:49:43,256 --> 00:49:46,359
- On a radio interview
in 2009,
1048
00:49:46,426 --> 00:49:50,997
somebody asked me to make
a prediction of who would die,
1049
00:49:51,064 --> 00:49:53,266
what celebrity
would pass away.
1050
00:49:53,366 --> 00:49:56,269
And I said Brittany Murphy.
1051
00:49:58,371 --> 00:50:02,609
And all these years later now,
I just--
1052
00:50:02,709 --> 00:50:06,880
I regret saying that, just
putting that energy out there.
1053
00:50:06,946 --> 00:50:09,582
It's gross.
1054
00:50:09,682 --> 00:50:11,384
Gross of the interviewer
1055
00:50:11,451 --> 00:50:14,454
and gross of me
for giving a response.
1056
00:50:16,556 --> 00:50:20,427
But that's definitely
telling of the time.
1057
00:50:20,527 --> 00:50:25,598
2009, in many ways,
was a very gross time.
1058
00:50:30,637 --> 00:50:32,105
- [indistinct] 197.
1059
00:50:32,205 --> 00:50:33,606
What's the address
of the emergency?
1060
00:50:33,706 --> 00:50:36,276
- 1895 Rising Glen Road.
1061
00:50:36,376 --> 00:50:37,944
- Tell me exactly
what happened.
1062
00:50:38,044 --> 00:50:40,413
- My daughter's passed out.
1063
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,949
She's--they're doing
mouth to mouth.
1064
00:50:43,049 --> 00:50:44,584
Please get here.
Please, please.
1065
00:50:44,651 --> 00:50:46,152
[wind howling]
1066
00:50:46,252 --> 00:50:49,956
- My husband came in,
he said I have bad news.
1067
00:50:50,056 --> 00:50:54,127
And I said,
"Did Brittany die?"
1068
00:50:54,227 --> 00:50:56,296
And he said, "Yes."
1069
00:50:59,265 --> 00:51:03,570
And I just felt so--
I felt bad for her.
1070
00:51:03,636 --> 00:51:06,840
But I also felt,
1071
00:51:06,940 --> 00:51:08,808
why didn't I
just go over there
1072
00:51:08,908 --> 00:51:11,511
and knock on the door
all day long?
1073
00:51:18,418 --> 00:51:21,788
And just have her hate me
or call the police
1074
00:51:21,855 --> 00:51:25,425
but just knock on that door
and take her away.
1075
00:51:25,492 --> 00:51:28,528
[uneasy music]
1076
00:51:28,628 --> 00:51:31,764
♪ ♪
1077
00:51:31,831 --> 00:51:35,001
- You know, I ofttimes think
about Sharon too,
1078
00:51:35,101 --> 00:51:38,037
just hoping she's okay,
1079
00:51:38,138 --> 00:51:39,706
'cause when I had been
to the house,
1080
00:51:39,806 --> 00:51:41,674
she would walk by
Brittany's clothes
1081
00:51:41,774 --> 00:51:43,343
and she would smell
the clothes.
1082
00:51:43,443 --> 00:51:44,878
But I remember
when she finally
1083
00:51:44,978 --> 00:51:46,679
got all of Brittany's
clothes together
1084
00:51:46,779 --> 00:51:50,316
and it filled up a whole room
and she had a sale.
1085
00:51:50,383 --> 00:51:51,951
She sold them all.
1086
00:51:52,018 --> 00:51:55,622
It took her about a year
to be able to do that,
1087
00:51:55,688 --> 00:51:57,223
to come to terms with that.
1088
00:51:57,323 --> 00:51:58,825
The last I heard about Sharon,
1089
00:51:58,892 --> 00:52:01,327
she was living
in Southern California,
1090
00:52:01,394 --> 00:52:03,830
but very reclusive.
1091
00:52:03,897 --> 00:52:06,799
She won't return emails
or phone calls.
1092
00:52:06,866 --> 00:52:09,903
Sharon was just heartbroken.
1093
00:52:13,406 --> 00:52:15,041
- I had to accept
1094
00:52:15,141 --> 00:52:17,877
there were no answers
for me to find in this.
1095
00:52:17,977 --> 00:52:21,214
So I had to kind of
step away from it.
1096
00:52:22,315 --> 00:52:24,551
That was difficult
for me to do,
1097
00:52:24,651 --> 00:52:26,019
but for a mother to accept
1098
00:52:26,085 --> 00:52:29,088
that she might
not fully understand
1099
00:52:29,189 --> 00:52:33,526
what happened to her son
can be quite devastating.
1100
00:52:34,894 --> 00:52:38,865
- I can't say why or what
happened in that house.
1101
00:52:38,932 --> 00:52:42,235
It became
a really awful tragedy
1102
00:52:42,335 --> 00:52:44,404
that should never
have happened.
1103
00:52:44,504 --> 00:52:50,009
But the reason why it happened
is very difficult to state.
1104
00:52:51,010 --> 00:52:52,912
- I believe
that Simon Monjack,
1105
00:52:53,012 --> 00:52:55,782
even if he did not kill
Brittany Murphy,
1106
00:52:55,882 --> 00:52:58,017
he allowed her to die
1107
00:52:58,084 --> 00:53:01,588
because he did not get her
to the doctor and get her help,
1108
00:53:01,688 --> 00:53:05,925
and I believe that he did
the same thing to himself.
1109
00:53:06,025 --> 00:53:08,361
Knowing that he needed
medical treatment,
1110
00:53:08,428 --> 00:53:11,297
he didn't get it and he died.
1111
00:53:11,397 --> 00:53:15,768
He would rather be dead
than to be discovered
1112
00:53:15,868 --> 00:53:19,072
as the con artist he was.
1113
00:53:20,139 --> 00:53:22,942
- I think if it wasn't
for Simon Monjack,
1114
00:53:23,042 --> 00:53:24,777
there's every chance
Brittany Murphy
1115
00:53:24,877 --> 00:53:26,446
would still be alive.
1116
00:53:26,546 --> 00:53:28,381
It ultimately is like
a very banal story.
1117
00:53:28,448 --> 00:53:30,383
It's just--it really
isn't a huge mystery.
1118
00:53:30,450 --> 00:53:34,387
It's just very simple,
a predator targeting someone
1119
00:53:34,454 --> 00:53:35,888
at their most vulnerable.
1120
00:53:35,955 --> 00:53:38,324
It was the perfect storm.
1121
00:53:38,424 --> 00:53:40,493
- The cause of death
is not a mystery.
1122
00:53:40,593 --> 00:53:44,297
The mystery is why
didn't somebody catch it.
1123
00:53:44,397 --> 00:53:46,766
Had they taken her to
the doctor a few days before,
1124
00:53:46,833 --> 00:53:49,636
she'd still be alive.
1125
00:53:49,736 --> 00:53:51,938
There are some people
that they're not satisfied.
1126
00:53:52,005 --> 00:53:54,607
You know, they think
maybe there's more.
1127
00:53:54,674 --> 00:53:56,943
You just have
to go on the facts.
1128
00:53:59,479 --> 00:54:01,247
- Why do you just want
to settle for,
1129
00:54:01,314 --> 00:54:04,851
"She died of pneumonia,
oh, well"?
1130
00:54:04,951 --> 00:54:07,787
It just doesn't make sense.
1131
00:54:07,854 --> 00:54:10,189
- Her death was not accidental,
1132
00:54:10,290 --> 00:54:12,158
and her husband's
was not accidental.
1133
00:54:12,258 --> 00:54:14,927
I believe they both
were targeted.
1134
00:54:14,994 --> 00:54:18,298
- I think that their autopsies
were forged.
1135
00:54:18,364 --> 00:54:19,499
- Something happened.
1136
00:54:19,599 --> 00:54:21,668
Someone must have
bribed someone.
1137
00:54:25,605 --> 00:54:28,775
- No, it just--it just
doesn't sound right.
1138
00:54:28,841 --> 00:54:30,943
It doesn't even sound
like it adds up.
1139
00:54:31,010 --> 00:54:33,980
It just--I'm sorry.
It don't add up.
1140
00:54:34,047 --> 00:54:36,049
[gentle music]
1141
00:54:36,149 --> 00:54:38,785
[indistinct radio chatter]
1142
00:54:38,851 --> 00:54:45,224
♪ ♪
1143
00:54:46,292 --> 00:54:50,229
- Please.
Why can't you just let me die?
1144
00:54:50,330 --> 00:54:57,403
♪ ♪
1145
00:55:05,812 --> 00:55:08,081
- We're gonna get out of here.
1146
00:55:08,181 --> 00:55:09,716
- Where are we gonna go?
1147
00:55:09,816 --> 00:55:14,053
- I don't know, someplace
where there's trees and sky,
1148
00:55:14,153 --> 00:55:16,823
we can breathe
the fucking air.
1149
00:55:16,889 --> 00:55:18,891
Some place that's
not so fucked up.
1150
00:55:18,991 --> 00:55:26,065
♪ ♪
1151
00:55:50,423 --> 00:55:51,924
Hi, my name
is Brittany Murphy,
1152
00:55:52,024 --> 00:55:54,427
and I go to Herbert Hoover
Middle School.
1153
00:55:54,527 --> 00:55:59,098
♪ ♪
1154
00:55:59,198 --> 00:56:02,201
[light dramatic music]
1155
00:56:02,268 --> 00:56:09,375
♪ ♪