Yesterday we heard Brittany Murphy’s widower, Simon Monjack, mouthing off to The Daily Beast about how he was going to sue Warner Brothers for her death. Brittany passed away just two weeks after she was let go from the Happy Feet sequel, according to Monjack, who blames Warner Brothers for her death. There’s still no official cause of death from the coroner. Brittany suffered from a heart condition, mitral valve prolapse and she was also hypoglycemic. She appeared underweight at the time of her death and was rumored to have been on drugs due to her behavior. Monjack denies that his wife was on any illegal drug, and claims that she only took prescription medication for extreme period cramps. He said that other prescription medication found at her bedside was his. Sadly, we’ll see if that’s true when the toxicology reports come back.
Meanwhile Warner Brothers has issued a blunt statement denying any wrongdoing. They state that Brittany didn’t even have a contract with them for Happy Feet 2.
Warner Bros. is none too pleased with Simon Monjack’s extraordinarily damning accusation that the studio’s decision to pink-slip Brittany Murphy pretty much directly caused her death.
Go figure.“Any claim that Warner Bros. Pictures was somehow responsible for Brittany Murphy’s tragic death is demonstrably false, reprehensible and defamatory,” they hit back in a statement.
“Despite press reports to the contrary, Warner Bros. Pictures and Ms. Murphy never entered into any deal for Happy Feet 2, and thus, there was no contract to cancel.”
Well, Monjack warned that a lawsuit was on its way. He may have been more right than he knew.
[From E! Online]
Warner Brothers is going to put the hurt on this guy if he even says another word about how they’re the cause of Brittany’s death. It’s understandable that he would be upset and want to blame someone, but obviously this is some sort of money grab. Maybe he was hoping for a settlement, but Warner Brothers is not going to play that game. Given Monjack’s long history of bad debts, lawsuits and questionable business practices, he’s not doing his already poor reputation any favors by threatening to sue.
Actresses don’t die because they get fired. This moron is just looking for cash and he’s exploiting his dead wife to get it.
Brittany’s mother should sue Simon Monjack-off for wrongful death, he was her husband and the one who was closest to her. Where was he when she was found dead by her mother?
He was at the house when she died.
I don’t trust this guy, but I don’t think he personally had anything to do with her death. I think he probably adored her (and her money) and knew he married up. He’s probably devestated because he know’s he will never find anyone as good as her…Now, he needs to find another source of income somehow. What an ass. I hope Warner Bros. takes him to the cleaners.
I can’t wait to see that toxicology report…
Can’t imagine any lawyer agreeing to take this case. He’s pathologically narcissistic.
I would be surprised that at the weight she appeared to be if their were actually an period cramps to speak of. That girl was crazy skinny.
I hope she can rest in peace. How sad.
Can’t this poor woman just rest in peace.
That studio will squash him like a grape. He better back off while he can.
He’ll be paying a high legal fee, but he’ll no doubt use all the photographs he has taken of Brittany to profit.
Sleazoid.
His self-defeatist behavior should be an alarm bell to him, that he is the architect of his own financial woes. Warner Brothers will eat him up and spit him out with a monstrous legal bill and he’ll try to use the media to flaunt his sob story, but he won’t recoup his career. Wait, what career? His career was micromanaging Murphy like a sickening Svengali.
Her husband is such a sleaze. He is just trying to profit from Brittany’s death. He should be ashamed of himself.