
Ultimately, Bertolotti conducted his own private investigation and toxicology report, using Murphy’s hair. Coroner’s Office and the LAPD, claiming that they failed to do a proper toxicology report that tested for metal poisons. In 2012, Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, sued the L.A. 3: Murphy’s father’s independent investigation finds rat poison in Brittany’s hair Before they died, Murphy and Monjack both believed they were being watched by the government and that their phones were bugged. Davis made an entire documentary about this, which alleges that Murphy and Monjack ended up on the DHS watch list and that the government was trying to deport Monjack (he was a Briton). This conspiracy-theory fodder comes from my new favorite website, Above Top Secret, with an assist from my other new favorite website,. Apparently (and allegedly), Brittany Murphy was friends with and a public supporter of Davis, even serving as a witness in litigation against the government. When they didn’t do anything, she reported them to the FBI. Davis was a Department of Homeland Security officer who reported a suspected Al Qaeda attack to her superiors. Meet Julia Davis, and please keep “allegedly” in mind as you read her tale. Yes, this is where things take a real strange turn toward conspiracy. 2: Murphy was involved with a former Homeland Security officer turned whistleblower Nonetheless, Murphy’s mother sued the builders of the home in 2011. Yet the coroner insisted that the mold did not contribute to the deaths. In the months after Monjack’s death, TMZ broke news that toxic mold was present in Murphy and Monjack’s house.

Like Brittany, the coroner said, he had had pneumonia and anemia. Like Brittany, he suffered a heart attack and died of natural causes. Her mother also found Monjack, in the same bathroom where she discovered Murphy. 1: Her husband dies, too her parents suspect toxic mold This very in-depth Hollywood Reporter profile is a helpful primer. Some other information to keep in mind: She was frequently accused of illegal drug use, though it was always denied her mother and her husband seemed oddly close, reportedly sharing a bed together after Murphy died her husband, Simon Monjack, was suspected by the press after her death, though perhaps unfairly. It has also been suggested that if Murphy had seen a doctor sooner, her death could have been prevented.

Ultimately, Murphy’s death was ruled to be accidental, caused by pneumonia and iron deficiency. Throughout TMZ’s rapacious reporting, they kept noting that the toxicology report results were not in yet. Among the claims against her: She took tons of pills, she had a suspect medical history, she had the flu, her father was mysteriously written out of her death certificate, the certificate was released without crucial information included. On December 20, 2009, Murphy’s mother found her unconscious in the shower, apparently having suffered from cardiac arrest. Up until yesterday, the consensus Brittany Murphy narrative was fairly straightforward.


There’s a lot of half-information out there, so let’s make our way through it all. Now, she’s back in the headlines, thanks to an story suggesting that she may have been poisoned. She remained famous and notorious enough - both for performances in movies including 8 Mile and Girl, Interrupted and as Ashton Kutcher’s girlfriend - that her death in 2009 was shocking, but not surprising. Brittany Murphy stormed into our lives as Tai from Clueless in 1995.
