No Life Insurance For Matilda?
Heath Ledger’s insurance company is not joking around…
According to TMZ, the insurance company holding Heath Ledger’s $10 million life insurance policy may not be paying up, and Heath’s estate is suing. ReliaStar Life Ins. Co. claims that Heath’s death might have been a suicide, even though the New York Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death accidental back in February.
A suicide, of course, would trigger provisions in the policy that would permit the company not to pay. ReliaStar’s lawyers say they intend to take the depositions of Mary-Kate Olsen, the masseuse who was at Heath’s home when he died, Heath’s co-stars on his last film, his agents, doctors, psychologists and others.
Popsquire’s perspective…
Matilda’s lawyers say this is a shady ploy to avoid paying the money and to drag out the process, and Popsquire agrees. The longer this drags out, the more money Matilda will have to shell out in attorneys’ fees. Delay is a very effective litigation strategy!
