Lawsuit claims Heath Ledger done in by coke predators

**NicoleWasHere** · April 11th, 2008, 06:40 PM

Lawsuit Claims Ledger Done in By Coke Predators
Posted Apr 11th 2008 3:33PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has just obtained a copy of the bizarre lawsuit that was filed minutes ago in L.A. County Superior Court, alleging that Heath Ledger was set up by two photographers who allegedly fueled him with cocaine and secretly videotaped it for profit.

The suit was filed by a woman who called herself Jane Doe. At the time of the incident -- the 2006 SAG party at the Chateau Marmont hotel -- she was a freelance reporter for People magazine. Doe, who had booked a room at the Chateau, was dating Darren Banks, a photog. Banks and a photog friend met up with Heath on the outside patio and "shared a smoke." That's when the alleged trickery began. Click here... it's not over yet

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Heath Ledger

**Sasha** · April 11th, 2008, 09:10 PM

Doe is asking for unspecified damages for fraud, intrusion, infliction of emotional distress, and privacy violations.

How did the defendants defraud her? She knew what they were doing and let the photogs use her room. Heath is the wronged party here, I'm not sure why Jane Doe thinks she has any standing.

**Dixie Normos** · April 11th, 2008, 10:23 PM

Lawsuit claims Heath Ledger done in by coke predators

A police sketch artist, working on eye witness descriptions, turn this drawing in as an approximation of the "Coke Predator."

**Dixie Normos** · April 11th, 2008, 10:24 PM

Too soon? Too soon.

**Trixie** · April 11th, 2008, 10:39 PM

Nah, more like...too late.

**Morticia** · April 11th, 2008, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Dixie Normos

Too soon? Too soon.

I'm suprised it took this long. It's like there's a conspiracy theory waiting in the wings as soon as a celeb dies.

**lavi** · April 12th, 2008, 12:27 AM

HAHA at the coke bear

I'm not surprised by this at all. Either that he did coke or they would set him up. I bet this happens more than people would like to admit.

But this does raise questions about all his friends in Hollywood saying that oh no he didn't do coke especially on camera. He was smarter than that. I know people like him and he was a good actor. But he was a drug addict as is most people in Hollywood. People need to just accept that

DitaPage* · April 12th, 2008, 12:49 AM

Who cares anymore. He WAS on drugs, thats all that needs to be said. Who cares if there was a video or not. There aren't videos of the other stars who do drugs, but they ARE doing it.

**cheray** · April 12th, 2008, 01:29 AM

Its not like he is going to get less movie offers or lose his reputation now. Too late everybody. Let the guy rest in peace. The peace he seemed to desperately want.