



Maybe he could build a scale model scene with it like the Doc did in the Back to the Future movie!

Ronni Chasen Legal Fight: Police May Turn Over Limited Files for Documentary Film
A lawyer for the Beverly Hills Police Department told a judge Tuesday that it will turn over some documents concerning its handling of the investigation into the killing of the Hollywood publicist.
A filmmaker is a step closer to revealing new details of the investigation into the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen.
During a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Beverly Hills Police Department attorney T. Peter Pierce told Judge James C. Chalfant that his client would share some documents related to its handling of the Chasen murder case -- just not anything about how the investigation itself went down.
Documentary filmmaker Ryan Katzenbach, currently working on 6:38: The Death of Ronni Chasen, sued the department for the case file in November, citing the California Public Records Act. He maintains that it should be released because the BHPD previously allowed one of its own staffers, senior forensics specialist Clark Fogg, to co-author a book, Beverly Hills Confidential: A Century of Stars, Scandals and Murder, which drew on his inside knowledge of the investigation for one of its chapters.
Chasen, a veteran PR executive, was gunned down in her Mercedes-Benz while driving through Beverly Hills after the Nov. 16, 2010, premiere of Burlesque. The BHPD ruled the case closed after the suspect, Harold Martin Smith, killed himself in a flophouse in Hollywood. Katzenbach believes that there might be some truth to alternative theories of the killing (some believe Smith didn't act alone) and that an open review of the case file would show that the department wasn't diligent enough in its investigation.
Katzenbach’s original filing named the Los Angeles County Coroner as a defendant and separately demanded access to Chasen's autopsy. The coroner complied with his request Dec. 12.
Pierce tells The Hollywood Reporter that the BHPD will now provide Katzenbach with documents on Apr. 2 that are responsive to specific questions that the filmmaker posed in advance of a potential trial. “We will be providing some of them -- ancillary sorts of documents,” says Pierce. “I want to be clear that these are not related to the Chasen case file itself. The city doesn’t think it’s required to turn those over.”
Katzenbach, acting as his own counsel, explains that the broad questions he submitted ranged from the department’s handling of Confidential to any special treatment afforded the Chasen family due to the case’s high-profile nature. “It will be interesting to see what information they object to providing and on what basis,” he says of the BHPD.
Pierce and Katzenbach will meet after Apr. 2 to determine whether the two sides can arrive at a suitable compromise. If not, Judge Chalfant has already specified another trial-setting date in his courtroom for May 20.
quotestheraven wrote:I think Katzenbach should do a documentary about Kurt Cobain and did Courtney Love have him killed just so Courtney Love can take a piece out of him.
Seattle Police Face Lawsuit After Releasing Kurt Cobain Death Scene Photos
In anticipation for the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain‘s death, Seattle police have been revealing never-before-seen photos of the Nirvana frontman’s death scene. A total of 18 pictures have been released to-date, the most recent of which showcase parts of Cobain’s actual body. In a strange twist, Seattle police are now being hit with a lawsuit by self-described investigative journalist Richard Lee.
Richard Lee, 50, is widely seen as a conspiracy theorist who has made “groundless” assertions that Kurt Cobain’s death was not caused by suicide. Lee has run for Mayor of Seattle several times and once hosted the public access television show ‘Kurt Cobain Was Murdered.’
According to Seattle PI, Lee is suing Seattle police for not releasing the Cobain death scene photos shortly after the Nirvana frontman’s actual death. Lee will be representing himself in the suit.
Interestingly enough, there may be a legitimate basis for Lee’s lawsuit. In Washington state, law requires that government agencies that fail to disclose releasable records pay between $5 to $100 per day, per document, for the delay. Add that up over 20 years… that’s a hell of a lot of money. The city of Seattle has yet to respond to Lee’s suit and has reportedly refused to provide Lee with copies of the already-released photos of Cobain’s death scene.
“Lee has dealt with these SPD units many times in the past, and says that they are characteristically uncooperative, dilatory, and non-compliant with his requests for records and information,” Lee says in the lawsuit.
Although the Seattle police “reviewed” the Cobain suicide case recently, the case is currently not being re-investigated.
6:38 : The Death of Ronni Chasen • A Documentary wrote:APRIL 15, 2014: The lawsuit continues forward with Beverly Hills following last week's Court ordered meet and confer between T. Peter Pierce and 6:38 writer and producer Ryan Katzenbach. Beverly Hills has served responses to the first set of interrogatories served by Katzenbach; the next set of responses are due April 25th...
It appears, based on documents produced, that the City of Beverly Hills has violated the California Public Records Act, as well as their own internal policies for dealing with records requests, in responding to Katzenbach's initial requests for documents. Stay tuned...
astonio wrote:I'm Rollin!!!! For real. Is he truly speaking in 3rd person?!? Wtf is wrong with this kat?? Lmfaoooo!
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