Heath Ledger inquiry ‘is to be dropped’
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US investigators are to drop a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained two powerful painkillers that contributed to his death, an official has said.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had suspected oxycodone and hydrocodone found in Ledger’s system were obtained with false prescriptions.
But an official in New York told the AP news agency prosecutors now thought there was not “a viable target”.
Ledger was found dead at his home in January after an accidental overdose.
- from BBC