Bodies of Gene Hackman, wife cannot be shown
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Wilson ordered that there should “be no depiction of either body” in any videos or photos that are released, according to the Associated Press.
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The Hackman family estate attorney, Kurt Sommer, argued in a hearing Monday that releasing sheriff’s department video and photos from the residence would violate the privacy of the deceased couple.
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A mixed ruling handed down on Monday afternoon stipulates that images of the very private couple’s partially decomposing bodies will not be released.
But, other materials collected in the investigation will be open to the public, including photos showing the inside of Hackman’s home, the carcass of their dog that starved to death, as well
Gene Hackman’s publicist Susan Madore shared insight into his and Betsy Arakawa’s private life in New Mexico in the years before their tragic deaths.
Gene and Betsy Hackman’s names, likenesses and images are valuable and need to be protected and is clearly proven out by virtue of the press wanting to get his hands on the documents to exploit them for their own personal profit and gain.
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