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Heath Ledger's Life Insurance Company Won't Pay Up

The ReliaStar Life Insurance Company is balking on paying the $10 million policy. (Weinstein Company Image)"]
The life insurance company of Heath Ledger is refusing to cough up the cool $10 million it owes upon the actor's untimely death, claiming that suicide is still a possibility even though it was ruled out by the New York City medical examiner.
The LA Times reports: " is being sued over failure to promptly pay that claim... the lawsuit says that ReliaStar is acting in bad faith by launching its own investigation into the actor's death. The suit was filed by a trustee for Matilda, 2, Ledger's daughter with actress Michelle Williams. The money would go into a trust set up for Matilda. ReliaStar's lawyers are going to try to take depositions from Mary-Kate Olsen, as well as that mysterious masseuse who made the calls to her from Ledger's apartment, costars on his last film, his agents, doctors, psychiatrists etc."