Washington
(ANI):
A
lawsuit
filed
against
a
Hollywood
photo
agency
claims
that
two
of
its
photographers
deliberately
gave
cocaine
to
late
actor
Health
Ledger
in
2006
at
SAG
after-party,
and
then
secretly
taped
him.
The
suit
comes
after
the
Brokeback
Mountain
star
was
seen
taking
cocaine
in
a
vediotape
promoted
by
Entertainment
Tonight
and
The
Insider.
In
the
lawsuit
filed
at
Los
Angeles
County
Superior
Court,
Jane
Doe
(a
pseudonym),
who
was
working
as
a
freelance
reporter
for
People
magazine,
claimed
that
Darren
Banks,
one
of
the
Splash
News
photographers,
also
her
boyfriend
at
the
time,
had
met
Ledger
and
brought
him
to
the
room
booked
by
Doe
for
evening
assignment.
Banks
was
accompanied
by
his
colleague
Eric
Munn.
According
to
the
suit,
Munn
gave
cocaine
to
Ledger
and
then
left
the
room.
Ledger,
who
had
no
idea
they
were
photographers,
also
had
some
cocaine
of
his
own.
Munn
then
clandestinely
recorded
what
was
going
on.
Doe
claims
she
didn't
know
that
she
was
being
videotaped,
reports
Usmagazine.com
She
also
said
that
when
Ledger
spotted
the
camera,
he
demanded
the
tape
be
destroyed
to
which
the
photographers
agreed.
Doe
is
now
seeking
unspecified
damages
for
fraud,
distress
and
privacy
violations.