Washington
(ANI):
A
paparazzi
agency,
accused
of
deliberately
giving
cocaine
to
late
actor
Health
Ledger,
and
then
secretly
taping
him
at
a
SAG
party
in
2006,
wants
the
lawsuit
filed
against
them
to
be
dismissed.
The
attorneys
for
Splash
News
are
asking
to
dismiss
the
filed
by
a
woman
identified
only
as
Jane
Doe,
as
there
is
not
enough
evidence
to
support
some
of
her
allegations,
while
other
claims
weren't
filed
before
the
statute
of
limitations
expired,
reports
E!
Online
The
plaintiff
claims
that
she
was
also
caught
on
the
tape,
which
was
shot
in
her
hotel
room
without
her
consent,
and
is
seeking
damages
for
fraud,
intrusion,
infliction
of
emotional
distress
and
privacy
violations.
However,
Splash
lawyers
claim
that
her
face
was
"blurred
out" in
the
footage
and
therefore
her
privacy
has
not
been
violated.
They
said
that
other
parts
of
her
claim
are
false
because
she
"has
improperly
attempted
to
assert
the
rights
of
a
dead
celebrity
within
her
complaint."
The
agency
lawyers
have
also
filed
papers
requesting
removal
of
Los
Angeles
Superior
Court
Judge
John
P.
Shook,
on
the
grounds
he
is
prejudiced
against
the
agency.
The
lawsuit
states
that,
one
of
the
photogs
"gave
Ledger
a
package
of
cocaine.
Mr.
Ledger
also
had
some
of
his
own.
The
cocaine
was
put
on
the
table
[in
a
hotel
room
reserved
by
the
plaintiff],
and
the
men
began
snorting
cocaine."
Ledger
did
not
know
that
the
second
Splash
photographer
was
"outside
our
hotel
room,
on
the
balcony,
hidden,
shooting
video
footage
of
everyone
in
the
room,"
the
suit
continues.
When
he
did
discover
he
was
being
taped,
Ledger
got
angry
and
he
was
promised
the
tape
would
be
destroyed,
the
suit
says.