usmagazine.com - 8/7/2008
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Mary-Kate Olsen is off the hook.
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the slew of painkillers that caused his death in January.
See a photo retrospective of Heath Ledger's life.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan had been overseeing a Drug Enforcement Administration probe into whether the drugs were obtained illegally.
But the prosecutors nixed the investigation "because they don't believe there's a viable ...
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Feds Drop Ledger Probe
Crabbie's Hollywood —
... Federal prosecutors have elected to drop their investigation into Heath Ledger's death by pill-powered misadventure. This means Mary-Kate Olsen won't have to worry about being dragged before a grand jury to spill her guts. She can take the secret to her grave. Or wait until the statue of limitations runs out and put it in a book.
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Six months after the shocking death of Hollywood heartthrob Heath Ledger, the U.S. Attorney's office has closed the investigation -- without Mary-Kate Olsen being delivered a subpoena, reports People magazine .
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