![]() ![]() And when her money ran out, he was gone and very quickly he became engaged to one of her friends. So he lived off this girl that had worked her heart out for every penny she had. "That was the cloak and it was perfect because she believed the lies too. "One of the ways he legitimized those lies was by bringing a lovely girl into the equation," Burnett said. Months later, Burnett received an email from Monjack's girlfriend who had accompanied him to the event claiming "every single word out of" Monjack's mouth was untrue. They rarely left the house."įilmmaker Allison Burnett shared a memory of an evening he spent with Monjack at a dinner party he hosted in 1999, recalling how the London native shared endless stories about his life, claiming he was a billionaire, that he dated Elle MacPherson and Madonna, that he was dying of brain cancer and had a collection of 17 Ferraris. Simon and Brittany would stay up late nights and take downers and then chug coffee and take uppers to come back up. Simon had the landlines disconnected, so the only way you could reach Sharon or Brittany was through Simon. "She became increasingly insecure about her appearance, increasingly paranoid about people being out to get her. They did these really weird photoshoots in the middle of the night where he would dress her like a doll," Hammel said. "Simon and Brittany were basically locked up in that house. Sara Hammel, a journalist who worked for People magazine at the time, provided details of what she learned about the final months of Murphy's life. And every time there was a break, she would leave and go be in the car with him. He made sure no one could get to her."Īccording to Najimy, Monjack "was making all of her decisions, he was clearly getting her money. "One day her numbers were changed, no one knew where to find her," Murphy's longtime friend Lisa Rieffel said. ![]() "I think Sharon was for the marriage…we were all scared and freaked out, like, who was this guy and what was happening?"Īfter the pair wed in a quiet 2007 ceremony, they became reclusive, according to those close to her, rarely leaving their home, here Murphy's mother Sharon was also living. "She wanted to marry him and I said, 'Honey, it's not been long enough,'" pal Kathy Najimy recalled, revealing only her mother was supportive of the whirlwind romance. ![]() Speculated Heckerling, "She must have been searching for something."Īnd as soon as Murphy met Monjack, their relationship became very serious and they were inseparable. Conspiracy theorists accuse Monjack, who mysteriously died just months after Murphy in May 2010, of isolating his wife from the world, while others point their finger at the toxic mold that allegedly infested their home on Rising Glen Road in Los Angeles.īefore meeting Simon Monjack, then, a writer and director, in 2006, Brittany Murphy endured multiple "situations that left her heartbroken," Clueless director Amy Heckerling said, including a public breakup with her Just Married co-star Ashton Kutcher and two broken engagements. Since then, people have continued to speculate about the cause of the star's untimely passing, ignoring the coroner's report which explicitly stated that her death was accidental, caused by pneumonia, anemia and multiple drug intoxication. The two-part documentary, which was produced by Blumhouse Television, features new footage and interviews with Murphy's close friends, including actresses Kathy Najimy and Lisa Rieffel, and those who worked with her in the months leading up to her sudden death in 2009 at the age of 32. But nearly 12 years after her death, the Clueless actress' loved ones are sharing details surrounding her private life-including her mysterious relationship with husband Simon Monjack-in in HBO Max's What Happened, Brittany Murphy? Will we ever really learn what happened to Brittany Murphy?
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