Celebrity Justice
Lawsuit Over Heath Ledger and Alleged Coke

TMZ has learned a lawsuit is about to be filed, alleging two photogs and a photo agency set Heath Ledger up in a cocaine sting.

According to the as yet to be filed suit, Heath was at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in West Hollywood the night he lost the SAG award for "Brokeback Mountain." The plaintiff, listed as Jane Doe, was dating one of the photogs.

The photogs had befriended Heath and invited him up to the woman's room to party, never disclosing their true intentions. As Heath allegedly did coke, the photogs secretly videotaped the whole thing. When Heath realized what was happening, he went ballistic. A rep for Heath tells TMZ the video does not show the actor doing illegal drugs.

"E.T." bought and promoted the tape, but then decided not to air it.

Unclear why Jane Doe is suing.

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16. Come on people...Leave the guy to rest in peace...he's GONE!!!

Posted at 3:04PM on Apr 11th 2008 by Roger

17. low

Posted at 3:53PM on Apr 11th 2008 by off the property

18. The man is dead for God's sake. Leave him alone. So what if he did drugs while he was alive. Please don't let this type of information become public for his daughter to read about later in life. He is gone, let him rest in peace and leave a little girl with the wonderful memories she has of a father taken too soon.

Posted at 8:18AM on Apr 12th 2008 by Deb

19. KUDOS TO E.T. for not airing it. [look it up}

Posted at 3:09PM on Apr 11th 2008 by PUH-LEASE

20. ET is better than you, at least they didnt air, you probably would if you bought it. Leave him alone already!!!!!!

Posted at 3:10PM on Apr 11th 2008 by Sheri

21. For the love of the Almighty..........the poor bloke is DEAD.........let him rest in peace already.

Posted at 4:12PM on Apr 11th 2008 by Dorothy Ann Gardner

22. He's dead....who cares.

Posted at 4:38PM on Apr 11th 2008 by So Silly

23. Jane Doe = http://imdb.com/name/nm0619031/

Posted at 3:47PM on Apr 11th 2008 by jane

24. Paparazzi set up a celebrity for a bust. What a surprise that is... NOT! I'm sure TMZ could also be suspected of resorting to deception, trickery, and click-and-snitch activities such as the dirty lowdown paps in question here.

Posted at 3:51PM on Apr 11th 2008 by just me

25. I'm sure she's suing because, having set Ledger up, she didn't get any of the proceeds from the sale of the video to ET.

Posted at 6:03PM on Apr 11th 2008 by rbarthjr

26.

She's suing for $$$$.

Posted at 4:11PM on Apr 11th 2008 by OCD

27. I'm amazed at the lack of compassion in the world, it truly makes me sad to be raising children in it....
with the internet came a great opporunity for people to connect and share opinions and you can get information on so many things but one of the downsides to all of this is that we seek out this information about celebrities and then we crucify them to no end and we forget that they are people! Heath Ledger was a person, acting was his job, just like any job but he was in the public eye. It's so sad what happened to him and so sad how some people who post here and elsewhere can with good conscience make such awful statements. I guess b/c it's all anonymous and they feel safe saying such horrible things hiding behind a fake name. I think for the most part the media is backing off, i'm unsure why this person is suing but it's hardly a headline. It's just a way for her to make money and another excuse to bring this poor guy back into the headlines.

Posted at 10:51PM on Apr 11th 2008 by disgusting

28. Hey there,
Heath was a big fan of the Brazen Angelz in Toronto.I saw him many times hanging with the ladz after the show.
He never did any drugs around those ladz.They are clean as musicians go.They just sat around ,drank pints and talked with the about their upcoming release.
I just listened to some of these tracks on My Space...www.myspace.com/brazenangelzuk
So, I still can't believe the stuff people say about him.
ANyway Cheers
Martin

Posted at 11:45PM on Apr 11th 2008 by Martin

29. they din't release it because it was crap it was editted and he never used any durgs in it he drank a beer and smoked cigarettes he declined the drugs several times i have seen this piece of crap it's vial and exactly why he hated the press [paps] parasites



















Posted at 5:05AM on Apr 12th 2008 by t m

30. Disgusting...the media can't leave these people alone to live their lives and they can't leave them alone in death either...Have you forgotten the meaning of REST IN PEACE??!!! Enough already - have some compassion for this poor guy whose life ended too short and the family he's left behind.

Posted at 7:28PM on Apr 12th 2008 by anon

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