Carradine's Rep -- David's Hands Were Tied

David CarradineNow we know why David Carradine's family thinks foul play may have been involved in the actors death -- his manager tells us Carradine was found with his hands tied behind his back.

Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager, tells us he firmly believes Carradine did not take his own life -- nor does he think David died accidentally. Binder says the family has been told Carradine's hands were immobilized by the rope.

Carradine was found by a hotel maid Thursday morning with a rope tied around his neck and another around his genitals in a Bangkok hotel room.

UPDATE: Thai police are now recognizing David's death may not have been a suicide, by saying, "It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not or [whether] he died of suffocation or heart failure." Police say he could have died from an "accidental suffocation."

UPDATE: We've been told by the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok that David's body was shipped back to the States Friday evening (Thailand is 14 hours ahead of PST).

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46. I am writing from Bangkok (check my IP address TMZ) and it's obvious to me that David Carradine did not commit suicide. It's too easy to have kinky sex here even for a 72-year-old man. He could have had nearly anyone he wanted--it could have been a katoey (male transvestite or transexual) and he wouldn't have even suspected it or maybe he didn't care. This morning's Bangkok Post said he was discovered in the corner of a closet with a "shoestring" tied to his penis and his neck--not hanging by his neck as other news agencies have indicated. It's likely to me that it was an accident--a sexual fantasy exceeding his ability to survive it. Age is not a limiting factor here when it comes to sex. In any case, we all have fantasies that exceed our abilities to achieve them. If this was murder, which isn't unlikely, it will ultimately be exposed even here. Thailand is not without some sense of propriety and justice. People here are horrified about what happened as much as those in the US.

Posted at 12:01PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Mike in Bangkok

47. i hope he put me in his will

Posted at 12:02PM on Jun 5th 2009 by booty

48. For all of you morons who wonder... How did he tie his own hands behind his back, his neck and genitals and also ankles... I have a little in formation for you...
I have just ties my own neck to by slippery serpeant, my ankles and I am ... as I trype this... tying my wrists behind my... ugh... ugh... back... there! I've done it... I am completely tied up and incapacitated... I... I.... oh,oh....I'mmm...losing......conscios.....us..us.....................................................................................

Posted at 12:06PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Mr. Science man

49. If it WAS kinky sex,he probably wasn't intending to die. If someone DID murder him, I hope they can sort it out and find who is responsible. He was a great actor and deserves respect in death.

Posted at 12:16PM on Jun 5th 2009 by shroomie

50. Most of the posters here have to be below average intelligence. You assume that if someone is found bound and naked they had to have been having kinky sex. lol.

Posted at 12:32PM on Jun 5th 2009 by H

51. I'm sure alot of you stipid people do some kinky thing behind closed doors...DAVID was MURDERED, & those Corrupt THAI JERKS need to be caught. Thailand is so Corrupt, even their government is Corrupt....

Posted at 12:25PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Biff

52. I'm sure alot of you stupid people do some kinky thing behind closed
doors...DAVID was MURDERED, & those Corrupt THAI JERKS need to be
caught. Thailand is so Corrupt, even their government is Corrupt....

Posted at 12:28PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Biff

53. You Disrepectful peice of crap people here on tmz,,,,I hope you all burn in hell for you rude comments...Mr. Carradine was murdered, so try to have a little respect, you A Holes...

Posted at 12:31PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Biff

54. I liked David Carradine - RIP.

My stomach tells me that maybe he got into one of those Thai girls and..yadi yada yada... I am sure they are checking phone records and hotel security videos.....

Posted at 12:54PM on Jun 5th 2009 by kittythedog

55. We lost a true legend. I acted with David in Kung Fu. He was a really great guy ... he spoke of his beloved American Beatles ... The Eagles. He was a true California icon ... a really deep Malibu guy. David's father John Carradine appeared in so many black and white horror movies. David told me that his father would scare the hell out of both he and Keith at night when he would come home in character!

Posted at 1:30PM on Jun 5th 2009 by FIRSTBANKSTUDIOS1

56. Well how many exploiting death posts is this today 6 or 8? Heres a thought, maybe check facts instead of making up a story for each possible answer and posting them all one at a time. 1st you say it was suicide, then accident, then kinky sex, and now murder. If fact you dont have a clue but will continue to speculate hearlesly ignoring the family's feelings.
You need to crawl out from under the rock low life Peerez Hilton is standing on.

Posted at 3:39PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Prince Von A Hole

57. Loved the movies he played in. RIP

Posted at 1:01PM on Jun 5th 2009 by my

58. Has anyone ever heard of auto eroticism death? HELLO?

Posted at 12:57PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Brandy

59. Everyone knows Mr Carradine was junk foo fiddling..
Those fingers were pretty fast at diddling..
So it was a little bit frightning..
Unfortunely, it wasn't expert tightning.....

Posted at 12:59PM on Jun 5th 2009 by CorkiDeCat

60. Foul play may have been involved in the actors death because "Carradine was found with his hands tied behind his back" ??

Dennis Rader (BTK) testified that he managed to tie his own hands behind his back on numerous occasions (and a few times he had trouble getting it undone). There were even pictures posted during the trial, that he took of himself in this situation. It's not a stretch to think that someone who was into bondage/getting tied up would find a way to tie their own hands behind their back to heighten the effect.

Posted at 1:07PM on Jun 5th 2009 by Herabird

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