![]() ![]() Mr Monjack is given a credit for his work as a screenwriter on Factory Girl on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). George Hickenlooper was the director of the 2006 film Factory Girl, based on the life of Andy Warhol’s muse Edie Sedgwick. One Hollywood figure, who had dealings with Mr Monjack, warned her not to get involved with him. She was allegedly warned to stay away from him Again, it was a whirlwind courtship conducted despite the grave concerns of Miss Murphy’s friends. What we do know is that she and Mr Monjack met at a party about three years ago. There was gossip, vehemently denied, that Miss Murphy also took cocaine. Ten different prescription drugs were found at the Hollywood Hills home of Miss Murphy and Mr Monjack. Intriguingly, we have been informed that investigators from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s department, who are awaiting the results of toxicology tests on Miss Murphy, are planning to interview Ms Bienne, and have already been in contact with her. Legal papers, filed at the LA Superior Court, show that the outstanding sum - $30,000 (nearly £19,000) - was finally paid to her in February. where he had subsequently moved - to get the divorce settlement he had promised her. Ms Bienne’s reticence is hardly surprising, she had to drag him through the courts in the U.S. Ms Bienne, who has remarried and is now a relationship therapist for GMTV, declined to speak about her life with Mr Monjack, although one of her closest friends revealed: ‘She suffered years of hell with that man.’ He and Simone had been seeing each other for just three months when, in November, 2001, they flew to Las Vegas to marry. ![]() Mr Monjack himself had successfully set up a series of companies in London, all involved in film production (all have now been dissolved). His father died of a brain tumour 15 years ago and his mother, who trained as a bereavement counsellor, now lives in Buckinghamshire with a new partner. Born in Hillingdon, North London, his mother ran her own interior design business while his father is understood to have worked in the City. Her suitor had seemingly impressive credentials. This will come as no surprise to 36-year-old Simone Bienne, or Simone Panjwani, as she was when she was swept off her feet by Mr Monjack. When I heard he had married Brittany Murphy a few years ago I thought: “Poor, poor Brittany".’ But we’re all just relieved he’s out of her life. ‘She still hasn’t really got over him,’ said a close friend. She was rich, obviously, but also surprisingly vulnerable (her painfully thin appearance of late led to rumours she was suffering from anorexia).īefore Miss Murphy, we have been told, there were a string of other women who, in one way or another, came to regret ever meeting the charming Simon Monjack.Īmong them is a former girlfriend from a wealthy London family, who is alleged to have lost more than £200,000 after investing in one of his ‘film’ projects. Nevertheless, despite his public denials of any wrong-doing this week, the question many in Hollywood are asking is: how did the beautiful and talented Brittany Murphy, best known for her roles in Clueless, 8 Mile and Girl, Interrupted, ever get involved with the overweight Monjack, whose talents as a ‘screenwriter, director, and producer’ are much less discernible?ĭishevelled: Monjack on Sunday, following the news of his wife's deathīut Miss Murphy, it seems, fitted into a familiar pattern. Hence his decision to engage in what some might describe as a personal PR campaign even before Miss Murphy was laid to rest on Thursday in the same LA memorial park as Michael Jackson. But there has been so much rubbish written about me and Brittany. ‘I know I have been called a conman,’ Mr Monjack told us. Among the ‘charges’ are allegations of credit card fraud, running up huge debts, visa violations and getting his wife fired from her last film after turning up drunk on set. In fact, he has been nicknamed ‘Con-Jack’ in America. ![]() ![]() Laid to rest: A private ceremony was held at this church on Christmas Eve by the family of Brittany Murphy ![]()
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