The insurance company for The Rolling Stones are now to interview L'Wren Scott's brother about her mental state before she died.
The group cancelled a number of tour dates in Australia following L'Wren's suicide in March, and though they had an insurance policy which paid if the event shows were scrapped - including the death of named individuals in the policy - a claim for $12.7 million is now being contested.
In the legal battle, 12 underwriters have been granted permission from a Salt Lake City, Utah court to gather testimony and documents from Randall Bambrough, though he insists he's not yet been ordered ot speak to them about his sister, and didn't know he was named in the federal case, according to a report by the Salt Lake Tribune.
Underwriters are seeking information as to whether or not L'Wren had a pre-existing mental illness, as therefore her death may not be covered under the policy as it could be argued her death was "not beyond her control."
As a response to The Rolling Stones' lawsuit to obtain payment, the insurance company responded: "Ms. Scott intended to, and did, commit suicide and her death was therefore not 'sudden and unforeseen."
The firm are now also hoping to talk to L'Wren's former personal assistant Brittany Penebre, the executor of her estate, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
In addition, while the documents state the 'Brown Sugar' singer was "diagnosed as suffering from acute traumatic stress disorder" and was advised by doctors not to perform for at least 30 days, the insurers have said it didn't appear the 71-year-old singer had actually been examined by doctors but the claim was based on a letter from a medic who did not personally see the star and was not a psychiatrist.
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