Ledger drug probe closed: report
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Heath Ledger's death was ruled an accidental overdose of prescription medications. (AAP: Mick Tsikas)
Federal prosecutors in New York have reportedly closed an investigation into the fatal prescription drug overdose of Australian actor Heath Ledger without bringing charges.
People magazine, citing an unidentified law enforcement source, also says the US Attorney's Office will not enforce a subpoena issued in the case by a federal grand jury against actress Mary-Kate Olsen.
Federal authorities involved in the case could not immediately be reached for comment.
Olsen's lawyer, Michael Miller, declined to comment.
Olsen, 22, was a friend of the 28-year-old and the first person called by Ledger's masseuse when he was found dead in his New York apartment in January.
She summoned private security guards who arrived at the scene about the same time as emergency medical personnel.
The cause of Ledger's death was later ruled an accidental overdose of prescription medications, including the painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone.
A law enforcement source told Reuters on Monday the US Drug Enforcement Administration was conducting an inquiry into the source of those medications and that Olsen had declined to speak with investigators unless granted immunity from prosecution.
Mr Miller said in a statement on Monday that Olsen had "nothing whatsoever to do with the drugs found in Heath Ledger's home or his body, and she does not know where he obtained them."
Mr Miller also said that at Olsen's request he had provided investigators with relevant information, including a chronology of the events surrounding Ledger's death.
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a gay cowboy in 2005's Brokeback Mountain.
His turn as the Joker in the Batman sequel The Dark Knight, released last month, has been critically hailed.
- Reuters
