The attorney forBob Saget’s family is speaking out after the star’sfull death reportwas released later this week.
In a statement to PEOPLE, Saget’s family attorney, Brian H. Bieber, spoke out about the newly-released records.
“The records released tell the entire story — that is — Bob passed away after a fall and hitting his head in his hotel room,” Bieber said in the statement. “Now that the medical examiner’s and police department’s records have been released after their respective thorough investigations, the Saget family would appreciate privacy to mourn in peace.”
There were no photos of the comedian’s body in the full report.
Bob Saget.Phillip Faraone/Getty
“I did hear him say, ‘I don’t feel good, but I’m ready to do the show. This is what I do this for.’ He kinda seemed like he was talking himself up,” she said of theFull Housestar, who tested positive for COVID before his death and was still positive when his autopsy was conducted.
“He stated himself that… it was taking his body a long time to get over [COVID],” she continued. “He said that his hearing had been off and that was the case that night. He was asking the sound guys to turn everything up.”
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His autopsy then confirmed that “nothing was located” in his hotel room that"allows for a definitive conclusion" to be madeon where he would’ve obtained his fatal head injury, citing how “most of the suite was carpeted” and “the headboard of the bed was lightly padded and set slightly out from the wall.” Both were listed as “possible mechanisms of injury,” nonetheless.
Saget’s wife, Kelly Rizzo, and his three daughters — Aubrey,Lara, and Jennifer — laterfiled a lawsuitagainst Orange County Sheriff John Mina and the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office to block the release of his death records. A judge initiallygranteda temporary injunction, which would prevent materials including photographs and audio recordings from being released.
Apermanent injunction was grantedon March 14.
source: people.com
