Bob Saget’s family will be able to keep the records out of the public eye for now thanks to a 2001 state law — and the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt.
investigation will keep sensitive information, including video and photos of his body, in the hands of the late actor’s loved ones for the time being.
The court ruling in favor of Saget’s wife, Kelly Rizzo, and three daughters, found that Saget’s family would suffer “irreparable harm” if the records were released to the public now. Circuit Judge Vincent Chiu added in his ruling that the “plaintiffs have a clear legal right or interest in the Protected Records as the surviving spouse and children of Mr. Saget.”Rules governing the release of autopsy reports and related documents vary state-to-state.
Rizzo and her daughters had filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Orange County Sheriff John Mina and the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office.
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