Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack accused conman

Deceased actress Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack has been accused of being a conman. George Hickenlooper the director of “Factory Girl” posted two comments on the Hollywood Elsewhere website just a few hours after Murphy’s tragic death.

The Factory Girl Director pulled no punches when he said of Monjack, “He sued his way onto the project for a title and stole 150K out of my budget”

The full comment:
“Simon Monjack did not produce Factory Girl. He sued his way onto the project for a title and stole 150K out of my budget. He is a con man and a bad guy. When Brittany married him I warned her and warned her as did so many others. I only hope to God that this creep wasn’t instrumental in her sad sad demise. What a wonderful wonderful girl she was. I really really cared for her.”

A few hours later he posted a longer comment in which he included details of his legal matters with Monjack and described a phone call he had with Murphy about a comment he had made on the IMDB website about Monjack.

“Simon Monjack nothing to do with ‘Factory Girl’ or the screenplay. He filed a frivolous lawsuit against us weeks before principal photography making bogus claims that we had stolen his script. He held us literally hostage and we were forced to settle with him as he held our production over a barrel. I posted this information on IMDB two years ago in order to warn people because Monjack was using his Factory Girl “credit” to solicit and then steal money from other investors. Then one night at three in the morning Brittany Murphy (who was a good friend and a girl I had come close to casting as Edie Sedgwick) called me in tears, begging me to take this posting down. It was going to ruin her husband. I told Brittany it was the truth and warned her, as many other did, about Monjack who had a criminal record and a long, long list of legal complaints against him. In the end I told Brittany I would do it for her and remove the post because I really cared for her as a friend. The last thing I told Brittany is “Do you know who this guy is? I mean do you really know him. Do you know what you’re doing by marrying him?” At this point Brittany became angry and told me she knew Monjack better than anyone and then hung up on me. A few months later I tried to call her to see if she was alright and Monjack would not let me speak to her. I so so feared something bad would happen. I thought he might take her for all her money. Little did I know she would end up dead. Now I am not saying Monjack has anything to do with this. I wouldn’t know. And I’m sure the guy is in deep mourning. But one can sure speculate that his clear lack of character and background couldn’t have led to the most healthy environment. I really feel bad for Brittany. She was a sweet sweet angel and didn’t deserve anything bad to happen to her ever. May she rest in peace. I will miss her. We will all miss her. She was the most talented and underrated actresses working in film.”

Monjack who is sometimes called by industry insiders “Conjack” started out as a commercial director before being listed as writer and producer on “Factory Girl” and once was sued by a mortgage company for $470,000.

There are rumors he’s not listed in Murphy’s will and that everything will be left to her mother Sharon.