Thai Rath photos of Dead David Carradine fake - See here
June 9th, 2009 - 12:39 am ICT by John Le Fevre
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Threats by the family of dead Hollywood actor David Carradine to sue publications that republish photographs published by Thailand’s Thai Rath newspaper over the weekend amount to little more than bluster.
The photographs(scroll down), which have seen the Carradine clan have their lawyer publicly warn publications of lawsuits, appear to be nothing more than a fake at worst, or a re-enactment at best.
The photographs displayed by the Bangkok tabloid show a man with dark skin and black hair, naked and suspended by a rope tied around his wrists and attached to a clothes bar inside what appears to be a cheap closet. A bed is less than one meter away from the closet and the room has a wooden floor - all hardly the stuff of a suite in a prestigious hotel such as the Swissotel Nai Lert Park.
Police reports have said Carradine was found with a shoelace tied around his penis and a rope around his neck. An earlier claim that the dead actor’s hands were tied has been refuted by Thai police.
Senior Thai attorney general Sirasak Tiypan has said the FBI can observe the police investigation but must not try to interfere.
The FBI “cannot arrest any suspects or perform its own investigation, because that falls under the authority of the police where the crime was committed,” he said.
Police Colonel Somprasong Yenthaum, who is leading the probe, said he was, “confident we are working on the right track” and added that US embassy representatives had witnessed the examination of the hotel room.
Carradine was in the Thai capital to shoot a film called Stretch when he was found dead, naked and curled up inside the wardrobe with one end of a shoelace tied around his penis and the other end fastened around his neck, by a hotel housekeeper.
The director of Thailand’s Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS), Kunying Porntip, said he could have been be trying autoerotic asphyxiation to gain sexual pleasure and may have accidentally suffocated.
Carradine’s family have vigorously disputed claims he may have committed suicide and also rejected the kinky masturbation-sex angle.
The family has also employed high-profile forensics expert Dr. Michael Baden to perform an autopsy on the dead actor in the US.
The 72-year-old actor will be best remembered for his staring roles in Kill Bill vols. 1 & 2, and the ‘70’s Kung Fu television series where he played Kwai Chang Caine, a fugitive Shaolin monk.
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June 9th, 2009 at 2:07 am
What a surprise … not. We’ve been saying it’s a fake on the blogs ever since the photo emerged, nothing could be more obvious.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Definately a fake!!! His butt wasn’t that big…geessshhh!!!
Anyways, am a fan of the entire Carradine family and hope they are successful in solving this mystery. My prayers are with his entire family.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Just posted a photo of a room in the 5-star Nai Lert Park hotel where Carradine was staying to my blog. Not even a suite, just an ordinary room, and it’s huge. Nothing like the room in the ‘alleged’ fake!
June 9th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Could be, whats the difference, if not the real one at least is a good dramatization, the guy was hanged from the closet bar when found, not to honorable anyway, i dont think he did himself, at least he could put some boxers and not make it full embarrasing moment to his family, he was banging like…50 yr old, high on viagra in spring, good old kinky men, well done!
June 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Are you kidding me?? Park Nai Lert is a luxury hotel. Hardwood floor in a Bangkok luxury hotel? I do not think so, my friend.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I’ve been in Thai newspaper business for 15 years (not with Thai Rath). This photo is in all probability part of a police investigation re-enactment which is very common for any suspected crimes in Thailand. Clearly not the Nai Lert Park Hotel in anycase. Thai Rath is notorious for showing bloody/sexual/crime/accident photos, real or otherwise, on their front page.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Beware of !!!Scientology!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 5:04 am
not the first and not the last with a bizarre sexual fantasy,
June 10th, 2009 at 5:35 am
In case of a “re-enactment”, should be in a similar situation with a similar person. I think it was a staged picture and that the Thai Roth is no different than all the gossip rags in the USA!!! My personal opinion from what I’ve seen on here. My prayers are still with his family and “way to go” to Keith Carradine for challenging and investigating this sad family loss.
June 10th, 2009 at 9:37 am
If this image is truly a reenactment then the reputation of the Thai media from overseas (and not just Thai Rath) will suffer a lot.
Thai Rath has not claimed it to be a re-enactment, and indeed published it claiming it was real.
One popular U.S. website is now suggesting Americans stop traveling to Thailand in protest at the publishing of this picture and the leaking of the autopsy photos. I doubt the editors of Thai Rath considered tourism to Thailand could suffer as a result of publishing this picture.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I see nothing fake about it. He was only doing what many of us often do. Prior to suspending oneself, common practice is to enlarge the penis and testes with a vacuum pump bringing them to 4 times normal size. Restriction around the neck and genitals bring extreme pleasure. Just don’t overdo it.
June 12th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Okay, has no one ever heard of hair dye? On an actor, currently filming a role, no less!??? So what’s all the critique about fake photo due to dark hair on man in closet? Geesh.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:23 am
CLearly a fake
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 am
Really a tragic death. I used to watch his movies when I was a kid.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:53 am
Fake my ass. The original photo on the publishing newspaper’s website shows a lighter skinned man. The photo here has been considerably darkened and obscured. Thaiindian obviously has changed the photo in an attempt to discredit their competition who SCOOPED them on the story ! http://mikro.provokativ.hu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/thairath-carradine-photo.jpg