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Mary-Kate Olsen's bodyguards entered Heath Ledger's New York apartment before ambulance officers, a new witness has claimed.
"It's an ongoing investigation," a spokesperson told ninemsn.
Chef Joseph Cotto told the Sunday Herald Sun the former child star's minders went inside Ledger's $26,000-a-month apartment three minutes before the medical team.
The newspaper said there were suggestions the bodyguards "may have 'cleared' the scene".
New York police refused to say whether they had spoken to Ms Olsen's bodyguards about the new claims.
The would also not say whether they intended to question Ms Olsen.
Mr Cotto told the Sunday Herald Sun he was walking past Ledger's apartment building on the afternoon his body was found (Wednesday morning AEDT) when he saw two men run into the building.
"I saw the masseuse in the foyer and she seemed nervous and in shock, like she didn't know what to do,” he was quoted as saying.
"I saw her let the bodyguards in, she was freaking out.
"They were the first people to arrive, then the paramedics and police turned up about two or three minutes later."
Ledger's lifeless body was found by his masseuse about 3.30pm that afternoon (7.30am Wednesday AEDT). New York police have confirmed six different types of prescription medications were found in Ledger's apartment. No illegal drugs were found.
In an interview with Britain's Sunday Mail, a personal assistant to celebrities Ledger knew said the actor had increased his use of illegal drugs in the weeks before his death because he feared his ex-fiancée, Michelle Williams, was about to apply for sole custody of their daughter, two-year-old Matilda Rose.
Meanwhile, reports a public memorial service would be held to mourn the loss of the 28-year-old actor have been denied by Ledger's US publicist.
There was speculation a public memorial service would be held in Los Angeles ahead of Ledger's funeral in Perth next week.
Ledger's family is in Los Angeles after flying in from Perth via New York.
A memorial service is still expected to take place in LA, the city that made him a worldwide star, but it will only be open to family and close friends, including many of the stars and directors who worked with him during his 20-plus film career.
"There are no plans for a public service," Ledger's US-based publicist Mara Buxbaum said today in an email to The New York Times newspaper.
Ledger's family has reason to hold its memorial services in private as some US religious groups have vowed to picket any service to protest the actor's portrayal of a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, speaking in New York on Saturday, said it was his understanding a public memorial service had been proposed to take place in Los Angeles.
Friends of the Ledger family, including Perth model Sophie Ward, have also hinted at an LA memorial service followed by a funeral in Perth where the talented actor would be laid to rest.
Ledger's family is keeping its plans secret.
His was removed from New York's Frank E. Campbell funeral home on Saturday in a wooden crate for the long journey home to Perth.
A cause of death will not be announced by the New York Medical Examiner's Office for at least a week when the results of toxicology tests are known.
New York police investigating the death found six types of prescription drugs in Ledger's Manhattan apartment, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety.
Police sources say the most likely cause of death is an accidental drug overdose with prescription drugs as there was no evidence he had died from "foul play" or had attempted to commit suicide.
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