Us Weekly’s 5 Hot Stories: Gene Hackman Death Investigation, ‘Traitors’ Producers Detail NDA Rules
The Santa Fe County sheriff has shared updates on the death of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, although many questions remain unanswered. “It’s very difficult to put a timeline together even with the help of the office of the medical investigator,” Sheriff Adan Mendoza told Savannah Guthrie during a Friday, February 28, appearance on Today. “Just based on their body and other evidence on the body, it looked — it appears [that they were deceased for] several days, even up to a couple of weeks.” Mendoza went on to say that his team is trying to “put together a timeline” that includes when Hackman and Arakawa, who were 95 and 64, respectively, were last seen or spoken to. He added it’s been a challenge “because they were very private individuals and a private family.” Read on for more exclusive updates and top stories:
- Producers of The Traitors addressed rumors that Danielle Reyes told Britney Haynes off screen that she was a Traitor, which would have violated NDA rules. “It wouldn’t make any sense,” executive producer Mike Cotton told Variety.
- Anthony Bourdain’s former assistant Laurie Woolever opened up about the chef’s final days in an excerpt from her upcoming memoir.
- Linda Thompson shared an update on where her son Brody Jenner stands with dad Caitlyn Jenner. “She’s a work in progress,” Thompson exclusively told Us.
- Louisiana State University pole vaulter Dillon Reidenauer died in a car crash on the school’s Baton Rouge campus. She was 18 years old.
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This story was originally published February 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM.
