Simon Monjack is not the monster he was portrayed to be in HBO’s latest Brittany Murphy doc, so says his brother, who feels he was duped into taking part in the entire thing.

The 2-part sequence investigates the life, relationships and loss of life of the actress … however principally focuses on her weird marriage to Simon Monjack — who died simply 5 months after Murphy. There’s numerous suspicions raised concerning the circumstances surrounding her loss of life, however one theme within the doc stays fixed … Simon wasn’t a superb dude.

All through the episodes, Simon is accused of controlling Brittany, taking her cash, having secret youngsters and finally stopping her from getting medical consideration.

Monjack’s brother, James, who’s interviewed within the sequence tells us he was upset that the filmmakers made Simon out to be the villain.

James says the mission was initially pitched to him to be investigative journalism into the couple’s deaths, however as an alternative, it got here off as a sensationalistic piece. James mentioned he and his mom — who was additionally interviewed — had hoped the sequence would result in a breakthrough in what really killed Simon and Brittany, however made it appear extra like Simon led to her death.

Whereas James says he was capable of watch the complete factor, his mother will not … and she or he too is upset that every one it actually did was level fingers at Simon.