BEVERLY HILLS (CNS) –
A former Beverly Hills police SWAT supervisor claims he lost his job after
reporting a colleague for removing a sheet from atop Whitney Houston’s naked
body and making inappropriate comments at the scene of her death in 2012.
A claim filed last
week by police Sgt. Brian Weir alleges that then-Det. Sgt. Terry Nutall
disturbed the scene after Houston’s death, NBC4 reported.
Weir’s claim is the
precursor to a civil lawsuit, which is expected to be filed in the next 30
days, according to NBC4.
Despite having “no
legitimate law enforcement … or other proper and legal purpose,” according to
the claim reported by NBC4, Nutall “knelt beside and leaned over the decedent,
removed the sheet and/or other covering from the body … to an area below the
pubic region.”
Nutall allegedly then
made “inappropriate comments … that the decedent ‘looked attractive for a woman
of her age and current state,’” according to Weir. “Damn, she’s still looking
good, huh?” Nutall is alleged to have said.
Lt. Lincoln Hoshino
disputed the allegations, saying that Nutall, who has since been promoted to
lieutenant, had a legitimate reason for being at the scene. Hoshino said the
police department was unaware of any inappropriate conduct.
The 48-year-old
singer-actress drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 11, just
hours before a pre-Grammy Awards party thrown at the hotel by her mentor, Clive
Davis. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office determined cocaine use and heart
disease contributed to her death, with evidence that she used cocaine shortly
before slipping under the water in the tub.