Lawyer: Ruffalo Died Playing With Gun
Lawyer says Ruffalo died while playing with a gun.
Dec. 10, 2008— -- The Saudi princess arrested in connection with the shooting death of Scott Ruffalo was released Tuesday night after police saw evidence that his wound was self-inflicted and the result of playing with a gun, her attorney told The Associated Press.
ABC News has confirmed that Shaha Mishaal Adham, 26, was released from the Beverly Hills jail Tuesday night for what police records say was "insufficient evidence, per the warrant."
Attorney Ronald Richards said, according to the AP, that he presented evidence to detectives during a five-hour meeting Tuesday night that proved Adham did not shoot Scott Ruffalo, brother of actor Mark Ruffalo, early Dec. 1.
He said that Scott Ruffalo's gunshot wound to the head was self-inflicted and that Adham was "essentially a witness to a game of Russian Roulette," he told the AP.
"This was an accidental shooting by someone that plays with guns," Richards said.
Richards said Adham, a friend of Scott Ruffalo's, had gone to the hairdresser's condo to retrieve keys to her sport utility vehicle and then left.
"A series of wrong decisions starting with her not staying at the scene of the shooting caused an incredible chain reaction of stupidity and bad luck," Richards told the AP. He said she received poor legal advice from other attorneys before her surrender.
Richards said no charges would be pursued against Adham, the AP reported. A police sergeant said more information would be released today, the day Adham and Brian B. Scofield, a man formerly considered a person of interest in the shooting investigation, were due to be in court.
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