David Carradine

While police in Thailand continue to investigate the death of David Carradine, his family and lawyers are continuing to talk to the media about their own theories. They won't accept that it might be kink gone wrong. David's lawyer, Mark Geragos, thinks ninjas are behind his client's death. Mark told Larry King on Friday (via NY Post) that David was trying to uncover mafia groups working in the martial-arts underworld. It's always the ninjas.

Mark and David's family has begged the FBI to travel to Thailand to take over the investigation, because they believe that NINJAS might have made his death look like an accident. Mark said, "David was very interested in investigating and disclosing secret societies. "What that means is connected to martial arts and his interest in martial arts. And so there is a suspicion that if there was some foul play, that that may be the first area where they should look."

Maybe Mark is one to something....Does Uma Thurman have an alibi?

Mark later spoke to People about a photo of David published by a Thai newspaper over the weekend. The photo shows a man in the position David was found in. The man's head and parts of his body were blacked out by the paper. Mark said the family is completely disgusted and will sue if it is published anywhere else. Thai police think the photo was sold to the paper by a member of the forensics team. And this is exactly why the family wants to conduct their own investigation.

David Carradine was found dead in his Bangkok hotel room yesterday morning and it was assumed by the media that he committed suicide. But now Thai police believe that his death was accidental, because he was found with a yellow nylon rope tied around his neck and genitals. Flashes of Michael Hutchence dance around me....

They have conducted an autopsy today, but results won't be released for at least three weeks.

Meanwhile, David's manager and family members are speaking to the press. David's manager, Chuck Binder, doesn't think he took his own life and he also doesn't believe his death was an accident. Chuck is crying foul play! Chuck told TMZ that David's hands were tied behind his back.

Chuck added that they believe something in the milk ain't clean, because the hotel has been taking their sweet time with turning evidence over to the police. The police requested to see surveillance videos of the hallways and lobby, but the hotel hasn't coughed up 'em yet. And the investigation continues....