DAVID CARRADINE'S WIFE FILES LAWSUIT

(Caption): Actor David Carradine who died of asphyxiation during a kinky sex session

KILL Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine's wife has filed a law suit against a French film production company he was working for when he died.

Anne Carradine is claiming that the star of the TV 70's show Kung Fu only died from his dangerous sex game because the company left him alone in his hotel room.

She filed a wrongful death law suit against the company after previously saying legal action was being considered.

Carradine died a year ago in a Bangkok hotel room during filming for the film Stretch.

He was found hanging in the hotel room's closet by his neck and had ropes tied to his genitals. A private autopsy stated he died from accidental asphyxiation.

She is claiming that Carradine's death could have been avoided in the company - MK2 SA - had provided him "sufficient assistance" and "all the best amenities".

According to one of Carradine's four ex-wifes, Marina Anderson, in previous court documents during their divorce, he had a long history of dangerous deviant sexual behaviour. She also alleged he had carried out an "incestuous relationship with a very close family member."

Carradine was born in 1936 and his family were Irish.

He made more than 100 films but was best known up to Tarantino's Kill Bill films as Caine in Kung Fu which told the tale of a Chinese Shaolin monk who had escaped to the USA from China and who righted wrongs.

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(Caption): Uchiyama had the top of his right ear torn off. Pic by Daniel Herbertson

A PANCRASE fighter has had part of his ear ripped off in a contest when he fell through the ropes of a boxing ring.

Shigeyuki Uchiyama was winning his match against Masaya Takita when his opponent did a double leg shoot and Shigeyuki fell through the ropes.

As he fell he ripped off the top of his ear. It has been suggested he may have caught his ear on the vertical ropes that keep the horizontal ropes in place.

The fight was stopped as soon as the referee saw the missing bit of ear lying on the ring floor.

The organiser has refused to pay the fine and the case went to an administrative law court. The judge's opinion is expected later this summer.

The state has tough laws on sport combat following the deaths of two fighters died in no-holds barred fights in pubs. Legislators voted to ban no-holds-barred fights in 2005.

The licensing dept has even targeted entertainment companies holding Jell-O wrestling, whiffle bat fights and wrestlers squaring off in giant sumo suits.

In 2005 the state legislative added amateur mixed martial arts to its list of regulated sports. In 2006, state regulators approved competition rules for the sport.