Murder-Suicide Zoloft 28/05/1998 California +Famous Comedian Phil Hartman Shot in his Sleep by Wife: She Then Kills Self Summary:

Second paragraph reads: "The complaint alleges that the prescription drug Zoloft drove Brynn Hartman to kill the NewsRadio star and then herself."

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Phil Hartman Tragedy: The Lawsuit

by Joal Ryan
May 28, 1999, 6:15 AM PT

On the one-year anniversary of Phil Hartman's murder at the hands of his wife, the executor of the comic's estate is pursuing a wrongful-death lawsuit against the makers of a popular antidepressant.
The complaint alleges that the prescription drug Zoloft drove Brynn Hartman to kill the NewsRadio star and then herself.
Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of Zoloft, was named in the suit as was Arthur Sorosky, Brynn Hartman's psychiatrist. There was no comment yet from either party.
The court action was filed Thursday by Gregory Omdahl, Brynn Hartman's brother and executor of the Hartman family estate. It was one year ago today that the couple was found dead of gunshot wounds in their Encino, California, estate.
Post-mortem lab tests showed Brynn Hartman's system swimming with alcohol, cocaine and, yes, Zoloft.
Booze and illicit drugs or no, the Hartman camp claims it was the Zoloft that pushed the woman over the edge.
"Zoloft is an antidepressant that in some people causes violent and suicidal side effects," Omdahl attorney Karen Barth told Associated Press.
Last February when talk of a possible lawsuit first surfaced, Pfizer released a statement saying there was "no substantiated evidence" linking Zoloft to violent behavior.
Sorosky is being pursued by the family for prescribing the drug to Brynn Hartman.