In the files, Otash reveals how he chanced upon the two rumoured lovers at a house in Malibu while spying for Howard Hughes, who was seeking information with which to discredit the Democrats, the Hollywood Reporter said.
"When the original Lawford house was wired, Monroe was not part of the plan. It was to find out what the Democrats were up to on behalf of Howard Hughes and Nixon. Monroe became a by-product," Otash says in the files.
The Hollywood siren was found dead on August 5, 1962 at the age of 36, probably a suicide. But the circumstances of her death have generated many conspiracy theories, some of them involving John and Robert Kennedy. Apparently, the president was the last person she called.
The Hollywood Reporter got access to the files through detective's daughter, Colleen, and her business partner Manfred Westphal. The filmes were hidden inside a storage unit in the San Fernando Valley for two decades.
They include notes that he left for Colleen where he says he was conducting surveillance of Monroe on the day she died.
"She said she was passed around like a piece of meat. It was a violent argument about their relationship and the commitment and promises he made to her. She was really screaming and they were trying to quiet her down. She's in the bedroom and Bobby gets the pillow and he muffles her on the bed to keep the neighbors from hearing. She finally quieted down and then he was looking to get out of there."
There is no record of what was removed, and the alleged tapes have since disappeared.
Files also reveal shocking details about actor Rock Hudson's homosexuality, Judy Garland and James Dean. Otash died in 1992 at the age of 70.
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