The insurance company under which Heath Ledger held a life insurance policy is being sued for not paying $10 million in benefits to his daughter, claiming the actor may have committed suicide. Police ruled the death of the 28-year-old star was accidental, from an overdose of painkillers and other medicines.

But lawyers for the ReliaStar insurance company, have claimed his death was suspicious and possibly a suicide, which would nullify the policy.

Ledger’s daughter with actress Michelle Williams, Matilda Rose, 3, was named as the beneficiary in the policy.

ReliaStar apparently wants  to investigate the possibility of suicide, but according to the lawyer who filed the suit, it’s unnecessary because the coroner’s report and all the official reports say it was accidental.

He added that ReliaStar told him they wished to take legal statements from the masseuse who found Ledger’s body, his colleagues, agents, doctors and actress Mary Kate Olsen, Ledger’s friend and the first person called by the masseuse.

Seems like a police report should be good enough in a case like this …

*alexis