Anne Heche's upcoming Lifetime movie, The Girl in Room 13, will be released despite the actress' recent DUI investigation and fatal car accident. , will be published in September.
At the Television Critics Association's Virtual Her Press Her Tour panel discussion for the film on Thursday, network executive her vice her president and head of programming, Amy Winter, said: I talked about the Heche incident at the beginning of the discussion.
"As many know, Anne is still in critical condition and all of us here at Lifetime are deeply concerned for her and all those affected.
Ms Winter asked reporters to avoid asking questions about the 53-year-old's health during a panel discussion, telling the media, "You are just as good as us." I know,' he said.
The film follows her mother's (Heche) relentless search to find her daughter (Larissa Diaz), a victim of human trafficking. .
"This project is as important to Ann as it is to each of us," the executive said of the film. "We all tried to make a film that would draw attention to the horrific issue of sex trafficking," Winter added.
Lifetime representatives told The Post , "The Girl in Room 13" will be announced "soon".
Last Friday, the "disappeared" actress was driving her blue mini Cooper down a street in a Los Angeles suburb around noon when it reportedly crashed into the garage of an apartment complex. she reported TMZ.
According to the outlet, a bystander tried to help her Heche out of the car, but Heche backed up and drove off before crashing into another house, where the car burst into flames. It is said to have been "caught up".
She reportedly suffered "severe burns" from the crash and had to be "intubated" by her doctor.
Heche was originally scheduled to attend Thursday's panel, but she remains in a coma.
Blood tests revealed actress had cocaine and possibly fentanyl in her system at the time of the crash, Los Angeles police A police source told TMZthat he was not under the influence of alcohol.
However, law enforcement officials cautioned that fentanyl may have been administered to her Heche at the hospital to ease her pain from the accident.
Officials escalated investigation to felony DUI on Wednesday .
In addition, the outlet He described the condition as "dire." She has "not improved" since her hospitalization.
LAPD did not immediately respond to her Page Six request for comment, but a representative for Heche declined to comment.
