--- title: Lawsuit Claims Cop Ogled Whitney Houston's Naked Corpse description: A Beverly Hills police sergeant claims he was demoted after reporting that a fellow officer made inappropriate remarks at the crime scene canonical: https://time.com/20130/lawsuit-claims-cop-ogled-whitney-houstons-naked-corpse/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-11T18:01:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T08:47:59.307Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Lawsuit Claims Cop Ogled Whitney Houston's Naked Corpse og:description: A Beverly Hills police sergeant claims he was demoted after reporting that a fellow officer made inappropriate remarks at the crime scene og:url: https://time.com/20130/lawsuit-claims-cop-ogled-whitney-houstons-naked-corpse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb26fd863d32fcdd8/698684ef169ab0bdc32782de/whitney-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: Whitney Houston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lawsuit Claims Cop Ogled Whitney Houston's Naked Corpse twitter:description: A Beverly Hills police sergeant claims he was demoted after reporting that a fellow officer made inappropriate remarks at the crime scene twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb26fd863d32fcdd8/698684ef169ab0bdc32782de/whitney-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:41 video:published: 2014-03-11 section: entertainment topics: Whitney Houston, police misconduct lawsuit, workplace retaliation, alleged harassment, Beverly Hills Police Department, celebrity death, coroner findings, SWAT and canine teams genre: news report, legal news tones: serious, critical, factual, somber emotions: anger (medium), sadness (medium), disgust (medium) sentiment: negative audience: general news audiences, entertainment news readers, legal news followers, law enforcement observers people: Brian Weir, Terry Nuthall, Whitney Houston, Lauren Zima organizations: Beverly Hills Police Department, TMZ, NBC, Los Angeles County coroner content_suitability: death [00:00-01:41]; sexual content [00:18-00:59]; drugs and alcohol [00:40-00:46]; crime [00:18-01:41]; health controversy [00:40-00:46]; financial distress [01:03-01:15] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Lawsuit Claims Cop Ogled Whitney Houston's Naked Corpse > Sponsored content. 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Weir says he’s been demoted and harassed._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A Beverly Hills police sergeant, Brian Weir, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a fellow sergeant, Terry Nuthall, lifted a sheet covering Whitney Houston's body hours after her death and made a lewd comment. Weir claims he was harassed, removed from SWAT and canine teams, and denied promotions after reporting the incident. The video notes Houston's body was found in her hotel bathtub during the 2012 Grammy weekend and that the coroner ruled the death an accidental drowning with heart disease and cocaine use as factors. A Beverly Hills police lieutenant told NBC the department was unaware of any inappropriate behavior or comments. ## Key points - Sgt. Brian Weir claims fellow sergeant Terry Nuthall lifted a sheet covering Whitney Houston's naked body and made lewd comments about how good she still looked. (00:18) - Weir says he has been harassed and denied promotions after reporting the alleged comments. (00:18) - Weir says the department removed him from SWAT and canine teams and took away his role as a supervisor. (01:03) - Weir's lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a return to the SWAT and canine teams. (01:12) - Houston's body was found in her hotel bathtub on the weekend of the Grammys in February 2012. (00:33) - The Los Angeles County coroner determined Houston's cause of death was accidental drowning, with heart disease and cocaine use also factors. (00:40) - A Beverly Hills police lieutenant told NBC the department was not aware of any inappropriate behavior or comments when a pre-lawsuit claim was filed last year. (01:22) - The lieutenant said Nuthall would be expected to respond to that type of incident and his supervisor was fully aware he went to the scene. (01:27) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:33] Lawsuit alleges disrespect toward Houston's body. Introduces Sgt. Brian Weir's lawsuit claiming a fellow officer made lewd comments about Whitney Houston's body after her death. - [00:33 to 01:03] Background on Houston's death and alleged incident. Covers the circumstances of Houston's death in February 2012, the coroner's findings, and the specific comments alleged in the lawsuit. - [01:03 to 01:41] Weir's claims of retaliation and department response. Describes Weir's alleged demotion and removal from teams, the lawsuit's requested remedies, and the department's response. ## Key quotes - [00:52] Terry Nuthall (as alleged in lawsuit): "damn, she's still looking good, huh?" - [01:27] Lieutenant, Beverly Hills PD: "the department wasn't aware of any inappropriate behavior or comments" - [01:12] interviewer: "positions the suit calls coveted" ## Questions this video answers - What does Sgt. Brian Weir allege a fellow officer did after Whitney Houston's death? [00:07] - What did the Los Angeles County coroner determine caused Whitney Houston's death? [00:40] - What does Weir say happened to him after he reported the incident? [01:03] - What does the lawsuit seek from the Beverly Hills Police Department? [01:12] - How did the Beverly Hills Police Department respond to the claims? [01:22] ## Content suitability - death [00:00-01:41]: Video centers on the death of Whitney Houston and circumstances surrounding it. - sexual content [00:18-00:59]: Describes an alleged lewd comment about a deceased woman's naked body. - drugs and alcohol [00:40-00:46]: Mentions cocaine use as a contributing factor in the death. - crime [00:18-01:41]: Involves allegations of police misconduct and a lawsuit against a police department. - health controversy [00:40-00:46]: References heart disease as a factor in the death. - financial distress [01:03-01:15]: Describes alleged demotion and denial of promotions affecting the officer. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Mar 11, 2014 6:01 PM UTC Sgt. Brian Weir says just hours after Whitney Houston’s death, a fellow sergeant with Beverly Hills PD lifted a sheet covering her body and made a lewd comment. Since he reported the incident, Sgt. Weir says he’s been demoted and harassed. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Mar 11, 2014 6:01 PM UTC A Beverly Hills police sergeant is suing the city, claiming he faced retaliation after reporting that a detective in his unit made inappropriate remarks about Whitney Houston’s body at the scene of her death. In a lawsuit, Sgt. Brian Weir alleges that just hours after the singer’s death, a fellow sergeant from the Beverly Hills Police Department lifted a sheet covering the superstar’s naked body and said: “Damn, she’s still looking good, huh?” Since he reported the incident, Sgt. Weir claims he’s been demoted and harassed, [NBC reported.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/cop-i-was-demoted-reporting-ogling-whitney-houstons-body-n49526) Houston was 48 when she drowned in a bathtub in her room at the Beverly Hilton hotel two years ago. Watch the video above for more. ## Transcript [00:00] It's been more than two years since we last heard her [00:03] iconic voice. And now, a Beverly Hills police sergeant [00:07] claims his comrade disrespected her body, and that [00:11] he's suffered since he reported what he saw in Whitney [00:15] Houston's hotel room. Sergeant Brian Weir claims he's [00:18] been harassed and denied promotions after reporting [00:21] a colleague made inappropriate comments about [00:23] Houston's body just hours after her death. Lifted the [00:26] sheet covering Houston's naked body and then made [00:29] lewd comments about how good she still looked. [00:33] Houston's body was found in her hotel bathtub on the [00:37] weekend of the Grammys in February 2012. The [00:40] coroner in Los Angeles County later determined her [00:43] cause of death was an accidental drowning, though [00:46] heart disease and cocaine use were also factors. TMZ [00:49] reports the lawsuit claims Detective Sergeant Terry [00:52] Nuthall knelt next to Houston, lifted a sheet covering [00:56] her body, and said, damn, she's still looking good, [00:59] huh? Sergeant Weir was a member of Beverly Hills PD's [01:03] SWAT and canine teams. But he says the department [01:06] removed him from those teams, took away his role as [01:09] a supervisor, and denied him promotions. Weir's [01:12] lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a return to the [01:15] SWAT and canine teams, positions the suit calls [01:18] coveted. When a pre- lawsuit claim was filed last year, [01:22] a lieutenant with Beverly Hills PD told NBC the [01:24] department wasn't aware of any inappropriate [01:27] behavior or comments. Sargent Nutall would be [01:30] expected to respond to that type of incident, and his [01:33] supervisor was fully aware that he went to the scene. [01:36] Houston was 48 years old when she died. Thanks for [01:39] watching. 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