The body of David Carradine will be examined by U.S. forensic expert Dr. Michael Baden, according to Radar Online. The site reports that Baden says he was contacted by Carradine family lawyer Mark Geragos to determine how the Kung Fu star died in his Bangkok hotel room. Along with his work as a medical examiner and pathologist in New York, Baden hosts the HBO series Autopsy, serves as a medical expert on the Fox News Channel, and has written two non-fiction books on forensic medicine. Thai police had told reporters Monday that it would be about a month before results of their autopsy of Carradine's body would be known.

Rapper DMX was sentenced Monday to 18 months probation, avoiding more jail time for assault, the Associated Press reports. DMX, né Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated assault in May, after authorities said he threw a meal tray at a jail officer. The entertainer has spent the better part of two years wrangling with the Arizona justice system, sentenced for felony theft, drug possession and animal cruelty after sheriff’s deputies seized his pit bulls, marijuana, and weapons from his Phoenix home. He was also alleged to have given a false name to a clinic in an effort to avoid payment. “Don't misunderstand me,” the actor said today. “It's a beautiful state, it's a beautiful city. But the powers that be have it out for me. It kind of taints my view.”

Thai authorities said today that they won’t know the cause of actor David Carradine’s death until toxicology and autopsy results come in a month from now, Reuters reports. The Kill Bill and Kung Fu star was found dead in the wardrobe of his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park last Thursday, with ligatures reportedly around his neck, wrists, and genitals. Deputy Bangkok police chief, Lieutenant-General Amnoy Nimmino, told reporters at a press conference Monday, “We are still investigating but we will not make any assumptions about his death until we have gathered all the facts.” It was first reported last week that Carradine, in Bangkok to film the movie Stretch, committed suicide, a claim strongly refuted by his family, who has asked the FBI to take a role in the investigation. Brother Keith Carradine added in a statement released by his attorney, Mark Geragos, that the family is “profoundly disturbed” by the publication of a photo by a Thai newspaper purportedly of Carradine’s hanging, naked body, and has threatened legal action.