A secret FBI file has now seen the light of day, and it says that the suicide of Marilyn Monroe was a staged plot to silence the actress from spilling the beans on her affair with Robert Kennedy.

Monroe was found dead, naked and lying face down in her bed, in 1962, and the coroner ruled her death as "probable suicide" from an overdose of barbiturates.

the newly-released FBI file - which was uncovered by Australian filmmaker Phillippe Mora - suggests the 'Some Like It Hot' star was persuaded to make a suicide bid with the understanding that she would be rescued in time. But the report speculates she was left to die in an elaborate plot which included her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson, her housekeeper Eunice Murray, her press secretary Pat Newcomb and actor Peter Lawford, who was married to Kennedy's sister Patricia. The document, which was given to the FBI in October 1964, alleges Lawford "knew from Marilyn's friends that she often made suicide attempts" to gain sympathy. He is accused of making "special arrangements" with Greenson to provide Monroe with the means to commit a drugs overdose. The report says, "Robert Kennedy made a telephone call to Peter Lawford to find out if Marilyn was dead yet. "Marilyn expected to have her stomach pumped and get sympathy for her suicide attempt. The psychiatrist did not come to see her until after she was known to be dead." The file also alleges Monroe was silenced because she had threatened to reveal a "romance and sex affair" with Kennedy, whom she realised would never leave his wife Ethel for her.

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