Gene Hackman death: Bodycam footage reveals wife feared being followed

Christopher said Betsy told him the man had "pulled out a folder of photos of her husband and wanted him to sign them."

On a separate occasion, the same man followed them to a different location. He had offered the Hackmans a bottle of wine, Betsy told Christopher. They declined to accept the gift. 

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"I said, 'Oh my gosh, Betsy, that's crazy. You should not have approached this person. This makes me nervous,'" Christopher said. "He knew what [they] drove. That's the scary part."

On March 13, a lawyer for the Hackmans' estate filed a petition in state District Court in Santa Fe attempting to prevent the medical investigator and the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office from releasing footage, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Lawyer Kurt Sommer wrote that once the images are released "the bell cannot be unrung." 

He also argued the couple's right to privacy outweighs the public interest in the couple's death. He cited Kurt Cobain's death in his petition and pointed out that a court refused to release the "death-scene" photographs. 

"Undersigned counsel cannot think of respective harm that would come to the State and County offices from respecting the discretion of Mr. Hackman's and Mrs. Hackman-Arakawa's right to privacy," he wrote.

"During their lifetime, the Hackmans placed significant value on their privacy and took affirmative, vigilant steps to safeguard their privacy."

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The Office of the Medical Investigator was temporarily restrained from disclosing the autopsy and/or death reports, according to the order. A hearing was set for March 31.

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Gene and Betsy's estate is represented by Julia Peters, a partner and chief counsel for the Avalon Trust Co. investment firm. 

Fox News Digital's Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Tracy Wright, Lauryn Overhultz and Janelle Ash contributed to this report.