Editing Jean Seberg (section)

==Aftermath==
According to FBI documents obtained via the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]],<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/files/1979_0914_cover.jpg "FBI Admits Spreading Lies About Jean Seberg"] ''Los Angeles Times'', September 14, 1979.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/03/the-jean-seberg.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=The Jean Seberg Affair Revisited|date=March 22, 2009}}</ref> six days after the discovery of Seberg's body, the FBI released documents admitting its defamation of Seberg, while making statements attempting to distance the agency from the practices of the [[J. Edgar Hoover|Hoover]] era. The FBI's campaign against Seberg was further explored by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine in a front-page article titled "The FBI vs. Jean Seberg."<ref>[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,947393-2,00.html Nation: The FBI vs. Jean Seberg], time.com, September 24, 1979.</ref>

Media attention surrounding the FBI's abuse of Seberg led to an examination of the case by the [[Church Committee]] of the U.S. Senate, which noted that despite the FBI's claims of reform, "COINTELPRO activities may continue today under the rubric of investigation."<ref>Cointelpro: The FBI's Covert Action Programs Against American Citizens, Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities. United States Senate, April 23, 1976.</ref><ref name="Bellows, Jim 2011">Bellows, Jim. ''The Last Editor'', Andrews McMeel Publishing (May 2011).<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>

In his autobiography, ''Los Angeles Times'' editor [[Jim Bellows]] describes events leading up to the Seberg articles, expressing regret that he had not vetted the articles sufficiently.<ref name="Bellows, Jim 2011"/> He echoed this sentiment in subsequent interviews.<ref>Kevin Roderick, [http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/03/bellows_jean_seberg_and_t.php "Bellows, Jean Seberg and the FBI"], ''LA Observed'', March 13, 2009.</ref>

In June 1980, Paris police filed charges against "persons unknown" in connection with Seberg's death. Police stated that Seberg had such a high amount of alcohol in her system at the time of her death that it would have rendered her [[coma]]tose and unable to enter her car without assistance, and no alcohol was found in the car. Police theorized that someone was present at the time of Seberg's death and failed to seek medical care.<ref name=montreal />

In December 1980, Seberg's former husband Romain Gary died by suicide. His suicide note, addressed to his publisher, indicated that he had not killed himself over the loss of Seberg, but because he could no longer produce literary works.<ref name="lakeland" />