Sophie Ward Says Her Friend Heath Ledger Was Clean

Australian modelhas chimed in on the tragic death of Heath Ledger. The 22 year old sister to, Sophie says that she is a close friend of the deceased actor and spent time over the Christmas holiday with Ledger. She says he was drinking diet coke at the end of 2007 and indicated he was giving up drinking as a New Year's resolution.

Sophie says that Ledger was on edge during their time together and couldn't really relax. He expressed distress that he was not able to see his daughter Matilda Ledger as frequently as he would have liked. The model could see that he was frustrated.

Ward doesn't believe that Ledger could have taken his own life. She said he was smoking cigarette's when they were together but wasn't using drugs or alcohol. He was just worried about his split with girlfriend Michelle Williams and about his two year old daughter.

Ward's sister, Gemma Ward, was said to be romantically linked to Ledger since his breakup with William's in September.