Just Who IS Brittany Murphy's Husband?

Though Brittany Murphy called husband Simon Monjack her "soulmate," a little digging reveals that the British writer/producer has a questionable past and a fairly lengthy rap sheet.

When the news broke that Brittany had died in her Los Angeles home on Sunday, Simon told Access Hollywood that his "world was destroyed," but he raised a few eyebrows when he reportedly asked Cedars-Sinai medical staff not to perform an autopsy on the 32-year-old actress.

So just who is this Simon Monjack? And why do some people call the 39-year-old "Conjack"? Though Brittany told pals that she was crazy in love with her hubby, rumors began to pop up that their May 2007 marriage was due to Monjack's expired visa. Just three months before he tied the knot with the Clueless actress, Monjack was arrested by immigration officials and he faced deportation. According to the NY Post, some of Brittany's pals claimed that she said Monjack had been "kidnapped" and that she had to pay a ransom.

Going back even further, Monjack racked up quite a record with authorities. Between 1997 and 2006, Monjack was evicted from four different homes, and in 2005, Virginia police issued warrants for Monjack's arrest on credit card fraud. In 2006, he was forced to pay $470,000 to mortgage firm Coutts and Co. after a lawsuit in the state of New York, and in 2007, his ex-wife Simone Bienne, a UK television personality, sued him in Los Angeles, and she was awarded $63,000.

While he doesn't exactly seem to be a law abiding citizen, we can't get over how creepy this next part is. In a 2008 interview with the NY Post, Monjack claims he fell in love with Murphy during a photo shoot while she was still in her teens. Monjack, who has also been linked to Senator John Kerry's daughter Alexandra (random much?) told the paper that he was "very patient" about waiting for his lady love to become um, available.