Probe Into TV Star's Death After Breast Op

Doctors who carried out a sixth breast enlargement on a German reality TV star who later died are being investigated for possible manslaughter.

Cora Berger had two heart attacks during the surgery to boost her chest from a 34F to 34G earlier this month.

There are claims she was deprived of oxygen for 15 minutes during the operation at a clinic in Hamburg.

The 23-year-old adult film star had been in an artificial coma since January 11 but never recovered.

Prosecutors have launched a probe and there will be a post mortem next week, according to German newspaper Bild.

The paper said Ms Berger's plastic surgeon and anaesthetist were being investigated for alleged manslaughter.

Berger, from Berlin, whose real name was Carolin, became well-known after appearing on Germany's version of Big Brother.

She raised eyebrows with her erotic antics in the house last year, which included stripping off and massaging other women.

The actress had a series of breast enlargements after the show in a bid to keep the publicity going.

She went under the knife for the last time at the Alster Clinic and was having 800g (28oz) of silicon injected into each breast.

But her heart stopped beating during the operation. She suffered brain damage and was put into an induced coma.

The tabloid's headline read: "The senseless death of Big Brother star Cora shocks the whole of Germany.

"(Her) frail, 48kg (106lb) body struggled against death for 224 hours. She lost. Cora is dead."

Husband Tim Wosnitza said: "The doctors told me that she wouldn't make it. The brain damage was too big.

"Her blood pressure was falling and her bodily functions were failing one after the other."

Hamburg tabloid Morgenpost said the actress had recently returned from a cruise to Dubai with her husband.

Her previous five operations were reportedly done at a private clinic in Poland which refused to admit her for a sixth time.

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