Paula Yates told an Australian TV program that she doesn't believe partner Michael Hutchence committed suicide, and that she is talking to lawyers about overturning the coroner's verdict.

Yates told Australia's 60 Minutes (cousin to the American program) that INXS frontman Hutchence thought suicide was the most cowardly act in the world. "I just don't think he killed himself, I really don't," she said, adding: "He did in the end but I think it was accidental and I knew him so well... The coroner didn't meet him or know him and he would not have left our baby... never, never, never, never, never."

Yates also hinted that she had proof. "I will be making it abundantly clear that because of information that I and only I could know about Michael... I cannot accept the verdict."

While in Australia doing the interview, Yates met with Hutchence's family and made a visit to the hotel suite where the INXS singer was found hanging by a belt. An autopsy revealed high levels of alcohol and prescription drugs in his system.

The interview also revealed that in a previously unreported incident prior to Hutchence's death, Paula Yates had overdosed on pills and liquor, in what she described as a plea to ex-husband Bob Geldof to stop "pushing" in regards to their custody battle over their three children.

Meanwhile, Australian journalist Christie Eliezer reports there are at least four books in progress about the late singer. The most recent endeavor is an authorized biography being penned by journalist Vince Lovegrove with assistance from Hutchence's family and bandmates.

In other INXS news, Kirk Pengilly, taking a break from producing a 5-song EP for his brother Drew's band, COO, told a TV news reporter in a brief interview that it was the end of INXS. He added, however, that the band will go on in a different form but declined to elaborate.