She spent three years with him and insists no such moment took place - and that she was blanked by producers when she offered to help them with their story.

All Is By My Side, starring Outkast rapper Andre Benjamin, was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival this week - leading to an instant negative reaction from Hendrix biographer Charles R Cross.

He tells MyNorthwest: "I hated it. The most shocking thing is Jimi is shown beating a woman twice. That woman is named Kathy Etchingham - she says that no domestic violence like that ever happened.