julianne moore freeheld

Detective Lt. Laurel Hester was a criminal investigator with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office for 23 years when she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer at the age of 49 in October 2005. It was then that Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battled to secure Hester's pension benefits for after she passes. This story is the subject of the movie "Freeheld"