LOS ANGELES (AP) – The parents of Bobby Brown Jr., son of singer Bobby Brown, said Tuesday they want those responsible for his death to be held accountable for accidental overdose and prosecutors said they were considering criminal charges.
In an autopsy report released Monday, a Los Angeles County coroner said Brown Jr., 28, died Nov. 18 from the combined effects of cocaine, alcohol and opioid fentanyl.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Brown Jr.’s parents. and his lawyer stressed the fatal dose of fentanyl in his system and its frequent unexpected presence in commercial versions of other drugs.
“My family continues to mourn the death of my son,” Bobby Brown said in the statement. “This epidemic is out of control and those who supply this lethal drug should be held responsible for the death and destruction it causes.”
Brown Jr.’s mother, Kim Ward, said she “related to the wrong people.”
“My son is missing and those who contributed to his senseless death should be held accountable,” Ward said in the statement.
Police have filed a death-related case with prosecutors and are under review for possible charges, Los Angeles County District Attorney Greg Gregling said Tuesday. He gave no further details about the suspects or the circumstances.
According to interviews with local police included in the autopsy report, Brown Jr. he had drunk tequila, blown cocaine, and consumed what he thought was oxycodone before his girlfriend found him unconscious on the floor of his Los Angeles home room hours later.
In many recent cases, prosecutors have directly blamed drug traffickers for the deaths of people to whom they provided drugs, not just for selling illegal drugs.
In the accidental overdose death of rapper Mac Miller in 2018 in a house a few miles from where Brown Jr. died, federal prosecutors have accused three men of providing him with the drugs that caused his death, including pills. which appeared to be oxycodone, but which contained fentanyl.
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