Mac Miller death: 3 charged for providing drugs that killed rapper

Three men arrested during investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s dely overdose last year have w been charged with providing drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. A grand jury indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles accuses men of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused Miller’s death on September 2018. Cameron Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood, California; Stephen Walter, 46, of Los Angeles; and Ryan Reavis, 36, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, were previously charged with drug-related offenses. Wednesday’s charges d allegation that ir drugs led to Miller’s death.

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20 years in federal prison

Miller, 26, died of an accidental overdose of powerful opioid fentanyl, along with cocaine and alcohol. Fentanyl has contributed to an epidemic of opioid abuse in U.S. that has claimed thousands of lives, including those of or musicians, such as Prince. men face a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and potential for life without parole if convicted of eir of charges related to Miller’s death. All have been arrested in recent weeks and remain in custody, and ne has entered a plea. Attorneys for Pettit and Walter declined to comment. It’s unclear wher Reavis has a lawyer. Pettit and Walter, who was also charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, were scheduled to be arraigned on new charges on Oct. 10. Reavis, who was arrested last week in Arizona, does t have an arraignment date set yet. indictment alleges men continued to distribute drugs through August 2019.

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Malcolm James Myers McCormick

Miller’s beats and rhymes, with ir frank expressions of drug use and depression, me him a beloved and respected figure among fans, including some of biggest names in hip-hop. Pittsburgh native, whose real name was Malcolm James Myers McCormick, was in a two-year relationship with Ariana Grande that ended earlier in 2018. After his death, pop star posted a loving video of him on her Instagram p and released a song, “Thank U Next,” that affectionately mentioned him. indictment alleged that Walter supplied fentanyl and cocaine that Pettit sold to Miller and that Reavis, who lived in Los Angeles area until earlier this year, acted as a middleman for fentanyl sale.

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Pettit on Sept. 5, 2018, sold Miller cocaine, Xanax and 10 blue pills that appeared to be oxycodone but contained fentanyl after two h exchanged text messs a day earlier, according to indictment. In texts, Miller proclaimed his love for oxycodone, or “percs” for brand name Percocet, and also asks for “bars” of Xanax and a “ball” of cocaine, according to a previous court filing. Miller also asked Pettit, “When can u get em?” according to previous court filings. Two days later, Miller’s assistant found him de at his Los Angeles home. In ar set of messs included in indictment, Reavis worried in a text sent in June about undercover police buying drugs.

“People have been dying from fake blues left and right,” mess said, “you better believe law enforcement is using informant informants and undercover to buy m on street so y can start putting ppl in prison for life for selling fake pills.”

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