Bobby Brown described the opioid epidemic as “out of control” after it was revealed that his son died of a toxic combination of fentanyl, alcohol and cocaine.
The New Edition star said his family “continues to mourn” the death of Bobby Brown Jr. after he passed away in November at the age of 28, from what is now known as an overdose.
“Street fentanyl took so many people unnecessarily and Bobby Jr is another victim,” Brown said in a statement.
“This epidemic is out of control and those who supply this lethal drug must be held responsible for the death and destruction it causes.”
Brown Jr.’s mother, Kim Ward, also said that her son was not “a drug addict” but was “often easily influenced”.
“This is a situation where he associated himself with the wrong people,” shared Ward. “My son is gone and those who contributed to his meaningless death must be held responsible.”
Ward and Brown’s lawyer, Christopher Brown, said they think Brown Jr. may have consumed street fentanyl “without his knowledge and we believe it killed him” because he had “small amounts of alcohol and cocaine in his system, but he had fatal amounts of fentanyl in his heart and blood. ”
Brown Jr. was found dead at his home on November 18, when authorities responded to a call for a medical emergency. Brown Jr.’s death was another tragedy for “My Prerogative” musician, 52, when he lost his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in 2015, three years after his mother, Whitney Houston, was found dead in a hotel bathtub.
Bobbi Kristina’s ex-fiance, Nick Gordon, who was legally responsible for the death of his ex-partner, also died in 2020.