LOS ANGELES (AP) – The parents of Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, said on Tuesday that they want those responsible for his accidental death from an overdose, and prosecutors said they are considering criminal charges.
In an autopsy report released on Monday, the Los Angeles County coroner said Brown Jr., 28, died on Nov. 18 due to the combined effects of cocaine, alcohol and fentanyl opioid.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Brown Jr.’s parents and his lawyer emphasized the fatal dose of fentanyl in his system and its frequent unexpected presence in street versions of other drugs.
“My family continues to mourn my son’s death,” said Bobby Brown in the 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, said he “associated with the wrong people.”
“My son is gone and those who contributed to his meaningless death must be held responsible,” Ward said in the statement.
Police have presented prosecutors with a death-related case and are being investigated for possible charges, Los Angeles County Public Prosecutor spokesman Greg Risling said on Tuesday. He gave no further details about the suspects or the circumstances.
According to interviews with local police officers included in the autopsy report, Brown Jr. drank tequila, sniffed cocaine and used what he believed to be oxycodone before his girlfriend found him unconscious on the floor of his Los Angeles home hours later.
In many recent cases, prosecutors have accused traffickers directly for the deaths of those to whom they provided drugs, not just for the sale of illegal drugs.
In the accidental overdose death of rapper Mac Miller in a home just a few miles from where Brown Jr. died, federal prosecutors accused three men of supplying the drugs that caused his death, including pills that appeared to be oxycodone but contained fentanyl .
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