Robert De Niro’s grandson's official cause of death confirmed
Robert De Niro’s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez’s cause of death has been confirmed.
The 19-year-old died from a "toxic" combination of drugs, a New York City Medical Examiner told Page Six on Tuesday.
Autopsy results revealed that the late teen had fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine and cocaine in his system at the time of his death, which has been ruled as an "accident".
Sophia Marks, 20, has been arrested in connection to Leandro's overdose.
According to criminal reports obtained by Page Six, the texts between Leandro and Marks allege that she had warned him about the fentanyl-laced pills, as they discussed the purchase of counterfeit oxycodone and Xanax just days before his death.
Police also believe that Marks allegedly sold pills to children as young as 15.
This comes just one month after De Niro’s daughter Drena claimed that her son passed away after a tragic drug accident.
“Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” she wrote in response to a comment on one of her posts at that time.
“For all these people still f***ing around selling and buying this s**t, my son is gone forever,” she added.
Drena who is still processing her grief, continues to post memories of her son, with the most recent one a heartbreaking tribute marking the first month since his passing.
"Today marks one whole month without my baby 🥺💔," she began in the caption
"I think of you and long for you, every minute of every day. Never forget how happy you made so many people just by being here and being beautiful kindhearted you ♥️ Your legacy is Love."
Leandro was laid to rest on July 8.
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