Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena claims that her son Leandro died final week after taking tablets that have been laced with fentanyl.
“Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” Drena, 51, alleged on Instagram in response to a commenter asking how Leandro handed away.
“For all these people still f***ing around selling and buying this s**t, my son is gone forever,” she added.
Fentanyl is a potent artificial opioid drug authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to be used of ache reduction and anaesthetic,” in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The drug is roughly 100 occasions stronger than morphine and 50 occasions stronger than heroin as an analgesic.
“Just two milligrams of fentanyl, the small amount that fits on the tip of a pencil, is considered a potentially deadly dose,” the DEA states.
Drena introduced that her solely little one had died on the age of 19 on Sunday.
“My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly,” the filmmaker wrote in a heartbreaking Instagram publish on the time.
“You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life,” she continued. “I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you.”
While she didn’t instantly share particulars of how her son died, a police supply advised the Daily Mail {that a} “white powdery substance” was discovered “on a plate” close to the physique.
The Taxi Driver actor, 79, shared how “deeply distressed” he’s by the passing of his “beloved grandson,” in an announcement to Page Sixon Monday.
“We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo,” he mentioned within the assertion.
Leandro’s father, sculptor Carlos “Mare” Rodriguez, additionally mourned the lack of his son by commenting on Drena’s Instagram publish saying their son’s dying.
“My dear Drena … words aren’t enough to express the joy he gave us or the loss we now endure with our families and friends,” the graffiti artist wrote on Monday.
“He is Godschild [sic] now. On this full moon his spirit luminates what could not be seen in the dark. You can’t spell LOVE without LEO.”
As Leandro’s dad and mom grieved, Drena shared her gratitude to all those that reached out with love and kindness.
“It is with immeasurable shock and and [sic] sadness that we say goodbye to our beloved son Leo,” she wrote on Instagram. “We thank you for the outpouring of love and support and ask that we are given privacy at this time to process this inconsolable grief.”
She additionally described holding her son’s hand for the final time, writing, “None of this is right or fair and my heart hurts in a way I never knew possible while still breathing and barely functioning.”
Meanwhile, her dad was noticed trying downcast following the news of Leandro’s passing.
Drena is the eldest of Robert’s seven youngsters. The “Goodfellas” star adopted the actress in 1976 when he married her mom, Diahnne Abbott, and Drena then took his final identify.
Robert and Abbott divorced in 1988, although he seems to nonetheless have an in depth relationship with Drena.
This article initially appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission
Source: www.news.com.au
