Dubai – Al Arabiya.net
Posted on: July 16, 2023: 12:21 PM GST Last updated: July 16, 2023: 12:57 PM GST
After the grandson of the world star, Robert De Niro, found a dead body in his chair in an incident that occupied international public opinion, the US authorities announced the arrest of a woman in connection with the death of the 19-year-old due to his taking fentanyl pills.
A security source told CNN that a woman named Sophia Marx was detained on charges of selling drugs to a minor.
The source also clarified that the woman has not yet been charged with murder, but he also said that this is a “probable reason for the arrest,” stressing in the context that the investigation is underway.
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, 19, has died, according to an announcement from his mother, Drina, on social media earlier this month.
After announcing her son’s death, Drina De Niro later said in the comments section of her post on social platforms, “Someone sold him fentanyl-coated pills, so my son is gone forever.”
Fentanyl, a synthetic, fast-acting opioid, is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. It has been widespread in the US drug market for years, and caused about 70,000 deaths from an overdose in 2022, which is a record number.
The news caused a state of shock in America, while his mother called him touching words, while TMZ reported that Leonardo De Niro died in his apartment in New York.
Leonardo De Niro had participated in many works, including A Star Is Born in 2018, where he played the role of “Leo Stone”, and Drina also appeared in the role of his mother and the wife of the hero’s friend.
