Posted on 07/13/2023 7:37:33 PM PDT by Libloather
Police have arrested a woman in connection with the July 2 'drug overdose' death of acting legend Robert De Niro's 19-year-old grandson Leandro.
The suspect, believed to be a woman but whose identity still hasn't been revealed, is accused of selling Leandro De Niro Rodriguez drugs shortly before he was found dead in his New York City apartment.
The teenager's lifeless body was found sitting in a chair beside white powder inside a $950,000, one-bedroom apartment on Wall Street in New York.
A police source tells DailyMail.com the substance was found near his body and there were no signs of trauma. He was found by a friend who hadn't heard from him in a few days and was checking in on him, a police source told TMZ.
Residents in the building, right next to the Wall Street subway stop told DailyMail.com they saw an ambulance and a fire truck pull up on an otherwise tranquil Sunday afternoon.
Aspiring actor and director Leandro was following in his mother and grandfather's career footsteps, landed a small role in 2018's A Star Is Born as the son of Bradley Cooper's best friend, George 'Noodles' Stone, played by Dave Chappelle. He also appeared in Cabaret Maxime in 2018.
His mother Drena De Niro - an American actress adopted by De Niro after the actor married her mother, Diahnne Abbott in 1976 - announced his death.
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Leandro's death comes after the Department of Justice filed charges against several Chinese companies and executives over their alleged role in the U.S. fentanyl trade.
Federal prosecutors say nearly all fentanyl precursors are manufactured and shipped from China today.
Criminal organizations like the infamous Sinaloa cartel in Mexico work with Chinese companies to get their ingredients for fentanyl.
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The worst is when loved ones are left with their broken heart.
Close to “White powder”??? No problem. Put the Secret Service on it.
I believe so.
Where’s Hunter?!
Was he in the White House?
New meaning for white house
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