Man to plead guilty for apparent role in Mac Miller’s fatal OD in Studio City

A antheral has agreed to plead blameworthy successful Los Angeles to a national transgression complaint for supplying counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl to the cause trader accused of selling them to rapper Mac Miller, who past suffered a fatal overdose, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday, Nov. 10.

Ryan Reavis, 38, who lived successful West Los Angeles earlier moving to Arizona successful 2019, volition formally participate his plea to a azygous national number of organisation of fentanyl connected a day to beryllium scheduled, according to the DOJ.

On Sept. 4, 2018, astatine the absorption of co-defendant Stephen Walter, 48, Reavis knowingly distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills to co-defendant Cameron Pettit, 30, of West Hollywood, according to his plea agreement.

Reavis admitted to knowing that the pills contained fentanyl oregon immoderate different controlled substance.

Shortly aft Reavis handed the fentanyl-laced pills to Pettit, Pettit distributed the pills to 26-year-old Malcolm McCormick — who recorded and performed nether the sanction Mac Miller — 2 days earlier the rapper suffered a fatal overdose successful Studio City connected Sept. 7, 2018, the DOJ said.

Last month, Walter agreed to plead blameworthy to 1 number of organisation of fentanyl. The lawsuit against Pettit is pending.

Miller began rapping astatine property 14 and built a ample pursuing earlier signing with the statement of chap Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa. Miller released 5 workplace albums and a bid of mixtapes. His last album, “Swimming,” was released connected Warner Records conscionable a period earlier his death.