'He wasn't drugged up' Prince's lawyer responds to 'overdose' reports
PRINCE'S lawyer has denied claims the singer died from a drug addiction.
Prince's lawyer has denied the 'overdose' reports
The superstar was found dead in a lift at his Paisley Park estate near Minneapolis last Thursday, and it was previously revealed he may have been on strong medication.
Percocet contains a powerful opiod, addictive painkiller oxycodone and paracetamol and has been linked to the deaths of Michael Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
However Prince's lawyer, L. Londell McMillan, has now insisted: “Everybody who knows Prince knows he wasn't walking around drugged up.
“That's foolish. No one ever saw Prince and said, 'He looks high.' It wasn't what he was about.”
He also said that he had heard from the star before his death and he was "doing fine".
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It was previously reported Prince had been taking strong painkillers
McMillan went on: "He said he was doing perfect. He said, 'OK, I'll call you soon.'"
A former business colleague of Prince had previously claimed: "I have been told that Prince was using opiates to deal with pain issues. That had left his body weak, with flu and pneumonia-like symptoms. When he first passed away, the line from the people around him was, 'he had signs of pneumonia'.
"The police want to take a hard look at things before they come to any conclusions. They have spent a long time at his mansion and have spoken to a number of people."
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According to reports, Prince had also been given a "save shot" in hospital on April 15, which is usually reserved for counteracting the effects of a lot of prescription drugs, like Percocet.
The singer’s plane made an emergency landing in Illinois on the way back from a show on that day and he was then rushed to hospital in Moline. His team allegedly told doctors what drug he had taken.
The latest claims come after Prince's sister Tyka revealed the Purple Rain hitmaker did not leave a will.
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She explained: "I do not know of the existence of a will and have no reason to believe that the decedent executed testamentary documents in any form," TMZ reports.
According to Minnesota state law, the estate goes to the deceased’s closest living relatives if there is no will in place.
Prince - real name Prince Rogers Nelson - is worth an estimated $200 million.