Drug dealer charged in Mac Miller’s death released from prison

Cameron James Pettit, 1 of 3 men charged successful Mac Miller’s 2018 overdose death, has been released from national lockup.

Pettit, 33, who allegedly sold the fentanyl-laced drugs to the rapper 2 days earlier his death, was released from California’s Federal Correctional Institution Mendota connected Oct. 11, according to online inmate records. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed his release to TMZ.

His merchandise came conscionable implicit 5 years aft Pettit’s apprehension successful September 2019. He and 2 others, Stephen Andrew Walter and Ryan Michael Reavis, were each charged with conspiring to administer controlled substances resulting successful decease and organisation of fentanyl resulting successful death.

Pettit astatine the clip pleaded not blameworthy to selling Miller the fake oxycodone pills that led to the Grammy nominee’s overdose astatine property 26. The existent presumption of his lawsuit remains unknown, though helium had seemingly been successful custody since that 2019 arraignment, per TMZ.

Walter and Reavis meantime struck plea deals that saw them sentenced to 17.5 years and astir 11 years successful prison, respectively,

Prosecutors said astatine the clip that each of the charges carried a mandatory minimum condemnation of 20 years successful national custody, and imaginable beingness without parole.

Miller was recovered dormant connected his furniture successful September 2018. He died aft consuming a lethal cocktail of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol, the Los Angeles region coroner said successful its last autopsy study 2 months later. Miller’s decease was ruled accidental.

In summation to his music career, which netted him a posthumous Grammy Award information for Best Rap Album (“Swimming”), Miller was known for his wide publicized romance with Ariana Grande. The “Wicked” prima paid tribute to Miller passim her November 2018 song, “Thank U, Next.”

News of Pettit’s merchandise comes 1 time aft Miller’s property announced it volition driblet his antecedently unreleased 2014 album, “Balloonerism,” successful January.