Investigators interviewed Schulenberg and searched Minneapolis’ North Memorial Medical Center, where he worked as a primary care physician. At some point, Schulenberg prescribed medications to Prince and ordered tests, according to the warrant, which does not specify what medications were prescribed or whether Prince took them. In fact, the Doctor came to Paisley Park the morning Prince died to give the singer his test results.
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Schulenberg’s medical records have been seized, including prescriptions he wrote for Prince. The warrant was executed at the North Memorial Medical Center, which employed Dr. Schulenberg. The first time was on April 7, two weeks before the singer, 57, was found dead in an elevator of his suburban Minneapolis recording studio and estate.
Several news outlets on Tuesday also obtained a copy of a search warrant that authorities say was supposed to have been filed under seal. One visit occurred at the Chanhassen complex the day before Prince was found dead.
Instead, investigators are focused on the possibility that so-called “drug runners” were obtaining the medications for Prince.
Schulenberg is the second doctor whose name has surfaced in the investigation.
Late Tuesday afternoon, local and federal investigators returned to Paisley Park, where they continued their work for more than five hours.
The clinic where Schulenberg practiced family medicine said he was no longer working there as of Tuesday. They were looking for additional evidence that could help explain the source of prescription opioids, sources told CNN. Schulenberg told detectives he’d given Prince a prescription.
Court papers have identified a Twin Cities doctor who was treating Prince just prior to his death last month.
Dr. Howard Kornfeld, an opioid addiction specialist based in Mill Valley, was contacted by representatives for the singer about an “urgent” medical situation.
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According to Prince’s publicist the landing was due to the flue. The lawyer said Andrew Kornfeld was the person who called 911.
