The paper notes that the Drug Enforcement Agency and the United States attorney’s office have joined local investigators following the revelation about Kornfeld’s involvement, though his lawyer stated Wednesday that Andrew Kornfeld arrived too late to administer any drug. “The DEA and US Attorney’s Office are able to augment this local investigation with federal resources and expertise about prescription drug diversion”.
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An earlier TMZ report claimed that Prince had prescriptions filled at least four times in the seven days prior to his death.
The Northern California doctor who was asked to help Prince before his death is an addiction and pain specialist who has championed the use of a semi-synthetic opiate to treat pain.
While toxicology reports are not expected for several weeks, the investigation into the death of Prince is ongoing.
Authorities suspect Prince died from an overdose, and a source told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the “Purple Rain” singer had Percocet in his system when he died. Mauzy says the employees were so overcome that Andrew Kornfeld had to call 911, a disjointed call that was made public shortly after Prince’s death.
The DEA is involved in the investigation in a standby capacity, as it is exclusively a state case at present.
“The plan was to quickly evaluate his health and devise a treatment plan”, said Mauzy, speaking on behalf of the Kornfelds.
Mauzy said that Kornfeld was contacted by Prince’s representatives on April 20.
When Andrew Kornfeld arrived at Paisley Park at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Prince’s representatives could not find him, Mauzy said.
Prince was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m. on April 21 after his body was found in an elevator.
Prince has been dead for over two weeks and people are not privy to the real cause of his death. Police have said they found no signs of suicide or obvious trauma.
On Wednesday, lawyer William Mauzy confirmed that Prince was supposed to meet with addiction specialist Howard Kornfeld the day after he died.
If Prince did indeed have an addiction to painkillers (something that continues to be strongly denied by his friends and associates), then Kornfeld and Recovery Without Walls would have been a likely expert to call.
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The pills were taken into possession by the Carver County Sheriff and it is likely, according to Mauzy, that the pre-med student will be provided with immunity due to the good samaritan law, which offers immunity to the 911 caller for any controlled substance found at the scene.
