Mac Miller’s fatal drug dealer released from prison
Mac Miller tragically died from an accidental drug overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol in 2018 at the age of 26. Subsequently, three people were charged with selling the drugs that killed the rapper, but one of them has reportedly been released from prison.
The Bureau of Prisons says Cameron James Pettit walked free from the Federal Correctional Institution Mendota in California on October 11th, having been arrested in 2019 and charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances resulting in death.
Pettit never pled guilty to any charges while he was in federal custody, court records show. He pled not guilty to the charges at his 2019 arraignment but had apparently been behind bars since, according to TMZ.
The police claim that Pettit was in contact with Mac Miller on September 4th, 2018 to supply him with 10 oxycodone pills, as well as cocaine and Xanax. When he reportedly made the delivery on September 5th, he allegedly gave Mac counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl instead, with the rapper dying after snorting the pills.
His co-defendants, Stephen Walter and Ryan Reavis, who were also arrested and indicted on the same federal charges, remain in prison. The pair pled guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl and were sentenced to around 17 years and 11 years behind bars, respectively.
When Reavis was sentenced in 2022, Mac Miller’s mother, Karen Meyers, claimed that her son would have never taken fentanyl without his knowledge.
“My life went dark the moment Malcolm left his world,” she said in a statement at the time. “Malcolm was my person, more than a son. We had a bond and kinship that was deep and special and irreplaceable. We spoke nearly every day about everything – his life, plans, music, dreams … He would never knowingly take a pill with fentanyl, ever. He wanted to live and was excited about the future. The hole in my heart will always be there.”
Mac Miller was buried at Homewood Cemetery in his hometown of Pittsburgh following a Jewish funeral. He named his mother, father and brother as beneficiaries in his will.