DJ and producer Erick Morillo was found dead at his Florida home yesterday. He was 49.Morillo was due to appear in court later this week on sexual battery charges.
He was accused of assaulting another DJ at his home last December, after they both performed at a private party in Miami. He initially denied the accusation, but turned himself in to police after DNA evidence supported his accuser’s allegations.
He was formally charged early last month.Born in New York in 1971, Morillo spent much of his early youth in Colombia, before returning to the US aged eleven – at which point he began DJing at family events.
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