Drena De Niro is coming for trolls spreading lies about her son Leandro‘s death. As we’ve been reporting, the 19-year-old grandson of Robert De Niro tragically died from an accidental drug overdose when he was sold fentanyl-laced pills.
Since then, the NYPD successfully named a suspect in the case — Sofia Haley Marks. Naturally, the family is still mourning the absolutely devastating loss of their beloved Leo. Related: NYPD Blue Television Star Austin Majors’ Cause Of Death Revealed On Wednesday, the 51-year-old mother took to Instagram to clear the air about her son’s passing.
In the passionate caption, she wrote: She asked everyone to be “respectful” as she shared her “experience and opinion”: In the post itself, a carousel of text-covered white pages started off by slamming the trolls who spread “vicious, inaccurate” lies about her son’s death: Detailing Leo’s experience with the drugs, she said he didn’t have any “knowledge” he was taking “fentanyl laced substance”: She said people have been “placing blame” on her son for using drugs in the first place — or Robert because of his huge platform as a famous actor: So sad!
This is not Robert or Leo’s fault… and blaming the family for an accident like this is just awful! Drena went on to say her son “suffered tremendously” during the pandemic.
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