Five individuals have been arrested in connection to the death of Robert De Niro ‘s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez , who died in July 2023 at the age of 19 from a “toxic” combination of drugs that included fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine.

According to court documents reviewed by Rolling Stone , the defendants — Grant McIver, Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, John Nicolas and Roy Nicolas — were members of a “criminal network that distributed thousands of counterfeit prescription opioid pills laced with fentanyl, among other drugs, to teenagers and young adults living in New York City” at the time of the fatal incident.

While Rodriguez is not named directly in the filing, the court notes that “over a three-month span in the summer of 20

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