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Days after Mac Miller’s death, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office is planning to drop his DUI case.
In May, the rapper hit a power pole in the San Fernando Valley with his Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon and fled the scene. Law enforcement officersarrested him for DUI and hit and runat his home, a Los Angeles Police Department public information officer told PEOPLE at the time.
A representative for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office told PEOPLE that the office’s standard practice when a defendant dies is to remove the hearing from the court calendar and then to file a motion to dismiss the case. The representative said that he anticipated that these actions would be taken in the coming days for Miller’s case.
Miller’s arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday but is no longer on the docket, according to TMZ, whofirst reported the news.
Millerdied at age 26 on Friday. A source told PEOPLE that Miller went into cardiac arrest after an apparent drug overdose. The official cause of deathis yet to be determined.
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After the May arrest, he was held on $15,000 bail before his release. His blood alcohol content was .15,TMZ reported.
In July, Millerspoke to Apple Music’s Beats 1 about the incident. “I made a stupid mistake,” he said. “I’m a human being.”
Miller — who wrote songs about drugs, mental health and his desire to get sober —struggled with substance abuse for years.
In February 2016, Miller, who reportedlyhad a net worth of $9 million, talked about his drug use in a documentary calledStopped Making Excuses. “I get f—ed up, let’s keep it real,” he said. “I get super f—ed up, still, all the time. That will never stop. But I’m in control of my life. I’m not f—ed up right now. I’m chillin.”
He continued, “I’d rather be the corny white rapper than the drugged-out mess that can’t even get out of his house. Overdosing is just not cool. There’s no legendary romance. You don’t go down in history because you overdosed. You just die.”
Tributes from celebritiespoured in after Miller’s death. Miller’s ex-girlfriendAriana Grandebroke her silenceon Saturday with a black-and-white photograph of Miller gazing up at the camera.
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“It’s very sad,”Cardi BtoldBillboardabout Miller’s death on Friday.“I feel like people don’t know that fame brings you a lot of sadness, a lot of pressure,” sheadded. “I just hope that now he’s in a better place.”
source: people.com
