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Ryan Reavis delivered counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl to another man, who is alleged to have sold them to Mac Miller days before his fatal overdose
Who Is Ryan Reavis?
Ryan Reavis is an Arizona man who helped supply the counterfeit oxycodone drugs that led to the overdose death of rapper Mac Miller was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison Monday, federal prosecutors said.
Ryan Reavis, 38, is one of three men charged in Miller’s death in the Studio City section of Los Angeles in 2018.
Reavis pleaded guilty in November to one count of distribution of fentanyl. His attorney has described him as a “runner” who delivered pills containing oxycodone but did not know they contained fentanyl.
Miller, whose legal name was Malcolm James McCormick, was found dead at his home Sept. 7, 2018.
- Mac Miller, the rapper died on September 7, 2018, due to a drug overdose in Studio City, California, United States.
- Ryan Reavis, Stephen Andrew Walter, and Cameron James Pettit were the three convicts of the case.
- Reavis possessed three guns in his possession during his arrest in Lake Havasu, Arizona in 2019.
- Further, he is sentenced to 10 years and eleven months in prison for supplying fentanyl-laced pills which caused the death of the rapper.
Mac Miller, a Grammy-nominated rapper died on September 7, 2018, due to a drug overdose where he inhaled fentanyl-laced pills. Mother Karen Meyers had shattered in grief on the untimely death of her son Mac Miller.
“My life went dark the moment Malcolm left his world. 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”
The mother of the late rapper insisted her son,
“Miller would never knowingly take a pill with fentanyl, ever. He wanted to live and was excited about the future.”
Mac Miller- Death case
Ryan Reavis, 39, was arrested and held guilty in November 2021 to a federal count of distribution of fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to prosecutors,
“Reavis was acting at the direction of another man, Stephen Andrew Walter, when he delivered the pills to Cameron James Pettit, who is alleged to have then sold them to Miller.”
Reavis was acting at the direction of another man, Stephen Andrew Walter, when he delivered the pills to Cameron James Pettit, who is alleged to have then sold them to Miller, prosecutors have said.
Reavis and Walter have pleaded guilty. Pettit has pleaded not guilty.
Miller died from “mixed drug toxicity” that included cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol, the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s office has said.
Mac Miller’s Drug Dealer Ryan Reavis Sentence
Ryan Reavis, one of the men who supplied Mac Miller with the fentanyl-laced pills that led to his overdose has been sentenced to 10 years and 11 months in prison.
Meanwhile, Reavis, 39, contrary to a request for a five-year sentence, is sentenced to nearly 11 years. Though prosecutors demanded for 12 and a half years sentence, he continued claiming he had no idea of the pills being laced and worked only as a middleman.
What happened to Cameron Pettit and Stephen Walter?
Stephen Walter, 49, of Westwood, and Cameron Pettit, 30, of West Hollywood, are also involved in the case. Well, the question still continues what happened to the other two convicts of Mac Miller’s drug overdose case.
Stephen Andrew Walter, 48, is leaving his 17 years in prison since last October after admitting he supplied the fentanyl-laced pills to Reavis.
Apart from this, Cameron Pettit is still under the case and is pleading not guilty. Let’s see if he releases or is awaiting a sentence in the days to come.
