Princess Beatrice’s former boyfriend Paolo Liuzzo has died of a suspected drug overdose in a Miami hotel.
The Miami Police Department confirmed that police were called to a room at the CitizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel on February 7 at 3:22 p.m. Independent on Wednesday.
Liuzzo’s time of death was reportedly 3.34 pm that day, which in most cases reflects the time of the doctor or emergency service worker’s announcement.
The police investigation is still ongoing and ongoing, but Liuzzo’s death – reportedly at the age of 41 – is being investigated as a drug overdose, police said.
The son of an Italian plastics resins tycoon, Mr Liuzzo’s romantic relationship with Princess Beatrice came to light in 2005 when the royal was 17 and she was 24, and he was invited by Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson to join the family on skiing. Was invited. Holidays in Verbier.
However, the pair reportedly split a year later, when it emerged that he was forced to return to the US for violating the terms of his probation for an assault conviction he had committed against a fellow student in 2002. The charge was reduced to murder. In Massachusetts.
His death certificate states that he was working as an arts industry consultant, Sun Reports said his body was taken back to his native Long Island for a funeral on February 16.
Liuzzo struggled with significant personal struggles and substance abuse issues, which led to him being repeatedly questioned by authorities in connection with cocaine possession.
He was also struggling with gambling debts.
A friend of the art consultant said: “Paolo was not doing well on a personal level. He liked partying and gambling.
“He started out using a lot of pharmaceutical drugs, but that later led to cocaine and harder drugs.
“It was a very fast lifestyle and we all feared it would eventually catch up to him.
“He was always borrowing money to repay the loan. It became a vicious cycle.”
His death certificate reportedly listed him as living in an apartment in downtown Miami, across from the hotel where he is believed to have died.
News of the death comes amid a difficult time for Princess Beatrice, who has also had to deal with her mother’s cancer diagnosis.
Sarah Ferguson said in January that she was diagnosed with deadly melanoma just six months after breast cancer surgery.
a friend told daily Mail Tests in March found there was no further spread of her melanoma and the area where it was initially detected was “cancer-free”, but she would undergo further testing.
Ferguson is one of three members of the princess’s family who are currently battling the disease – King Charles revealed his cancer diagnosis in January and Kate Middleton revealed her cancer diagnosis later in March .
