Drena De Niro is coming for trolls spreading lies about her son Leandro‘s dying.
As we’ve been reporting, the 19-year-old grandson of Robert De Niro tragically died from an unintentional drug overdose when he was bought fentanyl-laced drugs. Since then, the NYPD efficiently named a suspect within the case — Sofia Haley Marks.
Naturally, the household remains to be mourning the completely devastating lack of their beloved Leo.
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On Wednesday, the 51-year-old mom took to Instagram to clear the air about her son’s passing. Within the passionate caption, she wrote:
“Thanks for the outpouring of affection and understanding that we’ve acquired over the dying of our beloved Leandro. Nonetheless there’s been plenty of misunderstanding and misrepresentation of details that I as his mom cannot sit by and never communicate up about.”
She requested everybody to be “respectful” as she shared her “expertise and opinion”:
“I wish to preserve the feedback open in respect to our associates, our associates and others who’ve misplaced their children to this illness and others who would possibly get some type of consolation from this and need to share however idiocy and imply spiritedness gained’t be tolerated because it’s too delicate and painful of a state of affairs for myself and Leo’s family and friends. Please preserve it respectful it’s simply an expertise and opinion.”
Within the publish itself, a carousel of text-covered white pages began off by slamming the trolls who unfold “vicious, inaccurate” lies about her son’s dying:
“For the reason that circumstances of my son’s dying have taken on a story and lifetime of its personal, pushed by vicious, inaccurate hypotheses and conjecture by the use of trolling and randoms who don’t have anything higher to do than unfold vitriol and ache to people who find themselves already managing greater than their share of heartache, I’ll say what I can about this.”
Detailing Leo’s expertise with the medication, she stated he didn’t have any “information” he was taking “fentanyl laced substance”:
“Firstly Leo was not forewarned to anybody’s information (notably yours) that he can be taking fentanyl laced substance. He was warned to “not take too many” of the counterfeit drugs he was being bought and to “watch out with these” however that is very totally different than warning {that a} substance is in truth deadly or higher but not promoting all of it.”
She stated individuals have been “inserting blame” on her son for utilizing medication within the first place — or Robert due to his large platform as a well-known actor:
“I see that many individuals really feel it’s crucial to position the blame on my son for utilizing the medication, to me as his mom for being damage, shocked and offended on the sudden lack of my solely baby and even on his grandfather, whom many appear to suppose, possesses a direct connection or affect on how the U.S borders are operated. Now I do know there isn’t a solution to motive with stupidity or ignorance however I’ll say that so long as we preserve blaming the addict and particular person struggling psychological sickness we’re going to proceed to see extra of this.”
So unhappy! This isn’t Robert or Leo’s fault… and blaming the household for an accident like that is simply terrible!
Drena went on to say her son “suffered tremendously” in the course of the pandemic. She additionally reminded her followers she and her household are “solely human” and to double-think earlier than making a hateful remark:
“My son suffered tremendously via the pandemic as possibly lots of your children had however sadly dependancy took over within the final yr and finally killed him. While you resolve to touch upon individuals’s misfortune and loss no less than actually take into consideration the emotional and psychological fragility of the individuals you’re attacking on-line. We’re all human beings ultimately. Neither I, my household, nor my son requested to be public tabloid fodder for trolling that’s simply what we have now to cope with on high of a paramount loss.”
The Metropolis By The Sea alum made a degree that pointing blame on anybody isn’t serving to the state of affairs, as fentanyl “chooses who it chooses” and it “will get within the arms of too many individuals who distribute it”. Wrapping up her prolonged assertion, she prolonged her like to those that undergo, or have family members who battle, with dependancy:
“My coronary heart, prayers and alliance is with anybody who’s struggling the lack of the their baby or liked one to this nightmare of dependancy and fentanyl overdose or suicide. Hopefully the publicity his very unhappy dying has garnered will deliver consideration to a a lot larger drawback and to all the opposite lovely younger lives which might be being snuffed out manner too quickly and senselessly. I additionally hope his passing will assist deliver extra empathy, understanding and help to households and people who find themselves scuffling with psychological well being, suicide and dependancy.”
Learn Drena’s full publish (under):
Shortly after her assertion, the daughter of the A Bronx Story actor shared a candy tribute to Leandro for his birthday — he would have turned 20 on Friday. She wrote:
“You’d have been 20 yrs previous at the moment Thanks for the happiest and most profound 2 many years of my life ,little angel. I hope you’re at peace and your spirit is crammed with pleasure at the moment and all the time.”
Ch-ch-check out the candy throwback pics (under):
Simply heartbreaking. We proceed to ship love and lightweight to Drena, Robert, and the remainder of their household and family members. Might Leo relaxation in peace.
[Image via Drena De Niro/Instagram]