why lil peep deserves justice and the details of his mother’s case because so many of you are misinformed; a thread
on november 15th 2017, lil peep was found dead on his tour bus before his show in tucson, arizona. at the time of his death, he was touring for his debut album and he passed away before the last but one date. it was supposed to conclude in santa ana on the 16th.
according to the police report, peep overdosed on “street drugs from an unknown source.” the toxicology report states that the cause of death was an accidental overdose of the drug fentanyl.
the origin of the drugs that killed peep is still unknown but there is evidence that, on behalf of peep’s management company first access entertainment, his managers were regularly supplying him with drugs. in late 2019, peep’s mother liza filed a lawsuit against them.
the lawsuit in question was filed for negligence, breach of contract and wrongful death, among other charges. it was filed against first access, the hyv (peep’s merch company and first access sister company), member of his mgmt team chase ortega and another member belinda mercer
one of the claims is that his management pushed him “onto stage after stage in city after city, plying and propping him up” with illegal drugs and unprescribed medication.
here are examples of peep’s management team behaving in ways described in the lawsuit:
exhibit a) in early 2017, sarah stennett, CEO of first access entertainment, allegedly gifted peep a “bottle of pills” at a dinner.
exhibit b) august 16 2017. chase ortega texted peep to tell him that stennett was on her way to NYC and had xanax for him. later that day, she texted to tell peep she was at the airport and the pills were ready for him to pick up. these messages were all found on peep’s phone.
exhibit c) multiple accounts suggest that tour manager belinda mercer, after being signed to the COWYS tour (the tour on which peep died) at the north american leg, bought and supplied peep and his affiliates with xanax and ketamine.
mackned, a member of the collective GBC and a friend of peep, claimed that mercer used drugs to “get people on tour to do what she needed.” he stated that “she’s kind of a pimp. she kept us in line with drugs and we were like her hoes.”
october 22 2017. peep texted mercer simply: “ket.” she responded: “don’t have any left. it’s coming in the morning.” later that day, she texted him “how many blue?” and he responded “perc! plz.” again, these were all found on his phone.
evidence suggests that mercer paid for the drugs she bought for peep and others on the tour via venmo. the illegal transactions were listed suspiciously as “bus maintenance” and “bus restock” and were paid for by her, on behalf of first access.
these drugs were bought from riley fatch, who was later hounded by the DEA and died in may 2019. he did not supply the drugs that killed peep. being mercer’s dealer is the only connection he has to this case.
some people have suggested that mercer in fact had a sexual relationship with peep. tour manager steve paul said that “she was trying to make an impression. it was like ‘this girl’s a bit too close, she’s trying too hard to win him over.’” he claims he didnt know about the drugs.
october 25 2017. the tour bus arrived at the canadian border and everyone on board was told to exit. peep had no drugs on his person. mercer was separated from the others and interrogated by officers for hours.
peep texted his girlfriend at the time, arzaylea, to tell her he had been at the border for hours and believed mercer had been arrested. eventually, the bus was allowed to cross into canada with everyone except mercer. she was later released and rejoined the tour again that night
november 14 2017. peep was set to play his el paso show, ultimately the last show he ever played, but he was angry about a number of things. the stage was too small to fit his set and the venue was too small for the fans. he was also physically and mentally exhausted, and sick.
this is a now deleted instagram post he made that day before the show
november 14 was the last time he spoke to his mom, complaining to her about the venue. somebody on the tour suggested to peep that he should take a number of pills, get sick and insurance would cover the cost of cancellation.
peep did in fact take multiple pills and posted a video of it to his instagram. note the date. he ended up playing the show anyway.
november 15 2017. the bus arrived in tucson and, by the afternoon, peep was outside meeting and chatting with fans. here are pictures from that day.
this was when peep met mariah bons. she was the fan who was initially accused of “killing” peep, causing an online witch hunt. this has since been proven false. that day, she went to meet peep with nick dowd. the pair were invited to smoke weed on the bus with peep.
they chilled for a while and peep played them some unreleased songs. according to dowd, peep began to “nod off” mid-conversation, which alarmed them. peep apologised to the pair and told them that he had taken “60mg of roxi” before they arrived.
he nodded off again and this time couldn’t be woken up. around this time, dowd filmed a video. i won’t share it out of respect but in it peep can be sitting upright with his head back. dowd and bons claimed they told those on the bus about peep’s state and to check on him.
bexey, who had been on a shopping trip, returned to find peep snoring. multiple people on the bus also claimed to have heard this “snoring” previously. it in fact was likely him overdosing.
bexey filmed a video of peep, in which he can be seen sitting in the same position he had been in that afternoon with dowd. mercer and others stated that they saw peep looked “alarmingly unwell” but did not seek help.
about 8:45pm, tour manager steve paul went to wake peep up for that night’s show. he could not be woken up. paul phoned 911 and it was announced that the show was cancelled. peep had died.
some more info you need to know about sarah stennett: she is notorious amongst artists she has worked with for her history. iggy is just one of them.
she also, according to peep’s family, crashed their thanksgiving just after peep’s death. as you can imagine, that was an awful time for them and they would have been having a quiet and sad meal as a family. she stayed for a long time and made it all about her.
another person included in the suit is chase ortega. he was a member of peep’s mgmt team and owned his merch company. after peep’s death was announced, he tweeted this.
whilst he was alive, peep sold his merch via chase’s company, the hyv. the company continues to sell peep merch and has paid nothing to peep’s estate (his mother) since that which was owed up through last september.
also mentioned in the suit is a show peep performed in may 2017 in LA on the “peep show tour” in which he was “barely able to communicate, let alone perform, due to his use of drugs.” he spent the opening of the show stumbling about the stage and muttering the words.
his management did not intervene in this situation and allowed peep to perform the show, even though it was “discussed” that they cancel. it’s just another example of their negligence.
peep’s mother’s case goes to trial in april 2021. this is an important case, not just for peep getting justice, but also for the number of drug related deaths that occur amongst young artists in the entertainment industry. the treatment is horrific.
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