The judge will either accept or reject it. 'It's a binding plea agreement for 17 years. 'The new charge takes out the death allegation,' Walter's lawyer William S. Instead, he will spend 17 years in prison, with an additional three years of supervised release, according to court documents seen by the BBC. If Walter's plea deal is accepted, he will avoid that trial - which involved more serious charges including fentanyl distribution resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance resulting in death. contained fentanyl or some other federally controlled substance,' it adds.Īll three men were arrested and charged in connection with Miller's death, and a trial was scheduled to begin on 16 November. However, he 'knowingly and intentionally' directed a second man to distribute fentanyl in the form of counterfeit oxycodone pills to Miller's dealer, Cameron James Pettit. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.Īccording to the plea deal filed in Los Angeles, Walter, 48, did not directly supply the pills to Miller. The same assistant found him dead in his bedroom the following morning. The rapper, who was open about his struggles with addiction, was last seen alive by his assistant at about 22:30 on 6 September, 2018. His death was ruled an accidental overdose, from a combination of fentanyl, alcohol and cocaine. Miller died in 2018 after snorting the painkiller, investigators said. Stephen Walter will plead guilty to his part in supplying the star with fentanyl, a potent painkiller said to be 50 times more potent than heroin. One of the three men charged in connection with rapper Mac Miller's fatal overdose has agreed to plea guilty and accept a 17-year prison sentence.

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