NEW YORK — Robert De Niro’s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died of a fentanyl overdose after buying laced pills, according to his mother.
Drena De Niro, the adopted daughter of the actor and his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, announced De Niro Rodriguez, 19, had died Monday, a day after his body was found at an apartment in the Financial District.
Police sources and a doorman told the Daily News that cocaine and prescription pills were found strewn around the short-term rental. Investigators are now trying to determine if any of those drugs were spiked with fentanyl and if others are in danger of the same fate if a larger batch is circulating through the city.
