Aaron Carter’s son, Prince, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the late pop star’s doctor and pharmacy.
The lawsuit — filed by Aaron Carter’s ex-fiancée Melanie Martin on behalf of their son, 23 months — alleges doctors prescribed the singer hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazolam without “medical justification,” according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
The lawsuit also alleges that doctors and pharmacies, including Walgreens, were aware of Carter’s “mental health and psychiatric condition” — and yet prescribed him inconsistent amounts of medication, leading to his death last November.
Martin, who is suing for damages, had no comment.
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The “I Want Candy” singer was found dead in his bathtub at his California home. He died weeks before Prince’s first birthday.
Carter died of accidental drowning after inhaling difluoroethane and taking alprazolam on Nov. 5, 2022, the Los Angeles County coroner said in April. He was 34 years old.
At the time, Martin told TMZ that his official cause of death was “not incarceration to me.”
“It is claimed that the death was by drowning, but it is also added that he was wearing a T-shirt and a necklace in the bathtub, which makes no sense, why would he be in the bathtub with his clothes on?” she told the outlet. “I’m still in shock and I still miss Aaron every day. I don’t understand the chain of events and this report just makes us ask more questions.”
Melanie Martin and Aaron Carter. Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images
The autopsy report, obtained by PEOPLE, states that Carter was “incapacitated while in the bathtub” while the drugs took effect, slipped below the surface of the water and eventually drowned.
Difluoroethane is a gas often used in compressed air cans, which can be blown to produce a high, while alprazolam is the generic form of the brand name Xanax.
Earlier this month, his twin sister Angel Carter revealed her brother’s memorial site in an Instagram post, encouraging fans to visit the site nearly a year after the singer’s death.
“Aaron’s portrait was placed on Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills this morning,” Angel captioned a photo of Aaron’s memorial. “He adored his fans and I know how much this would mean to him to have a final resting place where we could all celebrate his life.”
She added: “I invite you to visit, share your memories and never forget who Aaron was deep down. 🤍🕊.”
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Angel confirmed to PEOPLE in July that Aaron’s ashes had been laid to rest. She described adjusting to his death as an “out of body experience” as she said she kept his ashes in her home before his memorial service.
“Losing a twin, it’s an out-of-body experience. He’s a part of me,” she told PEOPLE. “When he died, I felt like, ‘I have to bring him home and protect him.’ ‘ It was my last way to protect him.”
Angel continued, “I can’t believe anyone else won’t take advantage of it. So, at the time, it was my last act of love.”
Back in August, Angel also opened up to PEOPLE about her brother’s death while talking about her family’s ordeal with addiction, stemming from her parents’ alcohol abuse while their children were growing up and spiraling when “fame and money took over” when are brothers Nick and Aaron achieved early success.
Angel said sister Leslie’s death from a drug overdose in 2012 made things worse for Aaron. “I always felt it was the beginning of the end,” she recalled to PEOPLE. “Aaron was already in a bad place. I was just waiting for him to snap out of it. But it never did.”
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