Cameron James Pettit, one of three men charged in Mac Miller’s 2018 overdose death, has been released from federal lockup.
Pettit, 33, who allegedly sold the fentanyl-laced drugs to the rapper two days before his death, was released from California’s Federal Correctional Institution Mendota on Oct. 11, according to online inmate records. A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed his release to TMZ.
His release came just over five years after Pettit’s arrest in September 2019. He and two others, Stephen Andrew Walter and Ryan Michael Reavis, were all charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances resulting in death and distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.
Pettit at the time pleaded not guilty to selling Miller the fake oxycodone pills that led to the Grammy nominee’s overdose at age 26. The current status of his case remains unknown, though he had apparently been in custody since that 2019 arraignment, per TMZ.
Walter and Reavis meanwhile struck plea deals that saw them sentenced to 17.5 years and nearly 11 years in prison, respectively,
Prosecutors said at the time that each of the charges carried a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal custody, and potential life without parole.
Miller was found dead on his bed in September 2018. He died after consuming a lethal cocktail of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol, the Los Angeles county coroner said in its final autopsy report two months later. Miller’s death was ruled accidental.
In addition to his music career, which netted him a posthumous Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album (“Swimming”), Miller was known for his widely publicized romance with Ariana Grande. The “Wicked” star paid tribute to Miller throughout her November 2018 song, “Thank U, Next.”
News of Pettit’s release comes one day after Miller’s estate announced it will drop his previously unreleased 2014 album, “Balloonerism,” in January.
