Prince died on Thursday 21 April 2016 after an overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl, which is usually prescribed to patients who have built up a resistance to other painkillers, and the newly released warrants, executed in the days after Prince's death previous year, reveal that his home was also full of pamphlets on opioid addiction, as well as a pamphlet on how to be weaned off of drugs.
The affidavits and search warrants were unsealed in Carver County District Court as the yearlong investigation into Prince's death continues. The medical examiner's office said his death was the result of an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl. The pills that were found in various bottles throughout the home were labeled "Watson 853" (hydrocodone-amphetamine), and some were even stashed in vitamin containers, Rolling Stone claims.
The documents don't reveal answers to that question, but do provide the most details yet seen on Prince's struggle with addiction to prescription opioids in the days before he died. There are two likely possibilities: Either a pharmaceutical manufacturer mislabeled the pills, or the pills were illegally manufactured and obtained illegally.
One pill bottle, which was labeled Vitamin D, instead contained a different medication inside, according to the search warrant filed by authorities.
A Minnesota doctor is disputing that he ever prescribed opioids to Prince or to anyone else with the intent they be given to Prince.
Much of the investigation appears to focus on Kirk Johnson, a bodyguard and friend of Prince's since the "80s and, according to the investigators, "one of the few people who had unrestricted access to Paisley Park".
Speaking previously Prince's sibling Tyka Nelson said: "About three years ago he called".
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A separate document filed on June 8 concludes the initial search found "a sizable amount of narcotic medications located inside Paisley Park".
An autopsy found Prince died of fentanyl. The investigation into Prince's death remains active.
These documents reveal that Schulenberg admitted to a detective he had prescribed Prince Oxycodone the same day Prince overdosed on a jet, six days before he died.
Schulenberg's attorney, Amy Conners, says in a statement that Schulenberg didn't prescribe opioids either directly or indirectly to Prince.
According to the warrants, authorities searched his estates as well as looking through the star's mobile phone records and email accounts. The detective wrote that Prince didn't have a regular doctor, and instead saw various doctors arranged by his managers who would give him B12 injections before performances.
According to a search warrant, Schulenberg told investigators he saw Prince on April 7 and April 20, and prescribed medications for Prince to be picked up at a Walgreens pharmacy. She said she didn't question what they were. Prince never had a prescription for fentanyl, which is considered highly potent and addictive, but some of the pills tested positive for a synthetic version of the drug.
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