Cameron James Pettit is an American citizen who has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of rapper Mac Miller. Miller died of accidental drug overdose due to "mixed drug toxicity" of fentanyl, alcohol, and cocaine on 7 September 2018.  He has also been charged with distribution of a controlled substance, a drug trafficking.

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What is Cameron James Pettit Famous For?

• Arrested and charged in connection with the death of rapper Mac Miller. 

Where was Cameron James Pettit Born?

Cameron James Pettit was born in 1991. His birth place is in Granite Bay, California in the United States. He holds American nationality. Information about his parents, siblings, education, and early life will be updated soon.

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See Full Bio on late rapper, Mac Miller.

Death of Rapper

Rapper Mac Miller died of an accidental drug overdose on 7 September 2018. He was found unresponsive in his Studio City home and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy confirmed his death due to combination fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol.

Arrest, Charge, Trial

Almost a year later on 4 September 2018, Cameron James Pettit was arrested in connection with the death of the rapper. Pettit was charged with distribution of controlled substance for allegedly supplying Miller with counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl two days before his death. 

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Following a series of investigations, numerous text messages between Miller and Pettit was obtained. They also obtained text messages between Miller and Pettit's associate, Johansson.

Part of their conversation:

MILLER: All good. You don’t have lean do u?

MILLER: percs?

PETTIT: I got some dilaudid 2s but that’s about it

PETTIT: I could get yellows and blues tho

MILLER: blues as far as percs?

PETTIT: Yeah 30s

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MILLER: those are my shitttts man

MILLER: when can u get em?

PETTIT: Probably in an hour or 2

PETTIT: They are 30 ea

MILLER: any chance I could get 10 of those bars and a ball?

PETTIT: yeah forsure

PETTIT: I will get back when I’m about to pick them up

The messages continue for a while after that. You can read the full conversation on page 10 of the court papers.

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According to the court documents, a prostitute named Karla Amador, later turned adult film actress, delivered the drugs to Miller on 5 September 2018 and spent hours with Miller, as Miller paid around $3,000 for her. 

Appearing in Los Angeles federal court on 4 September 2019, he was ordered to be detained without bond pending his trial. 

Early Life, Profession

Pettit is an Executive chef by profession. He worked as the executive chef a the Sayers Club, prior to his arrest in Miller's death connection. Previously he worked as an executive chef at SimpleFoods.

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Pettit has already faced two prior arrests, back in 2010, in Placer County, California, where he grew up. He was previously arrested in January 2010 and charged with false identification to a peace officer, possession of a switch-blade knife and felony possession of a designated controlled substance. He served 30 days in jail and three years of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor drug charges. 

He was once again arrested in April 2010 for petty theft and brandishing a replica gun. He pleaded no contest to both charges and was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 3 years of probation.