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Mac Miller Drug Dealer Released From Federal Prison After Five Years

Cameron James Pettit, charged in connection with the rapper's 2018 overdose death, was released in October, while the status of his case remains unclear.

Overview

  • Cameron James Pettit, one of three men charged in the 2018 overdose death of Mac Miller, was released from Federal Correctional Institution Mendota on October 11, 2024.
  • Pettit was arrested in 2019 and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to distribute controlled substances resulting in death and distributing fentanyl resulting in death.
  • Co-defendants Stephen Walter and Ryan Reavis accepted plea deals and were sentenced to 17.5 years and nearly 11 years in prison, respectively.
  • Mac Miller, born Malcolm James McCormick, was found dead in September 2018 from a lethal combination of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol, which was ruled an accidental overdose.
  • The release of Pettit coincides with the announcement of Miller's posthumous album, 'Balloonerism,' set to debut in January 2025, featuring unreleased work from 2014.