Overview

• Floyd County deputies took the 33-year-old former MTV star into custody on July 7 and she remains held without bond at the county jail.
• Court documents allege Purvis intentionally supplied “Tranq,” a combination of fentanyl and xylazine, that caused chef John Mark Harris’s overdose death on February 17.
• Authorities say Harris was found unresponsive in his Rome home surrounded by drug paraphernalia and that evidence ties Purvis to the fatal mixture.
• Her arrest follows the June 2 death of her 16-year-old son, Weston Jr., whose passing was recorded as natural causes after an autopsy.
• The case highlights growing nationwide enforcement against synthetic opioid combinations as prosecutors prepare for upcoming hearings.