Addiction doc planned to meet with Prince
A Minneapolis attorney said Wednesday that Prince had arranged to meet with a California doctor who specializes in addiction treatment the day before he died. Attorney William Mauzy said the doctor, Howard Kornfeld, had never met or spoken to Prince before the singer’s representatives reached out to him April 20. Mauzy, confirming details first reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, said Ko rn feld wasn’ t able to travel immediately to Minnesota, so arranged for his son Andrew to go instead.
Mauzy also said he arranged for a Minnesota doctor to evaluate Prince and that the doctor had cleared his schedule for the following morning. But Prince was found unresponsive that morning at his Paisley Park studio complex, and itwas Andrew Kornfeld, whowas among three people to find him, who dialed 911, the attorney said.
Mauzy said Andrew Kornfeld was carrying a small amount of buprenorphine, which Howard Kornfeld says on hiswebsite is a treatment option for patients with addiction issues that offers pain relief with less possibility of overdose and addiction. But Mauzy said Andrew Kornfeld never intended to give the medication to Prince, but rather planned to give it to the Minnesota doctor whowas scheduled to see Prince.
A lawenforcement official briefed on the investigation has told AP that investigators are looking into whether Prince died froman overdose.
Mauzy said Prince representatives told Howard Kornfeld that the singer was “dealing with a grave medical emergency.”