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No Evidence of Foul Play in Casey Johnson Death

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 5th 2010 06:54AM

Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson was pronounced dead Monday morning at the age of 30. Early reports suggest that Johnson, who was said to be engaged to reality star Tila Tequila, died of natural causes.

LAPD spokesperson Sara Faden tells Usmagazine.com, "At this point ... there was no evidence of foul play. The coroner's office will now take over the investigation and conduct their toxicology screenings."

"The Johnson family is mourning its tragic loss, and asks for privacy during this very difficult time," said a rep for the Johnson family. Casey is survived by family members including her father, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, and a three-year-old daughter, Ava. Johnson adopted the little girl in Kazakhstan in 2007 and was in a protracted battle with her mother, Sale Johnson, for custody of her.

Johnson had battled publicly with substance abuse for years and Tequila reportedly believes she may have died from a prescription drug overdose. She was also a diabetic and, according to TMZ, had been hospitalized at least once in the past year after falling into a diabetic coma.

She also had several run-ins with ex-girlfriends. In November, Johnson was arrested for grand theft after she allegedly stole a handful of items -- including lingerie, jewelry and electronics -- from a former flame. In January 2009, she got into a heated argument with Yahoo socialite Courtenay Semel. Shockingly, a Page Six source alleged Semel lit Johnson's hair on fire. Semel, who has also dated Tequila, later denied the hair-torching reports.

Friends of the heiress have also commented on her untimely death. Paris Hilton posted on Twitter Monday night: "I feel so sad right now, my heart is in pain. Just lost a longtime friend. My heart goes out to her family. R.I.P. Casey Johnson Love you ... In bed crying, looking at baby pictures of Casey, Nicky and I. I feel so upset. I feel like I've lost a sister. My heart is broken. Miss her."

Tequila confirmed the news of Johnson's death earlier in the evening with a post on Twitter, saying "R.I.P. my Angel ... we will Marry when I see U in Heaven."

PopEater's Rob Shuter, who knew Johnson, says he last saw her eight months ago, and that "she was a lost little girl who just wanted to be loved. Unlike Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, who have found happiness, Casey always seemed a troubled soul."

Shuter says that Johnson "had a difficult relationship with her family's huge wealth -- loving the life it gave her but making everything she did feel worthless. She had the 'why bother' attitude. Nothing she ever did could live up to what her family had done. She once described her family money as the 'golden handcuffs,' which made me really sad. She was the ultimate little lost rich girl."

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Casey Johnson Snapshots

Casey Johnson attends the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release "Malice N Wonderland" party at Vanguard on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California.

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Casey Johnson Snapshots

(L-R) Socialite Casey Johnson and TV personality Tila Tequila arrive at the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg 10th Album Release at Vanguard on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Famous Stars And Straps 10th Anniversary And Snoop Dogg 10th Album Release Vanguard Hollywood, CA United States December 8, 2009 Photo by Michael Kovac/FilmMagic.com To license this image (59104907), contact FilmMagic.com

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Socialite Casey Johnson and TV personality Tila Tequila attend the party to celebrate Famous Stars & Straps 10-year anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th Album Release "Malice N Wonderland" at Vanguard on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Party to Celebrate Famous Stars & Straps 10-Year Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th Album Release "Malice N Wonderland" Vanguard Hollywood, CA United States December 8, 2009 Photo by Michael Buckner/WireImage.com To license this image (59104299), contact WireImage.com

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HOLLYWOOD - DECEMBER 08: Casey Johnson attends the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release "Malice N Wonderland" party at Vanguard on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Casey Johnson

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HOLLYWOOD - DECEMBER 08: Tila Tequila (R) and Casey Johnson (L) attend the Famous Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release "Malice N Wonderland" party at Vanguard on December 8, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tila Tequila;Casey Johnson

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Tuesday 05 January

By xenophon

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So, she was going to "marry" this piece of walking STD Tila Tequila, huh? I guess we are to believe that little miss claptrap wasn't in it for the money, either, huh? I guess little miss johnson and johnson found out the hard way not to mess with mother nature. Little perv.

Tuesday 05 January

By Billy Bob

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The problem with some of these rich "socialites" and people of privelege is they don't have the brains they were born with. They have killed their brain cells with alcohol and drugs. Their perverted life style makes them feel good for a while, but deep down inside they are rotting and stinking.

Tuesday 05 January

By memberthis

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ick.....just plain icky and sad all the way around......

Tuesday 05 January

By miss millie

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What a mess. This whole story is just bizarre. Wasn't Tila just beaten up by some football player a few months ago? And didn't she just post recently that she was a surrogate for her brother? Or am I just getting all these idiots confused??

Tuesday 05 January

By sharon

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Whole thing is sad. Sad there was a person with no self esteem and a family that didn't see fit to acknowledge it and probably never will. Sad there are judgemental, self-important bigots who use the name of religion to make themselves feel righteous when they are the blight on earth. It's a cycle that has been going and going.

Tuesday 05 January

By Rickyrab

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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven...

...teeheehee

Tuesday 05 January

By Donna

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Gay marriages in heaven? I don't know? But I do know that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," and I believe in a loving, forgiving God. I believe heaven to be the place where you are eternally happy and at peace. I also believe John 3:15 that "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that who soever believes in him shall have ever lasting life." If murderers can go to heaven, why not gays?

Tuesday 05 January

By rockabore

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Thank you Donna, I think that's a pretty good statement because unlike the other people claiming to know what God considers just. Seriously it appears as if some of you think that being gay is the same as being a murderer when in reality we're the same as any othr group of people.

Tuesday 05 January

By Erika

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I do not know how anyone with even a little bit of intelligence cannot understand that the Bible was clearly written by man. I suppose ignorance is bliss as they say. May she rest in peace.

Tuesday 05 January

By Pat

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This Johnson & Johnson girl looks a mess, her hair is just a awful rats nest and her makeup is messed up too, in those pic's above she looks like she's high on something...such a shame. All that money and she messed up her life like that, she looks like she was a pretty girl if she washed her face. How many of us would have loved to have just a small portion of her money to LIVE our life, to keep the roof's over some of our heads, to buy medication that some of us need, to buy food that so many of use need, and she blows it on drugs, booz and parties!

Tuesday 05 January

By borisbadenovisback

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If the rest of the Johnson family were normal, this death would at least give Ava the chance to grow up in a normal home. Obviuously, wealth alone is not enough. This dysfunctional family helped to form this pathetic, drug-addled lesbian. Personally, I think Ava should be sent back to Kazakhstan where she might have a much better chance to grow up normal and be happy.

Tuesday 05 January

By bob

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Please stop with all this bible bull S**T! Your making my hair hurt. This was nothing more than a drug soaked bimbo with too much money and too little brains. Who the hell cares

Tuesday 05 January

By kona_boy_93

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boo frickin hoo .. poor little rich girl couldnt handle her familys wealth ... my heart bleeds ... NOT! give me a frickin break ... LOSER !

Tuesday 05 January

By Laughing Lady

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Every day there's a new story about someone young in the limelight who passed away. What's going on? Maybe they got their hands on a bad batch of something.

Tuesday 05 January

By deeknh

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Can someone extend condolences to this poor family who struggled as much as this beautiful girl did. When you loe a child it is devastating. To cast PC aspersions is merely a travesty and reflection of a weak individual.

Tuesday 05 January

By sueram002

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Who ARE these people?

Tuesday 05 January

By ness

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What the hell is wrong with her face??

Tuesday 05 January

By kjm20005

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I agree with your post 100%, but I don't get how yours is highest rank and others stating she is going to hell which are listed as lowest rank, but when you look deeper the posts are saying similar things, she is a skank, trash ho and one that is not going to have a blasphemous lesbian wedding right in front of God in Heaven just to insult Him.

Tuesday 05 January

By tammy

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oh my gosh how dare you people get on here and debate whether or not casey is in heaven due to her sexual orientation. YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME FRIGGIN SICK!!! my son was killed recently in a car accident at the age of 25 and I can tell you for you people to do this to her family is disgusting enough that YOU will all rot in hell! You will never even be able to fathom what her parents are going through, you probably could not even survive it to tell you the truth because its that bad. If anyone ever tried to tell me my son was in hell now they would find out real quick what happens to us when we die because I would kill them! You are a bunch of sickos all of you!!! Oh and both my son and I are straight so dont even try to say we are sticking up for homosexuals because we are gay, I am not I am just a person who cares about my fellow humans on this earth and I am a grieving parent whos life has been destroyed.

Tuesday 05 January

By kjm20005

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If you even know the Bible as much as a 3 year old Christian child, then you should know the answer to your question. Her sexual immorality is an abomination (Obamanation) to the Lord God.

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