Michael K. Williams’ grieving nephew rejects uncle’s death was a drug overdose and vows autopsy ‘will happen’
MICHAEL K Williams' grieving nephew has rejected claims the actor's death was a drug overdose and has vowed an autopsy "will happen."
Speaking days after his uncle's body was found, Dominic DuPont, 43, said: "I'm not going to speak about what the police are alleging."
, 54, was found unresponsive in his penthouse from a suspected drug overdose on Monday.
DuPont told : "Police have often had different views about things. Last I checked, there was not an autopsy done. And that will happen."
Dominic's wife Staci said it was "not factual" that Williams died of an overdose.
DRUG RELAPSE
A cause of death has not yet been revealed by the medical examiner.
But police said drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.
Williams after struggling with The Wire and Lovecraft Country roles in an interview just months before his death.
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Dominic Dupont has said his uncle was.
Dupont spent two decades in prison after being convicted of murder at 19 over the death of a man during a fight to protect his twin brother.
He was given a prison sentence of 25-to-life but had the last five years commuted by then-Governor in 2017.
STARRING ROLES
New York-born Williams was as Omar Little on the TV series The Wire.
He also starred on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, and the HBO telefilm biopic Bessie.
He had supporting roles in film and TV including The Road, Inherent Vice, The Night Of, Gone Baby Gone, 12 Years a Slave, When We Rise, When They See Us, and Hap and Leonard.
Williams shared a before his sudden death that showed his comedian pal Tracy Morgan saying "don’t cry for me" while discussing his near-fatal 2014 car accident.
DEATH INVESTIGATED
NYPD officials confirmed to The Sun on Monday: “Michael was found dead by a relative around 2pm today at his Kent Avenue apartment in Brooklyn.
"He was alone when he was discovered. Illegal paraphernalia was found in the apartment.
"The medical examiner is currently .”
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