Crime & Safety
Woman Linked To Redskins Player Died Of Fentanyl Overdose: Report
The Loudoun medical examiner reportedly ruled an accidental overdose led to the death of a woman brought to the hospital by Redskins player.
ASHBURN, VA — The medical examiner's office for Loudoun County ruled Monday that an accidental fentanyl overdose led to the death of a woman who was dropped off at the hospital by Washington Redskins safety Montae Nicholson, according to reports. Nicholson and the 21-year-old woman, Julia Crabbe, were reportedly part of a group that went out to dinner Nov. 14 before returning to Nicholson's Loudoun County home.
Nicholson and another man reportedly brought Crabbe, of Reston, to the emergency room later that night. Hospital personnel previously said that Crabbe was suffering from an apparent drug overdose when she was admitted on Nov. 14.
"The manner of death is accident and the cause of death is fentanyl intoxication," the medical examiner told FOX 5 on Monday.
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A lawyer for Nicholson said that the drugs belonged to a guest, according to WJLA. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has said that Nicholson is cooperating with the ongoing investigation into Crabbe's death, the news station reported. No charges have been filed in this case.
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