Rapper Lil Peep's Tragic Death Due to Dangerous Tour Management, Late Star's Mother Argues

Lil Peep's mother shared new details about the rapper's tragic death.

Following the initial filing of the wrongful death lawsuit, Lil Peep's mother, Liza Womack, submitted a 372-page document of evidence through her lawyers. One of her legal representatives revealed that the text messages sent before the hip-hop artist's death were "inculpatory" in nature.

As quoted by Complex, Womack's lawyer Paul Matiastic slammed First Access Entertainment (FAE) and Belinda Mercer's decision to conceal the information from the public records. For what it's worth, lawyers for both FAE and his tour manager asked the court to seal multiple pages of the documents.

Following the request to seal the pages, Womack's team accused the company and people involved of having a "drug-infected mismanagement" that led to the rapper's death.

This week's report allows more excerpts to be publicized in order to support Womack's wrongful death lawsuit on her son's behalf.

What Did the Texts Show?

The aforesaid texts were sent on Sep. 25, 2017. At that time, Lil Peep's final tour was about to begin. However, he was eventually found dead on his bus nearly two months later due to a reported accidental overdose.

At that time, his private messages with a then-20-year-old fan named Mariah Bons also emerged. She reportedly boasted about causing him to get high during a visit to his tour bus hours before his death.

The report alone made fans feel outraged, especially since more allegations that she gave the rapper Xanax laced with opioid Fentanyl emerged. Lil Peep reportedly did not know about what he took.

At that time, Sergeant Pete Dugan told Rolling Stone that the rapper's death prompted a criminal investigation. Fans also started an online petition to arrest Bons.

"What these documents mostly contain are exchanges that reveal FAE tour management as dangerous, discordant, inept, and engaged in conduct that contributed to [Peep]'s death," Womack's lawyers have argued, per Pitchfork.

A hearing on FAE's recent motion will happen this week.

Aside from FAE and Mercer, Womack also named FAE CEO Sarah Stennett and manager Bryant Ortega in the lawsuit. Their representatives have not released a statement yet. Still, Mercer has since denied causing the rapper's death in any way. FAE and Ortega also called the lawsuit "groundless and offensive" and "entirely baseless."