Arrests Made In Fentanyl Death Of ‘Pose’ Star Cecilia Gentili
deadline.comTwo men have been indicted for distributing the heroin and fentanyl that caused the February death of Pose star and transgender activist Cecilia Gentili.
The four-count indictment accuses Michael Kuilan, 44, of Brooklyn and Antonio Venti, 52, of West Babylon, New York, with supplying the drugs that killed Gentili on February 6.
The indictments were announced today by New York federal prosecutors. The announcement by law enforcement officials today was the first time Gentili’s cause of death was disclosed. “Cecilia Gentili, a prominent activist and leader of the New York transgender community was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn home from fentanyl-laced heroin,” said Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, in the statement. “Today, the alleged perpetrators who sold the deadly dose of drugs to Gentili have been arrested.
Fentanyl is a public health crisis. Our Office will spare no effort in the pursuit of justice for the many New Yorkers who have lost loved ones due to this lethal drug.” According to the indictment and court documents, police were called to Gentili’s Brooklyn apartment by her longtime partner on February 6.
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