A man who sold the drugs that killed Mac Miller has pleaded guilty.
TMZ and XXL Magazine have both cited court documents that have been filed with the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.
The rapper died in September 2018 from an accidental overdose of counterfeit, fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills.
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Stephen Andrew Walter was accused of giving the 26-year-old the substance through two other dealers. He was charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl, which is a schedule two narcotic drug controlled substance.
The maximum sentence for the charge is 20 years behind bars.
Prosecutors have asked the courts for Walter to be sentenced to 17 years in prison and five years of supervised release.
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TMZ reports 'prosecutors make a point to say that Walter pleading guilty here means he was fully aware of what he was pawning off that night - counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl'.
Two other people, Ryan Michael Reavis and Cameron James Pettit, have also been charged over Mac Miller's death.
Walter is accused of telling Reavis 'to sell fentanyl to Pettit in the form of counterfeit oxycodone pills', according to XXL Magazine, and prosecutors allege Walter knew they were potentially deadly.
Pettit then reportedly gave the drugs to Miller.
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The 26-year-old star's autopsy revealed he had alcohol, cocaine and fentanyl in his system at the time of his death.
In a 12-page grand jury indictment, Reavis sent a text message highlighting his concern about the pills they were supplying and whether they would get caught by undercover cops.
The message allegedly said: "People have been dying from fake blues left and right.
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"You better believe law enforcement is using informant informants and undercover to buy them on the street so they can start putting ppl in prison for life for selling fake pills."
Pettit and Reavis were arrested separately in September 2019 and the following month prosecutors charged them and Walter in relation to Mac Miller's death.
US Attorney Nick Hanna said after the three were charged that they continued to sell the dangerous drugs 'with full knowledge of the risk of their products'.
"It has become increasingly common for us to see drug dealers peddling counterfeit pharmaceuticals made with fentanyl. As a consequence, fentanyl is now the number one cause of overdose deaths in the United States," Hanna said.
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