Julia Roberts, Adik Tirinya Tewas Diduga Overdosis
Julia Roberts`s Half Sister Nancy Motes Found Dead
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Los Angeles (B2B) - Adik tiri dari aktris Julia Roberts meninggal dunia. Nancy Motes (37) diperkirakan tewas akibat overdosis, kata kantor County Coroner Los Angeles.
Dia ditemukan tidak bernyawa di dalam bathtub berisi penuh air di sebuah kediaman di Los Angeles, Minggu.
Obat-obat resep ditemukan di kediaman yang bukan merupakan rumah Motes. Juru bicara County Coroner Kapten John Kades mengatakan beragam kemungkinan masih diselidiki, termasuk overdosis yang tidak disengaja atau bunuh diri. Dia menambahkan ada indikasi bahwa pesan bunuh diri ditemukan di rumah tersebut, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Jasadnya diautopsi pada Senin waktu setempat, namun hasil yang menunjukkan penyebab kematiannya baru bisa diketahui dalam waktu 8--10 pekan.
Motes adalah saudara seibu dari Julia Roberts dan saudaranya yang juga aktor, Eric Roberts.
Julia Roberts (46) yang dinominasikan sebagai aktris pendukung terbaik Oscar untuk perannya di "August: Osage Country" tidak hadir di acara pertemuan makan siang para nomini Oscar yang diadakan oleh the Academy of Motion Picture Ars & Science, Senin.
Dalam sebuah pernyataan di majalah People, keluarga Roberts menyatakan mereka "terkejut dan terpukul" dengan kabar kematiannya.
Los Angeles - The half sister of Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts died from a possible drug overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner´s office said on Monday.
Nancy Motes, 37, was found dead in a bathtub full of water at a Los Angeles residence on Sunday, L.A. County Coroner spokesman Captain John Kades said.
Prescription drugs were found at the residence, which was not Motes´s home. Kades said nothing has been ruled out, including an accidental drug overdose or a suicidal overdose. He added that indications of a suicide note had been found at the residence.
An autopsy for Motes was scheduled for Monday, but an actual cause of death may take as long as 8 to 10 weeks to be determined, pending a toxicology report.
Motes is the half sister of Oscar-winner Roberts and her brother, Eric Roberts, also an actor. She was born to their mother.
Julia Roberts, 46, who is currently nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in "August: Osage County," did not appear at the Oscar nominees luncheon hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Monday.
In a statement to People magazine, the Roberts family said they were "shocked and devastated" by Motes´s death.
