Third man charged in death of Mac Miller

Rapper Mac Miller performs in Philadelphia in 2013. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

None of the men have been directly charged with Miller’s death or have entered pleas in their cases.

Walter, who is on supervised release in a 2005 drug case, is in custody and has already been ordered to serve five months in prison for violating the terms of his release.

Prosecutors handling the case, which was first reported Thursday by celebrity website TMZ, are asking that Walter remain in custody while he awaits trial, calling him a serious flight risk.

A phone message left with his lawyer wasn’t immediately returned.

Pettit was charged in federal court on Sept. 4, and his attorney has declined to comment. Pettit is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 10.

Miller’s rhymes included frank discussion of his depression and drug use, earning him fans among some of the biggest names in hip-hop.

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The Pittsburgh native whose real name was Malcolm James Myers McCormick was also in a two-year relationship with singer Ariana Grande that ended earlier in 2018. After his death, she posted an affectionate video of him on her Instagram page and released a song, “Thank U Next,” that lovingly mentioned him.

Miller is among the musicians whose deaths have been linked in recent years to opioid abuse. Prince died in 2016 when he took counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl that looked like a generic version of the painkiller Vicodin.

Matthew Roberts, guitarist for the band 3 Doors Down, also died of an overdose in 2016 and had fentanyl and hydrocodone in his system.