Stephen Walter is the second suspect to be hit by the law in the course of the trial of Mac Miller, who died in 2018. A dealer who allegedly sold the US rapper pills laced with fentanyl was sentenced to 11 years in prison. A request for a lighter sentence for Walter was rejected by the court.
Mac Miller’s dealer continued to sell cut pills after the rapper’s death
In order to avoid life imprisonment, 49-year-old Stephen Walter admitted his guilt last year. In this context, he made a deal with the prosecutor’s office to receive a lighter sentence, which has now been rejected by the responsible judge Otis D. Wright. He justified this decision with the fact that Walter is said to have sold cocaine and the pills known as “blues” even after the musician’s death. To this were the words of the judge:
“The court decided not to accept this agreement. If you want, you can withdraw your guilty plea and go to court (…) I might as well put it in a nutshell, okay. If you continue to engage in these activities, even after you’ve killed someone, I have a hard time not following the guidelines.”
Stephen Walter described himself in court as ignorant
Walter, who worked as a dog groomer before his criminal activities, appeared remorseful after the verdict and apologized to the family of the late Miller, whose real name was Malcolm McCormick. At the same time, however, he emphasized that until his arrest he did not know that he was responsible for the musician’s death. He said in court: “I’m not the type of person who wants to hurt someone. That’s not me. That I continued to behave in this way after I knew there had been a death – as written here – is not true, Your Honor.” The judge’s response to this statement was prompt: “No one can prove what you knew and when you knew it, but it was certainly after the event.”
Stephen Walter is the first in a line of suspects alleged to have provided Mac Miller with the deadly pills. In second place is Ryan Reavis, 39, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison last month. The direct deliverer is said to be a 30-year-old man named Cameron Petit. The verdict against Petit is still pending.
Most recently, Mac Miller released the posthumous album CIRCLES, which was released in January 2020.