Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner released a full autopsy that attributes Clarke’s death to the effects of heroin and cocaine, classifies the manner as accidental, and notes the death was discovered on May 11.
- Toxicology detected heroin, cocaine, morphine, oxycodone and several other prescription drugs plus mitragynine, the active compound in kratom, with the report listing the combined effects of prescriptions as contributory.
- Investigators and first responders documented vape devices, cannabis products, syringes, injectable peptides, blister packs of medications, a box of Narcan and a plate with an unknown white powder at Clarke’s Woodland Hills residence, and they reported no apparent signs of foul play.
- Weeks before his death Clarke was arrested in Cross County, Arkansas after a high‑speed chase and was found with more than 230 grams of kratom in his vehicle, a case that remained pending when the autopsy was released.
- His agent says Clarke’s contract was protected by life insurance and the remaining $12.5 million is expected to be paid through that policy; an amended death certificate shows he was cremated on May 21 and his remains are with his mother.