Overview
- Salt Lake City police say officers responded to an overdose call at 6:14 p.m. on Feb. 23 at the Cosby family home and found Robert Cosby Jr. dead on arrival.
- Authorities have not determined a cause of death, and the death investigation remains open pending the medical examiner’s review.
- Mary Cosby confirmed her son’s death in a statement, writing that he “has been called home to the Lord,” while Bravo and executive producer Andy Cohen issued condolences.
- Robert Jr.’s struggles with addiction were documented on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, where he discussed using drugs including Xanax, cocaine, acid and MDMA.
- He was released from Salt Lake County Metro Jail earlier in February following late‑2025 guilty pleas related to assault and violating a protective order, and his estranged wife filed for divorce in November 2025.