‘Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison speaks out after tragic update in son’s death
New revelations have emerged regarding the tragic passing of Adam Harrison, the son of Pawn Stars star Rick Harrison, shedding light on the circumstances surrounding his death.
Adam, 39, tragically passed away on January 19, as confirmed by his representative, Laura Herlovich to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. His father, Rick, has since disclosed that Adam died of a fentanyl overdose.
The Harrison family devastated by Adam’s death
As previously reported, the Harrison family has been grieving Adam’s sudden loss, and Herlovich shared a brief statement on their behalf, saying: “Our family is extremely saddened by the death of Adam. We ask for privacy as we grieve his loss.”
Adam was Rick Harrison’s second child from his first marriage to Kim, making him the younger brother of Corey Harrison. Rick later remarried Tracy, with whom he shares a son named Jake.
While Adam did not appear on the popular unscripted series Pawn Stars, which features both Rick and Corey, he reportedly worked at the family’s business, Gold & Silver Pawn, before the show premiered in 2009. However, he had not been actively involved in the pawn shop in recent times
Rick hits out at “complicit” politicians
Talking to Fox News recently, 58-year-old Rick hit out at politicians for being “complicit” regarding rising fentanyl-related deaths across the country.
“There’s so many different places you have to start at, all at once, but one of the major ones is get the d**n stuff out of the country and stop making it so cheap to get high,” he said.
The TV star then added: “My understanding is it’s like $5 to buy a fentanyl pill. Anybody can afford it. I mean, make it difficult. Let’s start arresting the people selling it, arresting the people bringing it over the border, close down the border, make it really expensive. Let’s make a fentanyl death rare.”
Rick continued: “It’s insane because they’re letting it happen. They’re literally letting it happen. They’re not doing anything about it. So they’re complicit in all these deaths.”
A shocking update
According to a heavily redacted incident report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (which was obtained by The New York Post), Adam had spent approximately three months in jail before relocating to the guesthouse, where he had been living for two weeks before his death.
Alarming accounts from a woman residing in a nearby RV indicated that Adam had displayed concerning behavior, such as barricading himself inside the guesthouse.
The report also stated: “His conversations were often lacking sound reasoning and mental clarity.”
The woman alleged that Adam had given himself black eyes after learning that a person (whose name was redacted in the report) had a new boyfriend. “He did not want to beat up the new boyfriend so he beat up himself,” the documents stated.
The last confirmed sighting of Adam was on January 17, with concerns escalating when he failed to respond to attempts to contact him the following day. A woman renting the main house became worried after receiving a message from Adam via Facebook Messenger claiming that he felt sick and would be quarantining.
On January 19, after notifying the landlord, Adam was discovered unresponsive in the guesthouse. The authorities were alerted, and the scene revealed evidence of Adam’s history of substance abuse, including alcohol, opioids, and fentanyl. Two vials of an undisclosed substance, along with various drug paraphernalia, were found near the mattress.
