Before his death, Prince abused opioid pain pills, suffered withdrawal symptoms and received at least one opioid prescription under his bodyguard's name, according to search warrants and affidavits unsealed Monday. The newly unsealed documents give the clearest picture yet of Prince's struggle with opioid painkillers. But there was a prescription for the opioid painkiller oxycodone written for Kirk Johnson, Prince's bodyguard. Dr. Michael Schulenberg, who wrote the prescription, told authorities he put the prescription in Johnson's name to protect Prince's privacy, according to a detective's affidavit. Johnson's attorney, Clayton Tyler, said Johnson "did not secure nor supply the drugs which caused Prince's death."

Source: ABC News April 17, 2017 22:07 UTC