Porn star Sophia Leone dead at 26, family ‘seeking justice’
Adult film star Sophia Leone has been found dead in suspicious circumstances, with police confirming they are investigating the incident as a “homicide”.
Adult film star Sophia Leone has died after she was found “unresponsive” in her New Mexico apartment on March 1 as police investigate her cause of death, according to family.
She was 26 years old.
“Sophia was a beloved Daughter, Sister, granddaughter, Niece, and Friend,” Leone’s stepfather Mike Romero wrote on a GoFundMe page, set up to honour the actress.
“She had a deep love for all animals, specifically her 3 pets. She enjoyed travelling and always found ways to make everyone around her smile.”
The Los Angeles-based modelling agency, 101 Modeling, which handles some of Leone’s bookings, said that the adult film star’s death was being investigated as a “robbery and homicide”, The NY Post reports.
“To be clear, Sophia death is being investigated as a robbery and homicide,” @101modelinginc wrote on X Saturday.
Romero also noted on her GoFundMe page that the family was “Seeking Justice for Sophia.”
The Post has reached out to the Albuquerque police for comment.
Brian Berke, who runs Leone’s Florida-based agency, AMA Modeling, expressed his heartbreak over Leone’s death
“At 18 years old you started with me at AMA and now at 26 I have to say goodbye,” Berke wrote on X.
“We had such an Amazing Bond. Always reminding each other how much we cared. I was supposed to be your guardian angel. A piece of me is gone. I love you, Sophia.”
The Miami-born porn star broke into the industry in 2014 and has starred in over 80 films, her IMDb page shows.
“I’m speechless & heartbroken I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” Adult film star Gina Valentine wrote on X.
“I can’t understand why you out of all people .. and I can only hope you we’re strong and brave your last moments here .. I pray that you weren’t in pain.”
“REST IN PEACE SOPHIA LEON,” wrote adult film actress Valeri Casteele. “You were so so kind to me just one of the most all around absolutely stunning people with a beautiful heart. we will miss you so dearly.”
The news of Leone’s death comes days after it was reported that fellow Porn Star Emily Willis is “fighting for her life” after being found unresponsive at a rehab facility in Malibu, where she was being treated for addiction.
The 25-year-old adult film actress, real name Litzy Lara Banulos, had been at the celebrity rehab centre for eight days when she suffered cardiac arrest on Feb. 5, her stepdad, Michael Willis.
It is reported that she is currently in a “vegetative coma”.
Although her condition has stabilised, the family is bracing for the worst, her stepdad said.
This article originally appeared in The NY Post and was reproduced with permission.
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