Victoria Jones, the daughter of Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, died of an unintentional cocaine overdose, the San Francisco chief health worker confirmed on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old’s dying was an accident brought on by the “poisonous results of cocaine,” the health worker’s workplace mentioned. She was discovered unresponsive in a room on the Fairmont Resort, recognized for its world-famous clientele, at 2:52 a.m. on New Yr’s Day.
San Francisco police confirmed on the time that officers responded to the resort for stories of a “deceased individual.” In dispatch audio obtained by TMZ, the 911 name was categorised as a “code 3″ for attainable overdose, however few different particulars have been launched.
Victoria had struggled with cocaine for years and was arrested twice final yr. She died 20 days earlier than a scheduled courtroom look for possession expenses and a proffered plea deal that might have helped her get sober if she met sure circumstances.
Tommy Lee Jones had lengthy tried to assist his daughter, certainly one of two grown kids he shares with ex-wife Kimberlea Cloughley Moser. They have been married from 1981 to 1996 and still have a son, Austin Jones, 43.
In 2023, Jones obtained non permanent conservatorship over Victoria, fearing she was susceptible to “life-threatening conduct” and frightened she may “disappear” and use her cash to prop up her dangerous life-style as an alternative of getting assist. The conservatorship ran from August by means of Dec. 18, when Jones ended it.
Victoria was an actress in her personal proper, showing in 2002’s “Males in Black II,” which additionally starred her well-known father; “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” the 2005 movie he starred in and directed, and the TV collection “One Tree Hill,” amongst different small roles.
The household has been largely mum within the weeks since her dying. Two days after she was discovered, they issued a quick assertion thanking everybody for “the entire type phrases, ideas and prayers,” whereas asking individuals to “please respect our privateness throughout this troublesome time.”
