The death of Robert De Niro’s 19-year-old grandson, Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, deeply shook Hollywood and devastated the private De Niro family. Leandro was found unresponsive in his new Lower Manhattan apartment on July 2, 2023, just days after moving in to start a Broadway theater internship. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Federal investigators later arrested five men — Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, Grant McIver, John Nicolas, and Roy Nicolas — accusing them of running a drug-selling ring targeting teens and young adults across New York City and Long Island through social media.
