George Michael was on methadone, cousin reveals (2024)

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George Michael was given heroin substitutemethadone in the lead-up to his death, his childhood friend has claimed.

Andros Georgiou fears the pop icon, 53, died as a result of being given the drug while also on anti-depressants, psychoactive drug GHB and alcohol.

Adros, 55, also claims George was given methadone by an associate to 'calm his nerves' — two days before he was found dead at his home in Oxfordshire on Christmas Day 2016.

He also said the star then asked the friend for more pills, which were taken by taxi and disguised as a Christmas present, to his home.

Andros Georgiou grew up with the Wham! singer and the pair were so close they referred to each other as 'cousins'.

He told the BBC shortly after his death that 'hard drugs had been back in his life', adding crack cocaine was one of his favourites.

He has always maintained that George's death was an accident and not a suicide and hasaccused the singer's boyfriend Fadi Fawaz of holding up the release of the will by threatening to tell secrets of his life.

Talking about the singer's final days, Andros told the Sun on Sunday: 'George went to see someone, who he knew as a friend.

'This person is a former addict, and he told him about these pills and said they calmed him right down.

'This was on December 23 and George had never done that before in his life.

'He took one and it gave him an immediate release.

'He then asked for more to last him through Christmas Day.

'He secretly got some taken by taxi to his home on Christmas Eve. They were wrapped like a present.

'The person himself has told me this and is very worried about what happened and being found out.'

Andros believes the substances might not have shown up in a toxicology report which he says has been secret.

There was no full inquest into the death meaning details of the toxicology report was not made public but the coroner ruled George Michael died of natural causes but refused to reveal if drink or drugs were in his body.

It has been reported that George's ex-boyfriend Fadi Fawaz was selling off the singer's belongings on Twitter and declared he's 'done with being respectful' in a scathing online rant amid rumours that he'sstruggling to pay debts on the star's north London home.

Andros added: 'George was also taking strong anti-depressants, and I think he got GHB delivered and had some alcohol.

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