LOS ANGELES — The late actor Corey Haim had a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown said records of the prescription in the name of the former teen heartthrob were found during an investigation of the ring that illegally obtained prescription pads and used the stolen identities of doctors to fill them out.
The illegal prescription was for the powerful painkiller OxyContin, Brown said.
Los Angeles County coroner’s officials, however, said they have not yet determined what killed the 38-year-old Haim on Wednesday. Authorities have said Haim was suffering from flulike symptoms in the days before his death.
State law enforcement authorities said they were investigating the drug ring and how Haim, who battled addiction for years, obtained the prescription.
The coroner’s office said no illegal drugs were found.
