Prince’s doctor was concerned about the singer’s ailing health in the days before he died, texts between him and a friend have revealed.
Dr. Michael Schulenberg warned Kirk Johnson, a bodyguard and longtime pal of Prince, that ‘he doesn’t look well’ after examining the singer in April 2016.
Prince was found dead at his Paisley Park mansion a couple of weeks later from an accidental overdose. He was just 57.
Prince’s doctor was concerned about the singer’s ailing health in the days before he died, texts between him and a friend have revealed. He warned Kirk Johnson, a bodyguard and longtime pal of Prince, that ‘he doesn’t look well’ after examining the singer in April 2016
Dr Michael Todd Schulenberg, who has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation over Prince’s death is seen in an undated file photo
The text messages between Schulenberg and Johnson were released on Thursday as part of an investigative file into his death.
The messages show Johnson contacted Schulenberg on April 7, 2016 because Prince wasn’t feeling well and wanted fluids.
He wrote that Prince was supposed to ‘fly out today for a show. He might have some other issues I think.’
The messages show Schulenberg went to Paisley Park to treat Prince in private and later texted Johnson to wish them a safe trip.
Hours later, Johnson texted back asking how everything went to which Schulenberg said that Prince had no complications from the treatment but ‘just doesn’t look really well.’
‘As you have known him longer you can tell that better than me.’ He offered to perform ‘some lab testing at a future date.’
The messages indicate Schulenberg treated Prince at least one more time before his death.
Surveillance footage also reveals that Prince went to Schulenberg’s clinic the day before he died.
The haunting footage shows the pale and gaunt singer visiting a doctor and his assistant making multiple trips to Walgreens to collect pills.
Video stills of the 57-year-old’s final hours were released on Thursday – the same day officials said no criminal charges would be pursued over his death because they do not know who supplied the Fentanyl-laced pills that caused the fatal overdose.
But Schulenberg, has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation over claims he illegally prescribed the star an opioid painkiller a week before he died.
Prince was seen entering Dr Schulenberg’s clinic on April 20 where he complained of feeling ‘antsy’, before suggestion this was because he had stopped taking the non-opioid painkiller Tylenol that morning.
The video shows Prince looking gaunt as he follows an unidentified man down the hallway of the surgery.
This footage shows Prince visiting the office of Dr Michael Todd Schulenberg on April 20, one day before he died
Images released by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s office show bottles of pills that were found in Prince’s residence
These containers of pills were also found on the singer’s vast estate where he died on April 21. They were prescribed to Prince’s friend Kirk Johnson
The singer is dressed all in black, including a hooded top, and is accompanied by his assistant.
He received a urine test and the results tested positive for opiates, according to medical records seen by Dailymail.com. This led Dr Schulenberg to suggest he could be suffering from opiate withdrawal.
The singer’s death was ruled an accident, and the only listed cause on the medical examiner’s report was ‘Fentanyl toxicity’.
Prince’s unresponsive body was discovered on April 21 by an elevator at his Paisley Park estate just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Prince’s private jet made an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois, six days before he died so he could be rushed to hospital.