REVEALED: ‘Weeds’ and ‘OITNB’ creator Jenji Kohan’s 20-year-old son died after he crashed into a sign on a ski run in Utah despite wearing a helmet
- Charlie Noxon, 20, died on New Years Eve while skiing in Park City, Utah
- The Columbia University student came up to a fork on the slopes and failed to navigate the turn before crashing into a sign
- He was wearing a helmet and was alone when he crashed as his two siblings and father were ahead of him on the ski run
- There were no witnesses or surveillance footage of the crash
- Charlie’s parents, Jenji Kohan and Christopher Noxon, released a statement about the death of their oldest son, saying: ‘Our hearts are shattered’
The 20-year-old son of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and ‘Weeds’ creator Jenji Kohan died after crashing into a sign on a ski run, authorities say.
Charlie Noxon had been skiing with his two siblings and his father, Christopher Noxon, in Park City on New Year’s Eve when he came up to a fork on the slopes.
He failed to navigate left or right and ended up careening directly into a sign, law enforcement sources told TMZ, based on where the body was found.
Charlie was wearing a helmet and was alone when he crashed as his family members were ahead of him on the ski run. There were no witnesses or surveillance footage of the crash.
Charlie Noxon, 20, the son of ‘ Orange Is the New Black ‘ and ‘Weeds’ creator Jenji Kohan died after crashing into a sign on a ski run in Utah on New Year’s Eve, authorities say
Charlie was taken to a nearby hospital by a University of Utah’s Medivac Unit helicopter. He was later pronounced dead.
Kohan and Noxon, who were married for 21 years and got divorced in 2018, released a statement about the death of their oldest son on Thursday.
‘Our hearts are shattered,’ the parents said.
‘The cliches about moments like this are true, it turns out. The one about life forever changing in a split second, about the fact that we are all bound up in a web of love and loss, about the primacy of community in times of unfathomable tragedy.’
Charlie is the oldest son Jenji Kohan and Christopher Noxon, who were married for 21 years and got divorced in 2018. ‘Our hearts are shattered,’ the parents said in a statement Thursday
Charlie was wearing a helmet and was alone when he crashed as his family members were ahead of him on the ski run
Several posts on Christopher Noxon’s Instagram page show the family enjoying their time in the Utah town in the days leading up to the accident.
Noxon shared in a December 30 post that the resort the family was staying in was crowded, adding that he had temporarily lost his phone.
The family had been on the trip for at least longer than a week, according to Instagram post.
Charlie was a student at Columbia University and appeared in an episode of ‘Weeds’ back in 2008.
Several posts on Christopher Noxon’s Instagram page show the family enjoying their time in the Utah town in the days leading up to the accident
Charlie appeared in an episode of ‘Weeds’ back in 2008