- Police said Paolo Luizzo was found dead at citizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel
- They are investigating the death in February as a suspected overdose
- Princess Beatrice, daughter of Prince Andrew, dated Luizzo when she was 17
Princess Beatrice’s ex-boyfriend Paolo Liuzzo has been found dead from a suspected overdose in a Miami hotel room.
Officer Michael Vega, of the Miami Police Department, told The Sun police attended a room at the citizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel at 3.22pm on February 7.
The cause of death has not officially been reported, but officer Vega said: ‘It was investigated as an overdose death. The investigation is open and ongoing.’
The princess, who is a daughter of the disgraced Prince Andrew, started dating Liuzzo when she was aged 17 in 2005 but the pair separated years ago.
Insiders have revealed that Liuzzo struggled with gambling as well as drugs, and claimed he had racked up debts with loan sharks, according to the Sun.
Princess Beatrice ’s ex-boyfriend Paolo Liuzzo has been found dead from a suspected overdose in a Miami hotel room
The cause of death has not officially been reported, but is being investigated by Miami police as an overdose
Miami police said Luizzo was found dead at citizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel
Liuzzo had reportedly struggled with drugs and was previously arrested in Australia over a string of offenses including possessing cocaine.
His controversial past began in 2002 when he was charged with the manslaughter of a fellow student at the College of the Holy Cross.
The charge was later reduced to assault and Liuzzo served a community sentence.
Liuzzo and Beatrice met through mutual friends and began dating in July 2005 and they managed to keep the relationship secret for almost a year – but they split in May 2006 when reports of the manslaughter charge surfaced, causing a sensation.
It subsequently emerged that Liuzzo had flouted the conditions of his probation to holiday with the Queen’s granddaughter and her family – including Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York – in Switzerland in 2006.
As a result he was hauled back to the U.S. where he had his three-year probation extended by the courts as punishment, forcing Beatrice to end the fledgling romance.
Miami police are investigating the death, which took place on February 7, as a suspected overdose
Liuzzo (pictured in court right) had reportedly struggled with drugs and was previously arrested in Australia over a string of offenses including possessing cocaine
In 2007 he embarrassed the Royal Family by claiming marijuana was smoked in the presence of Beatrice, her sister Eugenie and their mother, Sarah Ferguson, while they were on holiday in Jamaica.
He was among a party of eight including the Princesses who went on a ten-day holiday to the Caribbean in 2005.
The self-described playboy also confessed to cheating on Beatrice during their relationship – and said she had wanted to introduce him to the Queen.
