Aaron Carter Losing Custody Of Son Began His 'Downfall', Says Baby Momma Melanie Martin
01.05.2023 - 20:39
/ perezhilton.com
Melanie Martin is opening up about what she believes led to the late Aaron Carter’s “downfall.”
The Disney star’s posthumous documentary, Aaron Carter: The Little Prince of Pop, is now streaming on Hulu, and his on-again, off-again fiancée gets fully candid about her own theory on what kicked off the downward spiral that ended in his premature death at just 34 years old.
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The couple welcomed their son, Prince, in 2021. However, a year later in September of 2022, Melanie’s mother was granted temporary custody after the parents struggled to maintain a stable home life for the young one. According to Melanie, this setback is what led to his eventual demise. She explained in the doc:
Melanie says the stress of everything in his life was too much for Aaron — and custody just brought it to a head:
This was all around the same time Aaron was suspected by Melanie and his manager of huffing, after he appeared to be doing so in an Instagram Live video. The I Want Candy singer insisted the footage wasn’t real… But his manager didn’t buy it, recalling:
The manager opened up more about Aaron’s “very deep, long addiction”:
So, so sad.
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Aaron tragically died in his bathtub on November 5. Just last month, his cause of death was ruled as an accidental drowning — after the pop star had been huffing compressed air cans and taking alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax, in the bath.
Melanie regained custody of Prince a month after Aaron’s death. She wants her late love and child’s father “to be remembered as the funny, smart, caring and forgiving human that he was to a lot of people.”
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