Mystery Deepens: Pregnant Child Star Sophie Nyweide Found Dead on Riverbank, Foul Play Suspected
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“She self-medicated to deal with all the trauma and shame she held inside, and it resulted in her death.
“She repeatedly said she would ‘handle it’ on her own and was compelled to reject the treatment that might possibly have saved her life.”
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In a separate statement to TMZ, her mother, Shelly, opened up about her daughter’s time on TV and further suggested drug use most likely contributed to her death.
She said: “We are very distraught and mourning. All I can say is her time acting was brief but very happy. She wasn’t a child star in the least and wasn’t subjected to anything hurtful on those films.
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“She was always safe on those sets. Please let her rest in peace now.”
She added: “My knowledge is she was using drugs and was a tiny young woman. She was with other people when she died.
“I didn’t know them. There is an investigation ongoing. The autopsy results are not in. They said it would take 6-8 weeks. So I can’t say definitively.”
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By the time she was 10, Sophie had starred in seven films – including Noah and Margot at the Wedding – and appeared in TV shows like Law & Order and What Would You Do?
She made her final on-screen appearance in a 2015 episode of the latter.
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