Following the tragic death of former Bachelor star Gia Allemand on Wednesday, her mother, Donna Micheletti, is breaking her silence.
There have been reports that Alleman abused prescription pills, suffered from depression and craved attention before she died of an apparent suicide.
Micheletti wants to make it very clear that those speaking out in the media about Allemand were not her close friends.
"As her mother, I am well aware of Gia's close friends and her best friends, and I am personally going on record to refute all statements to the media out there thus far with the exception of official statements we have released through publicist Penelope Jean Hayes, and those jointly with Ryan Anderson's NBA team representation,” she said, People reports.
She mentioned one name in particular as being someone Allemand did not trust. "Gia liked everyone and always found the good in people, however there were acquaintances that she had disassociated with whom are now speaking as her close friends,” she said. “I don't like to give further publicity by mentioning names here, however there is a particular individual, Loredana Ferriolo, identifying herself as Gia's best friend and the fact is that Gia expressed directly to me that she did not trust this individual and her motives for her own public exposure.”
Micheletti concluded by saying after her daughter’s funeral she will speak about her “life and death” but only with a “trusted media source.”
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