(L.A.) Kristin Jeannette-Meyers Died from Drug Overdose
Case Number: 2023-08064
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 57-year-old White/Caucasian female that occurred at her place of residence.
The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Kristin Bernstein.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Effects of Buprenorphine and Alprazolam
RIP KRISTIN BERNSTEIN (September 16, 1965 – June 30, 2023)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 8:33 p.m.
Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on August 22, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drugs. This was classifed as an accidental overdose instead of an intentional overdose, primarily because no suicide note was found.
Buprenorphine, sold under the brand name Subutex among others, is an opioid used to treat opioid use disorder, acute pain, and chronic pain.
The decedent, at the time of her death, was legally using the surname of her husband Paul Bernstein. She was better known as Kristin Jeannette-Meyers. Her body was found in an advanced state of decomposition inside her home on the southeast corner of Clinton and Gower in Larchmont Village.
Incident location: Greater Mid-Wilshire/Hancock Park
Address: 588 North Gower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90004
This is two blocks or less than a five-minute walk from 526 North Plymouth where Manny Pacquiao had a residence until recently.
According to a obituary provided by the family, “Kristin Jeannette-Meyers passed away July 3, 2023, of natural causes… She was born Sept. 16, 1965, at Pawtuxet River, Md., to James Meyers Sr. of Brownfield, Maine, and Toni Lee Meyers of Issaquah, Wash… Kristin was a senior reporter and anchor for Court TV from 1991-1996, where she covered every major trial since the launch of the cable channel, including the O.J. Simpson trial, State and Federal Rodney King Trials, the William Kennedy Smith trial, the Lorena Bobbitt case, the Supreme Court Confirmation hearing for Clarence Thomas and the parole hearings for Sirhan Sirhan and James Earl Ray… After retiring from broadcast journalism, she moved to West Hollywood, Calif., to help raise her stepsons, Andrew Bernstein, James Bernstein and her precious daughter Madeline Bernstein Meyers… Kristin is survived by her mother Toni; father James Sr. and wife, Constance Harte; her brothers, James Meyers; and Michael Meyers and wife, Kim; her husband Paul Bernstein; stepsons, Andrew and James; and daughter Madeline; stepsiblings, Leila (Harte) Birr, Reid Harte, Lacy (Harte) Cluff and numerous nieces and nephews.”
The latest arrest record we could find was on August 22, 2019, when Kristin Leigh Bernstein was cited by Santa Monica Police for a 23152(F) – Driving While Under The Combined Influence Of Drugs / Alcohol.