Five people have been federally charged in connection with the 2023 overdose death of actor Robert De Niro's grandson and two others, authorities said Thursday.

Five more people were arrested Thursday in connection with the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson from a fentanyl overdose. Grant McIver, Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, John Nicolas and Roy Nicolas were charged in Manhattan Federal Court with running a drug distribution network that led to the deaths of three 19-year-olds across two months in 2023.

Five individuals have been arrested in connection to the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, who died in July 2023 at the age of 19 from a “toxic” combination of drugs that included fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine.