Casey Johnson
Casey Johnson (September 24, 1979 – January 4, 2010) was an American socialite. She was also one of the great-great-granddaughters of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson.
Early life
Johnson’s father was Robert Wood Johnson IV, the owner of the New York Jets.Her mother was Sale Johnson. She was also the cousin of Jamie Johnson who directed the documentary Born Rich. She was diagnosed with diabetes at age 8, and her father was involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, working to find a cure for the disease.
Career
At the age of 14, Johnson co-wrote a book with her father entitled Managing Your Child’s Diabetes.She appeared as herself on the television shows The Fabulous Life of… and E! True Hollywood Story. In addition she was a popular Hollywood socialite known for making outrageous headlines. Johnson was friends with other socialites such as Paris & Nicky Hilton (with whom she grew up), Nicole Richie, and several others.
Personal life
In 2006, Johnson spoke about a falling out she had with her aunt Elizabeth Ross “Libet” Johnson upon discovering through intimate e-mails that her aunt had stolen her boyfriend, John Dee.
In 2007, Johnson adopted a daughter, named Ava from Kazakhstan.Socialite Nicky Hilton is the child’s Godmother.
Johnson openly declared her sexuality as a lesbian. One of her ex-girlfriends was Courtenay Semel (whom she dated on and off during 2008–2009 and who set Johnson’s hair on fire in January of 2009, after a fight). On November 30, 2009, Johnson was arrested for allegedly stealing jewelry, shoes, 600 pages of a legal document, clothing, and underwear from Jasmine Lennard, who was tipped off by Semel (whom she was seeing at the time). Johnson allegedly left a used vibrator and wet towel as a calling card.
On December 9, 2009, Johnson and Tila Tequila announced that they were engaged.
Death
At 1:12 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2009, the 30-year old socialite Tweeted: “Sweet dreams everyone, I’m getting a new car.” Seven days later, on January 4, 2010, a maid found Johnson’s body in the bedroom of her West Hollywood home.The cause of death is yet to be determined (pending coroner’s toxicology report), however authorities reported “no evidence of foul play”. Tequila said Johnson had not answered her phone since December 29, 2009.Tequila later posted to her Twitter that Johnson was not dead, but in a coma. She later revised the statement, saying Johnson was, in fact, dead.According to TMZ, a law enforcement source claimed it appeared that Johnson had been dead for several days before her body was discovered.