It wouldn't be right to start the new decade off without a scandal -- Hollywood style. The recipe is all there -- bisexual billionairess found dead, sprinkle a few rumors of hard-partying drug use on top and spike it with Paris Hilton and...Voila! You've got yourself a gossip gourmet.
Since billionaire babe Casey Johnson was found dead Monday at her compound she dubbed "Grumblenot" celebutants have been gathering to comfort each other over the loss of their partying pal. Paris and her sister Nikki Hilton were spotted with Nicole Richie, all dressed in black obviously mourning the Johnson & Johnson heiress's demise.
Johnson, 30, was recently in the news before she was found dead for asking reality TV's bisexual babe Tila Tequila to marry her. The couple appeared in a video posted online announcing their engagement with TT sporting a super-sized diamond on her ring finger calling Johnson her "Wifey."
An autopsy Tuesday found no evidence of trauma on the body and a determination of the cause of death was deferred pending toxicological tests and microscopic studies that could take eight weeks or more. The Hollywood hiller was diagnosed with diabetes as a child, it was unclear if that had a role in her death, but many say she was not taking care of herself or her disease.
Johnson should have known, diabetes and tequila don't mix...
Johnson was facing criminal charges alleging she burglarized her friend's home, model Jasmine Lennard, stealing $22,000 in lingerie, mail and jewelry.
She was in the midst of a custody battle with her mother over a little girl Casey adopted from Kazakhstan in 2007 and named Ava-Monroe after her idol, Marilyn Monroe.
"I see a lot of similarities between us," Casey said about Monroe in the Vanity Fair interview.
"They thought she was some dumb blonde, and she wasn't. She was a smart, smart broad. And I think that sometimes people look at me and think, 'Oh, Casey Johnson, she's stupid, she's blonde, she's an heiress, blah, blah, blah."
Johnson was the daughter of New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV. She had no role in the health care products company that her great-great-grandfather founded in 1886, even though she and her two younger sisters were heirs to the fortune.
The family's involvement with the corporation ended decades ago.
In a Twitter posting Tuesday, Hilton said she was devastated by the death of her friend.
"In bed crying, looking at baby pictures of Casey, Nicky and I. I feel so upset. I feel like I've lost a sister. My heart is broken. Miss her," she wrote.