Adult film star Sophia Leone dead at 26
Adult film star Sophia Leone has died after she was found “unresponsive” in her New Mexico apartment on March 1 as police investigate her cause of death, according to family.
She was 26 years old.
“Sophia was a beloved Daughter, Sister, granddaughter, Niece, and Friend,” Leone’s stepfather, Mike Romero, wrote on a GoFundMe page, set up to honor the actress.
“She had a deep love for all animals, specifically her 3 pets. She enjoyed traveling and always found ways to make everyone around her smile.”
The Los Angeles-based modeling agency 101 Modeling, which handled some of Leone’s bookings, said the adult film star’s death was being investigated as a “robbery and homicide.”
“To be clear, Sophia death is being investigated as a robbery and homicide,” wrote on X Saturday.
Romero also noted on her GoFundMe page that the family was “Seeking Justice for Sophia.”
The Post has re🅘ached out to the Albuquerque police for comment.
Brian Berke, who runs Leone’s Florida-based agency, AMA Modeling, expressed his heartbreak over Leone’s death
“At 18 years old you started with me at AMA and now at 26 I have to say goodbye,” Berke wrote .
“We had such an Amazing Bond. Always reminding each other how much we cared. I was supposed to be your guardian angel. A piece of me is gone. I love you, Sophia.”
The Miami-born porn star broke into the in▨dustry in 2014 and st𝓀arred in over 80 films, her IMDb page shows.
“I’m speechless & heartbroken I can’t believe what I’m seeing,” adult film star Gina Valentine wrote on X.
“I can’t understand why you out of all people .. and I can only hope you we’re strong and brave your last moments here .. I pray that you weren’t in pain.”
“REST IN PEACE SOPHIA LEON,” wrote adult film actress Valeri Casteele. “You were so so kind to me just one of the most all around absolutely stunning people with a beautiful heart. we will miss you so dearly.”
The news of Leone’s death comes days after it was reported that fellow porn star Emily Willis is “fighting for her life” after being found unresponsive at a rehab facility i✨n Malibu, where she was being trea🌞ted for addiction.
The 25-year-old adult film actress, real ♛name Litzy Lara Ban෴ulos, had been at the celebrity rehab center for eight days when she suffered cardiac arrest on Feb. 5, said her stepdad, Michael Willis.
It is re⛦ported that she is in a “vegetative coma.”
Although her condition has stab💛ilized, the family is bracing for the worst, hꦛer stepdad said.
