Princess Beatrice’s “first love,” Paolo Liuzzo, was found dead inside a Miami hotel room of a suspected overdose at age 41 after a long battle with drugs, gambling and violence.
Beatrice, a member of the British royal family and daughter of the despised Prince Andrew, dated Liuzzo in 2005, when she was just 17 years old.
Their whirlwind romance came to an end due to Liuzzo’s lucrative past and his troubles with the law.
In recent years, Liuzzo has been living a “very fast lifestyle,” according to his close friend. Inside sources have revealed that Liuzzo struggled with gambling and drugs, and claim that he had racked up debts with loan sharks, according to Sun.
‘Paolo was not very well on a personal level. He loved to have fun and gamble. He started using a lot of pharmaceutical drugs, but that later led him to cocaine and harder drugs,” said a friend.
Princess Beatrice’s “first love”, Paolo Liuzzo (left), was found dead inside a Miami hotel room of a suspected overdose, aged 41, after a long battle with drugs, gambling and addiction. violence.
In recent years, Liuzzo has been living a “very fast lifestyle,” according to his close friend. Insiders have revealed that Liuzzo struggled with gambling and drugs, and claimed that he had racked up debts with loan sharks.
Liuzzo appears here with an apparent ex-girlfriend, Arianna Pappas, who captioned the photo ‘Beach kiss with my baby!’ @paolo.liuzzo’
It was during his college days that Liuzzo had his first serious run-in with the law. In 2002, Liuzzo was convicted in connection with a fight that left a fellow student, 19-year-old Jonathan R. Duchatellier, dead.
Liuzzo constantly borrowed money to pay off the loans, which became a vicious cycle, according to the friend.
According to his Linkedin profile, Liuzzo was the owner of DNC Productions LLC. He moved from New York to South Florida and has been photographed attending art gallery events in Miami.
Beatrice’s ex-boyfriend originally came from Woodbury, New York, and grew up on Long Island. She attended the College of the Holy Cross, a liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.
It was during his college days that Liuzzo had his first serious run-in with the law.
In 2002, Liuzzo was convicted in connection with a fight that left a fellow student, 19-year-old Jonathan R. Duchatellier, dead.
Reports of the May 6 fight claimed that the men involved, including Duchatellier and Liuzzo, had been drinking alcohol the night of the off-campus fight.
Liuzzo was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter, but later pleaded guilty to one count of assault and battery. His co-defendant, Daniel K. Clark, did the same, and manslaughter charges against both were dismissed. Both were placed on probation for three years.
Several years later, in 2005, it was announced that Liuzzo, who was referred to as an “American socialite,” and Beatrice had been involved in a secret romance for months.
Liuzzo and Beatrice met through mutual friends and began dating in July 2005.
Beatrice’s friends said that Paolo was “Bea’s first real boyfriend” and revealed that he had been living in London for several months, but that Beatrice planned to go to university in the United States so the couple could continue their romance.
“Despite his past, Paolo is very well-mannered and treats Bea with incredible respect and kindness,” the friend said.
A palace source said Liuzzo was “very open about his background when he and Beatrice became close.”
“He’s very honest about what happened to him and knows that nothing he does will ever make up for it.” But he’s a wonderful, thoughtful person, and everyone really likes him,” the source told the newspaper at the time.
Liuzzo was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter, but later pleaded guilty to one count of assault and battery.
Liuzzo shared this photo of himself with a friend on his personal Facebook account in 2023.
Liuzzo was found dead on February 7 in a room at the CitizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel at 3:22 p.m., according to Agent Michael Vega of the Miami Police Department.
Despite a seven-year age difference and Liuzzo’s questionable history, Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah Ferguson approved of the couple’s relationship.
The couple was spotted at a ski retreat in the exclusive resort of Verbier in Switzerland, alongside Beatrice’s parents. However, it later emerged that Liuzzo had breached the conditions of her parole to spend a holiday with the queen’s granddaughter and her family in Switzerland.
As a result, he was brought back to the United States, where the courts extended his three-year probation as punishment, forcing Beatrice to end their budding romance.
Beatrice was reportedly left heartbroken when their romance ended and she returned to Goldsmiths, which is part of the University of London.
In 2007, he embarrassed the Royal Family by claiming that he smoked marijuana in the presence of Beatrice, her sister Eugenie and her mother, Sarah Ferguson, while they were on holiday in Jamaica.
She was among a group of eight people, including the Princesses, who went on a ten-day holiday to the Caribbean in 2005.
The self-proclaimed playboy also confessed to cheating on Beatrice during their relationship and said he wanted to introduce her to the Queen.
Princess Beatrice pictured with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Despite a seven-year age difference and Liuzzo’s questionable history, Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah Ferguson (pictured left with daughter Beatrice) approved of the couple’s relationship.
Liuzzo got into trouble with the law during a trip to Australia in 2000.
During the trip In Australia, he was arrested for a chain of crimes including possession of cocaine.
The arrest took place on the Gold Coast on September 27, 2009, and came after he crashed a $90,000 black Audi rental car into a traffic light.
The 27-year-old also failed to pay his accommodation and restaurant bills at the Conrad Jupiters casino.
Australian authorities charged Liuzzo with fraud, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, possession of two grams of cocaine and driving without due care and attention. Liuzzo pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000.
Liuzzo was found dead on February 7 in a room at the CitizenM Miami Worldcenter hotel at 3:22 p.m., according to Officer Michael Vega of the Miami Police Department.
The cause of death has not been officially reported, but Officer Vega said, “It was investigated as an overdose death.” The investigation is open and ongoing.’
Liuzzo’s death certificate revealed that he had worked as a consultant in the art industry and had never married.
His body was transported to Long Island, New York, where he grew up and a funeral was held on February 16.