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Sage Stallone
'Out of It' Months Before His DeathYou are not allowed to view links.
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Login Sage Stallone was so out of it at a recent photo shoot at his house, he tried taking pictures with a camera that still had the lens cap on ... a magazine publisher tells TMZ.
Robert Rhine, editor-in-chief of
Girls and Corpses magazine, tells TMZ ... he did a photo shoot for the mag back in May at Sage's house because the subject of the shoot had known Sage for years.
Rhine says it took Sage 45 minutes to answer the door, adding he could tell right away Sage was "on something" -- slurring his words and stumbling around -- though he never saw him take anything.
Rhine says Sage would talk to him for a couple of seconds before trailing off and just walking away. Rhine described his behavior as "very similar to Ozzy Osbourne."
Rhine said that during the photo shoot, Sage came out with a camera of his own ... which bothered Rhine because of copyright issues. But upon further inspection, Rhine noticed Sage hadn't even taken the lens cap off.
Rhine says the place was a mess, with piles of stuff everywhere. As we previously reported ... law enforcement told TMZ ... You are not allowed to view links.
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Rhine finished by telling TMZ, "What’s troubling is the fact that the people around him claim there were no signs. I saw the signs. When everyone from the shoot heard the news, none of us were surprised." An interesting comment, because law enforcement sources say neighbors told them they were "shocked but not surprised."
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30 minutes ago BY TMZ STAFF
Sage Stallone
Lawyer's Story Doesn't Match Up with Cops You are not allowed to view links.
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LoginSage Stallone's lawyer and longtime friend is painting a picture of Sage in the days leading up to his death that is radically different from what law enforcement sources are telling TMZ.
Attorney
George Braunstein claims:
Sage posted pics to Facebook 17 hours before he was found dead.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sage was You are not allowed to view links.
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Login (and possibly as long as a week) before his body was found. Our sources say no one had heard from him in a full week. And we're told his room was filled with cigarette butts and reeked of various smells.
Sage never exhibited any signs of drug use or addiction.TMZ spoke with Robert Rhine, a magazine publisher who worked with Sage two months ago. He said Sage You are not allowed to view links.
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Login he worked with him and it was obvious to him and everyone at the photo shoot that Sage was on something. And our law enforcement sources say there were multiple pill bottles in his room, some of which were "huge."
Sage didn't drink.Law enforcement sources tell TMZ his room was littered with various items, including empty beer cans.
Our sources say they believe Sage's death was an accident and not intentional.
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