A 25-year-old Brooklyn man died of an apparent drug overdose after he was found unconscious Wednesday morning in a bathtub in hotelier Ian Reisner’s penthouse apartment on Central Park South, police sources said.
Sean Verdi, of Bay Ridge, was rushed from 230 Central Park South to St. Luke’s Hospital after Reisner called 911 about 8:20 a.m., police sources said. He died at 9:03 a.m. The death appeared to be a drug overdose, a police source said, but the medical examiner will conduct an autopsy Thursday. Investigators do not believe any criminality was involved, police said. At least one friend who was with Verdi told cops that Verdi had taken cocaine and molly, but no drugs were found at the apartment, a police sources said.
Verdi graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, in May. He majored in bioengineering.“I can’t believe this; my wife’s in shock,” Verdi’s father, Steven Colandrea, told the Daily News.
Verdi met Reisner previously in clubland, his father said. Verdi was a manager at Bar-Tini Ultra Lounge in Hell’s Kitchen, his father said. It was from Bar-Tini that Verdi, Reisner and two friends left to go to Reisner’s pad, Colandrea said, citing information cops told him.
Reisner is a former managing director with Bank of America who founded Parkview Developers and is best known for creating the boutique gay hotel OUT NYC in Hell’s Kitchen. He could not be reached for comment.
Source:Dailynews
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