Prince death Although Addiction specialist was called He Did Not Turn Up

William Mauzy told reporters on Wednesday that Prince’s team contacted Dr Howard Kornfeld on 20 April, the day before Prince died.

Unable to make it to Minnesota, the doctor dispatched his son and called a local doctor, who cleared his morning schedule but never saw the singer.

Prince’s team requested emergency support from a leading addiction specialist just a day before the singer died, the doctor’s lawyer has revealed.

The specialist, Dr Howard Kornfeld, was unable to make it from California to Minnesota immediately but sent his son. When the son arrived he did not see the singer. Hence Andrew Kornfeld, called police after joining Prince’s staff to search for the missing singer.

The Kornfelds’ lawyer said neither had met Prince before his death.