Harry Brant – the son of the extraordinary fashionista of the son of billionaire Peter Brant and supermodel Stephanie Seymour – died due to an accidental drug overdose, his family said on Monday. He was 24 years old.
Bon vivant – a hip fashion icon with his older brother Peter Jr. – was found dead Sunday, just days before he was set to undergo rehabilitation, his parents said in a statement to The Post .
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that our beloved son, Harry Brant, lost his battle with addiction and died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs,” said Stephanie and Peter in a statement. Brant.
“Our hearts are broken. Harry wanted to overcome his addiction and was only a few days away from re-entering rehabilitation.
“We will be saddened forever that Harry’s life was interrupted by this devastating disease. Please allow yourself the privacy of our family, while trying to cope with the loss of our beautiful and handsome boy ”.
Harry and his brother – often described as the male version of the famous rich sisters Paris and Nicky Hilton – were well-known matches at the hottest parties in New York and participated primarily in top international shows.
“Harry loved fashion and was a pioneer in cosmetics and men’s cosmetics – collaborating with a major brand on a unisex cosmetics line,” said his family.
“He’s accomplished a lot in his 24 years, but we’ll never get a chance to see how much Harry could have done.”
Growing up in their privileged world, Harry would walk through the family mansion on his 300-acre property in Greenwich, Ct., With dozens of ponies, a polo field – and a 41-foot sculpture by Jeff Koons in the yard of face – and was questioned by his father with the names of artists whose invaluable works adorned the walls, wrote Harper’s Bazaar magazine in a family profile in 2014.
“If I understood correctly, I would get a dollar,” Harry told the magician.
The siblings’ father, Peter Sr., is the owner of Queens-born newspaper maker White Birch Paper and Brant Publications, Inc., whose funds include Interview magazine, founded by Andy Warhol. Peter Sr. is also a world-renowned art collector and loves the famous game of polo, although he seems to be temperamental, earning him the nickname “John McEnroe of polo”.
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The beautiful mother of the boys, Seymour, was one of the first and most famous angels of the lingerie company Victoria’s Secret.
Her beautiful sons inherited her modeling eyelashes and worked for various agencies – as well as creating a unisex makeup line for MAC Cosmetics.
However, the eccentric brothers, lovers of Gucci – and their parents – have not been strangers to controversy over the years.
Harry Brant was arrested in 2016 for rape and drug rape for allegedly giving up a $ 27.85 taxi fee and was caught “with a white substance,” which was later tested positive for drugs.
In the same year, his brother Peter was charged with assault after entering into a lively fight with a Port Authority police officer at JFK Airport. In 2012, Peter was also caught in an online joke about the assassination of President Obama.
In 2009, Peter Brant Sr. accused Seymour of being an “inappropriate mother” in divorce proceedings, claiming she had taken pills and abused alcohol. The couple has been reconciled ever since.
In 2014, Seymour was charged with DUI after she overturned her Range Rover on a highway ramp and hit a road sign.
Her husband also spent 84 days behind bars for tax evasion.