Johnny Lewis dead at 28: 'Sons of Anarchy' actor killed elderly landlady and dismembered her cat before plummeting off roof, sources say
An actor in the series “Sons of Anarchy,” who was once Katy Perry’s lover, killed his elderly
landlady and dismembered her cat before plummeting off a roof to his death in Los Angeles
Wednesday, sources said.
Investigators are probing whether Johnny Lewis’ bizarre rampage was fueled by a popular new
Investigators are probing whether Johnny Lewis’ bizarre rampage was fueled by a popular new
synthetic drug called Smiles, police said.
Lewis, 28, whose life had been in a downward spiral since his glory days dating the buxom
Lewis, 28, whose life had been in a downward spiral since his glory days dating the buxom
singer, stormed into the apartment of his 81-year-old landlady, Catherine Chabot David, about
10:40 a.m.
The unhinged actor, who played one-testicled biker-gang wanna-be “Half Sack” on “Sons of Anarchy,”
smashed David’s furniture and beat and strangled her.
He then fled the killing, hopped a nearby fence and confronted one of David’s neighbors, Daniel Blackburn,
and a handyman. He may have fought them off with a two-by-four and possibly a paint-roller, police said.
He jumped back over the fence and climbed onto the roof of the sprawling Spanish-style home where he
rented a room after getting out of jail on an assault rap last week, police said. By the time cops arrived,
Lewis was dead in the driveway after having either leaped or fallen from the roof.
“We still don’t have a motive, whether this was just the random act of somebody acting crazy or whether
there was some type of altercation or dispute,” LAPD Commander Andrew Smith said, noting investigators
will run tests to determine if Lewis was on a twisted Smiles high.
“There are several new drugs that are coming out after bath salts got outlawed,” Smith said. “We don’t have
any hard evidence that he was on anything.”
Perry was devastated over his death, a source told Us Weekly.
Lewis’ acting career spanned 12 years and included a star turn in 2007’s “Aliens vs. Predator — Requiem,”
Perry was devastated over his death, a source told Us Weekly.
Lewis’ acting career spanned 12 years and included a star turn in 2007’s “Aliens vs. Predator — Requiem,”
as well as recurring roles on the TV series “The O.C.” and “American Dream.”
Despite his glamorous job, Lewis spent much of this year behind bars. He was convicted in August in
separate crimes from earlier this year — for smashing a man in the head with a bottle in January and for a
burglary in February, court records show. He got jail time for both crimes, but his sentence was reduced
because of jail overcrowding and because he did court-ordered rehab.
Following his death, his father described his son as “the bright star of our lives.”
Following his death, his father described his son as “the bright star of our lives.”
“We always looked up to him, and now I guess we’ll have to look up a little higher,” Michael Lewis, 62,
said.
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