Boseman Family's Lawyers Raised Red Flags About His Death in Letter to Widow

The Boseman family didn't sit silent after losing Chadwick in August 2020. Within weeks, their lawyers were sending formal letters to his widow, asking her to preserve data from his iPhone and raising questions about opioid levels found in his system at the time of his death.

TMZ obtained the letter dated November 16, 2020 — just over two months after he died — which signals the family had concerns that went beyond accepting the official cause. The move to preserve his phone's data suggests they were building a case or at least trying to get answers before anything could be lost.

It's a stark reminder that even in grief, families sometimes need lawyers in the room. The letter shows tension beneath what was publicly a unified moment of mourning — the Bosemans apparently wanted their own investigation into what happened, not just acceptance of the medical examiner's report.

Whatever was on that phone and whatever the opioid questions were about, one thing's clear: this family wasn't taking anything at face value.

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