Robert Cosby Jr, the son of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby, was unconscious when police responded to a 911 call before his death.<\/p>\n
The dispatcher said, according to audio exclusively obtained by Page Six, \u201c23-year-old male, not conscious, not breathing. One dose of Narcan has been given\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice have been called. Three units in route,\u201d the dispatcher added.<\/p>\n
A Salt Lake City Police Department spokesman told Page Six that Robert was found dead on Monday after officers \u201cresponded to an overdose call that turned into a death investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
They responded to the call at 6:14pm, authorities confirmed.<\/p>\n
Mary and her husband, Robert Sr, released a joint statement Monday, writing, \u201cOur beloved son Robert Jr. has been called home to the Lord.<\/p>\n
\u201cThough our hearts ache, we take comfort in God\u2019s promise and in knowing he is finally at peace. We are grateful for your prayers and trust in the Lord to carry us through this time of sorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary\u2019s representative did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n
TMZ<\/a> was the first to report on the death.<\/p>\n Bravo executive Andy Cohen mourned the loss in an Instagram Threads statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cDevastatingly sad news out of SLC,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis is every parent\u2019s worst nightmare. My heart is broken for Mary, and I am sending all my love to her and Robert Sr.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert\u2019s death comes four months after his estranged wife, Alexiana Smokoff, filed for divorce after three years of marriage.<\/p>\n Stream The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City now on BINGE<\/a>, available on Hubbl<\/a>.<\/p>\n The former couple reportedly got married in a Utah courthouse in August 2022, with their secret marriage playing out in front of cameras for Season 4 of RHOSLC.<\/p>\n Robert and Smokoff\u2019s alleged drug use was also a storyline in Season 6, which was filmed in early 2025.<\/p>\n In one emotional moment, Robert told his mother that he was \u201cat a standstill\u201d in his recovery after completing a 30-day rehab stint.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not in that dark place, but, like, it\u2019s still there, if that makes sense,\u201d he said, explaining that he is struggling without the ritual.<\/p>\n Robert\u2019s relapse was revealed later that season after he was arrested in November for allegedly violating a restraining order put in place by Smokoff\u2019s family.<\/p>\n \u201c(Her family) filed a restraining order against him, and he went back anyway, thinking that she want(ed) him to come back and save her,\u201d Mary revealed in the episode. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know where he\u2019s getting that from \u2026 delusional.\u201d<\/p>\n The Bravolebrity, 53, admitted that she refused to visit her son in jail and talk to him from behind the glass. However, she shared that she was sending him books to read.<\/p>\n Robert, who pleaded guilty, was released from jail on Feb. 3. after two months.<\/p>\n His lawyer told People that Robert \u201cexpress(ed) deep regret regarding his prior actions and acknowledges that his past behaviour demonstrates poor judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n This story originally appeared on Page Six<\/a> and is republished here with permission. <\/p>\n Read related topics:Binge<\/a>Foxtel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Cosby Jr, the son of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby, was unconscious when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2095,9604,64,63,254796,254801,254795,254800,134,254791,254793,2041,2067,254799,217439,100124,254792,65597,254798,254794,254797,427,2614,1197],"class_list":["post-507734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-america","tag-andy-cohen","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beloved-son","tag-bravo-executive","tag-cast-member","tag-death-investigation","tag-entertainment","tag-hearts-ache","tag-ncaeditorialbinge","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-overdose-call","tag-rehab-stint","tag-restraining-order","tag-robert-cosby","tag-secret-marriage","tag-star-spark-concern","tag-troubled-son","tag-troubled-star-spark","tag-tv","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}