{"id":671794,"date":"2026-05-29T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671794\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:53:13","slug":"josh-mauro-ex-giants-player-died-after-binge-using-cocaine-and-drinking-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671794\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Mauro, ex-Giants player, died after &#8216;binge using cocaine and drinking at home&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York Giants defensive lineman Josh Mauro died \u201cafter reportedly binge using cocaine and drinking at home,\u201d according to a Maricopa County Medical Examiner report that was released to The California Post on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The document stated Mauro \u201chad a history of cocaine and alcohol abuse\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/28\/sports\/josh-mauro-former-giants-defensive-end-dead-at-35\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">before he was found unresponsive at his Arizona residence<\/a> in late April.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39516473\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/new-york-giants-defensive-end-127871757_53e46f.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants defensive end Josh Mauro (97) looks on during a game.\" class=\"wp-image-39516473\"  \/>Josh Mauro was found unresponsive at his Arizona home on April 23. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Mauro also had traces of \u201cfentanyl, cocaine, ethanol, and their metabolites as well as cannabinoids and caffeine\u201d in his system following his passing, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my medical opinion,\u201d medical examiner Amanda E. Maskovyak wrote in the document, \u201cthe cause of death is acute combined fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol intoxication. The manner of death is accident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner added in the report that Mauro also had a cerebral edema (more commonly known as brain swelling) as well as an abnormal buildup of fluid in his lungs.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39516470\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/97-first-half-nfl-football-126598300_eae594.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Raiders defensive end Josh Mauro (97) during an NFL football game.\" class=\"wp-image-39516470\"  \/>Josh Mauro played for the Raiders, Giants and Cardinals in his NFL career. AP<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Police Department\u00a0officers found Mauro at his home at 12:20 p.m. on April 23 and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/15\/sports\/ex-giants-defensive-end-josh-mauro-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pronounced him deceased on the scene<\/a>. They noted at the time there were \u201cno obvious signs of foul play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mauro\u2019s father, Greg Mauro, wrote a touching tribute to him in the days following his death.<\/p>\n<p>Raiders star Maxx Crosby, who played one season in Oakland with Mauro, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/29\/sports\/maxx-crosby-crushed-by-death-of-ex-giant-josh-mauro-had-my-back\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also paid homage to the former defensive end in a heartbreaking video message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy guy Josh Mauro just passed away recently,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cDamn, bro, I really don\u2019t have words. I love you, bro, and I wish I could\u2019ve done more for you. I wish I could\u2019ve been there for you. It\u2019s just tough man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mauro played in the NFL from 2014 to 2021, logging snaps for the Giants, Cardinals and Raiders. He played in a total of 80 games and recorded 130 combined tackles and five sacks.<\/p>\n<p>He was 35 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former New York Giants defensive lineman Josh Mauro died \u201cafter reportedly binge using cocaine and drinking at home,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[5867,1017,49127,2356,7569,22051,186,11983,265730,1812,977,349,99],"class_list":["post-671794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-alcohol","tag-arizona","tag-autopsies","tag-california","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-cocaine","tag-exclusive","tag-fentanyl","tag-josh-mauro","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}