News: "Pretty Woman" Star Julia Roberts's Sister, Nancy Dies Of Apparent Drug Overdose

Julia Robert's half-sister, Nancy Motes, was apparently struggling before her death on Sunday, Feb. 9. The August: Osage County star's younger sibling left a suicide note at the L.A. residence where her body was discovered, the coroner's office confirmed to a magazine.

A spokesperson from the Office of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said they had "confirmed that there were [suicide] notes" on site. "All we're saying at this point was that there was a note found," the rep said.

As previously reported, Motes was found dead in a bathtub on Sunday afternoon. "There were prescription and nonprescription drugs found at the scene," Lieutenant Fred Corral of the L.A. Coroner's Office explained on Monday, Feb. 10. "The role the drugs may or may not have played is not yet known."

Following Motes' untimely death, Roberts canceled multiple scheduled engagements, including the Academy Awards' Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, and an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live. In a statement on Feb. 10, the family said they were "both shocked and devastated."

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Nancy Motes, 37, was the youngest sister of Julia and actor Eric Roberts.
She was found dead yesterday Sun.Feb.09  in Los Angeles, the family says in a statement.
"It is with deep sadness that the family of Nancy Motes ... confirms that she was found dead in Los Angeles yesterday of an apparent drug overdose," the statement reads. "There is no official report from the Coroner's office yet. The family is both shocked and devastated."