Aaron Grech August 23rd, 2018 - 6:57 PM
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has broken his silence regarding the death of his estranged wife Deven Davis according to The PRP. Deven Davis was pronounced dead late last week, according to a source close to the Davis family, her death appeared to be a drug overdose.
Her surviving husband wrote that the late Davis was suffering through many mental health issues, which he states likely fueled her addiction. These struggle caused issues in their relationship; with the surviving Davis putting a restraining order on his deceased wife around the time of her death, due to a domestic violence dispute. In addition the Korn singer also had filed for divorce from his late wife around 2016.
The PRP also stated that, “Jonathan himself largely practiced a sober lifestyle over the past two decades,” indicating that his late wife’s drug addiction was likely a point of contention between the two. His wife was a former pornographic film actress and model, who had been married to Johnathan since 2004.
“Over the past decade, my wife has been very very sick. She had a serious mental illness and her addiction was a side effect. I loved her with ALL of my being,” Jonathan Davis explained in his official statement.”When she was her true self, she was an amazing wife, amazing mother and amazing friend. Deven had a huge heart, and she would never intentionally hurt her children of anyone that she loved.”
— Jonathan Davis (@JDavisOfficial) August 23, 2018
It is currently unclear whether these events will cause the band to halt their future performances and recording schedules. Earlier this month, it appeared that the band had returned to the studio, and may have been recording a new album.
Currently the band only has a few concerts scheduled in the US, all three are on the west coast, with two of them being scheduled in their native state of California. Their show in Los Angeles, California at the Hollywood Palladium is currently scheduled for Thursday, September 13. The starting price for the tickets begin at $175.
Davis has also been busy this year, due to the release of his solo album Black Labyrinth, which came out in May of this year. This album had been planned for over a decade, and takes a mellower and more introspective look into Davis’ artistry than his work with Korn.
“I always wanted to be a solo artist, which has nothing to do with me not loving Korn, I just wanted to do something outside of Korn and this is the way for me to do it,” Davis explained in an interview with mxdwn, back in May. “I’m always evolving and I really just love what I do. I love music. It saved my life, which is why I’m so passionate about it.”
At the beginning beginning of the month, Davis announced that he would be launching a solo fall tour this year in support of the album. The tour will begin in El Paso, Texas on October 6, and will end on November 10th in Lexington, Kentucky.
Read a text version of Jonathan Davis’ full statement regarding Deven Davis below:
“Over the last few days, there has been a lot of speculation over what really happened surrounding the death of my wife, Deven, and I want my voice to be heard.
Over the past decade, my wife has been very very sick. She had a serious mental illness and her addiction was a side effect. I loved her with ALL of my being.
When she was her true self, she was an amazing wife, amazing mother and amazing friend. Deven had a huge heart, and she would never intentionally hurt her children of anyone that she loved.
She was an incredibly nurturing, giving, loving, and hilarious person. She was full of life and joy, and she would do anything to share that with those around her.
I tried to hide what was going on for so long in order to protect her, but because of this tragedy and what has happened to my family, I feel that now is the time to share the truth with all of you.
She is the reason I have advocated so hard for those struggling with their mental health. I want her story to inspire people to reach out for help, and not be afraid or hide from their illness. If you know someone with a mental illness, have compassion and empathy, and know that they are not bad people, they are suffering.
I want to inspire change. I want California law to change to help people like me help others get the help they need. How can someone who is so sick realize themselves that they need help?
She wasn’t well enough to understand how sick she really was, and she wasn’t able to get the help for herself that she really needed. This shouldn’t have to happen to other mothers, or anything for that matter.
I’d give anything to have the chance to hold her again. I’d give anything for my kids to have their mother back. I have comfort in knowing that now she has found freedom from her illness, and she is finally at peace.
Deven, I love you bebe. I’ll never love anyone the way I loved you, and I’ll never get over losing you. I promise I’ll do everything in my power to raise our precious boys the right way, teach them the good values you wanted to have so badly, and to break the cycle of abuse we both experienced as kids.
I’ll do everything I can to make your dreams that you had for the future come true in your memory. The tattoo down your back, from the poem I wrote you when we started dating, said, ‘Even in death, I’ll be by your side my life.’ in German.
I swear one day I’ll be there with you by your side when my ride here on earth is over. I love you, Luber.”\
Photo Credit: Boston Lynn Schulz
UPDATE (10/19): According to the PRP, Deven Davis “had traces of cocaine, heroin, clonazepam (aka Klonopin—a sedative for anxiety/seizures), topiramate (nerve pain medication) and fluoxetine (aka Prozac—a depression treatment),” in her system according to a toxicology report.
