Investigative report questions Irsay treatment and autopsy decisions

A recent investigative report says Jim Irsay, the former owner of the Indianapolis Colts who died May 21 at age 65, spent the final years of his life battling a relapse and experienced multiple overdose incidents while under the care of a private addiction specialist who was with him when he died at a Beverly Hills hotel. The report raises questions about his treatment, the level of secrecy surrounding his health, and whether more rigorous investigation into his death should have occurred.

According to people who spoke to reporters, Irsay suffered at least three overdose events in the last five years, including one in February 2020 while vacationing in Turks and Caicos and two in December 2023 that occurred about 12 days apart. The December incidents reportedly included one at Irsay’s home in the Indianapolis area and another at a rental property in Miami. Sources said first responders at one December incident gave Irsay naloxone and that he was subsequently hospitalized for several weeks; others in Irsay’s circle told investigators they believed he had relapsed into opioid use.

Those accounts portray treatment overseen by Dr. Harry Haroutunian, a California-based addiction...