Whitney Houston, Raffles van Exel: Late Singer's Friend Threatens Legal Action Over Drug Claims

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Mysterious consultant to the stars Raffles van Exel is attempting to clear up any rumored connections he has with Whitney Houston's death. As The BoomBox previously reported, the enigmatic van Exel performed a postmortem sweep of Houston's hotel room, clearing it of any drugs just after the singer perished.

The celebrity lackey has also been tied to the gruesome casket photo of Whitney Houston that was sold to the National Enquirer. With rumors abounding, Ruffles won't stand by without fighting any longer.

Speaking to TMZ, van Exel claims he was "neither the architect nor the culprit of the sudden demise of Whitney Houston."

Several reports have pegged van Exel as Houston's cocaine supplier. Since then, Raffles has been shipping off cease and desist letters to any media outlets that report on the rumored link.

No one is quite sure what Raffles van Exel does or who he is and why he's been tied to big stars (Michael Jackson) in the past.

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May 18 2012 at 4:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dotlhs56

I loved Whitney's songs but it is sad that she used drugs so much and that it is connected to her death. If only she had REALLY been through with drugs!! I hope that her daughter learns from her mother's mistakes. But this dress that it is showing in this picture at the bottom is utterly ridiculous. Such dresses are used by so many stars and others. She almost is topless. Keep Whitney's voice alive forever and quit dissing her. Let her rest in peace.

May 17 2012 at 10:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dona Venice

Whitney Houston has died a tragic, untimely and shocking death. She is a legend of musical history and an admirable screen actress. No matter how many people try to reduce her to a common street crack addicted drug fein??? She is known as THE VOICE, and one of the greatest entertainers IN THE WORLD of our times!

Who is this guy? Raffles van Exel? Does he really matter, compared to Whitney? He could be innocent of any crimes and charges, and if he's not, God will be his judge and jury, because nothing can be proven here as to any guilt's except trying to keep a legend's reputation in tack and even giving a glimpse of a casket photo; if that??

I will admit, I wanted to see the casket photo of Whitney. I found it to be very comforting to me as an ending to having been very upset about her death; and the televised funeral without a deceased body image to see. I'd been up for days and weeks listening to every television report about her life, and news spots. I'm a true fan of Whitney Houston's. I bought every album. Played and sang with her songs over and over! I went to see each movie. I saw her sing the National Anthem for the Super Bowl in my Graduate School dorm room. It was an awesome performance. She was sweaty. In retrospect, looking at her performances, she would sweat a lot. Most likely from her drug habits.

Well, I'm amazed how her addictions didn't compromise her talents a long time ago. That goes to show us how she was not a weak person. She may have encountered a bad sack of drugs her last time using. That may have been her last time using drugs and she was going to quit. WE DON'T KNOW; and it turned out to be the final time she used drugs. We do know this! She has died tragically and drugs were a factor. That's all we really know about the finale of Whitney.

Finally, I find it appalling as to how people are forecasting Bobbi Kris' life to be a downward spiral of drugs and tragedy before she has even lived a life! That's not right.That is evil. She's still very young. Let's be nicer to this young lady. Her Mother has died! Bobbi Kris needs good energy to stay positive about life.

Whitney loved her child and so should we, the public.

May Whitney rest in peace, and be with the Lord, whom she loved so much.

May 17 2012 at 9:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Fed Up

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May 17 2012 at 6:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bigdaddydubya

I would have never known he was Whitney's "Crack Slinger" if he had not told us.

May 17 2012 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
therecordstop

whitney dun said she aint no crack head. crack is whack. but she den dun o'd on da crack rock.

May 17 2012 at 5:51 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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larry

Get an education !

May 17 2012 at 6:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vinny

disgraceful use of grammar... Education is the key.

May 17 2012 at 6:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ed Baggett

Why can't drug abusers take responsibllity for their own actions & stop blaming everyone else but themselves ? Houston should have known better...she was supposed to be a grownup. This whole sordid mess with Bobby Brown, & others in her life will be drudged up over & over again !

May 17 2012 at 5:45 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
noodles865

This guy is likely another leach grasping at fame and just never hitting the mark.that said what sickens me far more is the fact that the family of the dead star has signed on to do a reality show..the same family who said they wanted privacy and told interviewers how much she hated the reality show in her business when bobby signed them up..not even a year goes by and the loving family wants to keep making cash off whitney pathetic..Pretty scummy

May 17 2012 at 5:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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