Whitney Houston's friend may take legal action over drug dealer claims

Whitney's mysterious friend Raffles van Exel enough. He has been accused of supplying the late icon with drugs before her death...

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Whitney’s mysterious friend Raffles van Exel has had enough. He has been accused of supplying the late icon with drugs before her death. Van Exel is now on a mission to clear his name. TMZ.com reports:

One of Whitney Houston’s close friends — a mysterious man who’s been widely accused of supplying the singer with coke before her death — is declaring war on media outlets that ran with the drug story … and now, he’s on a crusade to clear his name.

The friend — an enigmatic celebrity sidekick named Raffles van Exel — tells us, he is “neither the architect nor the culprit of the sudden demise of Whitney Houston.”

Raffles was with Whitney in the hours before she died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in February — and there were widespread reports strongly insinuating he was the singer’s secret cocaine supplier.

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