- This week’s court documents provide additional insight into Tony Hsieh’s final weeks as founder of Zappos.
- After months of unpredictable behavior and a declining mental state, Hsieh was killed in a housefire in November 2020.
- According to the filings, he may have been “crystallizing” and chewing tobacco.
This week, new court documents reveal even more horrifying details about Tony Hsieh’s final weeks as founder of Zappos. He died in a house explosion in November 2020.
Hsieh’s family, business associates and the latest filings were revealed in a legal dispute over Hsieh’s multimillion-dollar estate. These documents reveal Hsieh’s unpredictable behavior and worsening mental state. This was made even more difficult by his continued abuse of ketamine, nitrous oxide and other drugs. The Las Vegas Review-Journal KTNV reported.
According to documents, Hsieh was 46 when he died. He claimed that he thought he was “crystallizing” one month prior to his death. According to KTNV, he said that he was in a simulation and didn’t know what was real or false.
These documents also mention that Hsieh used to smoke as his health declined. They state that Hsieh began using ketamine for the first time in November 2019. You can openly experiment with nitrous dioxideKTNV reported.
Hsieh’s drug use was further revealed in the wake of the publication this year of a biography. The Book reports that Jewel, a singer, attempted to save HsiehIn August 2020, she visited his house, where she found dog feces, and wax from burning candles,
According to the biography Jewel saw Hsieh in pain and was surrounded by canisters containing nitrous oxide. Jewel urged his staff to help him.
According to the biography, Jewel said that Jewel warned Hsieh’s security guard, “If he murders himself and all others in there from a large fire, you can’t say you weren’t warned.”
Hsieh left no will. His estate has been a matter of contention since his passing. Richard and Andrew Hsieh — Tony’s father and brother, respectively — claim friends and business associates took advantage of the tech exec, while business manager and friend Tony Lee assert Andrew used his brother for money, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Andrew Hsieh was appointed co-administrator of Tony’s estate by lawyers in the summer 2020. The Review-Journal reported that Andrew Hsieh had written in the filing that his brother tried to quit using drugs and would make “quiet trips” to get Tony away from those who were “exploiting him” and enabling his continuing decline.
According to KTNV Andrew Hsieh was offered a $1million salary to care for his brother. Andrew Hsieh requested that his brother be given “vitamins” and protein supplements, KTNV reported. He was becoming more emaciated.
