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While reports have surfaced that Sage Moonblood
Stallone may have been dead for several days
before his body was discovered in his Hollywood
Hills home Friday, his attorney and longtime friend
George Braunstein dismisses such a suggestion –
and points to the fact that photos of him at home were posted to
Stallone's Facebook page only 17
hours before he was found. In addition, Braunstein tells PEOPLE, although
Stallone smoked cigarettes and consumed candy
and soda, the 36-year-old never exhibited any
signs of drug use or addiction. "Sage didn't even drink," the attorney, who knew
the son of Sylvester Stallone socially and
professionally for more than 15 years, tells
PEOPLE. "There was a report that his room was
filled with liquor bottles. Actually, they were empty
bottles of Dr. Brown's Cream Soda." "Sage was a really young, very
sensitive, and very
talented kid," says Braunstein. "There has been no
indication that there was anything wrong in his
life." Not only did Stallone and business partner Bob
Murawsky recently sign a new contract acquiring a
new film for their company Grindhouse Releasing,
but Sage also had intended to marry his longtime
girlfriend in Las Vegas this very weekend. Also, despite some reports
that paint Stallone as a
recluse, a more accurate description would be that
he was a grade-A film geek, known and respected
among aficionados of exploitation cinema. Among
the movies his company released, in conjunction
with Quentin Tarantino, was Gone with the Pope. 'Idolized His
Father'"He was a very independent
person and spent a lot of time on his own writing
and researching and watching movies," Braunstein
says of his friend. "He knew everything about
movies. The man was a walking encyclopedia of
film. It was remarkable, even a little weird how much he knew. He
could talk volumes about a
movie you had never even known existed." A rep for Sylvester Stallone,
66, said the
Hollywood legend is "devastated and grief-
stricken." Sage was the elder Stallone's first-born,
with his first wife, Sasha Czack. Says Braunstein: "He was close to both of his
parents and looked up to them." Indeed, there was a single picture in the room
where he was found dead Friday. "It was a picture
of Sage at 14 standing next to his dad," says
Braunstein. "He idolized his father."