Prince died from an accidental overdose at his Paisley Park home on April 21, 2016, surrounded by "a sizeable amount" of narcotic painkillers that he didn't have prescriptions for.
The documents obtained by the AP also show that Prince was treated with a drug created to reverse opioid overdoses six days before the fentanyl overdose that killed him in his Paisley Park home on April 21, 2016. She also denied he ever prescribed opioids to any other person with the intent they be given to Prince.
Information in the warrants also revealed that investigators found a suitcase containing several prescription bottles in the name of Johnson, who told investigators previous year that the singer had been struggling with opiate use.
The main doctor who was treating Prince - Dr. Michael Schulenberg - admitted to a detective he had prescribed Prince Oxycodone the same day Prince OD'd on a jet - 6 days before he died.
The court documents, which were unsealed on Monday, reveal that at least one of the bottles tested positive for fentanyl.
Prince used the pseudonym "Peter Bravestrong" to protect his identity and in subsequent interviews discovered he was in the middle of a romantic relationship with singer Judith Hill.
Associates at Paisley Park also told investigators that Prince was recently "going through withdrawals, which are believed to be the result of the abuse of prescription medication".
Lyrics for the song, "U Got the Look", were also found in that suitcase, written in Prince's handwriting.
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After Prince's death, investigators also found a pamphlet for people who wanted to learn about overcoming drug addition.
Meanwhile, it has previously been reported the songwriter - whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson - had predicted his own death and he had been preparing for his final end.
Investigators were not satisfied with some of the answers they got from the group at Prince's estate.
The documents revealed that opioid painkillers were found throughout his Paisley Park estate. Johnson, who had worked for Prince since the late eighties, told investigators that he had no idea that Prince had a pill addiction, though the day before the artist's death he went to a Walgreens to pick up a prescription for him. But Johnson hasn't talked to federal prosecutors, according to the official with knowledge of the investigation, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Prince worked hard to hide his opiate addiction.
The specialist, Dr. Howard Kornfeld, couldn't get there immediately so he sent his son, Andrew Kornfeld, on an overnight flight to Minnesota.
Oxycodone, the generic name for the active ingredient in OxyContin, was not listed as a cause of Prince's death. The goal was for the younger Kornfeld to help evaluate Prince's health and encourage him to enter treatment for pain management and potential addiction issues, attorney William Mauzy told reporters. Investigators asked him what he was doing with the drugs. If questions remain six months from now, however, he said he'd question what law enforcement is doing.
Investigators have said little publicly about the case over the a year ago, other than it is active.
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