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Authorities release detail on 911 calls to Prince estate

FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mariah Brown, a former assistant to Prince until last year, has spent the days since his death trying to figure out how her boss, could have died so suddenly, adding that she never saw the singer ingest any substances during her employ. Prince was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57 (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mariah Brown, a former assistant to Prince until last year, has spent the days since his death trying to figure out how her boss, could have died so suddenly, adding that she never saw the singer ingest any substances during her employ. Prince was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57 (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mariah Brown, a former assistant to Prince until last year, has spent the days since his death trying to figure out how her boss, could have died so suddenly, adding that she never saw the singer ingest any substances during her employ. Prince was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57 (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) – Authorities and emergency responders were called to Prince’s suburban Minneapolis home over the last five years for everything from mundane reports of tripped fire alarms to more serious medical calls.

Minnesota authorities on Tuesday released a log of 46 calls for service from Prince’s Paisely Park complex.

In one 2011 call, a woman in Germany claimed Prince told her a year earlier that he had an uncontrollable cocaine habit. Authorities didn’t follow up because the information was old and the woman didn’t say Prince was in immediate danger.

The woman’s identifying information was redacted. It’s not clear whether she actually knew Prince.

A message seeking comment from Prince’s representative wasn’t immediately returned. Several people who knew Prince have said they never saw him use drugs.

Prince died April 21.