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The Latest: Lawyer: Addiction doctor, son never met Prince

This Dec. 2, 2003 photo shows attorney William Mauzy, in Milaca, Minn. Prince’s representatives called Dr. Howard Kornfeld on April 20, 2016, the day before the musician died, to seek emergency help, Mauzy told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. (Mike Zerby/Star Tribune via AP)  MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT
This Dec. 2, 2003 photo shows attorney William Mauzy, in Milaca, Minn. Prince’s representatives called Dr. Howard Kornfeld on April 20, 2016, the day before the musician died, to seek emergency help, Mauzy told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. (Mike Zerby/Star Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT This Dec. 2, 2003 photo shows attorney William Mauzy, in Milaca, Minn. Prince’s representatives called Dr. Howard Kornfeld on April 20, 2016, the day before the musician died, to seek emergency help, Mauzy told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. (Mike Zerby/Star Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Latest on the death of music superstar Prince (all times local):

12:05 p.m.

A Minneapolis lawyer for a California addiction doctor says neither the doctor nor the doctor’s son met or spoke with Prince before the music legend’s death last month.

William Mauzy told reporters Wednesday that representatives of Prince reached out to Dr. Howard Kornfeld the day before Prince died and that Kornfeld sent his son, Andrew Kornfeld, to meet with Prince because the doctor couldn’t immediately fly to Minnesota.

Mauzy said Kornfeld also called a Minnesota doctor to check Prince, and the doctor had cleared his morning schedule for Prince the day of his death. He refused to identify the doctor