Playboy Model Katie May’s Cause Of Death Revealed

The official cause of death for Katie May, who died in February after suffering a stroke, has been released. According to People, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner said the Playboy model and social media superstar died as a result of torn artery in her neck sustained during a “neck manipulation by a chiropractor.”

Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told People that a chiropractor shifted May’s neck and tore her left vertebral artery, which blocked the blood flow to her brain and caused her to have a stroke.

On Jan. 29, 2016, less than a week before her death May tweeted “Pinched a nerve in my neck on a Photoshoot and got adjusted this morning. It really hurts! Any home remedy suggestions loves? XOXO.” May then tweeted a few days later that the pain had not gone away and that she was going back to the chiropractor.

She died on February 4th, 2016.