Controversial artist and designer Nusi Quero who has made numerous negative headlines in the past, has reportedly died. He was 36.

Numerous models who worked with Quero have posted confirming his death, which occurred Tuesday, September 3rd. Other posts allege he died by s*ic*de. An L.A County Medical examiner’s report shared online lists his cause of death as ligature hanging.

Model Lia shared a photo of Quero to announce his passing: “My beautiful friend and amazing artist @nusiquero passed yesterday, his work inspired so many.”

Model Silky Babi who worked with Nusi multiple times shared on her X page: “You will be forever missed, you were the sweetest most caring person in my life that I’ve met and I am so thankful to have had you as a friend. I love you,”

Nusi Quero (born November 27, 1987) real name Paul Giese-Garonzik was a controversial L.A based artist who worked with top stars such as Beyonce, Shakira, and Grimes yet who also had a massive fall from grace after facing allegations of s*xual abuse from dozens of models.

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At the time he offered a half-hearted apology and later disappeared from social media. Superstars such as Grimes even received backlash for remaining friends with him despite the serious allegations he faced.

Following his return to social media, Nusi Quero posted normally and did not even address his previous issues. His death has left friends in the industry in shock, eliciting responses such as “…This is all so befuddling and unexpected…gaht’ damn the world lost a true one of kind original sincerely,”

Others are not being too kind with their comments.

One user said they would not be too surprised if Quero had committed s*ic*de out of fear that more accusations would come up soon.