Johnson and Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, great-great-granddaughter of the company's founder, Robert Wood Johnson, died at the age of 30 in Los Angeles, California, on January 4, 2010. The month before her death, Johnson and reality TV star Tila Tequila had announced their intention to marry in a series of posts to the microblogging service Twitter and videos on YouTube.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/01/tmz-johnson--johnson-heiress-dies/1

The week following Johnson's death, Tequila called 911 from her late fiancee's home, alerting authorities that Johnson's friends Nicky Hilton and Bijou Phillips were attempting to enter the premises and refusing to leave.http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/07/crimesider/entry6068860.shtml Hilton and Phillips were eventually escorted by authorities into the home and allowed to leave with two of Johnson's dogs, along with dog beds and other related items.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/06/2010-01-06_tila_tequila_scheduled_to_meet_with_family_of_deceased_fiancee_heiress_casey_joh.html

Tequila told reporters that she believed Phillips and Hilton planned to put the dogs to sleep and bury them with Johnson. She also claimed that Johnson had a falling out with the two women and did not want them around her any longer.http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/07/crimesider/entry6068860.shtml However, a spokesman for Johnson's father, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, said that the family merely wanted to get medical help for the elderly dogs and had arranged the pick-up with Tequila's staff.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/06/2010-01-06_tila_tequila_scheduled_to_meet_with_family_of_deceased_fiancee_heiress_casey_joh.html

According to Hilton, the dogs were treated by a veterinarian and then taken to Johnson's family, unharmed.http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/nicky-hilton-casey-johnsons-dogs-are-alive-201081