Victoria Jones, the 34-year-old daughter of actor Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead in a luxury hotel in San Francisco early on New Year’s Day, according to the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Her cause of death has not yet been determined.
The San Francisco Fire Department paramedics arrived at 950 Mason, the address of the Fairmont San Francisco hotel, around 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day, after the department received a report of an unnamed person having a medical emergency, an SFFD spokesperson said in a statement. The person was pronounced dead.
San Francisco police officers arrived at the hotel a few minutes later, an SFPD public information officer said in a statement, but police deferred identification of the person to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
A Fairmont hotel spokesperson told NBC Bay Area that the staff was “deeply saddened” by the incident. “Our heartfelt condolences are with the family and loved ones during this very difficult time. The hotel team is actively cooperating and supporting police authorities within the framework of the ongoing investigation.”
Representatives for Tommy Lee Jones didn’t immediately respond to The Washington Post’s requests for comment.
Last year, Victoria Jones had at least two run-ins with law enforcement in Napa County, California, according to Napa County Superior Court records. In April, she was charged with obstructing a peace officer, being under the influence of a controlled substance and possessing a narcotic/controlled substance. In June, she was accused of domestic battery and domestic violence/elder abuse. She pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Victoria Jones had multiple acting credits for minor roles in projects her father was involved in, including “Men in Black II,” (neuralyzed daughter) and “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” (immigrant girl). In a 2006 New Yorker interview, Tommy Lee Jones spoke about what it was like working with his daughter on the latter film, which he directed. “She’s a good actress, has her SAG card, speaks impeccable Spanish,” he said. “When she was a baby, I told Leticia, her nurse, to speak to her in Spanish.”
“But I fired my daughter,” he added. “She had to get up at 5 a.m. for her part. One morning, she wouldn’t get out of bed. I said, ‘Honey, this is work.’ But she wouldn’t budge. So I fired her. Then, without telling me, the production staff went over and woke her and rushed her out to the set just in time.”
An Oscar- and Emmy Award-winning actor, Tommy Lee Jones is known for starring in the Men in Black franchise alongside Will Smith, and for his supporting roles in “The Fugitive,” “Lincoln” and “JFK.” He was married to Victoria’s mother, Kimberlea Cloughley, from 1981 to 1996. Victoria’s older brother, Austin Leonard Jones, is 43.
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