Late Gossip Woman and Buffy star Michelle Trachtenberg’s boyfriend was holding down the fort at her household’s Los Angeles dwelling on Wednesday after her mom discovered the actress useless in her New York house.
Teary-eyed and in the throes of grief, expertise agent Jay Cohen, 63, answered the door on the Trachtenbergs’ Sherman Oaks dwelling.
His presence on the household dwelling suggests he and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star, who died age 39, have been nonetheless relationship, after being first formally linked in 2020.
And residency information linked Michelle and her mom to the four-bed, 2,620 square-feet Sherman Oaks dwelling relationship again a number of years. Cohen is registered as residing there from 2021.
He advised DailyMail.com that ‘the household won’t be commenting on the tragedy.’
He added that Michelle’s sister and mom weren’t dwelling – as her mom was reportedly the one to seek out the Gossip Woman star’s physique at her Manhattan house round 8am Wednesday morning.
Late Gossip Woman and Buffy star Michelle Trachtenberg’s, 39, boyfriend of almost 5 years was holding down the fort at her household’s Los Angeles dwelling on Wednesday after her passing
Lana, Michelle’s mother, found her physique inside her New York Metropolis house on Wednesday. Cohen advised DailyMail.com that the household wouldn’t be commenting on the tragedy
Jay Cohen, Michelle’s boyfriend, speaking to a DailyMail.com reporter from Trachtenberg’s household dwelling in Beverly Hills
Michelle wished Cohen a cheerful Valentine’s Day earlier this month, writing on Instagram, ‘Completely satisfied Valentine’s Day to the person who sits nonetheless lengthy sufficient for me to color his face’, with an image of the couple dressed as Jekyll and Hyde for Halloween.
Cohen is a father of two from a earlier relationship and a accomplice at prime Hollywood expertise company Gersh, with a background on Wall Road.
Trachtenberg joined Gersh in 2014.
Although a medical expert is but to find out her actual reason behind loss of life, sources advised TMZ that the actress had not too long ago undergone a liver transplant after battling alcohol points.
Police sources additionally advised ABC information that she might have suffered problems following a liver transplant.
Cohen additionally had a kidney transplant in 1999.
Although a medical expert is but to find out her actual reason behind loss of life, sources advised TMZ that the actress had not too long ago undergone a liver transplant after battling alcohol pointsÂ
Michelle wishing Cohen a cheerful Valentine’s Day earlier this month, joking that he was the person who ‘sits lengthy sufficient for me to color his face’
Michelle was discovered useless Wednesday in her New York Metropolis house close to Columbus Circle (pictured with medical expert van exterior) simply after 8am native timeÂ
In July 2023, he made a heartfelt submit marking the twenty fourth anniversary of the transplant.
‘When requested what they needed for his or her birthdays prior they requested for me to get wholesome,’ he wrote, referring to his daughters Rachel and Lili.
He praised the donor, therapist Suzi Landolphi.
‘I do not know what I did to deserve her kidney and her reward however I do know I stay as wholesome as potential for my thoughts and my physique to deal with [it] with the respect she deserves,’ he mentioned within the submit. ‘Life is price combating for, assist folks as you may give love not hate!’
In March final 12 months, Michelle posted a birthday tribute to her boyfriend, writing: ‘Completely satisfied Birthday to the person who places up with me @jaymcohen’
Cohen first posted Michelle on his social media in July 2021, with the caption: ‘#fireworks are day-after-day with this one !!’
Throughout a chat at Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition in 2015, he mentioned he bought into the film enterprise ‘accidentally’.
Cohen additionally had a kidney transplant in 1999, and in July 2023, he made a heartfelt submit marking the twenty fourth anniversary of the transplant
The Hollywood producer is a father to 2 daughters: Lili (left) and Rachel (proper)
The couple, who’ve been relationship since 2020, are more likely to have met in 2014 when Michelle was signed to The Gersh Company. Sources revealed on the time that Jay was her expertise agent
‘I began out as an funding banker in New York, made my option to L.A., financed some motion pictures for folks accidentally so I realized easy methods to make motion pictures as a result of I invested in a film and seems the producers did not perceive they weren’t imagined to the the cash dwelling,’ he mentioned.
‘So I took the film over, realized all about movie manufacturing, began a manufacturing firm with Dustin Hoffman, made lots of motion pictures.’
Swimming With Sharks, Two for the Cash and Bride Wars are amongst his producer credit.
Police mentioned they obtained the decision about Michelle simply after 8am.
‘On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at roughly 0801 hours, police responded to a 911 name of an aided particular person at 1 Columbus Place, throughout the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,’ police mentioned in an announcement.
‘Upon arrival, officers noticed a 39-year-old feminine unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded to the placement and pronounced the sufferer deceased.
‘Criminality isn’t suspected. The Medical Examiner will decide the reason for loss of life. The investigation stays ongoing.’
