Reality TV Star Dies at 34

Reality TV star Demitra 'Mimi' Roche, best known for her role in "Bad Girls Club," has died at age 34. Executive record producer Vince Valholla of Valholla Entertainment, where Roche worked, announced the news on Wednesday.

"I’m at a loss for words," he wrote in a tweet. "Don’t know what to say. Mimi was kind to everyone she came across. She was big dreamer & was a part of our Valholla family. I’m heartbroken by the news of her passing. I’m thankful I got to know & work w/ her. My thoughts are with her family & loved ones."

A close friend, Ashley Colon, also took to social media to remember the reality TV personality.

"Rest Easy baby girl Demitra Roche," she wrote in a Facebook post. "I just wished you a happy birthday then the next day this is what I see. 2020 is def the year of appreciating your loved ones, hug them tight tell them you love them as life is clearly way to short. Some of you may know her from Bad Girls Club but I knew the real her. Such a sweet soul and with radiant energy so full of life. Gone [too] soon."

No cause of death was provided.

Roche joined Valholla Entertainment as Vice President of A&R in 2011 and in 2012 she appeared in the reality TV show "Bad Girls Club" season 8, TMZ reported. The series, which first aired in 2006 on Oxygen, follows a group of rebellious young women put into a house together for several weeks. Roche earned herself the nickname "The Miami Maverick" in the show.

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