A somber Caitlyn Jenner has broken her silence on the sudden death of her longtime friend and manager, Sophia Hutchins. While stepping out for a coffee run Thursday in Malibu, Calif. — where she lives — Jenner, 75, told the Daily Mail she was going through “tough times” and didn’t “want to talk.”

The close friend of the former Olympian served as a Trump 2024 campaign surrogate and founded the sunscreen company Lumasol.

Sophia Hutchins was Caitlyn Jenner ‘s longtime assistant and friend before her tragic death on July 2, 2025. At just 29 years old, Hutchins reportedly died near Jenner’s Malibu, California, home. And with the spike in public interest about her, we have a breakdown of what happened to Hutchins, who she was to Jenner and more below.