By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 11:59 EST, 16 August 2013 | UPDATED: 13:27 EST, 16 August 2013

The mother of Gia Allemand has broken her silence over her daughter's tragic death and urged people not to listen to claims made by self-proclaimed 'friends' of the late reality star.

Donna Micheletti even took the unusual step of mentioning one associate of her daughter, whose suicide from hanging at the age of 29 has rocked the celebrity world.

Micheletti, who was pictured holding a vigil outside the New Orleans hospital where her daughter passed away, said that Loredana Ferriolo was not 'trusted' by her daughter.

'The family and close friends of Gia Allemand have not spoken to the media to date, nor have they posted comments or insight on Twitter,' she said in an official statement.

'There are numerous statements and theories in the media regarding Gia’s death and her life that refer to sources close to Gia or friends of hers.

'As her mother, I am well aware of Gia’s close friends and her best friends and I am personally going on record to refute all statements to the media out there thus far with the exception of official statements we have released through publicist Penelope Jean Hayes, and those jointly with Ryan Anderson’s NBA team representation.

'Gia liked everyone and always found the good in people, however there were acquaintances that she had disassociated with whom are now speaking as her close friends.

'I don’t like to give further publicity by mentioning names here, however there is a particular individual, Loredana Ferriolo, identifying herself as Gia’s best friend and the fact is that Gia expressed directly to me that she did not trust this individual and her motives for her own public exposure.

'After the funeral, I do intend to speak about my dear daughter’s life and death, and will do so in an open disclosure way with a trusted media source. Thank you for all those truly concerned and God bless.'

Ferriolo - who became well known as one of Tiger Woods’ alleged mistresses - told the New York Daily News that she spoke to Gia the night she died.

'Either she was crying or she had a cold. I asked her and she paused and said, ‘Yeah, I have a cold.’ I thought she was crying. But she insisted it was a cold.'

'I was with her a week before and everything was fine,' Ferriolo added, 30.

'We did typical girl stuff. She was helping me plan my wedding. She talked about what kind of flowers she wanted to have one day at her wedding.'

And she said that as far as she knew, Allemand and her partner, Ryan Anderson, 25, were still going strong, although she admitted Gia missed her native East Coast.

'They were still together and talking every night and saying "I love you," ' said Ferriolo.

'I came forward because there was all this speculation that Gia was depressed or on drugs and that’s not true,' she said. 'I want to respect her memory.'

After her boyfriend Ryan Anderson made an emergency call 911 call Gia was rushed to hospital and put on a life-support machine.

There, Gia's family including her mother Donner and boyfriend Ryan stayed by her side, until her life-support machine was eventually removed.

In a statement the family revealed that as a practicing Christian Gia received the sacrament of last rites.