Troubled Celebrities
Charlie Sheen has been sentenced to 30 days of residential drug treatment after agreeing to a plea agreement in a third degree misdemeanor assault charge.
(0)Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 90 days of jail time and 90 days in inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation for violating the terms of her probation on a 2007 DUI and reckless driving conviction.
(0)With his new album “Recovery” just out, Eminem talks about how he stays clean and sober today, and what it took for him to get help 2 years ago.
(2)Actor Jeremy London, 37 notable for his roles in Party of Five, 7th Heaven and Mallrats was kidnapped in Palm Springs on June 10th and forced to smoke what was either crack cocaine or meth amphetamines.
(1)13 year old Zenani Mandela, great granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, was killed after the car that was transporting her home from a concert commemorating the opening of the World Cup crashed into a barricade and overturned at midnight on Thursday.
(0)The Prism Awards are given to actors who accurately play characters with addiction or mental health issues. This year’s winners include Jeff Bridges, Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
(0)The son of actor Michael Douglas will serve 5 years in a federal prison for his role as a ‘middleman’ in a large-scale methamphetamine dealing ring.
(0)In an interview in the Spanish magazine, Hola, Griffith said that she’s totally sober and describes her hard fought recovery as breaking free from a prison of drugs and alcohol.
(0)California Attorney General Gerry Brown made the remarks at a press conference where he talked about doctor shopping and about how, in the months leading up to his death, Haim used multiple doctors to procure 550 prescription pills.
(0)Reality star Kelly Osbourne (and daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne) is set to join the Dr. Phil show as a special guest contributor for a series of appearances. She will draw from her personal history of battling addiction and obesity to advise show guests facing similar challenges.
(0)Actress Edie Falco (ex Soprano mom) who plays the lead character in the critically acclaimed Showcase series, ‘Nurse Jackie’ says her past experience with alcoholism helps her better understand her opiate addicted and pill popping character.
(0)Glenn Close is now the first named woman to get a full genome sequencing. Close has bipolar and schizophrenia in the family and participated in the sequencing to increase awareness and to further scientific understanding of these and other mental health conditions.
(0)Teen star and troubled adult Corey Haim died this morning at the age of 38. The cause of death remains unknown pending an autopsy and toxicology report.
(0)Michael Douglas says that he repeated the mistakes of his father, Kirk Douglas, in raising son Cameron – by putting career before family.
(1)Bishop Margot Kaessmann has resigned her position as head of Germany’s Protestant Church after her arrest on DUI charges on Saturday.
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