MIAMI, FLORIDA: ‘Mob Wives’ star Renee Graziano, daughter of the late mafioso Anthony Graziano, former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family, has checked in to a Texas rehab facility following a drug relapse.
Chris Giovanni, Renee's manager, told TMZ that the reality TV star attributes her relapse to struggles related to the death of her father, who had passed away in May 2019.
Giovanni says Renee told him she overdosed back in mid-September on what she described as a "bad batch" of an unspecific drug she'd gotten from a dealer, however, she didn't give him any other details about the OD.
While she's getting treatment once again, there's no apparent investigation into her September overdose. Her manager says she did not report the incident or the "bad batch" of drugs to police.
Renee Graziano was arrested for driving while impaired in 2022
Renee Graziano's manager told TMZ that she contacted him from the Texas treatment center on Monday, November 13, when she was accompanied by a counselor and just had 10 minutes to talk.
What she did tell him, however, matches his attempts to contact Renee from September to now, adding that any contact they had during that time was sporadic and fleeting.
Earlier, Renee had revealed that many of her problems originate from depression, anxiety, and previous abusive relationships, which include sexual assault.
In January 2022, Renee faced a difficult situation after she was arrested for driving while impaired and for colliding with a parked SUV on Staten Island. The accident resulted in her being charged with DWI, and she allegedly admitted to taking Adderall earlier that day.
However, the 'Mob Wives' star stated that the arrest did not prompt her to seek help, as she had already been planning to do so.
Renee Graziano previously spent time at the Red Songbird Foundation to get over her addiction
Renee Graziano resolved to kick her sleeping pill addiction soon after the January 2022 incident by seeking treatment from ‘The Hills’ star Jason Wahler and his Red Songbird Foundation in the hopes of getting her life back on track.
Renee entered treatment in California on February 6, 2022, for a variety of concerns she'd been dealing with since her twenties, including an addiction to prescribed sleeping pills.
Dr Drew Pinsky, an American media celebrity and addiction medicine specialist, put her in touch with Jason Wahler, who has a history of substance abuse troubles as well as more than a dozen arrests.
Wahler stated in 2019 that he was a "womanizing alcoholic" who attended 12 different rehabilitation centers between the ages of 18 and 23. He has now devoted his life to helping others.
Renee had delved into EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which allows someone to cope with past wounds from a safe distance, in addition to having one-on-one discussions with Songbird personnel to talk through her concerns.
EDMR is known to offer recipients a fresh viewpoint on how to deal with their pain and hurt.
Renee was also undergoing therapy at the time, and she participated in processing groups, anger management classes, wellness discussions, and other meetups that helped her stay grounded.
