Mob Wives star Renee Graziano was arrested for drug-related DWI in Staten Island.
On Tuesday, Jan. 4, the 52-year-old, who has battled substance addiction in the past, was driving a 2020 Nissan Murano when she allegedly lost control and collided with a parked and unoccupied 2020 Jeep Wrangler, NBC News reported, citing a NYPD spokesperson. The rep said that when officers went to speak to her, she displayed physical characteristics consistent with being under the influence and was subsequently taken into custody. She was also taken to hospital for blood testing.
Graziano was charged with a misdemeanor for operating a vehicle while visibly impaired by drugs, the NYPD confirmed to E! News. A spokesperson for the Office of the District Attorney of Richmond County said that while they have not filed any charges on their end, the case remains under investigation. Graziano's reps had no immediate comment when reached by E! News.
Graziano has opened up about her struggles before, previously telling RadarOnline she had been to rehab for depression and addiction to prescription pain pills.
"When I've gone to rehab, it's been because I would get high to not feel, to suppress my feelings and get out of my own head," she told RadarOnline in 2018, the same year she discussed her Xanax addiction on Marriage Boot Camp. "It has never been about partying, it's been more about trying not to feel all of the physical and emotional pain from the abuse I've suffered."
However, she hoped to use her platform for good.
"We cannot deny that depression and addiction don't come hand in hand all over the world — and if me being a celebrity could stand up and show somebody a difference — maybe get two or three kids to try it — if we all put our heads together, it's a blessing," she shared with In Touch. "I don't feel that I was cursed with the disease of addiction. I felt it was a blessing."