On Monday, news broke that Scott Disick entered a rehab facility for substance abuse, but
due to a leaked photo from inside the facility, Scott has checked out, is on his way home
to Los Angeles and is SUING!
What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and we just want to start off by sending our
love and support to Scott Disick and his family.
It’s not always easy to admit you need help, especially when your entire life is in the
public eye, so we just hope he is taking care of himself.
And before we get into all the details of this story, I wanted to give a quick trigger
warning because we will be talking about some heavy topics like rehab, mental health and
substance abuse.
So please only continue watching if you feel comfortable doing so, and we’ve linked some
resources in the description in case you or someone you know needs them.
Alright, so here’s what went down.
Yesterday, news came out that Scott had checked himself into a luxury addiction treatment
center in Colorado last week.
While many news outlets originally reported that Scott was seeking help for substance
abuse, more specifically alcohol and cocaine, Scott’s lawyer cleared the air on that.
At first, a source told E! News quote, “It’s true.
Scott checked in last week.
He had a lot of guidance from Kourtney and she demanded that he get help.
Things have been bad the last couple of weeks and Kourtney won’t allow him around the
kids unless he gets treatment.”
And in case you forgot, Scott has suffered with substance abuse in the past.
He has been sober for the past couple of years after seeking treatment in 2017, when he was
reportedly hospitalized on a psychiatric hold.
And according to Us Weekly, after getting better, he started dating Sofia Richie and
dedicated himself to a healthier lifestyle.
So fans were obviously concerned to hear that Scott was back in rehab after being sober
for about 3 years.
But Scott’s lawyer, Marty Singer, spoke out and confirmed he was there to work on
past traumas due to his parents’ deaths, not substance abuse.
Marty said quote, “In an effort to finally come to terms and deal with the pain that
Scott has been silently suffering for many years due to the sudden death of his mother,
followed by the death of his father 3 months later, Scott made the decision to check himself
into a rehab facility last week to work on his past traumas.
He did not check in for any alcohol or cocaine abuse.”
And if you watched last Thursday's episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, you saw
Scott confess that he still struggles to deal with losing both his parents within three
months of each other.
Scott was really close with his parents.
His mom Bonnie passed away in 2013 after a long illness, and then his father Jeff died
of unknown causes in 2014.
So obviously Scott and his lawyer both are outraged by the leaked photo of him from inside
the facility that surfaced on the internet.
According to TMZ, Scott's team believes the photo was taken by a staff member and not
a patient, and that could trigger criminal prosecution.
They were also told that the photo was taken of Scott upon his check-in to the facility.
As soon as Scott learned of the photo leak, he immediately called for a car to pick him
up, and he's now left the facility.
Scott’s lawyer said they are suing writing quote, "he has checked himself out and is
immediately returning home.
We are alarmed by this extreme invasion of privacy and plan to take immediate legal action."
And fans on Twitter agree that if the facility leaked the photo, it would be a major HIPAA
violation.
In case you aren’t familiar with HIPAA it’s a federal law that creates standards to protect
sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent
or knowledge.
So this fan tweeted saying quote, “If they leaked the photo, that’s unacceptable and
truly F’d up.”
Another fan agreed chiming in writing quote, “They violated HIPAA!
That’s the least of it.
They should lose their license to be able to practice.
I don’t care who he is, he has the right to seek help like anyone else.
Fuck this place.”
And another person added quote, “What the hell kind of facility would do that!?
They should be sued”
And we agree with the fact that no matter who someone is, they deserve privacy especially
when it comes to private health information and seeking help.
Many other fans on Twitter were curious how Scott ended up back at rehab in the first
place like this fan who wrote quote, “no shade at all, sending Scott Disick a lot of
love, but does anyone know why he checked himself in?
like was there family intervention? or was it his choice?”
And according to reports it seems like it was a little bit of both.
Scott eventually did check himself in, and according to E! it's been difficult for him
to be cooped up inside while social distancing, he’s been "spiraling in his thoughts."
Scott's girlfriend Sofia apparently first noticed his behavior and a source says she
was quote "extremely concerned with the choices he was making and how out of control he became
very quickly."
So Sofia allegedly spoke to Scott's ex Kourtney Kardashian about the situation because she
quote, “didn't know what else to do," and Kourtney gave him an ultimatum.
The source said quote, “Kourtney was very upset, and knew something was up by his unresponsiveness
to matters and convos that pertained to the kids.
She had been through this before many times, and put a halt to it immediately.
She ultimately gave him an ultimatum and he had no choice but to seek help.”
And while Scott is no longer in the facility, we truly hope that he is able to get to a
healthier, happier place soon.
Please feel free to send Scott and his family some love down in the comment section.
And if you want more on Scott, Kourtney, and Sofia, click right over here for another Clevver
News video.
I’m Sussan Mourad, bye guys!