Reality TV star Renee Graziano crashed her car Tuesday night into a parked vehicle on Staten Island and has been charged with driving while impaired by drugs, DailyMail.com has learned.
The 52-year-old Mob Wives star, who has reportedly battled substance abuse and depression, told police she’d taken Adderall earlier in the day.
The crash happened at 10.19pm at the intersection of Arden Avenue and Arthur Kill Road.
Driving a 2020 Nissan Murano with New Jersey plates, Graziano struck an unoccupied 2020 Jeep Wrangler. Her car ended up on the south side of Arthur Kill Road.
She was exiting the driver’s seat when cops arrived, sources said. She was allegedly incoherent, had watery eyes and slurred speech.
She was taken to a nearby hospital to be examined, then transported to a local police precinct and charged with the misdemeanor crime of operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, sources said.
DailyMail.com spotted Graziano leaving through the back entrance of criminal court Wednesday.
Mob Wives star Renee Graziano crashed her car Tuesday night on Staten Island
DailyMail.com spotted Graziano leaving through the back entrance of criminal court Wednesday
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She has been charged with driving while impaired by drugs, DailyMail.com has learned. Graziano posed in front of NYPD cars in an Instagram post
Driving a 2020 Nissan Murano with New Jersey plates, Graziano struck an unoccupied 2020 Jeep Wrangler
Graziano is the daughter of Anthony Graziano, a former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.
She rose to fame in reality show show Mob Wives and in 2016 came in third on Celebrity Big Brother.
Graziano’s sister Jennifer created and produced the reality show, which led to an estrangement between Anthony and his daughters.
However they are said to have since reconciled.
Her ex-husband Hector Pagan Jr. is also a former associate of the Bonnano crime family and became an informant.
Graziano rose to fame in reality show show Mob Wives and in 2016 came in third on Celebrity Big Brother
Graziano is the daughter of Anthony Graziano (center), a former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family
The series ended shortly following the death of Graziano’s co-star Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, who passed away on February 18, 2016 at the age of 55 following a battle with cancer.
That same year, Graziano reportedly entered rehab for depression.
‘She is back in Florida,’ her sister Jennifer said at the time. ‘She is getting treatment that stems from her depression and some things that she has to work out.’
‘She’s been battling depression for a while and this kind of treatment kind of digs a little deeper than what she’s done in the past. So, I’m hoping she stays as long as she needs,’ her sister added.
Source: Daily Mail
