I started this post yesterday but there were so many conflicting stories that I decided to wait for today when Luann’s hearing was scheduled to take place.
Yesterday, Florida state attorney declined to prosecute two counts of corruption by threat and battery on a law enforcement officer that the arresting officer initially charged her with. She was then formally charged with resisting an officer with violence, trespassing an occupied structure and disorderly intoxication. The first charge is a felony and the other two are misdemeanors. This was a step in the right direction.
After her arrest, Luann hired attorney Doug Duncan to represent her. Duncan is the attorney that got Tiger Woods out of trouble after his last DUI that he blamed on taking medication for back pain and drinking. He immediately went to rehab just like Luann. The similarities in the two cases don’t end there. Duncan was set to attend Luann’s hearing today in her place as the judge allowed her to stay in New York and work. Then today, the hearing was cancelled just like Tiger’s was. If thing continue to follow the “Duncan format” we can expect for Lu to get a plea deal hammered out pretty quickly.
And America’s great tragedy will finally be over.
Some details in this post were taken from this Page Six article who were first to report the hearing has been cancelled.
You would think that being a Countess, she would be covered under the Diplomatic immunity laws ? It a shame she lost her title when she married.
Luann is a great person. I hate to see how the separation from Tom has sent her spiraling out of control. I hope she seeks counseling and get her some good girl friends to help her along.
Her marriage had nothing to do with this behavior. She was getting drunk and picking up strange men long before.
That’s why she went to rehab. As soon as the case is settled, she WILL be drinking again.
You guys are so judgemental. Ugh. I’m sure you’ve never made a mistake by drinking too much (after you were embarrassed on national tv). So little empathy.
LuAnn will sip water or club soda on camera and drink like a fish on the sly.
You know this how?
A little bit concerned that she wasn’t in rehab for very long. A few weeks rarely cuts it but we don’t if she really felt she needed to be there or was doing it for the court. ( i know some of you will laugh of me but i’m giving her benefit of the doubt.)Either way I wish her well.
Although she went in of her own volition, it’s amazing how many people in rehab and AA are court ordered. It rarely works for those people. I can’t imagine being on Housewives and declining to drink. It’s the whole culture of Reality TV.
She was there at least 28 days. I’m sure she won’t drink on camera this season, but once the plea deal is banged out she’ll be back to drinking in moderation.
I wouldn’t think twice about seeing Lu drinking.
I just hope the women don’t make it a “thing” if she decided to have a glass of champagne on the show.
Can’t trust Sonja or Ramona to not blurt out bullshit, lol.
Actually most programs are 4 weeks long, but long “second step” programs come after that. However I don’t think that at this time LuAnn wanted to join AA community and be sober. She probably went to “rehab” – by which I mean she went through “how to control your drinking” program.
Time will tell if she will follow Kim Richard steps, or if it was the episode she needed to get her act back together.
I mean can you imagine those future headlines about countess stilling shit from Target? 😀
In this recovering alcoholic/addict’s opinion, Luann is not an alcoholic> she may be going through a period where she’s drinking too heavily due to stress, etc, but that’s not the same. She went to rehab for it to look good for the court and maybe to get some good counseling/therapy to help with the Tom issue. That can’t hurt.
but IMO, she doesn’t need to abstain from alcohol for the rest of her life like a recovering alcoholic would. She just needs to get her head on straight with her personal troubles.
I agree, but time will tell.
I love Luann and always have. I wish her nothing but the best and want her to come back with her head held high and put this all behind her. I know what she did was pretty extreme but I think she really is a good person. I’m rooting for you Lu!!
I’ve never felt strongly one way or the other about her but I think she fell HARD for Tom and spiraled out of control. She’s over 21 and single so she can sleep with whomever she wants but her drinking needed a stern talking to. I don’t think she is an alcoholic, I think she was self-medicating.
Being an alcoholic with over 20 years sobriety, I am not supposed to judge someone another persons drinking. With that said, I totally agree she was self medicating.
At times she has drank heavily, but at lunches etc. you rarely see her having more than one drink.Trips are a different story. We also do net see her drinking at home unless she has company. There is nothing wrong with going to rehab if one has been self-medicating. Group and individual therapy can do nothing but help her. Only she knows if she is truly an alcoholic, I hope she remains in therapy and makes a few sober friends. Time will tell. I wish her all the best.
Lu crashed and burned, hard! Even if she took the 28 days solely for reflection and detoxing, it will help her to grow and learn from past mistakes. Not gonna judge. We’ve all made them. The fact that she ended up in the back of a squad car proves she needed a breather anyway. I wish her the best, second chances and all that.
Well said, kyoshigirl.
The women are being remarkably uncatty on social media. I’m not sure if they’re just saving it for the talking heads, LOL.
But I can’t think of one of them (except maybe boring pothead Carol) that probably doesn’t regularly melt down and do pretty wild stuff. So they probably all feel like, “There but for the grace of God the police didn’t get called right when I hit my most belligerent drunk phase.”
Ramona is the one that has zero room to talk. She is a good example of what an alcoholic looks like.
You have brought up a valid point. Both Ramona and Snoja have been escorted out to social functions due to their drunken behavior, with pics and video to prove it. The police were not involved. That is the only difference. Dorinda slurs her way through half of her scenes. I don’t want to hear a peep from any of them.
i like lulu and that is all im gonna say 🙂