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Drugs, Jail & Sex! 20 Juicy NeNe Leakes Secrets & Scandals Exposed

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Sep. 22 2016, Updated 3:02 p.m. ET

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NeNe Leakes may be the financial leader of the pack on Real Housewives of Atlanta (she reportedly earns over $1.5 million per season), but her net worth can’t buy away her crazy past. Click through RadarOnline.com’s gallery of Leakes’ most shocking secrets and scandals.

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Son of Real Housewives star NeNe Leakes arrested for alleged shoplifting.

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Leakes' oldest son Bryson has a history of run-ins with the law. He has been arrested over four times and most recently, spent time in jail and did court-ordered rehab for drug and alcohol related issues

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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ TV personality Nene Leakes checks out of the Trump Hotel in SoHo in New York City

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After leaving Bryson's father, Leaks struggled to pay the rent, so she turned to stripping. She made $1,000 in a single night and continued to dance on poles. "I was putting my son through private school," Leakes said. "I knew how to talk game to get the money from the guys."

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The reality starlet banks more than $1.5 million for her Housewives gig. "I was not offered 1.5, let's be clear, yeah, it's a lot nicer than that," Leakes said.

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In her twenties, Leakes plead guilty to one misdemeanor and three felony counts of "theft of services." She was placed on probation, but was arrested three more times for violating the terms of her probation.

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NeNe Leakes entertains on the carpet at The New Normal for PaleyFest held at the Saban Theatre in Los Angeles, California

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Leakes' mother abandoned her and her brother as children and left them with an aunt.

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NeNe Leakes parties with husband Gregg and friends after her Cirque du Soleil “Zumanity” debut in Las Vegas

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In 2014, Marlo Hampton accused Leakes of cheating on her husband, Gregg Leakes, with an ex. "I heard that NeNe is still in touch with her ex-boyfriend, and he is buying her gifts including Gucci bags and other expensive things," Hampton told Radar.

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NeNe Leakes leaves hotel

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There were allegations that Leakes let some friends rent a house that had rats -- and even human feces -- on the patio.

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Nene Leakes of ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ parties at Tao Nightclub

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Leakes has Dr. Sam Saleh on Rodeo Drive in Hollywood to thank for her porcelain veneer teeth.

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At the end of January 2015, Leakes sent cease and desist letters to her RHOA costars, Kenya Moore and Claudia Jordan, for making "defamatory statements." "It's legal so I can't go into details, but I did send them out," Leakes says. "We are on a reality show where we do throw shade, we do talk about each other, we do sling mud, but when it becomes malicious and when it becomes evil and it becomes a whole lot of bashing where you are crossing the line, that is where I draw the line."

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EXCLUSIVE: Nene Leakes seen after taping of ‘Watch What Happens Live’ in NYC

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Before Leakes reunited with and re-married Gregg, she dated Famous Famiglia co-founder John Kolaj. During their fling, Leakes tweeted about the extravagant gifts he gave her, which included diamond necklaces, Louboutins, and designer handbags.

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Leakes is in a she-said she-said legal war with Tees in the Trap designer Arsha Jones over who came up with the catch-phrase, "Girl, bye." According to Leakes, Jones stole the slogan from her. But Jones claims Leakes found the slogan by purchasing a shirt from a popup store in Atlanta and then went on to rip off the slogan for herself.

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2014 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Upfronts, NYC

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NeNe Leakes grew up thinking one man, Curtis Johnson, was her dad. But then a DNA test revealed her beliefs were wrong. "For me to not have my mom and then me finding out he's not my dad, it just changed so much about everything," Leakes admitted to Giuliana Rancic.

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NeNe Leakes has dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills

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In her twenties, was with a man who abused her physically and emotionally for around six years. That man was the father of her first son, Bryson. "The first person to really say 'I love you' a lot became my abuser," Leakes says. "He hit me and then later on he would say 'I love you' and I thought that this must be what love is."

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NeNe Leakes and Sara Haines visit ‘Good Morning America’ in Times Square

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Bryson's father brought her "out of the house at gunpoint" and that's when she finally left him.

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NeNe Leakes and husband Gregg arrive at the stage door for the Broadway musical ‘Cinderella’ in NYC

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Leakes met her now-husband, Gregg Leakes, at a strip club.

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NeNe Leakes reveals on the ‘Wendy Williams Show’ that she is engaged to her ex-husband, Gregg Leakes in NYC

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Leakes briefly divorced her husband, Gregg, but then decided to remarry him again.

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Leakes is a grandmother. Her granddaughter's name is Bri'asia. Her son's ex-girlfriend also claims that Leakes has another granddaughter.

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Care Free Celebrity Apprentice Quitter Nene Leaks!

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In 2008, the Leakes were kicked out of their 5-bedroom home for owing $6,240 in back-rent.

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Over the years, the Leakes have owed the IRS about $158,000 in back taxes.

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TV personality Nene Leakes, wearing a multi-colored mini dress with blonde hair, leaves for the Bravo Upfronts in New York City

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Wedding planner Tiffany Cook reportedly sued Leakes for an unpaid wedding bill totaling $1,142,900.

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