Crisis Mode! Kim Richards' Inner Circle Considering 5150 Hold After Her Arrest -- Can She Be Saved?
Sep. 22 2016, Updated 2:59 p.m. ET
Kim Richards' arrest for shoplifting has her inner circle terrified that she's spiraling out of control. Now, RadarOnline.com has learned, they're considering trying to get her put on a 5150 hold in the aftermath of her night spent in jail. Will it work?
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Richards' latest arrest for shoplifting on August 2, 2015, caused those close to her to go into crisis mode. "Kim's family is devastated about her latest problems, but they're not surprised," a source close to the situation told Radar.
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"The family believes that Kim has three options," the source revealed. "1. She goes back to rehab. 2. She's put on a 5150 hold. 3. She could end up hospitalized from alcohol poisoning or pill overdose."
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"The entire situation is very sad," the source told Radar. "But if she goes back to rehab, that's just preemptive to keep her out of jail. And the problem with a 5150 hold is that the family doesn't even know if a hospital would agree or how to get her somewhere that would force it upon her. It would be hard. And no one really wants to be the one responsible for managing her life."
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The source said Richards, 50, is on a serious downward spiral. "What makes Kim even more pathetic is how she's ended up," the source said. "She started out as a successful child actress, had a second marriage to the son of a billionaire and has two kids with him. Yet she gets little in the divorce and ends up penniless."
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There are years of resentment built up for Kim and her sisters, the source explained. "She sells her part of the house their mom left them to Kyle because she's broke," the source explained, "then she resents Kyle for it. It is too much for the family to take."
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The LA City attorney charged Kim with petty theft on August 4, 2015, and the source said there is no excuse for her dire situation. "Her daughters all married men who are now Multi-millionaires; her nieces are MEGA rich - and she's stealing from Target?? Then blames everyone else? Her family doesn't know what to do anymore," the source said. "It's incredible."
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And her inner circle is worried that this isn't the last of her troubles. "When Monty Brinson dies, forget it. There are fears she's going to breakdown something awful," said the source. What do you think about Kim's precarious situation? Sound off in comments below.