Eminem's ex-wife under arrest after drug centre no-show
An arrest warrant was issued for the ex-wife of rapper Eminem, a day after she failed to return to a court-ordered drug treatment programme in Michigan.
Kimberly Mathers did not return to a Macomb County treatment centre on Tuesday, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said. After being taken to a doctor’s appointment that day, she was supposed to attend a nearby Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meeting and then return to the centre.
Macomb County Circuit Judge Edward Servitto signed the warrant last night.
Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said authorities contacted members of Mathers’ family, but they did not know where she was.
Tuesday marked at least the second time Mathers dropped out of a court-ordered drug treatment programme. She served some jail time after leaving the programme late last month.
In February the judge ordered Mathers to serve 30 days in the county jail and then be transferred to an in-patient substance abuse treatment programme for 90 days.
The 28-year-old was sentenced in January to two years’ probation after pleading guilty to cocaine possession. The charges stemmed from a traffic stop last June in St Clair Shores.
Mathers and Eminem, whose legal name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, have a daughter.
