In 2007, WWE started a policy that they would pay all expenses for any former WWF/WWE performer who needed to enter into any form of substance abuse rehabilitation.
According to various wrestling news reports, as well as his own MySpace page, Roberts was placed in a 14-week voluntary rehab program by WWE as of December 10, 2007.
In May 2008, Jim Ross reported that, "Jake Roberts has been doing well the past few weeks, after completing a treatment program."
Roberts' official MySpace page reported that he was back to working indy shows, and claimed that he was doing well after rehab. However, on September 12, 2008, Jake had an incident at a Firestorm Pro Wrestling event in Lakewood, Ohio in which he was very visibly not sober, and was disruptive and unable to properly work. Jake then got into a fight backstage after the show, and police had to be called to the event.
On September 15, 2008, a statement released on his Myspace page by his assistant claimed that Jake had been drugged at the venue and that Roberts has no recollection of the incident that happened during the show.
Fresh off her appearance on VH1 Celebrity rehab, porn star Mary Carey was seen at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood pounding what looked to be Chardonnay like water. If that is the case, I guess Celebrity rehab is not the answer. Damn, I thought that show would save the world.
