Rosie O’Donnell is reeling following the arrest of her daughter Chelsea Belle, who was arrested for child neglect and drug possession – after cops reportedly found her 11-month-old son near a meth pipe.
According to reports, the comic’s 27-year-old daughter was charged with four felony counts of "maintaining a drug trafficking place, child neglect, possession of methamphetamine and THC", which is commonly found in marijuana.
Court documents also show she was hit with two misdemeanors – "disorderly conduct/domestic abuse" and "possession of illegally obtained prescription drugs".
On September 10 authorities responded to a domestic disturbance and found her Marinette County, Wisconsin home in appalling condition, with filthy dishes, feces, garbage used diapers and female hygiene products strewn around.
More disturbingly, they discovered meth pipes, needles and a digital scale within easy reach of the ex-talk show host's 11-month-old grandson, prompting Child Protective Services to intervene.
Chelsea, reportedly battling addiction issues, called law enforcement to which the 911 operator reported hearing a woman tell someone in the background to "get the h--- away," from her. Once police showed up, she told officers she was just having a heated argument with her boyfriend, Jacob Nelund.
via: EW
"Chelsea is in the news today," O'Donnell wrote in a Saturday Instagram post, sharing a throwback picture of Belle and adding, "This is a photo from a better time."
She continued, "Sadly this is not new for our family. Chelsea has struggled with drug addiction for a decade. We r all hopeful she will find her way out of this deadly disease."
On Sept. 10, Belle, a mother of four, was arrested and booked into a Wisconsin jail after police carried out a search warrant on her Marinette County home, reported court documents reviewed by PEOPLE. She was released later that month after posting a $2000 bond but was later booked into Oconto County Jail on Oct. 11, where she is still in custody.
She is due to appear in court on Nov. 4 and Nov. 7, per court records.
Representatives for the Marinette County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment.
O'Donnell and her ex-wife Kelli Carpenter adopted Chelsea when she was a baby, raising her until 2015, when a 17-year-old Belle ran away from home, only to be found a week later with her then-boyfriend. That year, she moved to Wisconsin to live with her birth mother.
Afterwards, O'Donnell was estranged from her daughter until 2018, when they reconnected when Belle was pregnant with her first child. During an appearance on The Talk later that year, O'Donnell opened up about them repairing their relationship.
"She's doing better now and we're both communicating with each other," O'Donnell said at the time. "When somebody does something unforgivable to you and you can forgive them and they can forgive you, there's a kind of grace that descends upon the both of you within that."
O'Donnell is a mother to five children: Parker, 29; Chelsea, 27; Blake, 24; Vivienne, 21; and Dakota, 11.
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