Last October, actress Cybill Shepherd was struggling with her emotions after her two-year engagement to psychologist Andrei Nikolajevic had ended. A lifelong Christian, Cybill renewed her faith during that troubling time. “I think I had a broken heart and there was part of it that was never going to heal,” she says, “and that’s when I turned to Jesus…”
Cybill Shepherd's Rehab Heartbreak! Deep Dark Secrets Exposed About Her Son's Stinging Past—EXCLUSIVE
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Cybill Shepherd_s son into court program following flight arrest
Now, as Star has exclusively learned, it seems Cybill is going to need all the spiritual support she can muster. A source claims that her son, Cyrus Zacharia Shepherd-Oppenheim, 27 — who goes by the nickname Zack — has entered a sober living facility in the Los Angeles area, receiving treatment for drug and alcohol addictions.
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Zack has been at the Santa Monica men’s facility of L.A.’s Transcend Recovery Community for a couple of months already, and he’s expected to stay a bit longer,” says the source, who claims Zack had been having issues with alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs.
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"He’s a nice guy who gets on really well with the staff and other residents in the facility, and he seems committed to getting better," a tipster says.
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This isn’t the first time that Zack—who, along with twin sister Molly Ariel, are Cybill’s children by her ex-husband chiropractor Bruce Oppenheim (she has a daughter, Clementine, 36, with first husband David Ford)—has needed an intervention. The first one,however, was court-ordered.
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On Jan. 12, 2010, Zack was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport immediately after his arriving flight from San Francisco landed. He was charged with “theft–unlawful taking” and “receiving stolen goods” after it was alleged that he had stolen cash, a digital camera and a leather makeup case from fellow passengers sleeping on the flight.
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That June, a Philadelphia judge allowed Zack, a first-time offender, to enter an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program; the terms of the sentence included Zack completing 24 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, after which his arrest record would be wiped clean.
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Following the sentencing, Zack’s attorney referred to the AA counseling as “chicken soup,” adding: “I don’t know that it’s needed in this case, but it certainly can’t hurt.”
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Unfortunately, it appears Zack is back to square one after that initial counseling—and his addictions have expanded beyond booze to include pills and pot, claims the source.
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Fortunately, Transcend Recovery Community is a wonderful facility, and Zack has fit in comfortably,” the source tells Star. “Their program is also very family-inclusive, so Zack’s parents will always be in the loop.”
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Ironically, Cybill, 65, a young supermodel who then shot to showbiz stardom in the films The Last Picture Show and Taxi Driver and on the TV series Moonlighting, has admitted her own drug use in the past—and has openly discussed it with her children, in hopes of steering them away from going down the same road.
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Ariel and Zack Shepherd-Oppenheim's 18th Birthday Dinner
“I’ve just tried to stay really down-to-earth with my kids,” she has said.
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“Some people say lie if you ever did anything, [but] that’s not the approach I took... and hopefully it will be OK,” says Cybill.
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50 & Fabulous: Celebrating 50 Years Of Women's Advances Since The Pill
Photo credit: Getty Images
Cybill Shepherd_s son into court program following flight arrest
Now, as Star has exclusively learned, it seems Cybill is going to need all the spiritual support she can muster. A source claims that her son, Cyrus Zacharia Shepherd-Oppenheim, 27 — who goes by the nickname Zack — has entered a sober living facility in the Los Angeles area, receiving treatment for drug and alcohol addictions.
Gore Vidal Public Celebration
Zack has been at the Santa Monica men’s facility of L.A.’s Transcend Recovery Community for a couple of months already, and he’s expected to stay a bit longer,” says the source, who claims Zack had been having issues with alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Cybill Shepherd arrives for the red carpet premiere of
"He’s a nice guy who gets on really well with the staff and other residents in the facility, and he seems committed to getting better," a tipster says.
Photo credit: Splash News
'Do You Believe' Los Angeles Premiere
This isn’t the first time that Zack—who, along with twin sister Molly Ariel, are Cybill’s children by her ex-husband chiropractor Bruce Oppenheim (she has a daughter, Clementine, 36, with first husband David Ford)—has needed an intervention. The first one,however, was court-ordered.
Photo credit: FameFly
INF - 'Do You Believe' Los Angeles Premiere
On Jan. 12, 2010, Zack was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport immediately after his arriving flight from San Francisco landed. He was charged with “theft–unlawful taking” and “receiving stolen goods” after it was alleged that he had stolen cash, a digital camera and a leather makeup case from fellow passengers sleeping on the flight.
Photo credit: INFPhoto.com
Lifetime And Sony Pictures Television Red Carpet Launch Party For
That June, a Philadelphia judge allowed Zack, a first-time offender, to enter an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program; the terms of the sentence included Zack completing 24 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, after which his arrest record would be wiped clean.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project's Fundraising Gala: Politics, Sex, & Cocktails
Following the sentencing, Zack’s attorney referred to the AA counseling as “chicken soup,” adding: “I don’t know that it’s needed in this case, but it certainly can’t hurt.”
Photo credit: WireImage
Cybill Shepherd Loves her NYC Fans **USA ONLY**
Unfortunately, it appears Zack is back to square one after that initial counseling—and his addictions have expanded beyond booze to include pills and pot, claims the source.
Photo credit: AKM-GSI
INF - 'Do You Believe' Los Angeles Premiere
Fortunately, Transcend Recovery Community is a wonderful facility, and Zack has fit in comfortably,” the source tells Star. “Their program is also very family-inclusive, so Zack’s parents will always be in the loop.”
Photo credit: INFPhoto.com
Law & Order: - Season 15
Ironically, Cybill, 65, a young supermodel who then shot to showbiz stardom in the films The Last Picture Show and Taxi Driver and on the TV series Moonlighting, has admitted her own drug use in the past—and has openly discussed it with her children, in hopes of steering them away from going down the same road.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Ariel and Zack Shepherd-Oppenheim's 18th Birthday Dinner
“I’ve just tried to stay really down-to-earth with my kids,” she has said.
Photo credit: WireImage
50 & Fabulous: Celebrating 50 Years Of Women's Advances Since The Pill
“Some people say lie if you ever did anything, [but] that’s not the approach I took... and hopefully it will be OK,” says Cybill.
Photo credit: Getty Images
