Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby opened up about her son, Robert Jr.’s September arrest.
The church leader told PEOPLE the arrest was a wake-up call for her son, who is battling addiction.
Robert Jr. needed a wake up call:
Mary’s son was accused of attempting to climb through a dog door to break into his father-in-law’s home. Then, he allegedly assaulted someone on the front lawn. Police ordered him to get on the ground, but Robert Jr. allegedly failed to do so. He ultimately complied before he was arrested.
“It was for his good. I think he needed that.”
“He’s never encountered anything like that. He’s never been through anything like that. I don’t mind it. It hurt me at the time. I was devastated, I was worried, I was scared.”
“But some things happen for a reason to show you the path you’re on. I feel like he needed that and that he understands that that’s the wrong journey.”
Robert Jr. says he’s taking his journey “day by day.” Knowing he’s a work in progress, Robert Jr. made a hopeful statement. “I’m not where I want to be, but I’m certainly not where I used to be.” He adds: “I will get there!”
The wifey:
While Robert Jr.’s wife, Alexiana, had been living in Mary and Robert Sr.’s home for some time, Mary says they’d recently “moved her out.”
“She’s out of our house now, so they snuck out to be together and got caught,” Mary claims. “So the parents made sure that he [was arrested for trespassing].”
Because they are apart, she says his arrest “became a blessing in disguise.”
