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Heather Locklear Has Been ‘Struggling’ With Sobriety, Told Friends She ‘Wanted to Go Back to Rehab’: Source

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Heather Locklear has been “struggling” with her sobriety after previously battling substance abuse issues.

“She has been drinking and told friends over a month ago she wanted to go back to rehab,” a source close to Locklear, 61, and her fiancé, Chris Heisser, exclusively tells Us Weekly. “But she is not in rehab.”

While the insider shares that Locklear “hasn’t left her home” recently “except for a few sightings,” the Melrose Place alum made headlines earlier this week when she was photographed looking distraught and walking along the ledge of a building in Malibu, California.

“It was very strange behavior to be sure, kind of shocking,” an eyewitness shared with Us about the June 29 incident. “She seemed to be talking to herself, 100 percent. God knows what was going on. At one point she ran across the road making all those funny faces, then she went back and sat by herself. And why she was walking along the wall with flip-flops on? That was a seriously steep drop. If she’d fallen it would have been seriously dangerous.”

Locklear has sought treatment several times as she’s struggled with her sobriety and mental health. She completed her most recent stint in rehab in October 2019 and was ordered by a court to continue seeking therapy through an outpatient program. She was also placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold in November 2018 after reports that she assaulted Heisser, 61.

Locklear has also faced multiple run-ins with the law. She was arrested twice in 2018 for battering police officers, which almost sent her to jail for 120 days. She instead reached a plea deal that required her to complete a treatment program and remain on probation for three years.

While Locklear seemingly celebrated one year of sobriety in April 2020 — “Hugs will come later! 1 year sober today!!!” she wrote via Instagram at the time — the source tells Us that her problems have been ongoing.

“Friends say she may never have…

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