NeNe Leakes was already battling son Bryson Bryant's legal woes in the early seasons of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." He was arrested twice in 2010 on gun and drug charges, which Leakes seemed to downplay in a statement to People. "Like any parent, I am disappointed with the actions and arrest of my son, Bryson," she said, noting that she and late husband Gregg Leakes planned to "deal with this family issue in a private manner."

Unfortunately, Bryant has been arrested multiple times since, including in 2011, when he got caught stealing from an area Walmart. (NeNe Leakes, who subsequently left and returned to the show and then left again, refused to bail Bryant out of jail and kicked him out of the house.) In fact, things spiraled so badly that by late 2014, he was sent to the slammer for three months and ordered to check into an "intensive" rehab program. In 2015, Bryant was arrested again, this time for providing police with a false name. To make matters even worse, someone leaked photos of Bryant to Radar in October 2017, alleging they had partied with him and observed him snorting cocaine.

Even though it seemed for a while that Bryant had thankfully turned things around by welcoming three children and becoming a music producer, manager, and actor, things got complicated again with his baby mama. In 2019, Symone Davis (mother of his son Blaze) posted on Instagram a since-deleted photo of Bryant sleeping on the couch, along with a slew of accusations, describing him as a deadbeat dad.

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