
The most disturbing aspect of her case was that no one in Nicole's life seemed to be sympathetic to her situation. However, he still lived in her neighborhood. The man admitted to the crime and got probation for it. Nicole, from Baltimore, Maryland, was 32 at the time her Invention episode aired.Īfter being forced to perform a sex act on her father's friend when she was just a child, Nicole developed a triggered response - an eating disorder - in which she was unable to swallow. 'Intervention' Season 5, Episode 4: Nicole This episode originally aired on August 2006. She had multiple warrants out for her arrest and said that she would rather go to jail than to get treatment, which made it all the more urgent that Cristy's family and friends did an intervention. She blamed her parents' separation - which happened when she was just 9 years old - for the cause behind her destructive behavior. When she was out of the money she made stripping, Cristy would hang out around liquor stores asking men to buy her vodka. She was addicted to both meth and alcohol and was living in a rent-free guest house behind her father's rental property that had not been maintained well. Then she began making her money as a stripper, so her family intervened.Īudiences will likely remember how this episode featured a heavy amount of nudity and how Cristy suffered from serious delusions. She is from Norco, California, and her alcohol and drug addiction had taken control of her life.Ĭristy was born into a tight-knit family and was chasing after a career in clothing design before she became addicted to alcohol and crystal meth. Keep scrolling to see the most disturbing cases that have been featured on Intervention.Ĭristy was 24 at the time her Intervention episode was filmed. While every willing participant on Intervention has gone through traumatic experiences, there are some episodes that have stood out from the rest as being the most disturbing for viewers. The series has been running since 2005, and there has been a seemingly endless number of shocking stories detailed throughout all 18 seasons. Every episode offers a heartbreaking tale of how alcohol, drugs, or other compulsive behaviors have led to destruction and devastation in people's personal lives, and how their family and friends are trying to help them battle the addictions.

A&E's award-winning docuseries Intervention profiles people whose addictions have taken control of their lives.
