“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Mary Cosby worried that her son Robert Jr. would die just months before his shocking death on Monday.
The Bravolebrity voiced her concern for her only child as she gave an update on him during part two of the “RHOSLC” Season 6 reunion, which aired Jan. 20.
At the time, her son was being held in Salt Lake County Metro Jail due to a November arrest, in which he he violated a pretrial protective order against his now ex-wife. Alexiana Smokoff.
“I’m not worried about him,” Mary, though visibly emotional, said, adding that it gave her comfort that he was somewhere he wasn’t using drugs.
“At some point, I have to step back so that he can learn and he can make his own decisions, and unfortunately, he’s learning the hard way. But I’m OK with it,” she said.
“It’s just, you don’t want to see your kid suffer, but I know it’s good,” Mary explained. “And I’d rather him be there than dead, you know?”
Robert Jr. was released from jail earlier this month after serving two months behind bars. As part of his sentencing, he was ordered to serve 99 days in jail but got credit for time served.
As a condition of his release, the judge also ordered Robert Jr. to complete 24 months of probation, finish 75 hours of community service,and take substance abuse and anger management classes.
In an exclusive statement to Page Six, Robert Jr.’s attorney, Clayton Sims, said the 23-year-old looked at his time in jail as “a blessing”
“It allowed him to sober up and start thinking clearly. He’s looking forward to doing positive things. The difficulty is that he was slow to recognize the dissolution of his marriage. But now he understands the relationship is over, and he’s moving forward,” Simms said at the time.
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