NeNe Leakes’ son Bryson Bryant has entered a not guilty plea to charges of felony possession of Fentanyl and misdemeanor ‘loitering/prowling’ following his arrest at his Lawrenceville, Georgia eight months ago.
Bryson, 34, has obtained legal representation to fight charges stemming from his July 3, 2023 arrest, Radar Online reported on Monday, citing court docs submit March 4 at the Superior Court of Gwinnett County.
At the time of his arrest, Bryant faced charges of possession of a scheduled II controlled substance, violation of probation, loitering and giving a false name, address or birthdate, the outlet previously reported.
According to the outlet, Bryant told authorities he was his brother, Brentt Leakes, when he was being taken into custody.
Bryant ‘evaded police and claimed he knew the people that lived at the residence, which was false,’ officials said, according to the outlet. He also allegedly gave the address of a home his mother sold years ago.
NeNe Leakes’ son Bryson Bryant, 34, has entered a not guilty plea to charges of felony possession of Fentanyl and misdemeanor ‘loitering/prowling’ following his arrest at his Lawrenceville, Georgia eight months ago
NeNe Leakes, 56, spoke publicly about Bryson’s problems in a July 2023 interview on Reality with The King with host Carlos King. Pictured in June of 2022
Bryant was in custody for just more than three months, as he was released from Gwinnett County Jail on $6,100 bond on October 5, 2023.
Officials said that the $6,100 was composed of $2,400 for the controlled substance charge; $1,850 for the charge of loitering and another $1,850 for the giving a false name charge, according to the outlet.
Bryant was booked at Gwinnett County Jail with a bond set at $3,700; the incident led him to also be charged with violating probation in another case.
NeNe Leakes, 56, spoke publicly about Bryson’s problems in a July 2023 interview on Reality with The King with host Carlos King.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta personality said that her eldest son ‘needs rehabilitation’ and ‘a lot of counseling.’
She said on the podcast: ‘He needs a lot of counseling. Like many families out there, I have family members that are struggling with drugs and certain addictions.
‘He has an addiction. He’s been struggling with it for years. He’s been in rehab for a couple of times and he still has come back out and relapsed.’
NeNe said that she’s felt helpless watching her son struggle with substance abuse, as she feels there isn’t much she can do to try to steer him away from the destructive lifestyle.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta personality said that her eldest son ‘needs rehabilitation’ and ‘a lot of counseling’
NeNe said that she’s felt helpless watching her son struggle with substance abuse, as she feels there isn’t much she can do to try to steer him away from the destructive lifestyle
‘As a mom just to watch it, my hands are tied,’ NeNe said. ‘For people who have had children or family members that have been on drugs, they know that they have to be ready. They have to simply be ready.’
She continued: ‘I’ve spent so much money on trying to get Bryson where he needs to be. But every time I’ve sent him off is because I said, “You are getting your a** up and we are sending you off.”
‘But I learned through counseling myself that he has to say, “I’m ready to go,” not me making him go.’
Bryant’s younger brother Brentt took to Instagram July 18, 2023 to seemingly address the news, sharing a meme of his mother with her hands on her head, appearing to be in distress.
Brentt, who has 100,000 followers on the app under the handle @kingbrentt, also shared a throwback outtake from an old RHOA reunion featuring his beloved mother.
In the snippet, Leakes was sitting on a couch, dressed in a white pantsuit as she asked about a conflict, ‘Now why am I in it?’
Bryant’s latest arrest comes after he was arrested for a DUI in 2011 when he failed to stay in his lane. Then, in 2012, he was detained for driving with a suspended license.
In 2015, he was arrested after giving cops a false name during a McDonald’s raid in Georgia. Bryson had been accused of being among a group of suspects who intended to print counterfeit checks at the fast food business.
NeNe pictured with her sons Brentt and Bryson at her 2013 wedding
Brentt took to Instagram last year to seemingly respond to the breaking news as he shared a meme of his mother with her hands on her head, appearing to be in distress
A season 5 episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta that aired in 2012 documented when Bryson was arrested on allegations he stole razors from a Walmart
A season 5 episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta that aired in 2012 documented when Bryson was arrested for allegedly stealing razors from a Walmart.
Because it wasn’t the first time he had been to jail, NeNe chose to let him stay there to sit with his decisions.
‘He’s had a really easy life, so now I’m gonna show him what a hard life is,’ she said during the episode. ‘He’s gonna stay in jail. I’m not getting him out, and he can figure it out from behind bars.’
NeNe shares Bryson with her ex Calvin Bryant, and she shared Brentt with her late husband Gregg Leakes, who died of cancer in September of 2021.
