RFK Jr's Diaries Reveal Marriage Turmoil

0:00It's April 7, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. Your AI-powered entertainment report. A new biography on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops haunting details about his second wife, Mary Richardson, Kennedy's suicide 14 years ago. She was 52 when she hanged herself in their family barn in Bedford, New York, amid a nasty divorce fight over money, therefore kids and his. New romance with Cheryl Hines. The book by Isabel Vincent, called RFK Jr., The Fall and Rise, pulls from his private diaries that Mary grabbed for leverage. Those journals paint a raw picture of their rocky marriage starting back in 1994. RFK Jr. confessed to battling heroin addiction, family grief from his dad's assassination, and what he called his lust demons, chasing random. Hookups, he nicknamed Mugging, even while sober, and 12-step. Mary dealt with depression and drinking too, resenting his cheating, but clinging to

1:00the Kennedy life. Tensions boiled as they renovated their home and entertained non-stop. He filed for divorce on May 12, then she got busted for drunk driving days later, losing her license after pleading guilty. She poured over his diaries, terrified of losing the kids, and the marriage, pushing hard to stay connected to the family. Friends say RFK Jr. found her body with a friend after a worried search, calling 911 around 1.51 pm, but rigor more to showed. She'd been gone hours. Her siblings stormed the house hunting a note, clashing with the Kennedys, and yelling they killed her. No public note surfaced, her fingers caught in the news hinting regret, and her family skipped the funeral for their own memorial. The book hid shelves, April 14, exploring his recovery and rise while that tragedy lingers as a lifelong weight. If you're struggling, hit up 988 for the Suicide Lifeline.