‘Flash’s Ezra Miller Agrees To Mental Health Treatment As Burglary Court Date Looms
deadline.comAfter months of run-ins with the law and a spirally PR crisis for Warner Bros, Flash star Ezra Miller has decided to seek treatment to counter a self-described “time of intense crisis.”A week after the non-binary identifying Miller was slapped with a burglary charge by Vermont law enforcement, the Justice League alum said today in a statement that “having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment.”“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior,” they added. “I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”The abrupt move Monday follows at least two months of efforts by Miller’s long time CAA agent, Warner Bros, and other close knit colleagues, friends, and family to encourage they to pursue help.
Perhaps tipping the scales, on August 7, Miller received a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court Bennington Criminal Division on September 26 for arraignment on the burglary chargeWhile the scheduled release of the high testing Flash next June has never been in serious peril so far, Miller’s flurry of altercations and questionable actions from Hawaii to Iceland to Germany and the Green Mountain State have lead many to wonder when the next speedy shoe was to drop.
Knowing that they wouldn’t have a $200 million film without Miller, who is in almost every scene of the DC pic, Warner Bros brass have been talking to the actor and they’s reps for weeks about a more “pro-active” mental health strategy for the performer.“This isn’t about business, it’s about a human being who is clearly in pain,” one exec told Deadline tonight of
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