was ordered into rehab.

"As sad as it is, it didn't come as a major shock because she's been battling demons for so long," said McKnight, who knew McCready for 15 years. "I was around her when she attempted suicide twice, so I knew it was in her. I feel for her mother and her family and especially my son. But I can't say that it shocked me."

McKnight and McCready had been battling for custody of Zander for years, a battle that included Mindy fleeing across state lines with the boy until she was ultimately found hiding in a closet with him in Arkansas. McKnight said he would like to keep the brothers in touch with each other if custody of Zayne goes to McCready's mother, who lives aboutan hour and a half away from him in Florida.

"Although I have not treated her for a few years, I had reached out to her recently upon hearing about the apparent suicide of her boyfriend and father of her younger children," Pinsky said in a statement to BuzzFeed. "She was devastated. Although she was fearful of stigma and ridicule, she agreed with me that she needed to make her health and safety a priority. Unfortunately it seems that Mindy did not sustain her treatment."