Overview
- Crisis teams in Southern California placed the 36-year-old under a 72-hour psychiatric detention around Christmas and later released him in Riverside.
- During a mental-health evaluation, he was seen smoking methamphetamine, according to friend Shaun Weiss, yet evaluators found no immediate danger requiring continued hold.
- After discharge, witnesses and friends reported he returned to living on the streets rather than entering sustained treatment.
- Weiss says a detox and rehab bed in San Clemente is ready but requires Chase’s voluntary consent, and he criticized the hospital for releasing him without notifying supporters.
- Earlier efforts included a motel room arranged by former co-star Daniel Curtis Lee that was later reported damaged, and entrepreneur Jacob “Jake” Harris contacting a crisis center on Christmas to initiate help.