Reality-TV star Renee Graziano told investigators she took Adderall before crashing into a parked vehicle on Staten Island with such force her SUV overturned, cops said Wednesday.
Graziano, 52, struck the parked Jeep near Arden Ave. and Arthur Kill Road about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police said. Her 2020 Nissan Murano flipped over onto its roof from the impact.
Cops arrested her for driving while impaired by drugs, but the Staten Island district attorney’s office deferred prosecution as it continues to investigate.
The VH1 star wasn’t injured in the crash and admitted to first responders she had taken an Adderall earlier in the day, cops said. She also appeared wobbly on her legs and slurred her words, an NYPD spokesman said.
Adderall, prescribed to millions of Americans, is a stimulant mixture of amphetamine salts used primarily to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Graziano is the daughter of former Bonanno crime family consigliere Anthony Graziano and ex-wife to former Bonanno crime family associate Hector Pagan Jr. She was awaiting arraignment in Staten Island Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Graziano was in all six seasons of “Mob Wives,” which documented the everyday lives and interactions of women who were married or related to organized crime figures. The show ended in 2016.
In 2019, “Mob Wives” star Drita D’Avanzo and her mobbed-up husband and Bonanno family associate, Lee D’Avanzo, were busted on drug and other charges following a surprise raid at their Staten Island home. Prosecutors ultimately dropped the charges against Drita, although her husband was sentenced to more than five years in prison for keeping two loaded guns in their home.
Three years earlier, D’Avanzo was arrested for punching a Staten Island chef in a parking dispute.
Other stars of the VH1 show included Karen Gravano, the daughter of Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, and Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, the niece of a reputed captain of the Genovese crime family. Raiola died of brain and lung cancer in 2016.
