'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation' Star Lauren Sorrentino Lost Her Brother to Addiction Over a Decade Ago

Mike Sorrentino's spouse Lauren misplaced her brother Christopher in 2013. Here's what we find out about his tragic demise.

Feb. 16 2024, Published 4:Eleven p.m. ET

Gone are the days of GTL, fist pumping, and Snooki drunkenly asking "Where's the beach?" The Jersey Shore cast is a hilarious bunch we’ve come to love over the years. And for those who've been tuning into the reboot, Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, you realize that a lot has modified for this motley group since they were hitting up clubs on the shore in 2009.

Most of the unique forged members are now in dedicated relationships and plenty of have children of their very own. But of all the solid contributors, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino turns out to have made the biggest 180 for the reason that authentic display ended. In December 2023, he celebrated 8 years of sobriety.

As a refresher, Mike dealt with an dependancy to prescription drugs for which he went to rehab in 2012 and however in 2015. He additionally did some prison time for tax evasion in 2019.

But the only person who appeared to stay via his aspect as the entirety went dark around him, was his highschool sweetheart Lauren Pesce, now Lauren Sorrentino.

He and Lauren married in 2018. Then, in May 2021, they welcomed their first son Romeo Reign Sorrentino and in January 2023, they welcomed their first daughter Mia Bella Elizabeth. In September 2023, Lauren published that she used to be pregnant with baby No. 3., who is due in May 2024.

During Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Season 7, the group all had a meal together as Mike celebrated the discharge of his tell-all memoir "Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation." He credited Lauren for by no means giving up on him, claiming, "She loved me when I didn't even love myself."

Lauren, who was once seated subsequent to him, began getting emotional as her husband continued speaking about his fight. "A lot of people think I was crazy for like being there when he was so low, but people don't know that I had just lost my brother "she said, attempting to cling back tears.

What happened to Lauren's brother? Here's the whole thing we all know.

What happened to Lauren Sorrentino's brother?

Lauren's brother Christopher Pesce, tragically passed on to the great beyond on October 13, 2013, at the age of 25, in keeping with his obituary. From Holmdel, N.J., he played soccer all all through high school and attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he majored in economics. He used to be a fan of the Miami Dolphins and loved spending time with his family.

Per the Asbury Park Press, Christopher used to be discovered dead inside of Oxford House, a drug-free halfway space on South Ward Avenue in Rumson, N.J. the place he have been staying. An post-mortem published the reason for demise to be a heroin overdose. Almost a 12 months later, every other New Jersey guy from Avon, Michael Renna, used to be indicted on charges of heroin distribution and causing Christopher's drug-induced dying.

It used to be almost a 12 months before authorities would tie an Avon guy to Pesce's dying. Michael Renna, 25, was once arrested in the case on Aug. 26, 2014. He was once indicted this past August on charges of heroin distribution and inflicting Pesce’s drug-induced demise.

Given that drugs took the lifetime of Lauren's brother, she likely felt like she could not surrender on Mike or he could apply swimsuit. We're so satisfied she didn't.

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation airs on MTV on Thursdays at Eight p.m. EST.

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