Didn’t read the whole piece, so don’t know if this is mentioned there, but I well remember his wife going to court to have him declared in need of a legal warder because he was out of control and literally spending all their money on drugs. I’m glad he is better, he’s a very smart guy.
wow.
Here’s a 1995 article on it: ECONOMIST KUDLOW ON A ‘COCAINE BINGE,’ WIFE SAYS
By News wire services Jul 4, 1995
Court documents say Kudlow has become so desperate that he recently took $60,000 from his Individual Retirement Account at Bear Stearns, according to the New York Post and Wall Street Journal.
Mrs. Kudlow said her husband’s drug counselor thinks he “will probably overdose or die of a heart attack” if he has access to the money at Bear Stearns.
Supreme Court Judge David Saxe set a hearing for July 12 on the suit, which seeks to bar Kudlow and Bear Stearns from touching the money left in his IRA account. The amount was not specified.
Judith Kudlow said she wants to sell both of their Manhattan residences to pay for treatment of his cocaine habit and to pay off $150,000 of debts accumulated because of his addiction.
More on the recent story:
Kudlow tells emotional recovery story at White House event: ‘I was a hopeless abuser of alcohol and drugs’
Kudlow said that he celebrated 25 years sober in July
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/kudlow-addiction-recovery