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The Keoughs, famous for being all-star baseball players, playboy bunnies, and stars on The Real Housewives of Orange County, are living proof that money does not make your life easy. I haven’t been following the news on Matt Keough and Jeana Keough breaking up, but someone on Google News caught my eye today - Matt’s arraignment has been rescheduled. Arraignment? Arraignment for what? I really have been out of the loop lately. Bad blogger!

In 2005, Matt was arrested for DUI, which means that he’s on parole. However, he was caught drinking at a Newport Beach hotel not long ago, when a concerned staff member called the authorities. That’s a direct violation of his parole. Currently, Matt is not eligible for parole, probably because this is not the first time his violated court orders.

It’s a sad story.

For those of you who don’t know, Matt Keough was a star baseball player for the Oakland A’s, as was his father. His son, Shane Keough, is also playing ball, and everyone expects that his younger son, Colton, will as well. When Matt met Jeana, he was a fun, interesting, hot guy who was at the top of the world. She was a playboy playmate, also at the top of her game. It was a solid super-star hook up.

Then, Matt was hit in the head by a line drive while in the dugout at a game. He almost didn’t make it, and they had to do emergency brain surgery to save his life. Unfortunately, he was never the same Matt. He turned into a person that you generally don’t want to be around.

It wasn’t hard to see that Matt and Jeana were falling out of love on the show. The only thing keeping them together was their kids and their morals that “you marry for life.” Sadly, that wasn’t enough, and in this season Matt and Jeana are separated, although the report did say that she attended his court date.

This poor guy, due to an accident, has little left in his life. I’m not surprised that alcohol became a problem. Last year, Matt checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic to attempt to sober up, but apparently he still needs more help.

My heart reaches out to you, Matt and Jeana. It’s been a hard situation, and I admire your strength.