Jack Osbourne checks into rehab hospital

Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 5:26 PM Central

by John Couture

Ozzy Osbourne's battle with alcohol and drug in the '80s are well documented, and now, his son's addictions are under the same scrutiny. Seventeen year old Jack Osbourne has admitted to the Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California for unspecified substance abuse issues.

Jack, the flamboyant son of the Osbourne family, has been seen drinking numerous times on their MTV reality show The Osbournes. Sharon Osbourne, the family's matriarch, successfully battled colon cancer earlier this year.

It was not immediately known if Jack's rehab would be mentioned or detailed on the TV show.